cookies and toast and almost the desire to go for a walk and look at the stars... but, I think I'll just read a little and have another piece of toast...
the nights are just so spectacular yet so peaceful at the same time...
pause... was thinking about why I am reading the sci fi book I'm reading... and I was coming reading fictional works to religion... I was thinking the characters and plot are created in the same way GODS are created... but religion has different purposes... guidance and control...
got sidetracked reading a bunch of different web pages...
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Please I have read this words "an idle mind is the devil's workshop" from the Bible before and it is located in the new testerment but I cannot locate it again. It is a Bible quote. Please help me out.
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Nothing good comes from boredom. It's said that idle hands are the devil's workshop, an old saying dating at least as far back as Chaucer in the twelfth century who called idle hands the devil's tools.
: : Fac et aliquid operis, ut semper te diabolus inveniat occupatum. (St Jerome, _Letters_)
: : Therefore seith Seint Jerome: "Dooth somme goode dedes that the devel, which is oure enemy, ne fynde yow nat unocupied." (Chaucer, _Tale of Melibee_)
: : In Works of Labour or of Skill I would be busy too: For Satan finds some mischief still for idle Hands to do. (I. Watts, _Divine Songs for Children_, 1715)
: : If the Devil finds a Man idle, he'll set him at Work. (J. Kelly, _Scottish Proverbs_, 1721)
: : If the devil catch a man idle, he'll set him at work. (T. Fuller, _Gnomologia_, 1732)
: : Idle Brains are the Devil's Workhouses. (_ibid._)
: : The Turks have a proverb, which says, that _The devil tempts all other men, but that idle men tempt the devil. (Colton, _Lacon_, 1820)
: : An idle brain is the devil's workshop. (H.G. Bohn, _Hand-Book of Proverbs_, 1855)
: : "Idle hands do the Devil's work, Paul." (K. Vonnegut, _Player Piano_, 1952)
: : "Idle hands are the devil's workshop." That seems to be the attitude among President Clinton's Pentagon appointees who recently drafted plans to involve the military in domestic social programs.... (_Washington Times_, May 18, 1995)
: "Friends, the idle brain is the devil's playground."....Meredith Willson, "The Music Man"....
: because I can't come up with anything better.....
IDLE HANDS ARE THE DEVIL'S TOOLS - "Idleness is the root of mischief. This maxim has been traced back to Chaucer's 'Tale of Melibee' (c. 1386). First attested in the United States in 'Collections' (1808). The proverb is found in varying forms:: Satan has some mischief for idle hands to do; The devil finds work (or mischief) for idle hands to do." From "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" by Gregory Y. Titelman (Random House, New York, 1996).
Another way of phrasing it, to stay out of trouble: PUT YOUR HANDS TO WORK AND HEARTS TO GOD - Philosophy of Ann Lee, "Mother Ann," founder of United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, known as the Shakers.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/.../1217.html
The quote 'An idle brain is the devil's workshop' is not a bible quote, it is actually from the "Hand-Book of Proverbs" H.G. Bohn, it is an old English proverb.
The bible does comment on idleness, in Thessalonians but doesn't have this direct quote.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_an_idle_brain_the_devil&
"Idle hands are the devil's tools" says that people (especially children) are more likely to get into trouble when they feel bored and have nothing to do. Example: "My mother taught me that children should always be kept busy; idle hands are the devil's tools!" The "Devil" (in the Christian bible) is the bad angel who fights against God by getting people to do bad things. The Devil uses whatever tools are available. "Idle hands" are the hands of a person who is not doing anything. "Idle hands are the devil's tools" because when you are not busy you may end up doing things which you should not do. Example: "It makes me nervous to see those kids outside just standing around; idle hands are the devils tools!" Hands often represent action, but idle hands are hands that are not acting; they are waiting and looking for something to do. "Idle hands are the devil's tools" says that when people are idle they will find things to do which they should not do. Example: "I'd like you to keep the kids very busy while we are gone; they get into trouble easily and idle hands are the devil's tools."
http://www.goenglish.com/IdleHandsAreTheDevilsTools.asp
The devil finds work for idle hands.
something that you say which means people who have no work or activity are more likely to do things they should not do, such as commit crimes. There's plenty more tidying to do if you've finished the bedroom. The devil finds work for idle hands.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/.../...rk+for+idle+hands
There is a set of English proverbs that are worded similarly:
* Idle hands are the devil's workshop
* Idle hands are the devil's tools ("Collections" 1808)
* Idle brains are the devil's workhouses (T. Fuller 1732)
* An idle brain is the devil's workshop (H. G. Bohn, "Hand-Book of Proverbs," 1855)
* If the Devil finds a Man idle, he'll set him at work (J. Kelly, "Scottish Proverbs," 1721)
* The devil finds work (or mischief) for idle hands to do
There are many variations, but they all follow the same theme: A person who doesn't have something particular to occupy himself with doing will be tempted to occupy himself with sin. The phrasing is not found in the Bible, but like many "chimney corner scriptures" it has its roots in a scriptural idea.
Idleness means you have not particular goal in mind and thus you can be easily distracted. Warning is given about supporting young widows from the church's funds because leaves the woman with little to do. "And besides they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and not only idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not" (I Timothy 5:13). For this same cause, all Christians are commanded to work. "For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies. Now those who are such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread" (II Thessalonians 3:10-12).
http://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/.../06-09.htm
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Weds 5am "solitude"
after peddling I went to the grocery store... in the parking lot I looked up and noticed what I assume is a really bright planet in the sky... I think the night sky is my religion... my connection to the universe... makes me think of two things... books I've read and a song... a book is like an idea... several books convey the idea... and the lyrics to this song...
And each one there
Has one thing shared
They have sweated beneath the same sun
Looked up in wonder at the same moon
And wept when it was all done
For bein' done too soon
For bein' done too soon
the idea in the books is that life is a solitary experience... that we really LIVE and DIE alone... that even when packed into a college football stadium with 100,000 screaming cheering fans, we are still alone...
makes me think about growing up... maybe there were four kinds of Catholics...
1. infrequent unknown behavior...
2. strictly follow the line but live in the secular world and pray but also live...
3. live your religion but in the secular world...
4. pursue a religious vocation...
1. is a pretty pitiful group of people... 2. is the way I was raised... that is the way the majority probably are... 3. is rarer... the very religious secularists... and 4. is of course the nuns and priests etc...
the other idea from many many books is about thought and language and categories... and that the human process of language and thinking creates false dichotomies... that every cut or category or distinction is a false split from the UNITY of nature and existence...
and that makes me think that in the above fourfold scheme, I am a 3...
that the thing to do is merge the religious and secular back into one... but not in the sense of the super devout Catholic... rather in the sense of outrage that there are all these false religions all of which are man made, and there are all this secular political and social systems that are all man made and arbitrary...
that life is life... that "spirituality" is really respect, awareness, participation, sharing, etc...
that the invention of GOD is such a manipulation...
but I don't mean to be negative... the important thing is what... HAPPINESS of course... and how does one find "Happiness" ???
well, like everything else, and I know you aren't expecting this, but HAPPINESS is a by product... HAPPINESS simply put EVOLVES...
:)
makes me think of two songs...
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When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
Let it be, let it be.
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.
And when the broken hearted people
Living in the world agree,
There will be an answer, let it be.
For though they may be parted there is
Still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be.
Let it be, let it be. Yeah
There will be an answer, let it be.
And when the night is cloudy,
There is still a light that shines on me,
Shine on until tomorrow, let it be.
I wake up to the sound of music
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
Let it be, let it be.
There will be an answer, let it be.
Let it be, let it be,
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
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Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
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well, I am trying to tie this all together and end up with some kind of existential unity...
:)
which brings me to two more ideas from books... one, that the interesting thing about humans is that our dilemma is to create MEANING... and that we really have three basic needs to make ourselves happy...
something to do...
something to love...
something to hope for...
and I think for most people, the three answers come the easiest with a job, marriage and a religion that gives us hope...
the tricky thing about evolution is that if something works, it works... hence false religions provide a useful service cause the hope provided is real, even tho its basis is myth...
but that is true of everything... evolution is pragmatism in motion... :)
And each one there
Has one thing shared
They have sweated beneath the same sun
Looked up in wonder at the same moon
And wept when it was all done
For bein' done too soon
For bein' done too soon
the idea in the books is that life is a solitary experience... that we really LIVE and DIE alone... that even when packed into a college football stadium with 100,000 screaming cheering fans, we are still alone...
makes me think about growing up... maybe there were four kinds of Catholics...
1. infrequent unknown behavior...
2. strictly follow the line but live in the secular world and pray but also live...
3. live your religion but in the secular world...
4. pursue a religious vocation...
1. is a pretty pitiful group of people... 2. is the way I was raised... that is the way the majority probably are... 3. is rarer... the very religious secularists... and 4. is of course the nuns and priests etc...
the other idea from many many books is about thought and language and categories... and that the human process of language and thinking creates false dichotomies... that every cut or category or distinction is a false split from the UNITY of nature and existence...
and that makes me think that in the above fourfold scheme, I am a 3...
that the thing to do is merge the religious and secular back into one... but not in the sense of the super devout Catholic... rather in the sense of outrage that there are all these false religions all of which are man made, and there are all this secular political and social systems that are all man made and arbitrary...
that life is life... that "spirituality" is really respect, awareness, participation, sharing, etc...
that the invention of GOD is such a manipulation...
but I don't mean to be negative... the important thing is what... HAPPINESS of course... and how does one find "Happiness" ???
well, like everything else, and I know you aren't expecting this, but HAPPINESS is a by product... HAPPINESS simply put EVOLVES...
:)
makes me think of two songs...
----
When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
Let it be, let it be.
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.
And when the broken hearted people
Living in the world agree,
There will be an answer, let it be.
For though they may be parted there is
Still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be.
Let it be, let it be. Yeah
There will be an answer, let it be.
And when the night is cloudy,
There is still a light that shines on me,
Shine on until tomorrow, let it be.
I wake up to the sound of music
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
Let it be, let it be.
There will be an answer, let it be.
Let it be, let it be,
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
----
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
----
well, I am trying to tie this all together and end up with some kind of existential unity...
:)
which brings me to two more ideas from books... one, that the interesting thing about humans is that our dilemma is to create MEANING... and that we really have three basic needs to make ourselves happy...
something to do...
something to love...
something to hope for...
and I think for most people, the three answers come the easiest with a job, marriage and a religion that gives us hope...
the tricky thing about evolution is that if something works, it works... hence false religions provide a useful service cause the hope provided is real, even tho its basis is myth...
but that is true of everything... evolution is pragmatism in motion... :)
febblog
glad that Lucy inspired me to start this blog... I've enjoyed it... Monday I jogged and last night I peddled before dark... only about 2 miles... or about 20 minutes... but a good aerobic workout... just as the sun was setting... kind of got my heart beating good...
read the text of Obama's speech from last night... makes me think Rome wasn't built in a day... AND, people ask me about the economics of it... and I need to tell them it isn't about the plan or the spending... it is always about MANAGEMENT... that is the sad thing about the 8 Bush years... to me, it reflects BAD MANAGEMENT of the war, the economy, disaster relief etc...
same is true of life or a business or government... things aren't so much a matter of what you do as much as HOW YOU DO IT... it is all about QUALITY... that is why people like Toyota's or Mercedes...
AND, we don't mind paying for HIGH QUALTITY...
so the real test of the USA is not how much we spend, or even what the details of the plans are... the key is how we oversee what is going on... and that will be the real test of whether or not the DEMOCRATS and OBAMA do a good job these next four years...
it is all about MANAGEMENT...
read the text of Obama's speech from last night... makes me think Rome wasn't built in a day... AND, people ask me about the economics of it... and I need to tell them it isn't about the plan or the spending... it is always about MANAGEMENT... that is the sad thing about the 8 Bush years... to me, it reflects BAD MANAGEMENT of the war, the economy, disaster relief etc...
same is true of life or a business or government... things aren't so much a matter of what you do as much as HOW YOU DO IT... it is all about QUALITY... that is why people like Toyota's or Mercedes...
AND, we don't mind paying for HIGH QUALTITY...
so the real test of the USA is not how much we spend, or even what the details of the plans are... the key is how we oversee what is going on... and that will be the real test of whether or not the DEMOCRATS and OBAMA do a good job these next four years...
it is all about MANAGEMENT...
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Tuesday
Lucy mentioned the nursing home run by nuns that she visited in France... while my mom was telling me how lonely my aunt is even tho she has lots of kids, grandkids and great grand kids... AND they are a really nice close and religious family... but for some reason all the kids and grandkids are so busy they don't call or visit her... was thinking about that in an Amish context... the kids are all busy working full time... and so are the older grandkids... all went to college or have good jobs... I think the grandkids should take more time to call and visit... they all could call more... maybe that is the amazing thing... the lack of phone calls...
I wonder what recent studies have been done on families... I could envision pie charts and bar graphs explaining family behavior and time series data showing how things have changed...
maybe with a global economy, we have more global families... and the geographical dispersion has led to less close knit families...
AND, it is probably also about food... I remember going to grandparents house to eat more as a kid... now people go out for fast food instead of family food...
fast food has replaced Grandmother's food...
but with any answer, I assume culture changes when technology changes... human beings and human behavior change as technology changes...
I wonder what recent studies have been done on families... I could envision pie charts and bar graphs explaining family behavior and time series data showing how things have changed...
maybe with a global economy, we have more global families... and the geographical dispersion has led to less close knit families...
AND, it is probably also about food... I remember going to grandparents house to eat more as a kid... now people go out for fast food instead of family food...
fast food has replaced Grandmother's food...
but with any answer, I assume culture changes when technology changes... human beings and human behavior change as technology changes...
Monday
first time I jogged in awhile cause of my knees... I enjoyed it but wonder how long my knees can take it... :(
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Slum Rourke Penn
enjoyed the OSCARS... what a life Sean Penn has had from Madonna to all his political activism... pretty wild... meanwhile I've renamed Lilly's dog RIZZO, and have been calling her SLUMDOG...
Lilly's Song
They made up their minds and they started packing
They left before the sun came up that day
An exit to eternal summer slacking
But where were they going without ever knowing the way?
They drank up the wine and they got to talking
They now had more important things to say
And when the car broke down they started walking
Where were they going without ever knowing the way?
Anyone could see the road that they walk on is paved in gold
And it's always summer they'll never get cold
They'll never get hungry
They'll never get old and gray
You can see their shadows wandering off somewhere
They won't make it home but they really don't care
They wanted the highway
They're happier there today, today
They left before the sun came up that day
An exit to eternal summer slacking
But where were they going without ever knowing the way?
They drank up the wine and they got to talking
They now had more important things to say
And when the car broke down they started walking
Where were they going without ever knowing the way?
Anyone could see the road that they walk on is paved in gold
And it's always summer they'll never get cold
They'll never get hungry
They'll never get old and gray
You can see their shadows wandering off somewhere
They won't make it home but they really don't care
They wanted the highway
They're happier there today, today
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