<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><?xml-stylesheet type='text/xsl' href='http://echotemple.spaces.live.com/mmm2008-05-17_13.22/rsspretty.aspx?rssquery=en-US;http%3a%2f%2fechotemple.spaces.live.com%2ffeed.rss' version='1.0'?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:msn="http://schemas.microsoft.com/msn/spaces/2005/rss" xmlns:live="http://schemas.microsoft.com/live/spaces/2006/rss" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:cf="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/core/2005" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>echotemple</title><description>echotemple - ramblings in cyberspace</description><link>http://echotemple.spaces.live.com/</link><language>en-US</language><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:52:46 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:52:46 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>Microsoft Spaces v1.1</generator><docs>http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification</docs><ttl>60</ttl><live:identity><live:id>7773455488227565114</live:id><live:alias>echotemple</live:alias></live:identity><cf:listinfo><cf:group ns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/live/spaces/2006/rss" element="typelabel" label="Type" /><cf:group ns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/live/spaces/2006/rss" element="tag" label="Tag" /><cf:group element="category" label="Category" /><cf:sort element="pubDate" label="Date" data-type="date" default="true" /><cf:sort element="title" label="Title" data-type="string" /><cf:sort ns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" element="comments" label="Comments" data-type="number" /></cf:listinfo><item><title>&lt;-- - --&gt;</title><link>http://echotemple.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!6BE0DC94BD1D5E3A!116.entry</link><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;Move in the shimmering middle, there were you know you were when you thought about &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;it and things felt right, where you were &amp;quot;arriving in goals-steppers shoes&amp;quot;. You &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;ignore constants of pain, yet you receive in newly appriciated fashions. If you &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;doubt, wait until the next &amp;quot;receive&amp;quot; and judge again.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;You gotta strain by taking some pain in ordrer to truely receive.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Fear not, step lightly, boldly and to such a degree you will be proud thinking &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;back.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;And - enjoy.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;It's all easier than it sounds, yes?&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;But one needs a plan. Or a religion. God is love. Respect. Plan. Rules that make life on Gaia better if read right? Who doesn't need that? So - what does thinking for oneself mean? Trying to be objective [whatever that might mean] to ones surroundings - or accepting things for what they are? Can one of these ever outgrow the other? I think not - is this the ying-yang?&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;quot;Think for youself&amp;quot;. That ... can also be troublesome at times.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Good night for now, i'm tired- hoping you are good where you are :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://c.services.spaces.live.com/CollectionWebService/c.gif?cid=7773455488227565114&amp;page=RSS%3a+%3c--+-+--%3e&amp;referrer=" width="1px" height="1px" border="0" alt=""&gt;&lt;img style="position:absolute" alt="" width="0px" height="0px" src="http://c.live.com/c.gif?NC=31263&amp;amp;NA=1149&amp;amp;PI=73329&amp;amp;RF=&amp;amp;DI=3919&amp;amp;PS=85545&amp;amp;TP=echotemple.spaces.live.com&amp;amp;GT1=echotemple"&gt;</description><category>Poems and reflections</category><comments>http://echotemple.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!6BE0DC94BD1D5E3A!116.entry#comment</comments><guid isPermaLink="true">http://echotemple.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!6BE0DC94BD1D5E3A!116.entry</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:52:46 GMT</pubDate><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><msn:type>blogentry</msn:type><live:type>blogentry</live:type><live:typelabel>Blog entry</live:typelabel><wfw:commentRss>http://echotemple.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!6BE0DC94BD1D5E3A!116/comments/feed.rss</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://echotemple.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!6BE0DC94BD1D5E3A!116.entry#comment</wfw:comment><dcterms:modified>2007-03-09T21:52:46Z</dcterms:modified></item><item><title>Ramblings mostly re: Religion</title><link>http://echotemple.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!6BE0DC94BD1D5E3A!110.entry</link><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Initial ramblings&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Oh God. I do not know what you are or where you are, but my very nature of being believes in &amp;quot;somethingness, somewhereness&amp;quot;.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;I see now, after years of life, that lack of guidlines for life can indeed be a number.  My bible has been my positive view on myself and the nature of man, that of humanism. Inside, when the ego is removed, all we really want is peace and two-way love. Hatred, anger and revenge are products of the ego. Bad stuff.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;I am yet, if ever, to find a given religion which is my path to trod, my religion is an evolution. And I.. enjoy the process.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The spark of divinity inside myself, that which I sense, is this shared by all living things?&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;There is an omnipresence in nature that suggests so. All life on earth, even plants and trees, share energies that are, at least to me, perceived as divine. &amp;quot;God is everywhere&amp;quot; - yes I like that statement. I believe that &amp;quot;God&amp;quot; in this sense equals &amp;quot;life&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;divine life&amp;quot;, not a single intelligent omnipotent, fatherless being.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The theory of earth as a godly aquarium:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;For arguments sake, put yourself in the shoes of a God.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;You could create a world, like this, much like an aquarium.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;You would be able to study this earth, watch is evolution, and thusly enjoy the very results of its biological process. The biological process would, if centered on mans evolution, output results like art, politics, litterature, religions and so forth. So your aquarium (or biological experiment if you like) outputs results of the human mind, like the arts of Bach, Led Zeppelin and Dali. &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Would this in itself not be enough to continue safekeeping of your aquarium? The next product of human creative evolution would be like a christmas presents value to a child.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;If you were the owner of this aquarium, would you ever have a reason to interfere with its evolution by revealing yourself and the nature of things that really are? Surely such an action would halt the productive process in your aquarium.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;So do I believe in God? I do not know what God is. I do not believe in a living thing without a father or creator.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;I do not believe in an omnipotent single source of everything.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;At least not yet.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;For now I believe in higher than human intelligence. The world around and inside us is too marvelous to have been accidental.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;I believe that there are alternative worlds, aquariums like our own. If intelligence created this world, surely other worlds would be created or populated.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mankind as god&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;One day, we may DNA-program the spores of mushrooms with human DNA and send human spores into the dark, cold of the universe. Mushroom spores are the densest natural organic known to man, able to withstand the coldness of the universe, and able to penetrate protective shields like our stratosphere. If these &amp;quot;intelligent&amp;quot; spores land on unintelligent (by human standards) but habitated worlds, we may somehow spread our human seeds.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Maybe the father of nano-technology can construct and even send flie-like organic beings/machines in the same fashion. These flies &amp;quot;radio&amp;quot; back the actions, lives and cognitive results of the worlds where our spores spark life.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Then we too have our aquariums.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Outro&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Indeed biological machines are an evolutionary step after light-based processing (which supercedes electricity) and nano-technology. Biological machines work in 3 dimensions and as &amp;quot;cells&amp;quot;. Oh dang, i'm straying from my religios topic, oh well, it's my blogg and well... its g'nite for now.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;love, love, love&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;table cellspacing="0" border="0"&gt;&lt;tr height="8"&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://blufiles.storage.live.com&amp;#47;y1pvCnAEzMGrlrG28VzFo3IQK_7C-fAzUKGXPppL6yfrxNskfWCNqGVbg6S3xfqno7l"&gt;&lt;img src="http://storage.live.com&amp;#47;items&amp;#47;6BE0DC94BD1D5E3A&amp;#33;107&amp;#58;thumbnail" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="15"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://c.services.spaces.live.com/CollectionWebService/c.gif?cid=7773455488227565114&amp;page=RSS%3a+Ramblings+mostly+re%3a+Religion&amp;referrer=" width="1px" height="1px" border="0" alt=""&gt;&lt;img style="position:absolute" alt="" width="0px" height="0px" src="http://c.live.com/c.gif?NC=31263&amp;amp;NA=1149&amp;amp;PI=73329&amp;amp;RF=&amp;amp;DI=3919&amp;amp;PS=85545&amp;amp;TP=echotemple.spaces.live.com&amp;amp;GT1=echotemple"&gt;</description><category>Poems and reflections</category><comments>http://echotemple.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!6BE0DC94BD1D5E3A!110.entry#comment</comments><guid isPermaLink="true">http://echotemple.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!6BE0DC94BD1D5E3A!110.entry</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:52:55 GMT</pubDate><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><msn:type>blogentry</msn:type><live:type>blogentry</live:type><live:typelabel>Blog entry</live:typelabel><wfw:commentRss>http://echotemple.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!6BE0DC94BD1D5E3A!110/comments/feed.rss</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://echotemple.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!6BE0DC94BD1D5E3A!110.entry#comment</wfw:comment><dcterms:modified>2006-09-25T20:43:02Z</dcterms:modified></item><item><title>Thunder - Ramblings in cyberspace</title><link>http://echotemple.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!6BE0DC94BD1D5E3A!106.entry</link><description>&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;There is thunder in the rain that comes crashing down outside my cave.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Young, like an innocent child - I reside in my cave&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;naked, cold. I am waiting.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;For the rain to stop.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;For times to.. better themselves.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Time.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;What is that to me? To beings?&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;Time is the influence of conciousness, of structuration of memories. Without memories one does not contain the experiencation of time.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;I ponder. In my cave. &amp;quot;Are those even words?&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Structuration?&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Experiencation?&amp;quot; &amp;quot;pause&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Does it matter?&amp;quot;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;I wonder how many times man has been here before me. In this cave.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Pondering. Waiting.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;As the rain crashes down outside.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The instinc of comfort - yes, its been felt through the times of man, defined by the removal of fears and pains, but..&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;of thought. The instinct of just thought. Inner thought.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;It is till recently human mind has been given the ability to relax fearlessly for long periods of time while keeping manual labor to a minimum. What happens with these human minds then, given time to soak in information and build personality. A prolification of human minds sharing thoughts. Happening in increasing numbers of human beings.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;I think we will grow intelligent, and find that competition among man is an evil. We ARE brothers and sisters, we are just different, think differently, scare differenly, believe differently, experience differently. But with information I believe we will grow as individuals. We will grow accustomed to disagree with each other without swallowing mind-poisoning pills of pride or anger. We will find that thinking for one self indeed is a viable alternative, for many a better one. The blinding of the masses may one day go away. We will stop to fear one another.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Echotemple suggests a new UN resolution: By 2020 all newbornes of this planet should have as a birthright a smartphone type IP-device. Information access. Remote teaching. Wikopedia. Liberty rights.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Echotemple also suggest all people of the earth stop violence against each other. It may sound repetitive, but we should say this over and over.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Humans lose time, we forget. All too fast for my liking.&lt;/div&gt;
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