I'm gonna spend the morning in Mourning . Every year I try to avoid writing about 9-1-1 , the Horror almost unspeakable . How is it the Man could inflict such untold Suffering on millions of Innocents ?
The First Belief of Planetarians is this :
ALL LIFE IS SACRED .
Tare Forward and Keep the Faith {{{ if you can}}}
The definition of "Emptiness" is NOT to be found in THE SHAMBHALA DICTIONARY OF BUDDHISM AND ZEN, DON'T "have a meltdown" . Know this, without Emptiness there IS no Creation. Matter, in its physical sense, arrived INTO Emptiness, in the exact same way that when water is poured into a bowl, it is the EMPTINESS that "HOLDS" it . A SOLID block cannot hold nor contain that same water . It CAN be said that it is EMPTINESS that allows for the manifestation of "The 10,000 Things" . We have heard, "That asshole is a BLOCKHEAD", meaning, nothing can "go in" and surely, nothing can "go out" .
Years and years ago I had a dream in which a Koan [Japanese Kong-an in Korean] was brought to my Conscious-ness ,,, it was this : "What's the most important 'thing' at an airport ?" When I got passed "WTF" {after SEVERE Bouts of aggravated Mediation} this arrived : "Space" is the most important feature of an Airport, but SPACE wasn't enough, and then Emptiness arrived, and I had the Answer to that Kong-an .
We accuse Others of being "Empty Headed" and only a Buddhist or Zen Buddhist could appreciate the pun that results .
I'm leaving this here for today .
Tare Forward and Keep the Faith
I don't have the Mind to continue with the 'book report' of REGIME CHANGE . I awoke with the desire to write about Planetarianism, my Contribution to Earth's Civilization . I have yet even to begin the Finalization of "The Planetarian Manifesto", it does exist, but only in outline, that is, skeletal Form . For instance, there is the Necessity of each Planetarian, to include, as a part of one's 'Daily Regimen', Meditation . Formal [Seated] Meditation is uncomfortable for Beginners, not to mention the Difficulty of focusing one's Attention on achieving [Attaining] an "Empty Mind" , a Mind devoid of Thinking and Thinking's manifestation ---> Thoughts . I Value Meditation because success "on the cushion" leads to Success in one's Daily Activities, meaning, because Meditation 'Clears' one's Mind, that Clear Mind can be utilized throughout the day under ALL Conditions and ALL Circumstances .
What is the NATURE of this Clear Mind which results from Meditation ? The BEST Description is found in the "Heart Sutra" . When you engage your favorite 'search engine' you may find Edward Conze's translation, provided by "Dharma-Net International" . I did NOT "grow up" with this Translation, but Edward Conze is perhaps the MOST BRILLIANT translator of Hindi . He is FAMOUS and "World Renown" . His translation is cumbersome to me, the Korean translation is succinct and far less gawdy . The Korean translation [into English] is used by my Order, so---I mean---there's THAT .
The Reading of this may be your first introduction to "Form is Emptiness. Emptiness is Form" but do NOT let this Buddhist Dogma become an Obstacle to you . When I was first made aware of "Form is Emptiness---Emptiness is Form" I was warned that completely Understanding THAT would take AT LEAST >>>>>>>>>>> TWENTY YEARS . I confess : it took me AT LEAST 20 and did not happen until I had read THE TAO OF PHYSICS .
For now, simply read the Sutra with an OPEN Mind and of course an OPEN Heart .
Before I begin today's Consideration I want to spend a few moments on Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan's REGIME CHANGE Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump which I finished reading a day ago . I had expected it to contain Psychological Insights into trump and his 'Inner Circle', better regarded as his Cult . I had hoped {and I HATE ---> HOPE} that they had consulted Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Anthropologists and Sociologists and provided their Clinical Assessments of trump : his mental faculties, his derangements, his delusions, his "Malignant Narcissism" and "IT" 's Effects . Nope, wasn't there . Instead they used Description . They describe the existing Conditions surrounding trump, which include his Cult "Figures" . These "Figures", {and I use Figures instead of Characters because characters has a 'shade' of romance to it} have their own 'agenda' that they sought and presently seek to advance through trump's 'Reign of Terror' . It is safe to say that these figures are but facets of trump Malignia* { Malignant Narcissistic Tendencies}, in other words, THEY have "the same Mind" as trump . Not only do they shield him from Reality ( the TRUTH of Reality) but they reinforce The Utmost WORST of Human Depravity . All lack even an iota of Moral and Ethical Decency, In this, they are INHUMAN .
From William James :
"All men know it at those rare moments when the soul sobers herself, and leaves off her chattering and protesting about this formula or that . In the silence of our theories we then seem to listen, and to hear something like the pulse of BEING beat : and it is borne upon us that the mere turning of character, the dumb willingness to suffer and to serve the universe, is more than all theories about it put together . The most any theory about it can do is to bring us to that . Certain it is that the acutest theories, intellectual power, the most elaborate education, are a sheer mockery when, as too often happens, they feed mean motives and a nervous will . And it is equally certain that a resolute moral energy, no matter how inarticulate or unequipped with learning its owner may be, extorts from us a respect we should never pay were we not satisfied that the essential root of human personality lay there ."
[ Essay on Reflex Action and Theism ]
Take your time with this .
I LOVE >>>> " ... the Pulse of BEING... "
We're not gonna 'fix' trump with even more Demon Energy THAT would be IMPOSSIBLE , so what CAN neutralize trump and the Demons that reside within him ? We just wrote, "You CAN'T fight fire with fire" so what IS ---> Possible ? "Enter stage RIGHT and with FLOURISH" one James Talarico . When I learned that Talarico was a Presbyter my first thought was of Gabriel Byrne and his portrayal of "Father Kiernan" in the 1999 Film "Stigmata" . Recall that Father Kiernan was convinced that "Frankie", portrayed by my Girl Patricia Arquette, was POSSESSED by DEMON ENERGY . Father Kiernan's Mission was to SAVE Frankie and in so doing the ENTIRE CATHOLIC CHURCH from ---> DEMONIC FORCES . You can see it rite* ?
When the Fight is on Earth it's Newsom versus trump, i.e., Moses versus Pharoah but in the Heavenly Realm its Talarico versus trump, i.e., Father Kiernan versus Satan .
When Satan was cast out EVIL was given SUPERNATURAL AGENCY . "IT" was "allowed" to enter OUR Realm where it reeked HAVOC manifested as HORROR and CRUELTY . The WAR is ETERNAL , is now and forever will be . That's the Way "IT" is . "IT" is LIFE .
Tare Forward and Keep the Faith
Elsewhere I have depicted trump as a "Diabolical GENIUS", I stand by that depiction but supplement it as follows : Trump reads at a 4th grade level, two levels worse than the American Reading Level which is 6th grade . Plus, he's IGNORANT to such a degree that most of US can only shake our heads in Bewilderment and Incomprehension . So,,,,, what accounts for this fucking GENIUS ? We have observed that trump "acts like a man possessed". I hazard trump IS POSSESSED by DEMONIC Forces, and that THESE FORCES are responsible for trump being "a PLAGUER of mortal men" as Homer has stipulated AND it is THESE FORCES that are at "GENIUS LEVEL" . BECAUSE TRUMP IS SO FUCKING STUPID HE WAS A PERFECT CANDIDATE FOR DEMONS' ENERGIES. The KGB currently considers trump "A USEFUL IDIOT" . 2 words ; PERFECT .
Trump Rules LIKE A MAN POSSESSED ---- it don't get no better .
