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Fear is there because instinctively you know there is something wrong. It is your friend. It lets you know to be careful. Voice your fear once it is summoned; voice it calmly and rationally. Usually fear is the correction emotion when it is present. The worst feeling, though, is being afraid to tell me about your fear.

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Spot on. Thanks.

The fear of fear. That is a hard trap indeed.

Think I'm gonna step away into the gathering stormclouds and listen to the band. A very rich vein of truth and fortitude!

Byrnzie

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Here's another for the mix:

"Man cannot always live his existence between the cosy walls of time, insulated by narrow but comfortable scientific postulations, and warmed at the hearth of the predictable certitudes of uniformitarian laws governing created matter. When time shall be no more, and when the elements of matter are dissolved, when insularity shall curl its blackened flakes of brittle fragments; then, attend more massive statutes, and loom hugely the vast spiritual verities so flimsily hidden by the transient wrapping. The tottering walls bulge with the tremendous pressures of eternity, and so soon the house of time shall collapse and the everlasting swell of the eternal ages burst in, break down, and carry away the petty flotsam and jetsam of what we call time, apparently now so secure. But you have your witness."

Who wrote/said this?

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who'd have guessed that dire straits' communique album would be the living definition of punk rock!? not i for one!

mobile fone microwaves are a bloody health hazard, trust me. if your head starts baking, step away!

Byrnzie

tremors wrote:

who'd have guessed that dire straits' communique album would be the living definition of punk rock!? not i for one!

Me neither.

tremors wrote:

mobile fone microwaves are a bloody health hazard, trust me. if your head starts baking, step away!

Point duly noted!

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TAI CHI VS KUNG FU


WING CHUN IS
ECONOMY OF MOTION
WHISTLE PAST ONE EAR
ENOUGH


TAI CHI IS
EXPANSIVE
A RURAL ART
RURAL DISCIPLINE

DEFENDING BOUNDLESS BEAUTIFUL
COUNTRYSIDE
NOT DEICIDE
NOT SUICIDE
NOT GENOCIDE

LIVE HONG KONG / LONDON
TRAVEL WITH WING CHUN
DEFEND YOUR BOXED AREA


TAI CHI
SURROUNDS AND PROTECTS

SHORTEST DISTANCE BETWEEN 2 POINTS?
CIRCLE IS ALWAYS QUICKER


t, 2010

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'LIKE SALT WATER, PLEASURABLE THINGS
INCREASE ATTACHMENT HOWEVER THEY ARE USED
LIKE A SUMMER RAINBOW
APPEARING BEAUTIFUL BUT UNTRUE
VIEW THEM LIKE THIS
& AVOID ATTACHMENT & LUST'


To generate true love you need to know how it differs from attachment

ordinary love & compassion R Intertwined with
attachment
because their motivations are selfsh
you care about certain people because they are temporarily your friend


HH DALAI LAMA
'WIDENING THE CIRCLE OF LOVE'
2005

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the philosopher (EB)

ENOUGH OF THOUGHT, PHILOSOPHER!
TOO LONG HAST THOU BEEN DREAMING
UNLIGHTENED, IN THIS CHAMBER DREAR
WHILE SUMMER'S SUN IS BEAMING -
SPACE SWEEPNG SOUL, WHAT SAD REFRAIN CONCLUDES THY MUSINGS ONCE AGAIN?

'O FOR THE TIME WHEN I SHALL SLEEP
WITHOUT IDENTITY,
AND NEVER CARE HOW RAIN MAY STEEP
OR SNOW MAY COVER ME!

'NO PROMISED HEAVEN, THESE WILD DESIRES
COULD ALL OR HALF FULFIL;
NO THREATENED HELL, WITH QUENCHLESS FIRES,
SUBDUE THIS QUENCHLESS WILL!'

(....cont...)

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willing, he yields
submissive he falls
the blazing coals of
eternal fire erupt
with shocking explosions
to meet the sacrifice
as the retaining lattice spreads
to emesh and impale the agonising sufferer
for those long seconds of infinite pain
In compressed etenity til
stupendou sight
till the volcanic fire of
eternal wrath die out
till the furnace
is but dead ash
until legal justice
is fully met
until the curse of the law fully uttered
until righeousness fully vindicate
until 'it is finished'

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THE PHILOSOPHER, EMILY BRONTE (PT 2)


so said i, and still say the same
still to my death will say
3 gods within this little frame
are warring night and day

Heaven could not hold them all, and yet
THEY ALL ARE HELD IN ME
AND MUST BE MINE TILL I FORGET
MY PRESENT ENTITY

O FOR THE TIME WHEN IN MY BREAST
THEIR STRUGGLES WILL BE O'ER
O FOR THE DAY WHEN I SHALL REST
AND NEVER SUFFER MORE!


(TO BE CONT...)

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.....

And even for that Spirit, Seer,
I've watched and sought my lifetime long;
Sought him in Heaven, Hell, Earth and Air,
An endless search - and always wrong!

Had I but seen his glorious eye
Once light the clouds that 'wilder me,
I ne'er had raised this coward cry
To cease to think and cease to be-

I ne'er had called oblivion blest,
Nor stretching eager hands to Death
Implored to change for senseless rest

THIS SENTIENT SOUL, THIS LIVING BREATH

O let me die, that power and will
Their cruel strife may close,
And conquered good and conquering ill
Be lost in one repose.



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Listened to a bit more of Boston las night with my much better Mp3 player on the phone. RVM!: I have never heard such a scinillating piece of music in my entire life!!

That was ferfuckingnomenal - I think Matt has well and truly taken the gloves off now. Don't you love the way Stone plays these days? it's very elusive - but if you tried to take it away it would be a bit like turning of the electricity; - anyway, I'm getting shivers just thinking about it - and I only listened to it once - PJ are truly getting sratospheric now. Encore!!

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Western Wisdom:

To know the rabbit;
Watch, hunt, trap, disembowel
Examine those entrails

Eastern wisdom:

Watch
Observe
Mimic
Emulate spirit
Learn
Then hop as the hare
(and be)



(t, 2010)

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Thought & Ideas: from ‘The Essence of Tao’
Pamela Ball
Arcturus 2004

Confucianism & Taoism

Circling around each other like yin and yang themselves, Taoism and Confucianism represent two indigenous poles of the Chinese character. Confucius represents the classical, Lao Tzu the romantic. Confucius stresses social responsibility, Lao Tzu praises spontaneity and naturalness. Confucius’ focus is on the human. Lao Tzu’s on what transcends the human. As the Chinese themselves say, Confucius roams within society, Lao Tzu wanders beyond. Something in life reaches out in each of these directions, and Chinese civilization would certainly have been poorer if either had not appeared.

(Smith, Houston. The World’s Religions)



Tibetan Book of the Dead:

Therefore the phenomena of the three worlds (of desire, of form and of non-form) are mind made. Without mind, there is practically no objective existence. Thus all existence arises from imperfect notions in our mind. All differences are differences of the mind, but the mind cannot see itself, for it has no form. We should know that all phenomena are created by the imperfect notions in the finite mind; therefore all existence is like a reflection in the mirror, without substance, only a phantom of the mind [See Narcissus]. When the finite mind acts, then all kinds of things arise; when the finite mind ceases to act then all kinds of things cease.

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He who sees inaction in action
And action in inaction
He is wise among men; he is a yogi
and performer of all actions…..
And he whose actions have been burnt by the fire of knowledge
Him the wise call a sage

The Bhagavad Gita

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Abandon nothing. Take up nothing. Rest, abide in yourself
Just as you are


Abhinavagputa

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JESUS
CROSSED THE SEA
ON FOOT
BUT ONCE
HE DIDN'T MAKE A LIVING FROM IT

WHY?
BECAUSE IT'S FUCKING DIFFICULT
NO
HE WAS LIVID
WHEN HE HEARD
JOHN THE BAPTIST
WAS BEHEADED

HE WAS DESOLATED
SAD TO THE CORE
BUT FORGAVE
PRAYED FOR FAITH
FOUND IT

AND CROSSED THE WATER
A WARRIOR OF PEACE
TRANSCENDING
ALL HUMAN LIMITATIONS
A SON OF MAN
SUN OF HUMANITY
SON OF WOMAN BORN

AND SO PETER WAS ABLE TO MEET HIM
NOT HALFWAY
BUT NEAR THE END

WHEN PETER STARTED TO SINK
JESUS REMARKED
'IT IS YOUR FAITH THAT HAS LEFT YOU'
NOT YOUR LORD

YOUR LORD IS BEFORE YOU
YOUR BOAT IS BEHIND
THE SEA IN BETWEEN US

AND SO THEY BOTH RETURNED TO THE BOAT
UNHARMED AT SURACE
YET CHARGED WITH GRIEF AND LOVE

FRIENDS FOREVER
A BOND OF PURE TRUST
IN GOD

AND BAREFOOT
WITH A LIFE STILL YET TO LIVE

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Matthew 14 (New International Version)

Matthew 14
John the Baptist Beheaded

At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus, and he said to his attendants, "This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him."

Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, for John had been saying to him: "It is not lawful for you to have her." Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people, because they considered him a prophet.

On Herod's birthday the daughter of Herodias danced for them and pleased Herod so much that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked. Prompted by her mother, she said, "Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist." The king was distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he ordered that her request be granted and had John beheaded in the prison. His head was brought in on a platter and given to the girl, who carried it to her mother. John's disciples came and took his body and buried it. Then they went and told Jesus.

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a remote place, and it's already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food."

Jesus replied, "They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat."

"We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish," they answered.

"Bring them here to me," he said. And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children.


Jesus Walks on the Water

Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.

During the fourth watch of the night Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. "It's a ghost," they said, and cried out in fear.

But Jesus immediately said to them: "Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid."

"Lord, if it's you," Peter replied, "tell me to come to you on the water."

"Come," he said.

Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, "Lord, save me!"

Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. "You of little faith," he said, "why did you doubt?"

And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down. Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God."

When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret. And when the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word to all the surrounding country. People brought all their sick to him and begged him to let the sick just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched him were healed.

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Walcott, Another Life


Noon,
And its sacred winter sprinkles.
A schoolgirl in blue and white uniform,
Her golden plaits a simple coronet
out of Angelico, a fine sweat on her forehead,
hair where the twilight singed and signed its epoch.
And a young man going home.
They move away from each other.
They are moving towards each other.
His head roars with hunger and poems.
His hand is trembling to recite her name.
She clutches her books, she is laughing,
her uniformed companions laughing.
She laughs till she is near tears.


Who could tell, in the 'crossing of that pair'
that later it would mean
that rigid iron lines were drawn between
him and that garden chair
from which she rose to meet him, as for a train,
that watching her rise
from the bright boathouse door was like some station
where either stood, transfixed
by the rattling telegraph of carriage windows
flashing goodbyes,
that every dusk rehearsed a separation
already in their eyes,
that later, when they sat in silence, seaward,
and looking upward, heard
its engines as some moonlit liner chirred
from the black harbour outward,
those lights spelt out their sentence, word by word?



http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IADd ... &q&f=false

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The Nursing Ritual

10pm's approaching
Drop it down your neck.
Don’t know what it is
Don’t know what it does
You’ll take it anyway
Try if you might to protest.

We got ways
We got means
With your perfect measured treasure-trove, of multicoloured sweets
To meet your every need boy
And we’ll gladly make you plead

We think we know what these pills are
But you, you certainly won’t
Swallow them down anyway,
whatever’s in your throat

Might just fix you up
Might just sort you out
Might keep you awake
Come tomorrow morning
They’ll definitely make you shake

Failing that you’ll soon pick up
The rhythm anyway
Of the man next door
On the institution’s bench
The rocking, shuddering, shaking
breaking, that old leg-thumping beat
(and once upon a time
That was a man on the next seat)

And 10pm again
You drop them down your neck
Resistance here is futile
So learn to hit the deck

How did you get here anyway?
Said one thing wrong once to the wrong man
At wrong time?
Well once you got this mark
You’ll never be off the hook

So let’s magnify behaviour
Scrutinise your whims
Whatever you think you’re made of
We’ve got it in the book

And when you’re finally promised freedom
You better learn to beg
And better get used (quicker)
To seeing your son
Lowering his head

So drain what’s put before you
Rattle down & count, by
colour shape and size.....
Could be from the carpet
Might be from the floor
Could be from the trashcan
Might be something more

Whatever else it might be
Our youth won’t even roll their eyes
The cream of a generation
Fixed with this ugliest disguise

And such perfect a vulnerability
To enemies of the state -
The trust of ones
So fit and able.....

But you’ll break them,
Man, they break.

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Jesus and Beelzebub

Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon left, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowd was amazed. But some of them said, "By Beelzebub, the prince of demons, he is driving out demons." Others tested him by asking for a sign from heaven.

Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them: "Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall. If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? I say this because you claim that I drive out demons by Beelzebub. Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your followers drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you.

"When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe. But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up the spoils.

"He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me, scatters.

.....[edit]

As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, "Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you."

He replied, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it."

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A Is for ADMISSION
B is for breakdown & brutalisation
C Is for compliance and complicity
S is for survival
P Is for paranoia
C Is for courage
D Is for DISCHARGE

W IS FOR 'WHERE D'YA PARK THE CAR?'

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LONDON HERALD TRIBUNE
[SIBERIAN HOSPITAL EDITION]

15.10.2010

Tomorrow’s features (God Willing)

FREE! Infidels, 2011 Remaster (free copy to each reader, plus £1 bet on the footie)

Hear Dylan’s least understood work afresh; made up of the Supergroup and production ‘dream team' of Sly & Robbie on bass, Mark Knopfler on strings and production. Generally seen as a welcome return to secularity, the title ‘Infidels’ suggests Dylan had other ideas. As does the subject matter. Particularly pertinent to all of today’s crises of confidence and faith in what has gone before: – Dylan’s explicit themes include American Capitalism, the state of Israel, Lunar Landings and ecological concerns, the existence or not of Satan, mental illness, existential trauma, love and money, love and love, plus 007 (the real ones). Generally available in non-revitalised form on I-tunes and Amazon today. Warning, some Guardian readers may find the content somewhat politically incorrect.





Tomorrow’s featured philosopher (God-willing): Bruce Lee, The Tao of Kung Fu




(partly dependent on whether the paper copy is still in one of my refuse sacks just picked up from my recently abandoned ‘meditation chamber’)

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Today’s featured philosopher:Hegel!! (see below, as soon as I can physically type it up whilst cooking the dinner etc etc). ‘Multitasking!’, only significiant achievement of womankind after all those years of oppression ) :~)

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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Philosophy-Hege ... 844650693/


BEING, NOTHING & BECOMING

THESIS-ANTITHESIS-SYNTHESIS

Hegel's philosophical approach is often incorrectly summarized by these terms, which have their origin in a later popularizer of Hegel named Heinrich Moritz Chalybaus. Hegel himself never used them to describe his system or the development that occurs within it. The three paragraphs describing the development of 'being-nothing-becoming', however point to the insufficiency [of the above concept]. A THESIS is literally a POSITING, and a SYNthesis is usually taken to be a combination / unification of items, but, the process involved in these first three paragraphs is one which we have noticed begins within the category of being and then moves, in an organic and immanent way, to something that is not a mre combination of categories but the result of their negative movement.

Aufhebung

From these paragraphs, we already have a perspective on what is the most crucial term of art within Hegel's philosophical enterprise. Aufhebung, a German word which Hegel specifically made use of to refer to what happens in developments [such as] that from being to becoming, and which has a range of meanings appropriate to the experience of negation and development we have seen. The term in German can mean on its negative side both "clear away" and "cancel", but also in a more positive sense "preserve". Sometimes translated by the negative term "sublate", the term can often present something of English-speaking Hegelians since no English word can capture all the meanings of the German. What is important to notice is that what emerges from Aufhebung cannot simply be construed as a unity or even a "synthesis" (see above), in the sense often attributed to Hegel. Becoming is not a mere unity of being and nothing in the sense of a category that ABSTRACTS from them, but rather their INWARD UNREST, Hegel says, or "unseparatedness"

"in so far as being and nothing, each unseparated from its other, is, each is NOT. They are therefore in this unity, but only as vanishing, sublated moments....."

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