Ffolkes,
what it is or what it means can never be said.
~~ George Santayana ~~
Psychedelic Pluto
Filtered NASA Image from New Horizons Spaccraft via Space.com
Hajime…. This intro is being written under severe conditions of stress and danger; the only thing missing is the live fire. To go any further would require both a lack of tact, and, the proper certification of security clearances, so, we’ll just avoid any problems by not…. We will however, go directly to the oyster beds, as it’s a better defensive position from which to organize our resistance…. ‘Nuff said….
Shall we Pearl?….
“Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.” — Pooh’s Little Instruction Book, inspired by A. A. Milne
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Image from leoweekly.com via Google Images
These guys are SICK! I mean that in a good way, of course. When they get to rockin’, which is generally from the first crashing note of their performances, all four musicians are focused and intense on making their music the way only they can. John Popper, lead singer and harmonica, is a virtuoso on his instrument, and sings with over-the-top emotional intensity that is gripping as well as compelling….. Fasten your belts, ffolkes, this is a great ride….
Blues Traveler
Ottowa Folk Festival 9/10/2014
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Due to the previously aforementioned conditions under which we are writing today, I’m going to the archives for a relatively short discussion of Reality…. Let’s see what I had to say back then…..
From 8/19/2012:
“It is now some years since I detected how many were the false beliefs that I had believed to be true since my earliest youth. And since that time, I have been convinced that I must once and for all seriously try to rid myself of all the opinions which I had formerly accepted, and begin to build anew, if I wanted to establish any firm and permanent structure for my beliefs.” — Rene Descartes, Meditations.
For some, reality is an illusion. — Smart Bee
Or, as I’ve said before, reality can be, and usually is, a slippery slope…. Philip K. Dick’s statement is still the best all-around attempt to describe the indescribable; he said, “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.” Perfect, as far as I can see; I’m near-sighted physically, but I can see a very long way when I close my eyes…..
At the same time, Mssr. Descartes most famous declaration on the subject, “Cogito, ergo sum,” (I think, therefore, I am) remains the most eloquent and complete logical proof that Dittoheads do not exist, at least not in the reality of anyone who reasons. ‘Tis unfortunate indeed that such folk occupy actual space in consensual reality, but, then, I’m not in charge of anything outside my own mind, technically…..
“Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to Truth as a lamp; hold fast to the truth as a refuge. Look not for a refuge in anyone beside yourselves. And those, who shall be a lamp unto themselves, shall betake themselves to no external refuge, but holding fast to the Truth as their lamp, and holding fast to the Truth as their refuge, they shall reach the topmost height.” — Buddha
Trust Buddha to find the heart of the matter, and point the way to an answer of how to keep reality in perspective, thus allowing ourselves the greatest amount of space and time to adjust ourselves accordingly, since adjusting ourselves is all we can really do to reality. A sure path to insanity is to believe that anything other than ourselves can be changed by our own power. We can only “hold fast to Truth” and accept the rest with as much serenity as we can muster…..
“The real in us is silent; the acquired is talkative.” — Kahlil Gibran
On that note, we will bring this to a close…. it’s probably as close as we can get to a true mutual understanding of reality, so any further discussion would border on superfluousness. (I can’t believe it! Spellchecker says that I spelled that right!…. Now I KNOW it’s time to close this….) Stay real, my friends…..
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Unheralded Sagacity…
the world becomes a dangerous place,
a bullet in every gun, a thorn with every rose,
no magic comes to save us, reality leaves no trace.
Minds closed, wrapped tight in manufactured fears,
men become clay, easily molded into complacent form.
No chains needed, held in thrall for years,
lies become gospel, when dishonesty is the norm.
Shed the chains you wear in durance, in kind;
Oh, ye of little faith, and much doubt
Strength is found in an unfettered mind,
Cry “freedom” with a great shout.
No help from any gods can hinder so much
as our own lack of confidence;
finding the light within, knowing it as such
confirms us, becoming consequence.
Illumination…..
~~ gigoid ~~
Written 4/17/2013.
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Nice icons, eh? I thought a bit of new would go well for an old-school seven-star pearl that just meanders along, talking of life, and stuff…. I like it, and, it’s done, so, there….
If you let go a little, you will have a little peace.
If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace.
If you let go completely, you will know complete peace and freedom.
Your struggles with the world will have come to an end.
~~ Achaan Chah ~~
“Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so.” — David Grayson
“Being generous is inborn; being altruistic is a learned perversity. No resemblance …” — Lazarus Long, from Robert A. Heinlein’s “Time Enough For Love”
“I would far rather be ignorant than wise in the foreboding of evil.” — Aeschylus — Suppliants, 453
There is no limit to stupidity. Space itself is said to be bounded by its own curvature, but stupidity continues beyond infinity.” — Gene Wolfe
“Live dangerously and you live right.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust (1806)
“If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.” — Francis Bacon
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Well, it got done; I won’t say, ‘I did it’, because I’m not completely certain I should claim it. I’ll decide that later, I suppose. For now, I’m going to count my chickens, and steal away into my tents…. or, something like that. I’m also going now, but, I’ll be back tomorrow, to try again to get this right….
and May the Metaphorse be with you;
Blessed Be, dearest Carole, Mark,Theresa, & Richy
and everyone else, too…
When I works, I works hard.
When I sits, I sits loose.
When I thinks, I falls asleep.
Which is Why….
Sometimes I sits and thinks,
and sometimes,
I just sits.
gigoid, the dubious
The *only* duly authorized Computer Curmudgeon.
PLEASE STOP READING THIS MESSAGE NOW.
“SCRAM!!!!!!!!!!”- Oscar the Grouch
À bientôt, mon cherí….
gigoid 
Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable;
what it is or what it means can never be said.
~~ George Santayana ~~
Synchronicity Beginning
of what is i still Feel Now
“Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing,
of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear,
and not bothering.”
— Pooh’s Little Instruction Book, inspired by A. A. Milne
Just Play
Bare Necessities
“It is now some years since I detected how many were the false
beliefs that I had believed to be true since my earliest youth. And
since that time, I have been convinced that I must once and for all
seriously try to rid myself of all the opinions which I had formerly
accepted, and begin to build anew, if I wanted to establish any
firm and permanent structure for my beliefs.”
— Rene Descartes, Meditations.
Finding A Voice
Not Someone Else
“Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be a refuge to yourselves.
Hold fast to Truth as a lamp; hold fast to the truth as a refuge. Look
not for a refuge in anyone beside yourselves. And those, who shall
be a lamp unto themselves, shall betake themselves to no external refuge,
but holding fast to the Truth as their lamp, and holding fast to the Truth as their
Refuge, they shall reach the topmost height.”
— Buddha
As Above
So Below..:)
“The real in us is silent; the acquired is talkative.”
— Kahlil Gibran
FeeLiT SenseIT BeiT Breathe…
Do everything with a mind that lets go.
If you let go a little, you will have a little peace.
If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace.
If you let go completely, you will know complete peace and freedom.
Your struggles with the world will have come to an end.
~~ Achaan Chah ~~
Flow Yet Do More…
Effortless Tightrope Dance..:)
“Looking back, I have this to regret,
that too often when I loved, I did not say so.”
— David Grayson
Poetic
Option
Words Feel
“Being generous is inborn; being altruistic
is a learned perversity. No resemblance …”
— Lazarus Long, from Robert A. Heinlein’s “Time Enough For Love”
Thanks Giving
For Giving
Reward Innate
No Matter What Received..:)
“I would far rather be ignorant than wise in the foreboding of evil.”
— Aeschylus — Suppliants, 453
Placebo Prayer Works
And So Does
Voodoo
of
Nocebo too..:)
There is no limit to stupidity. Space itself is said to be bounded
by its own curvature, but stupidity continues beyond infinity.”
— Gene Wolfe
Shape of Trumps
More Like Ignorance
“Live dangerously and you live right.”
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust (1806)
Happy Drives Farther When Effortless Doing More at least..:)
“If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts;
but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.”
— Francis Bacon
i BReATHE
i LoVE NoW
That’s Enough
i Eat i Drink
i Burp
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