The Serenity Supplication

                                                           We sometimes hear of an Individual who attempted to "Drown his Sorrows  by swilling booze",,,,,, as a DRUNK I URGE my Gentle Readers DON'T DO THAT .   Booze AIN'T-GONNA reach your SOUL, only correct  Mind Energy CAN .   

                              It is far better to fully ACKNOWLEDGE one's Sorrow not just as an "Ocean of Suffering" but as a Change Agent I have described above .   Here it is where we can make the Vows and Promises TO OURSELVES which will then be added to our Psyche as PERMANET Fortifications .   

                              There is a "First Step" that MAY be applied as a Management Qualifier and it has been used by AA since before the World was even Created ...  it is considered by AA members as a Prayer .   It is this supplication :

                                                    "God grant me the Serenity to Accept the things I cannot Change,

                                                       The Courage to Change the things I can

                                                       And the Wisdom to know the difference. "

                                This is Truth.

                                 This is me .

Mindfulness

                                                           We find "Medicine" in Huey Lewis and The News.   They song, "...making each day better than the day before", and for sure, this THIS is the "Ideal" .   I KNOW I can make this day better than yesterday if I confess that the 9th SUPER-Power of a Bodhisattva =  "Making People turn toward the Buddha's Teaching and then Guiding them to Perfection [Enlightenment]" actually helps to DEFINE my Existence and offering the 8-Fold  Nobel Path is my OBLIGATION an DUTY as a Zen Sword'sMan .    It  is IMPERATIVE that my Gentle Readers be made aware that during Zen Master Seung Sahn's "Ministry" he was asked to give a "Dharma Talk" by American Priests, Bishops and even Cardinals, who wanted to be "Closer to Jesus and His Teachings .   I say, God Bless Them, their Heart and SOULS were in "The Right Place" .   In the same way that [the Study and Practice of]  Martial Arts benefits ALL Sports, so it is that Zen and Buddhism CAN Benefit ALL Religions .  

                      OBVIOUSLY< you do NOT hafta-BE a Buddhist or Zen Buddhist to properly manage Suffering and Sorrow, you jus'-gotta be Mindful of the Source of this 'management', because when you do that, you access A THOUSAND YEARS of POSITIVE  >>> MIND ENERGY that is itself PROVEN, that has withstood the RAVAGES of Time and it SAVAGE-NESS .   

" The Three ---> Bears"

                                                           Once we have [correctly] identified Sorrow as a manifestation of Suffering we can re-position Sorrow to its place within the Realm of the 4 Noble Truths ;  All Existence entails Suffering {Sorrow}. :    Suffering is caused by Craving ;  There is and end to Suffering ;  and the most important to this morning's Effort,  The 8-fold Nobel Path MANAGES Suffering .   In the same way that Suffering can be Managed so it is with Sorrow .   Bear in Mind that Sorrow is a FORCE that strikes us, and that this Force is, in part, a "Change Agent" --- it need NOT "drag us down" because of its WEIGHT ,,, as noted above, The Force of Sorrow CAN-BE utilized, I dare say it MUST-BE utilized, {harnessed} , to facilitate not only 'Protective' 'measures', but to advance "Change for the Better" .   

                             The question then arises, "What is the Nature of this "Better" ?

Sadness versus Sorrow

                                                           Sadness runs a spectrum from =  "I'm so sad this great day has to end" all the way to "I am sad and "Heart-broken" .    We feel sad when our Heart "breaks" but Sadness allows for "Consolation", we can be "consoled" .   I don't believe that Sorrow allows Consolation--- .    We say ,  "We are "Sorrow STRICKEN",  Literally, We are STRUCK by Sorrow, and I contend that it is not just our Heart that Feels its Effects, but it is, rather, our SOUL .   

                            In the same way that Sadness is the Cause of a "Heavy Heart", so it is that Sorrow somehow "deadens" our Soul, and perhaps here "Leaden" is a better choice,  Sorrow LEADENS our Soul and somehow becomes a part of our Being,  unlike Sadness, which can be   --->    dispelled .

                             To be stricken by Sorrow means to be transformed --- we say, "I will never be the same" .    Indeed, once stricken by Sorrow we DO "Change", most often this Change is for the Better , we make vows that protect us from the Pain of Suffering, we say, "Well I'll never do THAT again."  And for the most part, these vows DO INDEED Protect us .   The Vows AFFIRM and STRENGTHEN our Inner Resolve to AVOID SUFFERING or at the very least to NEUTRALIZE the Effects of Sorrow in such a way that allows us to LESSEN its weight, {Sorrow as BURDEN} .   

Fear and Sorrow

                                                           Each night around 8 o'clock, I get on my bed and begin stretching movements .    I ingest a bit of THC, micro-dose,  and allow my Imagination to 'run free' .   I listen to Music because of its 'medicinal effects' and because it sometimes reveals Secrets .   Now HOW these 'conditions' lead to the Secrets is a discussion for another day .   Suffice it to say that when the Mind is 'relaxed' it becomes supple and pliant, meaning, it becomes 'Receptive' ,,, indeed, it's a something that, we tune our radios so that we can "receive" the radio waves that are the Communication.  You could say, I was "tuned in" for Cosmic ~~~waves~~~ and 'vibrations' .

                            Two 'items' arrived .   The first is a parallel to "More Covid cannot 'fix' Covid" and it is "Adversity cannot be 'fixed' by even more Adversity" .   The second caused me instant Pain, it is :   "You know we are in a Cesspool of Suffering when the only "Shared Commonalities" of the Planet's Peoples are >Fear<    and    >Sorrow< .     It Hurt me last night, it Hurts me now .

                            Who knows more about "Fear" and "Sorrow" than the Gazans and the West Bankers and those of Lebanon ???   I will insist that Americans do as well, having been witness to the "Street Executions" of    TWO AMERICAN CITIZENS .    Can and SHOULD I compare the THOUSANDS "EXECUTED" in Iran with the Two Citizens and the 13 Soldiers who were KIA ?   Yes, Polemics allow me such latitude and I WILL advantage it .  

                           You'd wanna * believe that "shared commonalities" are the Essentials of Life, the Need for Food, Water, Shelter and Electricity and there can be NO argument for THAT .  But how is it that "Fear" and "Sorrow" are added to these "Essentials" ?   I wondered............ .  then it 'arrived' ,  >>>Horror<<< = Fear and Sorrow have become 'part' of our Daily Consciousness,  We live with them, they DEFINE our Existence ....................................... .

Eye of the Lion

                                                           I must leave 'this' here with a Confession :  I haven't had this much FUN since I received "oral gratification" from the "Queen-Goddess of the Universe", which is "saying something" .   Of course I must include the GUILT of Expression, bad mouthing the Church for its CRIMINAL PERVERSIONS  should  NOT be a Sin, but I was raised CATHOLIC so, I mean, there's THAT .  

                           In another Universe trump would have beseeched the Pope to be an ALLY that he could rely on to approach the Ayatollah with Peace Offerings .   THIS Universe is REALITY .   To >unwittingly< Incite the IRE of ONE POINT THREE BILLIONS is the Action from a Mind that is HELL-BENT on Determining GLOBAL CATASTROPHE, indeed, the Suffering trump and his have already generated is, literally, INHUMAN , but does it register as DEMONIC ????   I leave that question to hang ........ .

                          Mathew quotes Jesus :   "I did NOT come to bring Peace, I came to bring SWORD ".  As such, Jesus wields , "The Sword of NO Sword", made FAMOUS by the Great Swordsman, Zen Master and Warrior, >Tesshu< .  

                           I see myself as a Manifestation of Zen and Sword-Master Tesshu, and I am DEVOTED to Jesus AS A NO-SWORD SWORDSMAN .   Here it is that Pope Leo THE LION is "in" my Mind, Heart, Body and Soul as a WARRIOR of Christ .   

"Ignorance is Bliss"

                                                          You'd think that trump and his were gonna "take on" the Pope, that he and they would CONDEMN the Pope and His Church for the CRIMINAL ABOMINATIONS Inflicted on INNOCENTS ,  I mean, YOU'D THINK , but no and FUCK NO, instead trump focused on the Pope's "Call" for WORLD-W--I--D--E Peace and the resulting CONDEMNATION not just of trump's War but WAR AS A MEANS TO ACHIEVE GLOBAL PEACE .   Here it is where Pope Leo adheres to the Teaching of the Risen Christ and specifically , the New Testament, and precisely, the "Beatitudes" .   

                              We do NOT need any  more criminal specifics to Declare and Proclaim trump a HUMAN ABOMINATION, remember, TRUMP DID THAT TO HIMSELF .   But what his speech reveals is a heinous Mindset, thoroughly dependent upon the GROSSEST >>>>IGNORANCE<<<< that can be observed by ANY and ALL  .    If "Ignorance is Bliss" then trump is TRULY Blissful .