Ffolkes,
“Every man is a divinity in disguise, a god playing the fool.”
~~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~
Post-harvest wine country scenery….
Hajime…. As is sometimes the case, we begin today with an appropriate pearl of virtual wisdom; our selection is, in actuality, part of the composite pearl found in today’s final section, but, it fits in too well by itself in this locus to preclude using it twice….
“If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon
in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live.”
~~ Lin Yutang ~~
Those familiar with the way my mind works, (a challenge, for sure, but, not impossible, given enough exposure here on ECR….), will understand now why I use the word ‘appropriate’, as they will have noticed my complete absence from yesterday. Not a single word written, not a single email read, & only one blog visited, to leave a note for a friend in the hospital. In fact, the only time I spent on the computer yesterday was spent watching old movies, or listening to music. I am, as is also sometimes the case, unsure of just why I avoided all cyber contact, as it seemed an instinctual imperative more than anything else. I don’t feel even a smidgen of guilt, or even angst over not posting, and that, by itself, is a telling fact. To me, anyway…. It tells me blogging has assumed a lesser importance to my overall state of mind, replaced by the mere act of walking in the fresh air to be found out in the Big Blue Room….
So, my absence may have future repercussions for Exploring Consensual Reality. Not that my own explorations will cease; those words probably describe my life better than any others…. No, it merely bodes ill for consistent posting, or, for that matter, consistent writing, as my mind seems to prefer the more physically oriented rumination I find while walking in the wide world, seeking, and finding, moments of wonder wherever I go. As much as I enjoy the contact with others in the blogging world, (many of whom have become good friends, though never meeting in the flesh), it all seems less real than, well, the real world….
I have a problem with reality, I guess; the totality of what I perceive it to be often varies by a large degree from what others report, & I, like everyone else, tend to prefer my own perceptive ability’s take on it. This, as it does for us all, tends to create the potential for conflict, which, in my life, has been far too ubiquitous for my taste. I suppose that’s also the way everyone else feels about it, but, having dealt with what I consider to be more than my share of such issues, I am reluctant to enter into potentially contentious interactions, which is a long-winded way of saying I avoid people in general…. Go figure, eh?
I’m wandering, I know; it’s hard not to when wandering is what I have mostly been doing, in my head, for quite a long time. For now, I guess I’ll just stop, & go get this posted, as all the parts are in place…. I can’t say what will happen in the future, but, for us humans, that’s probably for the best, as our predictive abilities are no match for the vagaries of reality’s wondrous unpredictability…. Life is filled with ambiguity, so, for now, I’m going with the flow. I’ll let y’all know if I come up with any particularly valuable conclusions…. Until then….
Shall we Pearl?….
“Seeing death as the end of life
is like seeing the horizon as the end of the ocean”
.~~ David Searls ~~
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Today’s music is a default selection, chosen to accompany your reading today for the simplest of reasons; I’m lazy. That’s it. I just didn’t feel like searching out anything else, for this always hits the mark, as far as I’m concerned…. I do hope you enjoy it….. Really, I do, so why shouldn’t you?…. Abondanza, ffolkes….
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Classical Music
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Meander….
Inimitable, grieving, garnering mere bargains, to taste;
naked apes, priapic by nature and choice,
filled up the only valid chalice, laid it to waste,
nobody asked, nor ever raised a single voice.
Formidable, dreams becoming so real;
clearly extraordinary, in a tawdry sense.
Deals to make, illusions to steal,
busy, busy, building fence after fence.
True nature’s existence, so to speak,
rests interiorly, as well as in your face.
Duality’s persistent insistence ain’t weak;
ignorance of reality leaves not a single trace.
Herds of commonality congregate before portals
shaking each other by the collar as they dance.
Chasing their illusionary dreams, as if they weren’t mortals,
born believing they ever had a chance.
Irony lives deep in the human soul, part, parcel, post;
holding four aces, betting a pair of jacks, or queens.
Expedience beckons toward mendacity, at most,
fox mocking grapes, while it dances and preens.
The wheel turns, inevitable, ponderously mundane,
grinding grain, chaff, and dust.
Bolstering connections aids those who may abstain
from the paltry tale of the bold, and just.
~~ gigoid ~~
10/5/2016
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Naked Pearls
More notes on Life at Large….
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As for courage and will
– we cannot measure how much of each lies within us,
we can only trust there will be sufficient
to carry through trials which may lie ahead.”
~~ Andre Norton ~~
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“If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon
in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live.”
~~ Lin Yutang ~~
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It is ridiculous to lay the blame of our wrong actions upon external causes,
rather than on the facility with which we ourselves are caught by such causes.”
~~ Aristotle ~~
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“Anybody remotely interesting is mad, in some way or another.”
~~ Dr. Who ~~
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“The virtue of all achievement is the victory over oneself.
Those who know this can never know defeat.”
~~ A.J. Cronin ~~
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“There are two sentences inscribed upon the Delphic oracle,
hugely accommodated to the usages of man’s life:
“Know thyself”,
and “Nothing too much”;
and upon these all other precepts depend.”
~~ Plutarch — Consolation to Apollonius ~~
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“There is a great deal of human nature in people.”
~~ Mark Twain ~~
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Such as it is, so shall it be. On that rather final note, I bid thee adieu until the next time, which lies in the relatively distant future. Not really, in a cosmic sense; in fact, it could conceivably happen tomorrow, or even again today. Who the hell knows? Not me, but, when I do, y’all will be the first to know. See ya, ffolkes; I’m off on walkabout for another day…..
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 
Hi gigoid and Happy November
1st Birthday at about
9 years and
7 Months
and some
Change of
Days Older
than me.. hehe..
and as i remember 10 years
ago for me that was surely
no cakewalk
with zero
icing
anywhere to
find for me as colors
had become so painful
to look at about two months
before my descent to hell of
pain and numb that i attempted
to break out some words from the
Computer but even white screen
dull was too bright for that pain then..
color pain and bright screen pain such a strange
and sensitive pain then with zinging sensations
all through out in my head and a chill on my scalp top
too as my extremities grew Cold for that Summer Before
even in 100 Degree Temperatures a breeze of heat
brought
a chill
deep
within then..
so strange so strange
to be chilled in 100 Degree
Temperatures then still.. and the
whole environment became difficult to
breathe and eventually out doors would be
a hell i could no longer stand then.. blood not
getting to my head eventually diagnosed with Dysautonomia.. too..
then.. it’s true my friend i didn’t just feel like a 100.. i felt in another
age entirely as the Entire Environment of the Planet became an
inhospitable one to me.. but only me entering into Earth Hell
then for merrily
Families
were
playing
still on the
Beach then in
November Sun
while i froze in heat
and cold same what a strange
Bird i was then.. anyway.. the mystics
say the experience by symptoms i was
experiencing was Kundalini Syndrome then..
in other words my Emotions were not regulating
and my Senses were not integrating and Medical
Science had no reason at all for me why that was
happening then real.. sensitivity to colors starting it all
out in 2006.. any Doctor understanding Sensitivity to Colors
at all… might as well have been ET going to the Doctor Back then..
as ‘they’ say ‘that’ passed and now all is Good Change is real Change
is Strange and Strange is even Heaven too when your smell don’t work
right with
all that
other
stuff
considered now too..
anyway enough then about
me for just an age difference
between friends brought all the
muse of that memory back now..
i am very sorry to hear that
you are having trouble
sitting in longer
distances
of
now and i hope
you are still enjoying
your walks into the Big
Blue Room of Nature Free..
i understand it’s still rather toasty
in Southern California ways hope you
are not too hot were you are at my friend
in more Northern Areas of California now than
Deeper Southern California Heat Waves.. the Weather
here is slowly returning to Indian Summer but Hot Chocolate
Dream Days finally returned after two years to the Interstate Fair
as the old saying goes it always gets Cold when the Fair comes
of course
except
for the
last two
years as
change comes
whether we bring it
or not.. fortunately i am
able to change my Internal
Weather now through Moving
Meditation.. Body Trained for Light
Gravity Finally Friend of mine where
233 LBs and so of Body weight stArts
out Heavy sitting up and standing
and becomes a never ending
Float once my arms
rise up.. we
are Energy we
Are Force we are Synergy
as Frequencies of Vibrations
Emotions and Senses NeuroHormones
and NeuroChemicals Bones and Blood and
Flesh and Electrons and Photons of MoRE LiGht
too.. swirling within inside.. outside.. above.. so below
and all around.. Now i dance with all of that as Director
i as actor I.. Spirit Exclamation Point! Derived and may
the Force be with you too greater as WeLL my Friend.. other
than that the play goes on and life is what life is best with and as Love my FriEnd..
AnyWay.. off to riff
off the Wisdom
of your
Current
two Efforts
my FriEnd and of
course enjoyed reading
all the Historical ones too..
as re-blogs and re-dos too..:)
“Every man is a divinity in disguise, a god playing the fool.”
~~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~
And God is the Joker in Charge as long as we be fun
E..:)
“If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon
in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live.”
~~ Lin Yutang ~~
It’s true no one uses me anymore.. hAha..
WeLL aT LeaSt noT For Pay..;)
“Seeing death as the end of life
is like seeing the horizon as the end of the ocean”
.~~ David Searls ~~
It’s true the Earth
is not flat
and
Zombies are too..;)
As for courage and will
– we cannot measure how much of each lies within us,
we can only trust there will be sufficient
to carry through trials which may lie ahead.”
~~ Andre Norton ~~
Trust eliminates most fear
leading to Love and Grace
the Foundation of Courage and Will..
most often brought in Childhood first ages
0 through 3 with a Loving Touch that Spells Unconditional Most..:)
“If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon
in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live.”
~~ Lin Yutang ~~
It’s so much fun i am doing it again..;)
It is ridiculous to lay the blame of our wrong actions upon external causes,
rather than on the facility with which we ourselves are caught by such causes.”
~~ Aristotle ~~
Considering that as Science shows almost
entirely Emotion Drives and so
called Rationality
comes next
i wouldn’t
Be surprised if
someone like Donald John
Trump could be elected President
now but true i didn’t believe it before
for it’s also true that’s Proof enough that many
Humans at least are not rational enough to be led by FActs..;)
“Anybody remotely interesting is mad, in some way or another.”
~~ Dr. Who ~~
i Find GreaTest Graces and Loves and Even Fearless
Will and Strength from getting inspired by the most of mundane stuff..
as ‘they’ say.. no pain no gain keep trying never give uP Be inspired always now..:)
“The virtue of all achievement is the victory over oneself.
Those who know this can never know defeat.”
~~ A.J. Cronin ~~
Emotional Regulation and Sensory
Integration so much more than words alone..
in other words
more
as Dance that Sings..:)
“There are two sentences inscribed upon the Delphic oracle,
hugely accommodated to the usages of man’s life:
“Know thyself”,
and “Nothing too much”;
and upon these all other precepts depend.”
~~ Plutarch — Consolation to Apollonius ~~
Yes as ‘they’ say saw
see aBove as beLow OKay..;)
“There is a great deal of human nature in people.”
~~ Mark Twain ~~