tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655999423068405994.post1749155230133262765..comments2021-01-27T11:20:23.990-08:00Comments on The Subsidiarity Institute: Zen Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655999423068405994.post-54111959640595369212020-01-24T17:11:23.506-08:002020-01-24T17:11:23.506-08:00Are you still around?
DS / LOWEGAre you still around? <br /><br />DS / LOWEGDShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15534578191396457316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655999423068405994.post-16130647126203313512016-12-06T13:45:48.887-08:002016-12-06T13:45:48.887-08:00Thanks very much! I meant to post that I'll st...Thanks very much! I meant to post that I'll start up again and soon. I had a fit of pique and was also computer-screened out! I need to do some thinking and try and concentrate on the subject at hand.<br /><br />I'm a cradle Catholic myself and greatly appreciate the contribution of the pre-Vatican II Church to Western culture, but the metaphysics, well, I just can't buy into them and so many years of Zen practice have me convinced, based on experience. <br /><br />More to come. A new post has begun! Please come back! Thanks again! The Subsidiarity Institutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09972828623505345841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655999423068405994.post-19597731647776660352016-12-06T12:13:52.116-08:002016-12-06T12:13:52.116-08:00Dear Old White Drummer,
I am very sorry to read t...Dear Old White Drummer,<br /><br />I am very sorry to read that you are discontinuing your blog, as I just found this site and was delighted to read your posts. I wanted you to know that your thoughts and time transcribing them were not completely in vain. <br /><br />I started with the one on autarky, as someone commenting in another blog (yourself, perhaps?) provided a link, and then read the post that delineated what is subsidiarity. If only humans could manage to live like that... until Jesus returns, or everyone adopts Zen, it is inconceivable to think that society could exist without some people feeling the need to exercise their desire for power over others. And then there is Islam, of course.<br /><br />However, one has to start somewhere, and I really applaud you for trying to do something noble and share it with others. Indeed, I would like to get there (a small more-or-less self-sufficient farm) someday myself, although I am not in a position to do so at the moment. But it is a goal, nonetheless. Not necessarily because of the potential for the worldwide economy to crater, although there is that, but simply because the concept appeals to me and society is pretty well degraded also.<br /><br />I had heard of "Small is Beautiful" before, via a professor, and know what it is about (more-or-less) without actually having read it. I was surprised to discover from you that the concept had already been presented by a German and that is had catholic roots. I have studied a bit, and have an interest in, institutional economics - how people generate rules and regulations for self-governance and various forms of collective action (not to be confused with communism). So that is the source of my interest in your writing; as well as the fact that I am a Christian (catholic by birth) with an affinity for philosophy who has read a lot about Zen, Buddhism more broadly, and Taoism.<br /><br />I am hopeful that Trump will clean out the rot in DC, and restore the US to a semblance of what it used to be. But even if successful, I am enough of a realist to know that it would only be a matter of time before gubmint starts violating the Constitution again and people are seen as nothing more than taxpaying units to be exploited. (I have read a lot about Ancient Rome, as well.) <br /><br />I am not sure what more I should write. I will read the rest of your posts and check back here to see if you have any reply for me. I hope to encourage you to keep posting your thoughts and ideas on your website, but if not I understand. Take care, be strong, and keep the faith.<br /><br />Less Old White Ex-Guitarist <br /> DShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15534578191396457316noreply@blogger.com