Ffolkes,
~~ Octavio Paz ~~
Giving new meaning to the word “relaxed”….
Hajime…. ‘If’ is a big word, for having so few letters. We’d all have a tough time explaining options to each other without it, for it is a word indicating the presence of imagination at work, imagining things which might be, but, are not yet real…. It helps us to describe possibilities, and gives us the power to create solutions from out of that imagination…. How many times have you said to someone, “If we do this….”? Or, the very powerful, “What if…:” If you’re anything like me, you’ve said that a lot….
At this point, I imagine y’all are asking yourselves, “What the hell is this about?”, but, I’m afraid you’d be asking the wrong person, if you expect a coherent answer, because I don’t have a clue. As I sat this morning to begin, I found myself completely at a loss as to how to start; no muse, no inspiration, and very little will power, all lacking for unknown, but, no doubt, compelling reason, which will occur to me some years hence. So, I just began to type what was in there, and, what you see is what I had. (Ha! Y’all thought I was going to use wysiwyg again, didn’t you?….) As the beginning of a discussion/rant, it’s not bad. For an intro, it’s a sure invitation to get lost, fast.
In order to regain some sort of integrity, of purpose if not delivery, I think I should probably cut this part short again today. Wandering around, looking for an opening doesn’t seem to be working very well, does it? No, it doesn’t, and, since I do try to be realistic whenever possible, I’ll submit to necessity, again, and leave this to die an unnatural death, on its own. Requiesce in pace.
Now we’ve concluded this portion of today’s program, there is nothing to keep us here, but our own incompetence, which has been amply demonstrated in the past. I have a new method, called the Sandbag, and it works like this….
Shall we Pearl?
~~ Friedrich Nietzsche ~~
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As usual when we go with our default choice for music, the mix you’ll hear is the one which had a picture I enjoyed…. I hope you enjoy it, too….
Classical Music
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~~ Zippy the Pinhead ~~
As I cruised around my collection/database of aphorisms/quotes, etc., I came across this from our old friend Zippy. Now, to look at it, one might think it is just nonsense; one might be wrong about that. To my eye, it’s a deeply metaphorical lament about modern society, and that part of human nature about which I rant here on all-too-frequent occasions, to wit: the human inability to understand themselves, or to use the gift of intelligence and imagination with which they are born. This, of course, confirms your previously held opinion as to my insanity, I’m sure, but, wait a moment or two, and I might just convince you I’m saner than anyone you know.
You see, I’ve read a LOT of Zippy, and you must understand his metaphorical language use in order to comprehend his meaning. Of course, his next statement could very well veer off into yet another dimension, either figuratively, or literally, but, that’s Zippy for ya. Nonetheless, it doesn’t take away from his compassion, it merely highlights his somewhat stubborn refusal to consider any sort of consistency of focus. He prefers to take it as it comes, so to speak. But, if we examine his words above, we can see it relates, in a purely logical way, to where I left off in our last rant, to wit:
~~ Frank Herbert ~~
I had intended to finish out this rant with a discussion of the issues involved in the impending environmental and societal crises I see coming in the near future. But, I happened to stop in at a friend’s blog, where she had written a poem introducing the video you see below. The video turns out to be a rather excellent discussion of exactly what I had intended to say; moreover, it comes with graphics to support all the arguments, which is a much more effective way to get the points across; it’s all perfectly clear, and shows exactly how we all have allowed ourselves to be trapped…. I think it will do just fine as a finish to this discussion, thus saving me a bundle of time…. Here then, is The Lie We Live, which I found at: https://ladybluerose.wordpress.com/2016/03/19/8358/
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Bold statements of calculated intent
Become common rule of the malcontent.
Avarice assumes such attractive wear
Beguiling deception, illusory and fair.
Grasping and pulling with ghostly hands
Legally proper in all the signatory lands.
Seeking and finding each vulnerable soul
Anguish as payment for exacting the toll.
Wraiths of commerce’s invisible dead guards
Still haunt the dreams left in sad empty yards.
While absentee nobles sit in stiffly elegant splendor
Served by sad-faced detainees in abject surrender.
Escape from reality is illusory at best
Often we falter and fail its daily test.
Only when focused on inner strength
Does peace stay with us for any length.
Peace lies within, always…..
~~ gigoid ~~
9/27/2012
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Random Thoughts on Life
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You live and learn. Or you don’t live long.
~~ Lazarus Long ~~
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You may be capable of great things,
But life consists of small things.
~~ Deng Ming-Dao ~~
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To lead the people, walk behind them.
~~ Lao-Tzu ~~
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“Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing,
I would choose pain.”
~~ William Faulkner ~~
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“Let us endeavour to live that when we come to die
even the undertaker will be sorry.”
~~ Mark Twain, from Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar (1894) ~~
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“We have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.”
~~ Tombstone epitaph of two astronomers ~~
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“An it harm none,
Do what ye will.”
~~ Wiccan Credo ~~
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There are days when creating a Pearl of Virtual Wisdom makes me wonder just what the hell I’m doing here; today has been one of those. However, it’s done, so, I’ll forgo any further waffling over purpose, and get it posted. I’m a firm believer in “better out than in”, as you may know. In any case, I can’t think of any more ways to torture either of us, so, I’ll give it up for today. I will, regardless of whether or not I wish to do so, be back again tomorrow, simply because I’m one stubborn son of a bitch (sorry, Mom…). See ya….
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 
“An it harm none,
Do what ye will.”
SMiLes my friend..
gigoid.. synchronicity
again.. but i used
just another
Wiccan
source
now per
Aleister
Crowley..
The Golden
Rule oF Love
under Will free
and yes.. n0w
Love requires
cognitive effort WiLL
and iS not free either…
Some folks are blessed
with more emotions and
empathy than others from
birth but the Love muscle
iS one that must be exercised
not unlike any other
function of
humanity
iN use iT
oR lose iT
then and now..
and to Be thE change
wE wanna bE iS the bottom
line per the video you share
full of common sense for
anyone who
escapes
the matrix
of culture
and looks back
over culture iN
big picture way…
sAdly.. most folks liVe
liFe as audience and spectators
and never gain a seat as director..
producer and actor in tHeir own play..
but that’s the way of culture to
insure all the cogs
of the machine
remain
freshly
oiled
and tarRed
feathereD slaves
as such.. iN PriSons
of silent complacency
as functionally disabled
primates iN aLL iT means
to truly move.. connect..
and create free now
birth rights
oF mammals
except for
humans
and those
that are killed
off by humans or
put in Zoos of human
prisons shared by roommates iN heLL..
after almost 5 decades i came to
the realization that i understood
almost nothing associated
with being human
and i continue
to learn
to be
one
now..
wiTh Love under WiLL..
which naturally includes
the do no harm pArt
aS harm
iS no
pARt
oF True
Love under
True WiLL.. noW.. iN liGht
aT lEast when wE are trUly
Free primates with fuLL fUr oFLove..
noW LiKe tHe Pan wE weRe beForE
ONE
wITh Nature..one
struggle yes.. now
free more.. allNOW..
but anyway.. sure.. it’s
possible to have all the
creature comforts as icing
on the cake of heaven.. when
one finds the balance to be free
apes Now..
wiTh
clothes
oF culture FREE..:)
Ah,the Love Muscle……
Loving yourself is a hard job when ya full of grumps!
grin..
Those who are too weak to make a stand against reality have no choice but to obliterate themselves by identifying with it. They are never rationally reconciled to civilization. Instead, they bow to it, secretly accepting the identity of reason and domination, of civilization and the ideal, however much they may shrug their shoulders. Well-informed cynicism is only another mode of conformity. These people willingly embrace or force themselves to accept the rule of the stronger as the eternal norm.
Max Horkheimer, Eclipse of Reason
Spring is in the air…..and the delight of ‘growth’ is there for all to see..
A feast for the senses….
Long live Life!
😉
Leelu Has Got It Right!
Lovely and Cuddly…
“It’s the RINSE CYCLE!! They’ve ALL IGNORED the RINSE CYCLE!!”
Saw the video awhile ago (the lie we live)…..I avoid it these days…owing to the rinse cycle!
thanx gigoid..
😉
A lovely link…A Little Joke…..
http://wp.me/p2KDb7-QL via @wordpressdotcom…
An excellent joke, indeed. I’ll be following Bob….
gigoid
SMiLes..
penniewoodfall..
LiFe GRoWS..;)
AWWWW! Look at Leelu! How sweet of you to put the comfy looking pillow on the chair!
Aye, she’s a sweetie… The pillow is there for my own butt… but, she has a habit of usurping it for her naps… and, how can anyone wake up a baby sleeping so hard?….
😉
gigoid