Critt Jarvis

Twitter: I haz Giants!

Critt Jarvis — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:39:34 +0000

Like David Weinberger chirrups, [your favorite subject] is Too Big To Know. Think about it: God? War? Culture? History? Too big to know. Yet, all in all, our quests continue, impulse and urge driving narrative in narrative.

Nani gigantum humeris insidentes: Twitter Palace, rooms with a view

I read, often, as wide and deep as time permits; and I’ve always felt journalism and education practice with similar purpose, where I learn something, either as news, or introduction, or awareness. My Twitter account is a virtual study room, and the people I read are, likewise, rooms with a view onto a river of epistemology, ontology driven by narrative. The palace glitters.

So much shiny, too little time

Like you, I have only so many minutes in a day, hours in a week, to direct my attention to things that matter to me. Although once popular, I quit using an RSS reader long ago, and I no longer go to Google News for their algorithmic “Big Gulp” review. Facebook was useful, but the attendant noise made me feel like I was in an amusement park–shell games and all. Anyway, after years of trial and error, sturm und drang, turns out, via Twitter, I get a fulfilling stream of thoughtful expression, human-driven.

Giants among giants

The influence, impact of each person I follow on Twitter is meaningful to me. And, most days, I read everything I follow. But, day in, day out, this list is the algorithm I use to publish my “front page” from a river of news. They are my Giants:

@jayrosen_nyu Jay Rosen

@EthanZ Ethan Zuckerman

@rmack Rebecca MacKinnon

@BryanAlexander Bryan Alexander

@jonl Jon Lebkowsky

@zenpundit Mark Safranski

@just_kate Kate Brodock

@peterjmunson Peter J. Munson

@USAmbHonduras Ambassador Kubiske

@packagingdiva JoAnn Hines

Finding God in Meher Baba

Critt Jarvis — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:34:55 +0000

In my experience of daily living, nothing is more liberating from the artificial demands on attention than believing my awareness is being guided by God. That being so, I long for, am drawn to, a clear understanding of the nature of God as well as the universe we live in.

The path begins, as it must, In God’s Hand. Page 29, to be exact.

Mukti.

If we can’t unbuild a soldier, how many more do we need to make?

Critt Jarvis — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:23:16 +0000

They are soldiers, you’re not. Let them tell you about it.

How do you unbuild a soldier? Halfway between the battlefield and home: High Ground (trailer)

Sanskaras: Primitive data types of the universe?

Critt Jarvis — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:46:43 +0000

“Sanskaras are both the cause and content of all experience.”
Infinite Intelliegence As All in All, pg. 230

Books in a Study of the Universe: Meher Baba

In my collection:

Bibliography for General Studies
Books for “Meher Baba”

In other collections:

Lord Meher ~ Bhau Kalchuri
The Wayfarers ~ William Donkin
Growing Up with God ~ Sheela Kalchuri Fenster with David Fenster

My library of Meher Baba

Critt Jarvis — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 17:37:59 +0000

In God’s Hand ~ Meher Baba

Infinite Intelligence ~ Meher Baba, editors

God Speaks ~ Meher Baba, editors

Discourse ~ Meher Baba

Listen Humanity ~ Meher Baba, narrated and edited by D. E. Stevens

The Mastery of Consciousness ~ Meher Baba, compiled and edited by Allan Y. Cohen

The God-Man ~ C. B. Purdom

Effort and Grace ~ Darwin C. Shaw

Meher Baba’s Gift of Intuition ~ Don E. Stevens & companions

The Beloved is All in All – Francis Brabazon

He Gives the Ocean ~ Najoo Savak Kotwal

Beams from Meher Baba on the Spiritual Panorama ~ Meher Baba, Introdcution by Ivy Oneita Duce

The Path of Love ~ Meher Baba, editors

To Love You More and More: Sonnets and Ghazals to Meher Baba ~ Davis Taylor