The Dark Rages

                                                           Some Time Ago I insinuated that trump's "Move" to Mar-a-Lago was similar to Constantine's move to Byzantium in 330 A.D., where the Byzantine Byzantine Empire began .   I may have been a little too Academically aggressive, it was a s-t--r---e----c-----h, like 'for sure', but I wanted to impress upon my Gentle Readers that there was Historical Evidence that was REGISTER for trump's "Move" .    Barbarians had "Overcome" Roman Supremacy and Constantine wanted none of it.  Constantine abandoned Rome like a Neandertal abandoning a shit-filled cave .   

                         Constantine did manage to retain a few 'semblances' of Roman Civilization, and sought to establish an Empire, of his own making, WHICH HE DID .   But what did he leave in his wake ????   He 'left' Rome in 330 and the Beginning of the Dark Ages was said to have begun in 500 and last for FIVE CENTURIES .   Trump is no Constantine , but we are LIVING his Revilement for Modernity .   Can we now assign to trump the 'tag'  `INITIATOR of the American Dark Age`  ????    I Believe  We MUST !  

                         It is safe to say that Byzantium did NOT Suffer what was to be Europe's Dark Ages,  but the Suffering of Western Civilization was UNTOLD .   NO 'Advancements' were Recorded, indeed, the Peoples Suffered, and SUFFERED GREATLY .  

                         What was to become "Asia Minor" flourished, meaning, Trade and Commerce and FOREIGN IDEAS became "everyday shit" , which is to say that Good Folks EVERYWHERE "enjoyed" products and items whose origin could be as far away as Middle and Lower AFRICA .   

                         We have observed trump's Empiric Ambitions -- Greenland, Panama, Venezuela, and now Iran .   As I just mentioned above  HE AINT NO FUCKING CONSTANTINE ---> BUT <---  Just as the World "moved on" without Rome as Center of the Universe, so it must be for OUR "Present Day World" .   

                           It was THE WORLD that stopped Hitler, so it must be for trump .

Know Time Like The Present

                                                           OBVIOUSLY We're-gonna be `here` awhile .   Zen Master Mick Jagger asks and answers, "What can a  poor  boy DO ?"  ...[but to] sing in a Rock & Roll Band" .   "Nice work IF you can get it" .   Most of Us don't have Mick's Talent nor Ability, still, "We get by" .  Certainly Mick suggests that one CAN "make a difference" even by 'being' a Rock & Roller, that performing Music is >>>Medicinal<, that folks NEED a >Something< that can somehow mitigate the day-to-day Suffering that IS Wartime Existence .   The "Call' here, the CLARION Call, is to DO something a something that is of BENEFIT to one's self and to one's OTHERS .   Doing NOTHING is  NOT an Option unless you WANT to be considered a Status Quo 'MORANATRON'*  a One who is devoid of HUMANITY and its Trajectory toward Evolutionary Altruism .   

                          Elsewhere I have BILLBOARDED --->  

                                            "THIS AIN'T NO TIME TO STAY THE SAME" .

  NOW is the Time to initiate "Changes",  Changes to one's self and indirectly {resultant} Changes in Society and Culture .   It's grotesquely unfortunate that it is WAR that DEMANDS Changes, and that we "Know" a Thing by its Opposite .   War makes us YEARN for Peace, IT makes us VALUE Peace .   I WISH I could write that we DIDN'T 'need' War to consider Change---that War is INHUMAN, but War is VERY HUMAN--- thing is,,,  War is HUMAN MADE .   

                      Here it is where Karma is CONCRETE :  "As ye sow, so shall ye reap" .

War ? WHAT War ????

                                                           It's been observed and reported that the opening of the Strait of Hormuz is dependent upon >how much Suffering< ,   the Peoples of Iran and American can endure .   We have been told that the IRGC [Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps] does NOT "Give a SHIT" about the Suffering of Iranians,,  and to this we MUST add IT IS THE SAME FOR TRUMP .   From this we are FORCED TO CONCLUDE that the War ---> WILL GO ON INDEFINITELY unless and until THE WORLD "Steps In" to NEUTRALIZE both the IRGC, and TRUMP .   Now, EXACTLY  HOW THE FUCK IS THAT GONNA HAPPEN ??????? .    "Surrender" has been the ONLY --->Solution proffered by the BIG and SUPER-BIG Brains, who appear just as flummoxed as the Rest of Us 'mere' Mortals .   But which nation is likely to Surrender ?    It's "Out Of The Question" for the IRGC , and, based on trump's Past, it is utterly RIDICULOUS to think he will "ADMIT FAILURE" and withdraw American Forces .   

                           Ya-gotta figure that this fucking "IT" is the same as "IT" is in North Korea and Kim's UTTER DISREGARD for the Suffering of North Koreans .   North Korea has survived the Cosmic SHUN of World Governments and Global Peoples --- Iran has been SANCTIONED FOR OVER FORTY YEARS ---  IT is CONTENT with the People's Suffering because the Leaders themselves are UNEFFECTED .   So it is in America where the Poor and Impoverished bare the BRUNT of Governmental Economic Oppression, and "Well-to-do" folks BARELY "feel" the Effects of gas and food prices, and DO NOT HAVE TO SACRIFICE A GOD-DAMNED FUCKING THING , to them, the War is just a fucking INCONVENIENCE .   {{{Americans are PATHETIC}}} 

Hungary

                                                           Nicole Wallace asked directed this question to one of her guests :  "Should we look to Hungary for guidance ?"    Keep in Mind that Orban was in Power for SIXTEEN FUCKING YEARS ---------------- THAT'S how long the Hungarians Protested -----------how long as trump been in Power ???   Ya-gotta ask, `Do Americans have that kind of "Staying Power" `  ???

                          The 'deal' with Hungarians is this :   They Protested EVERY WEEKEND WITHOUT FAIL .   They were "In it" "Long Term" ---> LITERALLY until they Defeated him .   Are Americans that "Long Term" Invested ?    

                           My Generation Protested against the War in Vietnam, and did so ON A DAILY BASIS , but the Protests themselves were partially confined to College and University campuses and Student Unions, but, at least on the U.Conn. Campus, it was, in fact, EVERY WEEKEND .   

                            When this 'duration' is examined we find that Protesting became (get this) A WAY OF LIFE, meaning, it was as NATURAL to Protest as it was to brush one's teeth, IT WAS DONE WITHOUT THINKING, in other words, It was done as "2nd Nature" .   

                             Does the American General Public have such a Commitment ?   Ya-gotta wonder .

Mister E.

                                                          I must save the discussion of "Mysticism" for a later date .   There's the term "Mystical Experience" which can be ANYTHING from a "sex act" to moving a 2 ton boulder a quarter of an inch .   Personally I find the Practice of Zen a ~Mystical Experience~ ... how is it that "Dried Shit on a Shovel" can BE a manifestation of Mysticism is a question for QUANTUM Zen where Quantum Zen is the Quantum Mechanical Aspect of the Physics of Buddhism, a book still in the Planning Stages .   

                         At some point I MUST include >Truth< in the Global Code .   To date I have been somewhat satisfied with referring to Ancient Kung Fu Masters as "Defenders of the Truth" , but that is problematical in that Truth, like Beauty, is "in the eye of the beholder", and besides THAT, Truth, itself, is RELATIVE .   

                        I've gone to the Extreme :   Where most folks want to   "Live the Truth" I want to BE the Truth .   You can see the Problem ... .  

"The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"

                                                           I wondered if I should include 

                                                > Endeavor to recognize and identify the Difference between

                                                       Instinctual and Civilizational Behavior .< 

                         'Recognize'  looks like this :    "Something is up" or, "Something doesn't look or FEEL Right" .    This This is vital to our GENERAL Development since Social Interaction appears as INSTINCTUAL NECESSITY  --- we have been taught that Humankind is a "Herd"--- that we have what is known as a "Herd Mentality", in other words, we do WELL in groups,  it is NATURAL to seek out Others either formally or informally .   It's INSTINCTUAL  to "Live together" .   Indeed, "Together Action" DEFINES Civilization .   It may be said that Evolution DEMANDS >Co-Operation< in order for Civilization to "Advance" {toward Perfection} .  

                      Here it is where 'Instinctual Behavior' carries with it "The Law(s) of the Jungle" --  to adhere to these Laws is to define one's self as Barbaric, i.e., Crude, Lewd and Rude .   To be "Civilized" is to have "Refinement" and "Sophistication" in both physical conduct and mental faculty .   It's difficult to tag one as "ugly" and the other as 'beautiful' , BUT ..........  .

Miss Bea Gotten

                                                          What does it mean to "Live the Miracle" ?    Good one .

                         We speak of "The MIRACLE of Birth" but rarely is that followed by >The MIRACLE of Life< .   To Live the Miracle of Life is to be ever-Mindful that Life has been "Given" to us and that this Life is SACRED and by being SACRED the UTMOST Respect for Life and for those Others that Live among Us is absolutely ESSENTIAL for one's Spiritual Development .   Remember, the Evolutionary Trajectory of EVERY HUMAN BEING is ALWAYS toward "Perfection" .  Here it is where Buddhists and Zen Buddhists alike identify 'Perfection' as Enlightenment .   Does this THIS mean I WANT the entire Planet to be Buddhist ????   Another "Good one" .   2 words :  Unrealistic .

                         I have queried my Gentle Readers, Would you rather Live in Beauty or reside in Ugliness [?] .    It looks like a "no brainer" but I KNOW good folk struggle with this because who's to say what is Beautiful and what is Ugly ???    We are handcuffed and shackled by "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" and that is adequate to establish Reality as far as it goes .    I will contend that the Miracle itself IS >Ultimate Beauty< .   Keep in Mind that, Beauty in Humans is reflective of HEALTH .    A beautiful woman and a beautiful man are perceived as INTENSELY  Healthy and as such, are GREATLY DESIRABLE, indeed, we sometimes find ourselves WORSHIPPING those who are BEAUTIFUL, to a FAULT, I must add .