Adam Blatner
Words and Images from the Mind of Adam Blatner
Confabulations 14
A “Holiday” Greeting How Holiday Presents Are Really Manufactured & Delivered Using 3-D construction technology, riding behind Santa’s sleigh is a toymakermobile, a complex gizmo that adapts the toy right there on the spot from wishes and good behavior residues. A translated example is shown on the right. Of course this misses much of the […]
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Confabulations 13
How It Really Works May I Dispute That? I mean, how do you know how it really works!? What are you, omniscient or something? “No, but I speak with the perspective of a higher dimension.” “What if it isn’t “higher” as in value or access to truth, just another dimension. I mean, I’ll concede you […]
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Doubling for Empowerment
I was struck by a workshop announcement that included the following questions: “How do we hold fast to our values and stand up for our beliefs, when telling the truth often challenges the very systems which surround and govern our daily lives? As healers or clients, how can we claim our deepest beliefs and find […]
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At Least They Admit They’re Fake
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Bringing Forth Others
It occurred to me that the art of bringing forth others’ creativity and fullness has become part of the role definition of many types of people-helpers—including parents, managers, teachers, spiritual directors and counselors of every type, personal coaches, etc. In the past, the job was simpler: For parents, get kids raised, fed, launched. For most […]
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Context-Dependent Knowledge
A pickpocket at a convention of saints would only see their pockets. This morning I heard that the World Series Baseball game that I saw part of on television was considered one of the greatest games in the history of baseball. Who knew? The only thing that impressed me was how many spits the various […]
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For Halloween: Introducing “Nyaghrorwr”
There is indeed a species of not-too-scarey monsters called “m’nonsters” and this is one of them. They like to play boo, and scare, but don’t really want to scare-scare, just play-scare. They love all the Halloween spooky stuff that’s been coming out. They love the Pixar-Disney 2003 movie, Monsters, Inc., and want more play adventure. […]
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New Website Papers
You might also go to my website papers and browse to see what is new. Longer papers have been written. More recently, I’ve prepared (and posted) papers on the following topics: 1. De-Mystifying Mysticism, a talk I give on October 27 at a conference on Pediatrics and Spirituality in Houston, Texas. 2. Visionaries: […]
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Answers?
I’ve realized that in the 20th century a major subtle attitude emerged: that there were “answers.” It was okay to ask questions and the unspoken message was that someone somewhere did have an answer. What wasn’t said explicitly enough was that indeed, there were answers to some questions, but this accounted for perhaps only around […]
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Deffils (Part 2)
As I said in the last blog entry (yesterday), deffils are the personification of the tendency to buy into simplistic beliefs. Another form this takes is to identify with the role of innocent victim, projecting one’s selfishness on the blameworthy “other.” This justifies defensive aggression: Get them before they get you, undermine your culture. Again, […]
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