Archive for December 2008

The Name that Cannot be Named

December 27, 2008 by admin.

I’ve gotten interested in Chinese medicine of late. I’ve been reading an excellent book on the subject:  Between Heaven and Earth: A Guide to Chinese Medicine by Harriet Beinfield and Efrem Korngold. My accupuncturist recommended this book, and another: Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchell (actually by Lao Tzu, and translated by Mr. Mitchell).

In my reading I came across something very interesting: In the book Tao Te Ching (translated Book of the Way) the very first chapter says this:

The tao that can be told

is not the eternal Tao.

The name that can be named

is not the eternal Name.(emphasis mine)

This is interesting because religious Jews will not say the name of God. They say Ha Shem (the name) or Yahweh (sometimes written as YHWH, which means “Jehovah,” “The Lord,” or “Adonai”) but they never actually say or write the word God. Instead they’ll write G-d, leaving the vowel out of His name, in respect to Him.

I don’t know how many other cultures have such a tradition, but I find it fascinating that the Chinese and the Jews–two decidedly different cultures–share this belief in common.

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TV Has Changed

December 16, 2008 by admin.

We bought a Tivo box several months ago and really like it. Our Tivo box goes way beyond the standard cable Digital Video Recorder (DVR) box you get from your cable or satellite supplier.

Our Tivo can connect to Amazon and Netflix movies–a huge plus. The other night we discovered various web downloads we could obtain as well–from a host of odd providers (such as Revision3) where you can get a variety of interesting Internet TV shows such as ScamHow and Burt Monroy’s Photoshop show.

We had a blast playing different You-Tube videos with my granddaughters the other night. There are so many different interesting, untapped videos to watch, complete with synapses, viewer votes (like in the tens of millions) and other valuable elements.

Now that Boston Legal has gone off the air, I think TV has permanently changed. What about you?

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