tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post8760683345285143342..comments2010-01-23T23:55:56.631-05:00mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978313265796058909noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-35855983482169115212010-01-23T23:55:56.631-05:002010-01-23T23:55:56.631-05:00Mike, you funny.No One In Particularhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13465987207757191972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-14385415895880263792010-01-21T20:23:16.211-05:002010-01-21T20:23:16.211-05:00Hey Barbara,<br /><br />&quot;Life is a game, play it.&quot; <br /><br />Indeed. Don&#39;t run from it, avoid it, escape it, seek to transcend it, etc, etc, etc.<br /><br />Simply engage it...and play..<br /><br />Thanks!<br />mikeSMikeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978313265796058909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-36757199729056762712010-01-21T14:15:37.920-05:002010-01-21T14:15:37.920-05:00Hi Mike<br /><br />I&#39;m not sure if this falls in or out of seriousness or in or out of a game, part of some sort of rule I follow, but as I read, I suddenly heard in my head an excerpt from a quote by Mother Theresa.<br /><br />Life is a game, play it.<br /><br />The only rules I know absolutely influence me, without exception, are confusion, uncertainty, flux. But are those game rules, elements or only illusion?<br /><br />Maybe I&#39;m happiest wallowing in these words and just don&#39;t know it...<br /><br />BarbaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-6525857438009135032010-01-21T07:10:27.491-05:002010-01-21T07:10:27.491-05:00No One,<br /><br />No I don&#39;t! You&#39;re wrong!<br /><br />(teehee)<br />mikeSMikeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978313265796058909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-68091652775395885362010-01-21T07:09:34.831-05:002010-01-21T07:09:34.831-05:00Hey Mr. Unicorn!<br /><br />Thanks for stoppin&#39; by.<br /><br />Yes...we play with rules here.<br />mikeSMikeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978313265796058909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-33750016350021316222010-01-21T05:43:11.091-05:002010-01-21T05:43:11.091-05:00Everything I comment, you nitpick it...sparring.No One In Particularhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13465987207757191972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-91561325632322099232010-01-20T18:08:50.844-05:002010-01-20T18:08:50.844-05:00Ah, a player after my own evergreen Heart! :-) Rules are for games, computers, corporations, and other dead things. Life has no rules.<br /><br />&quot;Hell, there are no rules around here; we&#39;re trying to accomplish something!&quot; Thomas Edison.The Barking Unicornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080937315323189497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-2524953102372323992010-01-18T21:17:34.632-05:002010-01-18T21:17:34.632-05:00I have to work on the &quot;merely&quot;...because I seem to have a limit.&quot;<br /><br />Ha! Indeed...it may not be so &#39;merely&#39; as I make it seem. I too struggle with limits.<br /><br />&quot;I am beginning to see the value in plucking the strings of the web, if only to discover those rules in myself that I may not be aware of in suspecting the rules of the other. Just to see where it might go might be a thing of discovery. But then there is the limit factor.&quot;<br /><br />Yes, this can lead to surprising results and aid in pressing the limits out a bit farther each time.<br /><br />&quot;Again, the road to discovering one&#39;s own rules as aforementioned is an adventure in itself.&quot;<br /><br />True, and I feel the adventure is in the engagement and gradually, at ones own pace, we see the rules for what they are and become surprisingly free of them in that &#39;seeing.&#39;<br /><br />Thanks!<br />mikeSMikeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978313265796058909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-59649073361412460562010-01-18T21:09:32.512-05:002010-01-18T21:09:32.512-05:00&quot;Lovely to spar with you,&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Spar&quot;???<br /><br />Well now... that&#39;s an interesting take on our discussions...<br /><br />Hmmmm....<br />mikeSMikeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978313265796058909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-63374296329058585682010-01-18T19:03:10.137-05:002010-01-18T19:03:10.137-05:00&quot;an infinite player merely accepts spiders as part of the game.&quot;<br /><br />Sane and rational, indeed. I have to work on the &quot;merely&quot;...because I seem to have a limit. I wonder if a rule is the same as a limit, or if B as in B and S as in S is an entirely separate thing from the rule factor.<br /><br />&quot;Have you ever played with spiders?&quot;<br /><br />I&#39;d have to admit to setting up the chess board twice or thrice, but also confess to just letting the game pass. The reasons for the pass are multi-faceted; however, I am beginning to see the value in plucking the strings of the web, if only to discover those rules in myself that I may not be aware of in suspecting the rules of the other. Just to see where it might go might be a thing of discovery. But then there is the limit factor. <br /><br />&quot;There will always be those who insist we play by certain rules. In not taking the rules seriously, infinite players are not trapped by the rules and those not trapped by the rules have an easier time changing the rules.&quot;<br /><br />I like that. Again, the road to discovering one&#39;s own rules as aforementioned is an adventure in itself. <br /><br />Appreciations always, Mike, and that&#39;s the truth, plain and simple.<br /><br />Blessings,<br />NahnniMynahnnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10423858210960669811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-67619129930862890892010-01-18T17:40:28.931-05:002010-01-18T17:40:28.931-05:00Yes...truth is relative, and all that...<br /><br />Lovely to spar with you, as intimately as one can get in this electronic forum.<br /><br />Love, SuzanneNo One In Particularhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13465987207757191972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-77250586568988661962010-01-18T12:12:43.680-05:002010-01-18T12:12:43.680-05:00No One,<br /><br />Yes... in Hegelian terms (thesis, antithesis and synthesis)we tend to seek for a synthesis. However, if the game is infinite, synthesis is only another thesis or antithesis.<br /><br />Only some think they have found the ultimate synthesis or a &quot;theory of everything.&quot;<br /><br />(those folks don&#39;t like me too much...)<br /><br />Nevertheless, I agree we are &quot;doing well&quot; and will probably do well even when we aren&#39;t!<br /><br />Thanks!<br />mikeSMikeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978313265796058909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-14422267282373384432010-01-18T06:03:21.958-05:002010-01-18T06:03:21.958-05:00BTW it occurs to me, reading some of the commentary exchanges, that we are a bit stuck in concepts (necessarily so) but are employing the dialectical method to reveal the concepts closest to the truth. Or what we seem to think is the truth!<br /><br />I think we&#39;re doing well.No One In Particularhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13465987207757191972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-32800913283056136362010-01-18T05:46:45.430-05:002010-01-18T05:46:45.430-05:00The illusion of the ego can be taken extraordinarily seriously...by no one!No One In Particularhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13465987207757191972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-70183483712077200432010-01-17T20:50:37.559-05:002010-01-17T20:50:37.559-05:00Nahnni,<br /><br />&quot;So, whether one is an infinite player or a finite player, that spider is pesky. Maybe it is a rule spider...or an ego spider, but its some kind of spider.&quot;<br /><br />Indeed. Yet, an infinite player merely accepts spiders as part of the game. Have you ever played with spiders? <br /><br />&quot;It&#39;s enlivening to bring on more players, unless they bring their own rulebook and insist you now play by the new rules. And that&#39;s the changing dynamic...who will come with the book of plays and who will come unobstructed by the acts and scenes.&quot;<br /><br />True, we all have our dramas to play out, but recognizing we choose to play puts a new twist on the nature of the games. Many believe that they must play and play by the rules. There will always be those who insist we play by certain rules. In not taking the rules seriously, infinite players are not trapped by the rules and those not trapped by the rules have an easier time changing the rules.<br /><br />In my humble opinion...<br />mikeSMikeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978313265796058909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-68198864132211410792010-01-17T20:41:53.877-05:002010-01-17T20:41:53.877-05:00&quot;Not taking it all seriously is easy when there isn&#39;t anyone who needs validation from the outcome of the game.&quot;<br /><br />But... &quot;there isn&#39;t anyone who needs validation from the outcome of the game.&quot; Right?<br /><br />Isn&#39;t that what you teach?<br />mikeSMikeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978313265796058909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-2603940020877421452010-01-17T01:27:44.121-05:002010-01-17T01:27:44.121-05:00Did you ever have an infinite dream, no plot, just kind of stepping along and then every so often it seems there is a spider. Then you start seeing the spider everywhere you go, and suddenly, the dream becomes finite because that spider has kind of eclipsed the dream. Maybe that spider brings some friends, and they all sort of develop a coup in your dream...then you wake up from the dream with a bit of a sigh and think to yourself, wow, what was THAT all about?<br /><br />The moral of the dream seems to be that no matter where you sit, a spider might just drop into your porridge. So, whether one is an infinite player or a finite player, that spider is pesky. Maybe it is a rule spider...or an ego spider, but its some kind of spider.<br /><br />That&#39;s when you have to take a moment to consider what it is you are taking seriously, because the spiders are starting to get to you and that poses a whole new question.<br /><br />It&#39;s enlivening to bring on more players, unless they bring their own rulebook and insist you now play by the new rules. And that&#39;s the changing dynamic...who will come with the book of plays and who will come unobstructed by the acts and scenes. I&#39;m still trying to decide if transformation really does come from unsettling change...to change, therefore, into something transforming. <br /><br />Good post, Mike. Something to think about, especially when one is contemplating if one has rules one is not even aware of. I really did dream of a spider turning into spiders and I wonder what they mirror? Perhaps they indicate the test of strength and perseverence...perhaps they mean just walk on by because at some point, you are just going to run into another one.<br /><br />Blessings,<br />NahnniNahnninoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-65850311081793996552010-01-16T17:32:40.690-05:002010-01-16T17:32:40.690-05:00Ah, so that&#39;s what you were on about!<br /><br />Lovely set of concepts. Makes a lot of sense.<br /><br />Not taking it all seriously is easy when there isn&#39;t anyone who needs validation from the outcome of the game.<br /><br />Love to you Mike - SuzanneNo One In Particularhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13465987207757191972noreply@blogger.com