Ok, for the sake of argument, lets just go with the wacky conspiracy theorists that ALL the scientists have got it wrong on Global Warming. Let's just imagine that there is some all-powerful interest behind all the overwhelming evidence that we are contributing to climate change at a more rapid rate than we will be able to deal with.
Even from that position it is obvious that carbon fuel is a diminishing resource.
Now if I was in an industry that was built around the ease-of-portability of oil/gas as a fuel, that relied almost exclusively on it, I would be doing all within my power to reduce the usage of that resource for other energy requirements. I would want to reserve all future oil for the sole purpose of transport. I would DRIVE the "green initiative".
But not the car industry.
No.
They don't see anything wrong with all the industrial, commercial and residential burning of oil.
They don't see that when we reduce our oil bill for heating, lighting, etc that it actually increases the longevity of their products.
DUHHH !
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Do you Believe in God
Well, that question is just so deep - and full of nuances and mis-conceptions!
There are many ways in answering that - all valid, correct and yet incomplete.
You are asking me do I believe in God ?
In answer to to your direct question ...
Firstly: of Course I do. To be alive is to believe in God. Life is God and God is life. So much so that I think that at the moment of death is where you "decide" ... or where it is determined what happens in the hereafter. It's kind of like the phenomenon of one's "life flashing in front of ones eyes" is the final calculation of where you want to go based on all your lifes thoughts, words, actions. Not sure about you, but I am not too confident I will measure up well on this love-audit!
Secondly: of course I don't believe in God. Do you honestly think if I believe in God I would live my life the way I do ? I have a house which cost half a mill, we drive two cars, I spend my weekdays on the mammon-chasing treadmill, I smoke, I gossip, I get angry, I could go on like this forever.
[There is a far better (and for me original) "post" of this thought-thread in the wonderful "The way of the pilgrim". If I can digress on that note for a second, I LOVE that book. Whenever I am feeling low or spun-out or washed up, or confused or adrift I just have to start reading it anywhere and it brings me back. I have a really old copy. I am not sure if it is down to the actual writing on it's own or if the love of the previous owners and their positive presence is somehow contained and passed on through it.]
But going back to your original question ... really you are asking me do I think I believe in God or maybe do I want to believe in God ....
... by asking me a question, any question, you are addressing my conscious cerebral self which is just a small part of me. And all that "it" answers is based on it's very limited ability and knowledge. All that it is is the interface between the physical and the spiritual. And unfortunately it has it's own agenda too. And given it's own agenda, it can't really be answerable for the rest of me - the totally honest other two-thirds ... the physical and the spiritual. It's agenda is driven by what turn's it on, what lights its candle, what stimulates it ... what drives the oxygen to the brain.
And of course it has dominated me to the level that I totally identify with that side of me.
So, ask me when I'm open or susceptible to flirting with the attractive gender ... when I am looking at or talking to someone who awakens my sensuality ... then, the thought of reflecting on this persons spirit as opposed to what I would prefer to see them as or think of them being ... well God kind of gets in the way.
Ask me when I am worried about a situation I'm in and my thoughts are tending to an adverserial showdown of some kind, then God gets left to one side.
Ask me when my job nudges me to be more manipulative of others wants and needs to obtain advantage for myself, then I guess I'm embarrassed to say that I turn my back on God.
And yes, I use the physical and spiritual to back me up wherever possible. I do whatever I want to get my way ... always. And in so doing I corrupt these other wonderful aspects of myself.
But more and more, as I become more aware of the wonder that surrounds us I DO want to believe in God. I DO want to let myself go into the mystery.
There are many ways in answering that - all valid, correct and yet incomplete.
You are asking me do I believe in God ?
In answer to to your direct question ...
Firstly: of Course I do. To be alive is to believe in God. Life is God and God is life. So much so that I think that at the moment of death is where you "decide" ... or where it is determined what happens in the hereafter. It's kind of like the phenomenon of one's "life flashing in front of ones eyes" is the final calculation of where you want to go based on all your lifes thoughts, words, actions. Not sure about you, but I am not too confident I will measure up well on this love-audit!
Secondly: of course I don't believe in God. Do you honestly think if I believe in God I would live my life the way I do ? I have a house which cost half a mill, we drive two cars, I spend my weekdays on the mammon-chasing treadmill, I smoke, I gossip, I get angry, I could go on like this forever.
[There is a far better (and for me original) "post" of this thought-thread in the wonderful "The way of the pilgrim". If I can digress on that note for a second, I LOVE that book. Whenever I am feeling low or spun-out or washed up, or confused or adrift I just have to start reading it anywhere and it brings me back. I have a really old copy. I am not sure if it is down to the actual writing on it's own or if the love of the previous owners and their positive presence is somehow contained and passed on through it.]
But going back to your original question ... really you are asking me do I think I believe in God or maybe do I want to believe in God ....
... by asking me a question, any question, you are addressing my conscious cerebral self which is just a small part of me. And all that "it" answers is based on it's very limited ability and knowledge. All that it is is the interface between the physical and the spiritual. And unfortunately it has it's own agenda too. And given it's own agenda, it can't really be answerable for the rest of me - the totally honest other two-thirds ... the physical and the spiritual. It's agenda is driven by what turn's it on, what lights its candle, what stimulates it ... what drives the oxygen to the brain.
And of course it has dominated me to the level that I totally identify with that side of me.
So, ask me when I'm open or susceptible to flirting with the attractive gender ... when I am looking at or talking to someone who awakens my sensuality ... then, the thought of reflecting on this persons spirit as opposed to what I would prefer to see them as or think of them being ... well God kind of gets in the way.
Ask me when I am worried about a situation I'm in and my thoughts are tending to an adverserial showdown of some kind, then God gets left to one side.
Ask me when my job nudges me to be more manipulative of others wants and needs to obtain advantage for myself, then I guess I'm embarrassed to say that I turn my back on God.
And yes, I use the physical and spiritual to back me up wherever possible. I do whatever I want to get my way ... always. And in so doing I corrupt these other wonderful aspects of myself.
But more and more, as I become more aware of the wonder that surrounds us I DO want to believe in God. I DO want to let myself go into the mystery.
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