On Aug 16, 12:58 am, turtoni
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>>> On Aug 15, 2:06 am, turtoni
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>>> On Aug 14, 8:39 pm, Pop Fly
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>>>> “To reign is worth ambition though in hell: Better to reign in hell,
>>>> than serve in heav'n”
>>>> - attributed to Satan by John Milton
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>>>> "We'll be happy, you and I, eating humble pie"
>>>> - attributed to Matthew Cuthbert by Don Harron in Anne of Green Gables
>>>> - The Musical
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>>>> If you're not lead dog, the view is always the same.
>>>> - no one will admit to it
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>>>> Lots of alpha dogs on google groups. What does "reigning" mean to you,
>>>> and how important is it to a person's happiness?
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>> My friend Kevin was once dandling a neighbor's baby. The boy was too
>> young to walk, but if you held his hands he would pull himself upright
>> and stand there smiling, pulling on your arms, and jumping up and
>> down.
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>> Kevin to the kid: "Schopenhauer said that the Will to Power is the
>> driving force of the universe. What do you think about that?"
>> Kid: jump jump smile smile jump smile
>> Kevin: "The will to jump!"
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> "My idea is that every specific body strives to become master over all
> space and to extend its force (its will to power) and to thrust back
> all that resists its extension. But it continually encounters similar
> efforts on the part of other bodies and ends by coming to an
> arrangement ("union") with those of them that are sufficiently related
> to it: thus they then conspire together for power. And the process
> goes on." -- Walter Kaufmann
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Sorry for the delay in responding. My will to power took me into the
back country for a week to help teach a troop of boy scouts and
venturers some wilderness skills, self reliance and comradery.
If you're quoting Schopenhauer and Kaufmann, can I assume you're on
the lead dog, anti-Anne side of the argument?Though not to imply
you're satanic.
If you Google "yoga breathing" today you will get 416,000 hits:
pranayama, hatha, kundalini, zen. Practitioners say that without
breath there is no life. They promise that controlled, meditative
breathing can relieve stress, relax the body and improve thought.
Well, they're right of course, and I would recommend yoga breathing to
anyone. But what would you say to someone who based their whole world
view simply on how to breathe?
Do you think you could be powerless and still be happy?
