Ffolkes,
“He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness
by changing anything but his own disposition
will waste his life in fruitless efforts.”
~~ Samuel Johnson ~~
Iconic Golden Gate Bridge, with boat….
Hajime…. Since there is time (Always… Tardis, remember?), we’ll take a break, first. Hang on; I’ll be back….
It’s been some time since I went for a walk before dawn. In retrospect, it was much the same as all the other times I’ve done so in my life, in that I always find the rest of the world quiet, and, for as much as it can be, at peace, if only on the surface. Such instances of solitude out in the BBR are rare, and it is wise to absorb as much of the calmness into one’s spirit while one may. If naught else, it provides us, or, me, anyway, some inner strength to face the other times when peace is not as readily found. That would be pretty much all the time one spends dealing with society, so, a good stash of inner peace is always welcome.
Now, then…. If I’ve managed to keep any of those who began this mess thus far, I’ll note today’s Pearl is pretty standard. The old-school pearl is pretty special, in some ways; the message it contains is fairly standard, but, the path it takes to get there is rather less so. You’ll see. The poem speaks to the same issue as the previous paragraph, in its way, and the music is Mozart. Not the most engaging of menus, I would guess, but, up to our usual standards, and, thus, acceptable, if only in our dreams. Dreams are, after all, as big a part of our reality as is the flesh and blood world in which we spend the greater portion of our time. I often wonder if the Australian aborigines don’t have it right, when they profess to believe dreamtime is when we are most real, and our standard reality is the true dream. Sounds fairly coherent to my way of perceiving; it’s at least as much so as any of the common religious philosophies people tend to cling to, don’t you think?
Well, I think so. Before we get any further into what conceivably could turn into a controversy, let’s get on with what we have for y’all today. I can’t say it is the best we’ve ever done, but, it ain’t crap. On that elegant note, let’s see what’s down there to find….
Shall we Pearl?….
“We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.”
~~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ~~
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You had to know, given what you’ve seen already, this was coming. Try to enjoy it, anyway, okay? I know I will….
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Classical Music
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Today’s poem is, again, one of mine; it’s been a while since I last posted it, and the message it delivers is our point for the day, hence, no shame. Enjoy!….
Accentuated Lessons
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 ~~
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Naked Pearls
Clearly obscure….
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Just Say “Know!”
~~ Realist Bee ~~
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“For a moment, nothing happened.
Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.”
~~ Douglas Adams, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” ~~
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“The fact that an opinion has been widely held
is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd;
indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind,
a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.”
~~ Bertrand Russell, Marriage and Morals ~~
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“There is what there is and what we wish there was.”
~~ Subtle Bee ~~
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“Tiger gotta hunt. Bird gotta fly.
Man gotta sit and wonder why, why, why.
Tiger gotta sleep. Bird gotta land.
Man gotta tell himself he understand.”
~~ Kurt Vonnegut Jr. ~~
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“There is no birth without pain.”
~~ Carl Jung ~~
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“There are worse things than dying.”
~~ Kalas ~~
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Though we don’t like to keep stats, I’m sure this one fits right into some category; I wouldn’t presume to even guess which it might be. In fact, the degree of how much I don’t care should be expressed in Celsius, to keep the figures smaller; otherwise, y’all might think I don’t even like myself. I do, though, so, rather than get any further into such irrelevant material, I’ll just say, see y’all tomorrow, when we’ll make yet another effort to break completely free of the chains of sanity. Go figure, eh? Be real, ffolkes; there’s really not much choice if you don’t….
Y’all take care out there,
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 
soothing music on a rainy day….damn gets NO better than that…thanx my friend….chuq
You’re welcome… gettin’ some weather, eh? Here, we’re clear, and cold (for California…); but, I find Mozart to be pretty good for any day….
Stay warm & dry, amigo…. I’ll be by later….
gigoid
“He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness
by changing anything but his own disposition
will waste his life in fruitless efforts.”
~~ Samuel Johnson ~~
God
i mean
Nature
lives
within..
common philosophy
of the ages of the sages
for most anyone who escapes
the rigor
mortis
now then
now always
nowwhen
noW Now
cultural
rules and
regulations
and guidelines
to control and subjugate folks
‘tween the sidewalks of life.. now..
This Dreamtime of time out of time..
sure.. the same stuff that Eckart Tolle
is speaking of in New age ways
more or less
now
the same
is also the stuff
of going deeper within
and connecting to human
Jungian-like archetypes that
even science is starting to give
credence to as of a Discover Magazine
not too
long
ago..
still
easily
accessible
with a Google search..
anyWay.. Dream time is
heaven now for those who
escape the sidewalks of books
and such as that my friEnd.. they
are more likely to write them in some
symbolic
way
once
they
enter
into never
land and never
ending story now..
words don’t do it justice
never have never will as they
are both figurative and concrete too..
And sure.. it’s the eye of the needle and
a hugely overweight camel for escape..
same story.. same roles.. similar
archetypes and
different
actors
as the
powerful
play goeS oN
and soMe add
verses to uniVerse
even iF it is watering
a sapling tree for life..
or a small
sprout
of
maSSturd
seed or whatever
the FucK.. mY FriEnd..
A devil doesn’t live in the big picture..
but sure.. one can visit never the less as more..;)
“We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.”
~~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ~~
Nah.. don’t
doubt now
A Power oF
A dArk Force..
not everyone is cut out to kNow..
that’s not fair and it sucks but it is what it is..;)
Sure.. bottom
lines inner
strength
will
chi
faith
whatever
one calls it
it is what it is
too.. strong or weak
or almost non-existence
subject to A dArk force2..;)
Just Say “Know!”
~~ Realist Bee ~~
Trump
yes
Trump
no
Trump yes
‘sure’
kNoW..;)
“For a moment, nothing happened.
Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.”
~~ Douglas Adams, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” ~~
Nothing seems
like a thousand
years in
one
second
for ‘those’
‘who’ visit ‘that place’..;)
“The fact that an opinion has been widely held
is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd;
indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind,
a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.”
~~ Bertrand Russell, Marriage and Morals ~~
Hmm.. once one now
really studies all sciences/arts
usuAlly there is a deeper reason
that
specialists
can miss at least
as science shows now..
in the human art of both
thriving and basic survival..
For example.. scarcity makes
‘ridiculous controls’ for survival
and abundance makes
for ‘so much
fun’
folks
over do it
and controls
that seem ridiculous
come about again
and the
cycle
goes
on in even
‘more ridiculous’
ways for survival..
bottom shared line..
survival.. so in other words
sometimes ‘stupid is’ works..
now for
survival..
and the smArty
pants never get around
to reproducing while others
do it with their ‘ridiculous rules’
and carry on wayward sons as such..
and daughters too..
as even science shows
that while the population
of the world will stabilize
later this century.. those who believe
in ‘ridiculous religious rules’ will continue
to survive over smarty pants.. moreover..
for the
simple
fAct
that they
are fucking
with no birth control..
it’s all about giving a
free fuck or not
when
the
rubbers
hit the road..or not..;)
“There is what there is and what we wish there was.”
~~ Subtle Bee ~~
And there is
also a now
that is awesome
and beyond most folks belief
as bio-neuro-diversity goeS on iN liGht and DArk..
the reality
is Nature
works
that way
and it is
what it is..
even if one says
there is only a chosen
few who get to go to heaven NOW..
so
ironic
so ironic
for those who wait..
who could or would or should
seek it and find IT NOW forevermorenow..;)
“Tiger gotta hunt. Bird gotta fly.
Man gotta sit and wonder why, why, why.
Tiger gotta sleep. Bird gotta land.
Man gotta tell himself he understand.”
~~ Kurt Vonnegut Jr. ~~
Be
just
bee
and bird..:)
“There is no birth without pain.”
~~ Carl Jung ~~
Yeah.. i wish
i could
have
skipped
that step..
but i was way
too weak to make
it without the worst pain
known to humankind for
66 months from wake to sleep..
and when i say that was worth it..
it must
be a mighty
fine place i live
for now.. as honestly
i would do it all again
just for
one
second
of what
i experience
now.. can’t full put
it into words but i can
put it into perspective.. mY FriEnd..;)
It’s just like the movie contact with
Jodie Foster
i had
no
full ideal
‘this place
existed’.. only
a glimmer of a wink
of dreamtime from before NOW..:)
“They should have sent a poet”
-Jodie Foster
in that
Carl
Sagan
inspired movie..:)
“There are worse things than dying.”
~~ Kalas ~~
A source NoW..WoN
oF aLL my WiLL/Hope/Believe/
FAiTH/LovE.. been tHeRE done thiS..
and perHaps
that’s
why
most
folks
don’t go here..
as they can’t
make it
out
of
thaT other
place.. surely
hiStory sHows tHis..:)
Another great breakdown of the included pearl, amigo…. I have a suggestion… My old-school pearls, always in the last section, are put together with a specific message in mind, which the pearls lead to in the reader’s mind (hopefully)…. My other autistic friend seems to be one of the only people who can figure out the exact message intended, when she does the same thing you do, by interpreting each separate pearl; then she ties them all together with a comment on the entire group…. I suggest you take your examination to the same level, as you have one of the few minds capable of seeing that whole picture, as does she…
As always, thanks for the comments; it is always a joy to see your take on them….
gigoid, the dubious
SMiLes my friEnd.. i
Write poetry to
Escape left brain
Thinking i
Think
Enough
Already..
WiNks with
Joy oF LiGht
And LiFe..:)
In other words i
Have to work extremely
Hard not to over analyze life
And the propensity is
STill what i DancE
And SinG to
Escape
As
FinAlly
A Balance of
HeArt and Science
Shedding excessive
Yang.. from my old
Snake
SKin
But sure
Now and then
i slither Back
For BaLaNcinG aLL
As a practice and Science of
Art..:)
I get it, bro…. whatever works is good with me….
gigoid
Thanks my friEnd..
yOur place is one of
my most favorite places
to visit online.. obviously..
eclectic
i seek and
surely find here
free and free is alWays
the key now as far as
happy comes to me..
whether
i am
right
or wrong
or tall or short
or fat or thin
or smart or
dumb
is
not the
Happy Intelligence i seek now..
juSt happy and free as iT happEns..
it’s kinda like when i dance in public..
girls moreover understand i am doing it
to be care free and happy and the ‘boys’
ask me why.. and obviously there lies the problem..
why…
same
as when
they were big
enough to bully
me when a child
for just a smile.. ignorance
is
sad
my
friend
just sad….:)
The ‘only’ reaSon the myth of ‘Jesus’
is as popular as ‘he’ is.. is one..
to expand the Roman
Empire..
two.. to
make it
okay
for
‘little
men’ to smile now
for some reAson at all..
otherwise the desire for
fear and hate would have ‘killed’
Jesus
long
long
ago..
but no.. he is
the ‘only one’ they
can ‘smile at’.. ain’t it
both ironic and ignorance of sad..:)
But on the other hand there is a bigger
reason too.. when scarcity arrives and
the tribal instinct arises to fight and kill
enough necessary for resources of
subsistence.. without killing
attributes of empathy
and compassion..
aversion to
fighting
and
killing
wins
so empathy
and compassion
becomes the enemy
of kill and that too explains
why folks who live in scarCities..
no matter so-called time or place
develop frOwny face and become bullies
with cOld heArts too.. poor of food.. poor of drink..
poor of social roles.. poor of spirit as empathy and compassion
dies..
a slow
burn in
red state
hells of scarcity
of empathy and compassion
where the tribal instinct and basic
snake brain is the flavor of mind for survival..
and most ironically i must continue to exercise my
snake
for
the
benefit
of freedom to love
in a place like hell..
that just SO hapPens to
be paradise too for those
who feel and sense the beauty
of the environment here thaT way
out of tHat other human dimension (world)
within of hell my FriEnd.. sTilLL Love Wins..
when
fearless
smARt
and
Strong
enough to breathe..
DancE and SinG Free..:)
*smile* You save me from ranting myself, hermano… Dance on!….
gigoid
WiNks..:)