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Saturday is done...
Jun. 11th, 2005 10:49 pm...and a celebration of life in the occasion of death it was. It brought people together who haven't been around - I only wish that such circumstances were not the things that draw people together. From there, things have been better. I drove home through storms, and then storms happened while I was here today. The problem was, even with all the rain that has come down, the humidity has not. My cute lil' box fan is putting out some wind, but it's not enough all the time. It's just keeps air moving in the room and a breeze so that I don't just sweat in the still air.
Out London's way, the native thoughts and the imported Christianity did not mix well. While still in the minority, there was a volatile mix the led to a child being killed for practicing witchcraft. The anthropological need for the witch mixes with the Christian need to kill them. Not such a hot idea. According to the article, this may not be an isolated incident. That's no good. Maybe the UK Government Bill designed to stop incitement to religious hatred can stop these sorts of things from happening.
And then, well, This American life does an entire show onthe war between the religious and the secular in the country. (S'called "Godless America" on 6/3) It's got quite a few segments on the more contentious issues regarding integration and separation of the church and state (or rather, separation of church from state). It's an hour-long program, and they seem to only broadcast on Reaplayer (but it works on the older ones - ya know, the good ones.) If you've got the time, it can be worth your time.
I landed an interesting, but nominal thought or five today. During the funeral, which was a Catholic Mass, I found the priest's singing voice quite wonderful (an excellent decision to sing the segment of the ritual which describes the Last Supper and the purpose of the body and blood) and put my own voice where I could - the beginning was a little tough because of the song choice... and I suspect I'm at least a latent empath, so being in a place with a lot of strong emotion, I had to ground or shield myself from it. (One) We discussed a bit afterward (some band friends and I) that a lot of the youth who are making the decisions to be Christians seem to be flocking towards the churches that have more active, charismatic, and musical services. (Two) For those of us who have been to a few different types of services, it makes sense - the musical ones seem more vibrant and more deeply spiritual. We also discussed a tad about the Catholic rule that members of other denominations are not able to participate in Catholic communion. The general opinion was that J.C. didn't really care so much as to what name the people were giving themselves, just that they were in his house talking to him, and that it seemed a bit silly that the Catholics were excluding their fellows (Three).
That was all the religious bit. On a more esoteric plane, I posited today in response to a question that people with SoulBonds might be able to communicate on a more sub-conscious level than with language. Perhaps it was a part of the nature of the link between the person and the bonded character that they can communicate without the language aspect - perhaps when the conscious is distracted. (Four) I made a point that stuck out in my own head, too - perhaps one of my Muses striking a thought. It's probably inspired a bit by Piro's recent experiment. The idea was that creatures of a certain sentience are able to communicate with all creatures of that sentience, those above it, and possibly those below it. They develop languages to express the images and sensations in their heads, admittedly as abstractions that don't convey the whole thing all at once. But, much like Piro was gunning for, even if you don't understand a word of what the creature is saying to you, you understand how it was said (Five). That might be the key to unlocking the ability to communicate between minds. Being able to get directly to the material, rather than having the conscious interfere with things like language, could be the very thing that allows us to understand each other.
Out London's way, the native thoughts and the imported Christianity did not mix well. While still in the minority, there was a volatile mix the led to a child being killed for practicing witchcraft. The anthropological need for the witch mixes with the Christian need to kill them. Not such a hot idea. According to the article, this may not be an isolated incident. That's no good. Maybe the UK Government Bill designed to stop incitement to religious hatred can stop these sorts of things from happening.
And then, well, This American life does an entire show onthe war between the religious and the secular in the country. (S'called "Godless America" on 6/3) It's got quite a few segments on the more contentious issues regarding integration and separation of the church and state (or rather, separation of church from state). It's an hour-long program, and they seem to only broadcast on Reaplayer (but it works on the older ones - ya know, the good ones.) If you've got the time, it can be worth your time.
I landed an interesting, but nominal thought or five today. During the funeral, which was a Catholic Mass, I found the priest's singing voice quite wonderful (an excellent decision to sing the segment of the ritual which describes the Last Supper and the purpose of the body and blood) and put my own voice where I could - the beginning was a little tough because of the song choice... and I suspect I'm at least a latent empath, so being in a place with a lot of strong emotion, I had to ground or shield myself from it. (One) We discussed a bit afterward (some band friends and I) that a lot of the youth who are making the decisions to be Christians seem to be flocking towards the churches that have more active, charismatic, and musical services. (Two) For those of us who have been to a few different types of services, it makes sense - the musical ones seem more vibrant and more deeply spiritual. We also discussed a tad about the Catholic rule that members of other denominations are not able to participate in Catholic communion. The general opinion was that J.C. didn't really care so much as to what name the people were giving themselves, just that they were in his house talking to him, and that it seemed a bit silly that the Catholics were excluding their fellows (Three).
That was all the religious bit. On a more esoteric plane, I posited today in response to a question that people with SoulBonds might be able to communicate on a more sub-conscious level than with language. Perhaps it was a part of the nature of the link between the person and the bonded character that they can communicate without the language aspect - perhaps when the conscious is distracted. (Four) I made a point that stuck out in my own head, too - perhaps one of my Muses striking a thought. It's probably inspired a bit by Piro's recent experiment. The idea was that creatures of a certain sentience are able to communicate with all creatures of that sentience, those above it, and possibly those below it. They develop languages to express the images and sensations in their heads, admittedly as abstractions that don't convey the whole thing all at once. But, much like Piro was gunning for, even if you don't understand a word of what the creature is saying to you, you understand how it was said (Five). That might be the key to unlocking the ability to communicate between minds. Being able to get directly to the material, rather than having the conscious interfere with things like language, could be the very thing that allows us to understand each other.
