tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post254522218392782066..comments2023-10-09T02:38:50.119-07:00Comments on At My Soiree: Those Damn BinariesChrisJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13139508470517226199noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-7928786736717492772013-09-24T02:11:10.451-07:002013-09-24T02:11:10.451-07:00Gorgeous!Gorgeous!Theodorehttp://coffeemakers2013.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-36913798745375508322010-06-05T20:14:29.037-07:002010-06-05T20:14:29.037-07:00Glenn,
It's hard to get out of binaries - thi...Glenn,<br /><br />It's hard to get out of binaries - thinking about opposites, even contained in one another is an illusion, I believe. Our minds make opposites.ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13139508470517226199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-959324432938239822010-06-05T19:11:17.126-07:002010-06-05T19:11:17.126-07:00I thought the point of yin/yang was that opposites...I thought the point of yin/yang was that opposites contain one another, that the binary is an illusion, you don't get to choose white and get white without getting some black and vice versa.Glenn Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-86296180191906354342010-06-01T20:52:04.890-07:002010-06-01T20:52:04.890-07:00cooper,
You're right - an illusion.cooper,<br /><br />You're right - an illusion.ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13139508470517226199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-50367971212706555672010-06-01T19:33:30.657-07:002010-06-01T19:33:30.657-07:00The box is an illusion is it not? It's the ill...The box is an illusion is it not? It's the illusion we are stuck in. <br /><br />I've never heard the first poem of of the first poet that was lovely.cooperhttp://wonderlandornot.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-74632468103012765432010-06-01T09:07:11.498-07:002010-06-01T09:07:11.498-07:00Salma,
Yes, dwelling on when one will die is coun...Salma,<br /><br />Yes, dwelling on when one will die is counterproductive and worse, fearful.ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13139508470517226199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-53991551842119233372010-05-30T09:39:09.622-07:002010-05-30T09:39:09.622-07:00Surely evrything will come to an end but every age...Surely evrything will come to an end but every age has had its crazed period of insight versus fear etc. I know I will die, but when? I just feel it's a waste of time thinking about it.<br /><br />Great poems Chris.The Sole Sisters Collectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246151584628381510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-75682885014719455222010-05-29T11:24:34.918-07:002010-05-29T11:24:34.918-07:00Owen,
Outside the box is good.Owen,<br /><br />Outside the box is good.ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13139508470517226199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-75738407297829076672010-05-29T10:57:05.267-07:002010-05-29T10:57:05.267-07:00Only when we can see both -- not either/or -- can ...Only when we can see both -- not either/or -- can we begin to think "outside the box."Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-1345060244862751182010-05-29T08:34:29.719-07:002010-05-29T08:34:29.719-07:00Christi,
Yes, it's "both /and" rath...Christi,<br /><br />Yes, it's "both /and" rather than "either/or."ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13139508470517226199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-64230755884083345282010-05-28T23:01:18.013-07:002010-05-28T23:01:18.013-07:00I have read so many times throughout history when ...I have read so many times throughout history when many thought the world was ending. I tend to be one who lives for the moment and if it is the last one - so be it.<br /><br />The world is made up of Yin and Yang, but that doesn't mean that they don't work together and are always opposites. They often nestle together as in the black and white image that represents them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01203286781888444548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-45609858393897789212010-05-28T21:45:40.449-07:002010-05-28T21:45:40.449-07:00Cher,
Yes, strange times indeed; you are exactly ...Cher,<br /><br />Yes, strange times indeed; you are exactly right.ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13139508470517226199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-1964957358872643652010-05-28T16:47:57.837-07:002010-05-28T16:47:57.837-07:00Such excellent poems. There are days when I say to...Such excellent poems. There are days when I say to my husband that surely the End Times are coming. And then I read a story of enlightenment or hear positive things people have done for others, and I am renewed. It is a strange world, these times.Cher Duncombehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00070334939399949702noreply@blogger.com