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Thoughts

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Oakley Gordon

Ultimately, I no longer care about philosophy. I’m in love with life…and what I care about is learning how to be a better lover. (A thought that arose while I was writing the post “Remember to Wave your Warak’as“) To the scientist the Andean Cosmovision is a fantasy. In the Andean Cosmovision, the Aristotelean logic of the scientist is an illusion. (Don Americo Yabar, personal communication, close paraphrase). Don’t believe everything you think. (A bumper-sticker from www.NorthernSun.com). Our intellect was meant to be our guardian, not our prison guard. (Various … Continue reading →

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All the World’s a Stage

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Oakley Gordon

All the world’s a stage, and we are merely players. But who is our intended audience, our society, or the vast mystery of the Cosmos? (Paraphrase of don Americo Yabar and William Shakespeare). 

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Fallacies

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Oakley Gordon

“The subjective fallacy is: ‘If it works for me then it will work for everyone’.  The objective fallacy is:  ‘if it works for me then I can get anyone to believe that it worked for me’.” From the delightful book: Zen Without Zen Masters, Camden Benares (1977)

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Mamma Tuta Danced

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Oakley Gordon
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In the beginning was Mamma Tuta, the dark, the void. Then Mamma Tuta began to dance, and as she danced the stars streamed out of her elbows, out of her knees, out of her breasts, out of her womb, and as she danced the stars were strewn across the universe. This post was updated on June 3, 2011 to include the photo by NASA STScl.

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Barefoot in the Mountains

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Oakley Gordon
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There is a song sung in Quechua by the women of the high Andes.  It begins like this: “I walk without shoes in the mountains.  My bare feet touch the mountain.  The mountain takes pleasure in knowing my body.” This beautiful world-view is reflected in a quote from the book Masters of the Living Energy, by Joan Parisi Wilcox.  ‘Andeans are born into a world that they believe is as conscious of them as they are of it.’

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