Gravity's Rainbow in depth on Studio 360

[Keith Davis]

Damn it! Now I have to backtrack through the thread to find the definition
of paranoia.
On Mar 9, 2012 11:14 PM, "Keith Davis" <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Which is not to say that a change in outward circumstances wouldn't be the
> catalyst for the dawning of this awareness, "things are not as they seem".
>
> Definition of terms is so important. Gurdjieff once said, "Philology more
> important than philosophy".
> On Mar 9, 2012 10:52 PM, "Keith Davis" <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> A feeling of my place in the world, and the disruption of that feeling,
>> without there necessarily being a change in any outward circumstances.
>> On Mar 9, 2012 10:50 PM, "Keith Davis" <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm thinking it has less to do with intellectual understanding and more
>>> to do with emotional, not that they have to necessarily be mutually
>>> exclusive.
>>> On Mar 9, 2012 10:38 PM, "Michael Bailey" <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Keith Davis wrote:
>>>> > This has been one of the more interesting threads for me. Makes me
>>>> wish I
>>>> > had more time to ponder.
>>>> > Could paranoia be considèred as the sensing that there is an order
>>>> beyond
>>>> > the capability of our minds to understand, not as wonder, or awe, but
>>>> as the
>>>> > sense of losing the connection to our usual perception of a self
>>>> located in
>>>> > a particular time and space. A challenge to who or what we think we
>>>> are.
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> I guess I take it for granted that there are all kinds of orders
>>>> beyond my capability to understand.
>>>>
>>>> some that, like the details of the tides or the chemical processes
>>>> going on in me right now, I might be able to grasp to some extent
>>>> some that don't affect me but a lot that do...
>>>>
>>>> maybe I am paranoid, but it just seems reasonable to me.  'swhy I
>>>> embrace and recommend faith (hail Ganesha)
>>>>
>>>
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