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Posted by SLS on September 4, 2013, at 19:28:54
Every day is a new year.
May each of us have a lifetime of healthy and happy new years!
- Scott
Posted by johnLA on September 4, 2013, at 19:46:03
In reply to L'Shanah Tovah!, posted by SLS on September 4, 2013, at 19:28:54
if the jews can...
so, can we greeks;
'may we all live healthy and happy to 100!'
anyone else? :)
Posted by johnLA on September 4, 2013, at 20:38:07
In reply to L'Shanah Tovah!, posted by SLS on September 4, 2013, at 19:28:54
in my exuberance i forgot it was the jewish new year scott at sun-down...
sorry about that!
when i taught i had many jewish students. i miss teaching, well actually, more what i learned from my students. students of all faiths and cultures. since i am not teaching anymore i am out of the loop a bit on holy days, etc. again, sorry if i showed any disrespect. i was just excited to try and match your positive message with one from my culture.
anyway, if i offended i did not mean to.
hoping this new year brings you good health scott.
john
Posted by SLS on September 4, 2013, at 20:47:00
In reply to Re: L'Shanah Tovah!, posted by johnLA on September 4, 2013, at 20:38:07
> anyway, if i offended i did not mean to.
No offense taken!
> hoping this new year brings you good health scott.Thanks, John. You're good people.
- Scott
Posted by Phil on September 5, 2013, at 21:35:13
In reply to L'Shanah Tovah!, posted by SLS on September 4, 2013, at 19:28:54
Yup, that's going to happen.
Posted by johnLA on September 6, 2013, at 1:13:04
In reply to Re: L'Shanah Tovah!, posted by Phil on September 5, 2013, at 21:35:13
why not phil?
john
Posted by sigismund on September 6, 2013, at 1:59:34
In reply to Re: L'Shanah Tovah! » Phil, posted by johnLA on September 6, 2013, at 1:13:04
I spent the afternoon thinking that the virtues of dying are underestimated, though there is something to be said for the Jewish (is it?) idea 'choose life'. Which I may have done, being still here. I am comforted by Ecclesiastes (or anyone) saying "Again I saw all the oppressions that are practised under the sun. And behold, there was no one to comfort them! On the side of the oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them. And I thought the dead who are already dead more fortunate than the living who are still alive; but better than both is he who has not yet been, and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun."
Posted by alexandra_k on September 7, 2013, at 16:45:03
In reply to Re: L'Shanah Tovah!, posted by sigismund on September 6, 2013, at 1:59:34
it is better to be dead than to not have been born... hmm... i will have to think on that...
Posted by SLS on September 10, 2013, at 20:38:14
In reply to Re: L'Shanah Tovah!, posted by alexandra_k on September 7, 2013, at 16:45:03
I am not so much afraid of death as I am of never having lived.
- Scott
Posted by sigismund on September 11, 2013, at 0:51:21
In reply to Re: L'Shanah Tovah!, posted by SLS on September 10, 2013, at 20:38:14
>as I am of never having lived.
Well yes, but I am getting too old to worry about that too.
It occurred to me that the bit of Ecclesiastes I posted is one pole in the book, and 'choose life' (which is, I think, where that comes from) is the conclusion of the argument.
Which suggests to me that positivity must be grounded in something that includes negativity. So to speak.
Posted by SLS on September 11, 2013, at 6:42:10
In reply to Re: L'Shanah Tovah! » SLS, posted by sigismund on September 11, 2013, at 0:51:21
> >as I am of never having lived.
>
> Well yes, but I am getting too old to worry about that too.
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> It occurred to me that the bit of Ecclesiastes I posted is one pole in the book, and 'choose life' (which is, I think, where that comes from) is the conclusion of the argument.
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> Which suggests to me that positivity must be grounded in something that includes negativity. So to speak.Interesting thought. It makes sense.
Some Eastern religions/philosophies don't believe in the delineation between good and bad. Things are neither good nor bad - they just are. This doesn't leave much room for evil. That doesn't mean that there aren't heinous deeds perpetrated by men upon men.
- Scott
Posted by sigismund on September 20, 2013, at 20:04:33
In reply to Re: L'Shanah Tovah! » sigismund, posted by SLS on September 11, 2013, at 6:42:10
I would be interested to know if those cultures that accept evil existing as a vital force (so to speak) outside of men have within their history greater examples of it. In the Prado once I felt sickened by the endless parade of evil, often evil Jews gloating over the (somewhat insipid, I thought) Christ.
In one of the towers of the cathedral in Cusco St Michael (I think) has his foot on the neck of a red Satan, finally cast down. This in a building built on the foundations of an Inca building, conquered through great bravery and great treachery and guile.
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