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Zetta's short defination of "Reality" is the clearest I have ever come accross. As it is protected by copyright, I cannot, without breaking the law, copy and paste it here, hence clicking on the link above, will take you to its source. Enjoy!

“Everything that happens is as normal and expected as the spring rose or the summer fruit; this is true of sickness, death, slander, intrigue, and all the other things that delight or trouble foolish men.”

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

I cannot say it any better than that, That.

If there wern't "this," there would be "that," and all would still be well!

Believing does not make it so! - Arlo R. Hansen

"The pious . . . `try' us" - Arlo R. Hansen

This morning, I was directed to a web page that contains the following poem. As it does not "fit" into any of the established threads, I'm opening this one to share it with this forum's participants who are motivated to click the title. Story about The Dash Author Unknown I read of a man w...

How can I possibly ". . .take it with me," Anna, when I cannot even keep it while I am here? Why is the Dead Sea dead? Because it has no outlet. It keeps everything that comes to it. In truth, I "own" nothing; but I have use of everything I encounter, even if it is YOURS! Conscie...

Evil is the other end of the "Good" stick! If we take God to be Infinite, His Creation must have unlimited potentialities; therefore, the questions becomes not, "How could He . . .,?" but, "How could he not . . .?" I find confort in the idea that God need not label &quo...

There is no answer; but there are answers!

Essentially, Stefan, what your brilliant dissection of Art’s “duality” concept says to me (in my not so humble opinion) is that “whatever your concept of God may be, so He is, to you!” This view permits us to “have our cake and eat it too” as the realities we create for ourselves are “true” for us! ...

It is not canines that are being referred to in the expression, “dog eat dog,” Stefan, but humans that live their lives “away" from God as “God” spelled backwards is “dog.”

Stefan, I undoubtdly shall write more on this subject (later) than any other that ever appears on The Zoo Fence Open Forum; however, for now, the following essay supports my current thinking. The author did not revel his name: "On God There are two fundamental errors which are often made in thi...

God is very good, very clever.

Yes, as he gave us reason, not religion!