Life During Wartime

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The Void

Falling asleep, I am scared of the void.

In deep sleep, I no longer fear the void though I am in it.

Waking, I am scared of the void.

Cookie...Mmmmm

Enough seriousness for one day.

I don't really like fortune cookies...What does it all mean?!?

You Are a Fortune Cookie

You're a rather normal person, except that you have extraordinary luck in life. People want to be around you (even when they're a little sick of you), in hopes of being lucky too!

What Kind of Cookie Are You?

No Vision

What the hell. We might just as well ban people from the freaking planes. Wouldn't that solve all our problems?

Please...people in charge...understand the problem, test solutions, fix the problem.

Repeat as needed.

A Thought

The distance between two points is the size of a metaphorical heart.

A Way

It bears repeating, as many times as necessary, like a mantra.

If we realize that suffering is what we have when we desire, then perhaps being content is a counter-action to desire.

A Wise Man

A once not so wise man said:

Persist in the face of failure.

A wiser man said:

Turn a seeming disadvantage into an advantage.

Possibilities

Forgive me for yesterday's post. Although a true statement of my feelings, it was done in a moment of weakness.

If possible, you should help others.

If that is not possible, at least you should do no harm.

If that is not possible, consult time, place and situation to determine action.

If that is not possible, consult your body.

The Lost World

You know, I'm getting a little fucking tired of these guys.

Listen, you are going to make even bleeding heart apologist liberals want to blow you, your fucking insane ideology and the earth you walk on clear out of this world.

So stop. Now. Fuck.

Content

If we realize that suffering is what we have when we desire, then perhaps being content is a counter-action to desire.

If we realize that in desiring we are searching for contentendness, then why not just be content from the start.

Daily Practice Part 4

Summary of Daily Practice.

Part 4:

Divide the self into two.

Divide the self into two - the real self and the other, automatic person. Examine motives through self-observation and notice when actions proceed from habit or automatic behaviour. Slow down.

Daily Practice Part 3

Summary of Daily Practice.

Part 3:

Become aware that one truth in life is suffering.

Everyone goes through pain whether physical or mental. What we experience as pleasure, is mostly a diminishment of pain. We are in the habit of reacting automatically; we become addicted to feeling good instead of realizing that it is always temporary and thus may be a habit from which we need to see that it occurs and free ourselves. This is not to say that we should abandon actions that make us feel good, just abandon the notion that the feeling is innate in the thing. Eating one chocolate bar is pleasurable to me. Eating seven chocolate bars becomes painful. It is not the chocolate bar that gives pleasure or pain. The chocolate bar is meaningless. The actions and intentions are meaningful. Eat one intsead of seven and realize that it is temporary.

The Silent Minority

I just took a closer look at the Maps function on my blog.

Wow.

Um, thank you very much.

Advice To A Friend Part 3

Question everything. Even the advice given to you and especially those who give the advice. Use your own talents! Use your own brain! It's all there, waiting to be used. What are you waiting for?

Advice To A Friend Part 2

It is not useful (well not too useful) to be constantly pulled two ways or more.

It is not useful to have energy dissipated by attempting to be more than one person.

Follow your own advice dammit.

Physician, heal thyself.

Daily Practice Part 2

Summary of Daily Practice.

Part 2:

Abandon non-virtuous behaviour.

These include the easy (wel for most) things like killing and stealing but also acts such as sexual misconduct, lying, divisive talk, harsh speech, senseless chatter, covetousness, wrong views and perhaps most importantly but most miss-understood, harmful intent.

Daily Practice Part 1

Summary of Daily Practice.

Part 1:

Examine your motives.

Continuously ask yourself why am I doing, saying, thinking the way I am doing, saying and thinking. Examine not just the good parts but the bad and the vague and the sharp too.

Questions And Answers, Sometimes

People ask me why I ask questions on this blog but sometimes don't answer them.

Uh, it's because I don't know the answer and it beats sitting at a barstool, leaning over a brew and asking the drunk next to me.

Well, only just.