tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post6928844494615765189..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: A Different Kind of Bean Counting & Related UnpleasantnessesTwilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-43105403235917501512014-05-10T15:19:11.132-05:002014-05-10T15:19:11.132-05:00mike ~ All very strange isn't it?
It'd be ...mike ~ All very strange isn't it?<br />It'd be a whole lot better of we humans had been drawn less to worrying about spirits of the dead and more about what's going on in the land of the living, and had tried harder through the centuries to perfect that side of things....because really and truly, it's all we can be 100% sure of. There must be some flaw in our DNA software - we need to be re-called for updates I think ;-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-40456976915710775202014-05-10T10:06:41.449-05:002014-05-10T10:06:41.449-05:00I've long been fascinated with cultural ritual...I've long been fascinated with cultural rituals intended to disperse evil, spirits, death, et al. The celebrations are often colorful, vibrant, energy-infused, and mesmerizing.<br /><br />I watch several travel shows on PBS' Create. Particularly India and Asian countries, but so many others, have festivals and celebrations almost daily. Their daily lives are infused with worshiping and ceremonial acknowledgement of spirits and the deceased. Some maintain on a daily basis, year round, alters for their ancestors. Most are driven via respect and recognition of their deceased relatives, but usually with a flair of appeasement lest the spirits are angered and return to haunt...LOL.<br /><br />In typical human correlations to events, when a disaster strikes, the living obviously didn't honor their ancestors as they should have...when things are calm and safe, the ancestors have been satisfied through the livings' exemplary efforts.<br /><br />It's a bit like determining whether an individual is possessed by the devil or practices witchcraft: tie a heavy rock around them...throw them into the deep end of the lake...if they survive, they are obviously possessed and saved by evil measures...if they drown, they are innocent.mikenoreply@blogger.com