32. Heng / Duration (con't)

                                                                   32.   Heng  /  Duration

                                                                                The Image

                        "Thunder rolls, and the wind blows ; both are examples of extreme mobility and so are seemingly very opposite of Duration, but the laws governing their appearance and subsidence, their coming and going,,  endure .   In the same way the independence of the superior man is not based on  rigidity and immobility of character .   He always keeps abreast of the time and changes with it .  What endures is the unwavering directive, the inner law of his being, which determines all his actions ."

                             What exactly IS "the inner law of one's being" ???   

                              2 words :   Consider ... .

                                                       "Tare Forward" and "Keep the Faith"

32. Heng / Duration

                                                                    32.  Heng  /   Duration

                                                                           The Judgement

                                   "Duration is a state whose movement is not worn down by hindrances .   It is not a state of rest, for mere standstill is regression .  Duration is rather the self-contained and therefore self-renewing movement of an organized, firmly integrated whole, taking place with the immutable laws and beginning anew at every ending .   The end is reached by an inward movement, by inhalation, systole, contraction, and this movement turns into a new beginning, in which the movement is directed outward, in exhalation, diastole, expansion .

                                     "Heavenly  bodies exemplify Duration .   They move in their fixed orbits, and because of this their light-giving power endures .   The seasons of the year follow a fixed law of change and transformation, hence can produce effects that endure .  

                                      "So likewise the dedicated man embodies an enduring meaning in his way of life, and thereby the world is formed .  In that which gives things their Duration, we can come to understand the nature of all beings in heaven and on earth ."

"Play It As It Lays" ---Joan Didion

                                                            How are we to find Beauty in the most heinous and hideous ?   E-Z  ya' -gotta believe it there to being with, and now here's one made Famous by Robert Pirsig [Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance]  --->   "Believing is Seeing" --  counter-intuitive for sure, but there it is, ready or not, like it or don't .

                              One of THE most Difficult Concepts to teach is 'Life IS what it IS' .   It's the same with WAR, Beauty, and Ugliness .   To just BE means to accept things and events as they are without judgement nor bias .   What complicates 'BE-Ness' as well as 'Is-Ness' is ---> Discrimination, where Discrimination 'hides behind" Discernment .  The Mind >Discerns< and that Discernment begets all kinds of both Intellectual and Emotional TROUBLE .  

                               The Late Zen Master, Seung Sahn Soen Sa taught ,   "Moment to moment everything is already correct,  moment to moment everything is already ---> PERFECT .   If we view Perfection as Beauty, we have means to accept things AS THEY ARE , as already BEING  Beautiful .

                              Consider ... .

                                                              "Tare Forward" and "Keep the Faith" .

"Rub-a-dub-dub"

                                                           Shakespeare has given us, "To be or not to be"...  perhaps the GREATEST of all soliloquy(s) .   I have struggled with "IT" to the point of self-inflicted madness that manifested as the NECESSITY to MEMORIZE the whole fucking thing, so I could transport it to my Sub and UN-Conscious where it could be assimilated to eventually surface with UNDERSTANDING .   I mean-shit- it ain't like I'm-gonna walk up to a Someone and ask, "Should I BE or should I NOT BE ?"   What does "IT" even MEAN ?????   To BE >what< ...to BE >who< ???  

                          It's madness alright, Should I BE myself ?  Should I NOT BE myself ???   WTF ???!!!

                          At various points I've been asked by my male Students, "How can I score with chicks ? "  I have tortured them with, Whatever you do DON'T "Be Yourself" .   I mean  IT'S FUNNY rite ?  

                          After the snide laughter subsided I always added ---->  JUST BE !!!    THAT my friends is the Essence of Zen ===  to just BE  .   To just BE  "Aye, there's the rub."

"I was beside myself."

                                                           That Word ---> Majesty, is-gonna give us a fucking WORLD-of-HURT ... know what we're-gonna do ?   We're-gonna (get this) "Leave it  >be<" .   Instead, we're-gonna focus on ---> "Being" which is far more Promising .

                              The E-Z-way-out is to translate Being to  make it Life ; and for sure, Majesty of Life, does satisfy our intent to gain Understanding, plus it reads well AND "It makes Sense" .   But is "IT" Enough ?????   

                               ALL of Most-of-Us, at one time or another, have heard this complaint from our Close and sometimes Intimate Others, "I just want to be ME".   It is as if the ME is a SOMEONE ELSE, a Someone Else who can't manage unpleasant Conditions, who has, somehow, gained Control over one's Mind and Body and NOT for Good Purposes ;  and there is the correlation to the DESIRE to actually BE who you REALLY are, because the Real Me is surely capable of correctly managing ANY Situation or Condition with a guaranteed superlative result .   It is somewhat commonplace to hear, "I was beside myself" .   It's like WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED ???   You were ONE person now there's TWO ????   What manner of fucking SORCERY was "at play" Here ???   Could it possibly BE that one of Me was MAJESTIC and the other ME was NOT ?????     THAT'S the Problem with Majesty of Life == Majesty of ME,  it just don't fucking "work" .   

Miss Poke

                                                          I can hear my Gentle Readers screaming ,  WHERE IS THE MAJESTY OF BEING WHEN INNOCENT SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN are MERCILESSLY SLAUGHTERED BY AMERICANS AND THEIR BOMBS ?????    And again, WHAT ABOUT SANDY--HOOK ???    It's Brutal ----- I know and it is EXCRUCIATING .

                           "IT" doesn't get any better when we look for 'Majesty of Being' in trump .   Majestic ?????   NO FUCKING WAY .    

                            In Hermann Hesse's Brilliant Masterpiece, NARCISSUS AND GOLDMUND there is a punishing scene where Goldmund finds the Love-of-His-Life dead, a victim of the Black Plague .   He stares incredulously -- his SORROW Untold .   But then his Mind "breaks" .  He begins to see the colors on the corpse, the patterns of decomposing skin and its texture, he sees rainbows ...  He has the thought, "How BEAUTIFUL..."    A rotting decaying Corpse, seen as >Splendor< .   I mean, I had to put the Book down to gather myself, to collect my thoughts ~~~~~~  I've seen corpses, "made-up" of course, they don't look so good, let alone Beautiful .   But can you see it ???   Dr. Campbell's Majesty of Being" manifested in a sickeningly hideous corpse .   To actually BELIEVE that there is Beauty in Death, on the surface it ain't Human, but COSMICALLY it is INFINITE --- and we can conclude that it requires something of SUPER-HUMAN Effort to see such Beauty .   

                            From the backseat of the family sedan restless children cry-out   "ARE WE THERE YET?"    Close ... 

Solve-ation

                                                           Yesterday when I pulled away from my machine I didn't feel good .   Completing my Effort with a quote from Shakespeare I THOUGHT would be sufficient closing .   I was rwong* .    While eating b-fast I remembered a better quote and it was from Dr. Joseph Campbell .  Here it is : 

                                                     "The Problem of the Hero going to meet the Father is to open his Soul beyond terror to such a degree that he will be ripe to understand how the sickening and insane tragedies of this vast and ruthless cosmos are completely validated in 'Majesty of Being' .  The Hero transcends life with its peculiar blind-spot and for a moment rises to glimpse the Source . "

                                  The Ability to "open one's Soul" --- what does that even MEAN ?    And Further, what, exactly, is "The Majesty of Being" ??    MANY years have elapsed since I began studying Dr. Campbell's Work, shit I would NEVER even DARE to question has arrived .   I can preach that, as Planetarians, we MUST be able to "Open OUR Souls" but exactly HOW the fuck DO WE DO that ?   And, as far as "Majesty of Being" goes is there some Definition to aid Us in our Efforts to bring each one of US >>TOGETHER<< that we may Experience "Shared Commonalities" and Tread on "Common Ground" ?   How are we to Solve the Problem of the Hero ???????

Shakespeare

                                                           I submit what follows for Your Consideration :

                                    "... but when the blast of WAR blows  in our ears,   /    Then imitate the action of a Tiger :  /   Stiffen the sinews , summon up the blood,  /   Disguise fair nature with hard-favored rage:  /   Then lend the eye a terrible aspect :  /  ------------   Now set  the teeth and stretch the nostril wide, hold hard the breath and bend up every Spirit to its full height !"   

                                    ...and to Shakespeare's I add,  "Harden thy Heart" .

                                                              "Tare Forward: and "Keep the Faith" .

Miss Hit

                                                            I draw the Attention of my Fellow Planetarians, Global Citizens and of course my Gentle Readers to the word "hardened".   It's military definition is precise, to incrEASE defensive fortifications to Protect existing armaments .    I need to add that 'hardened' must also include OFFENSIVE Capability .    We have heard, "The BEST Defense is a GOOD Offense, not only is "IT" the same in American Football, in ALL Pro and amateur Sports, and even Sword'sMan-ship employs  Defensive techniques as an Offensive Weapons, meaning, "The Defense IS the Attack".   "IT" is both Subtle and BRUTAL at the exact same time . 

                              HOW are to manage the GROTESQUE Realities of War (?)  which begs for the Question, How are we to manage the GROTESQUE Realities of LIFE ?    

                              OBVIOUSLY we must >Endure< but what exactly is the Nature of this Endurance ?   I contend that this Endurance rests on our Ability to "Harden OUR Hearts", since it is OUR Hearts that FEEL the Pain of Suffering .   "IT" is IMPOSSIBLE   NOT to Feel deep and Profound Sadness when we are exposed to INHUMAN CRUELTY --- We Wail   HOW CAN THIS BE ???   But we MUST Avoid succumbing to this CRUELTY--- to do so PREVENTS >>>>ACTION<<<< .   We find ourselves WALLOWING in the shit and mud of SORROW, indeed, we hear "DROWN ourselves in Sorrow" .   Hardening OUR Heart is to PROTECT it by steadfastly AFFIRMING OUR Resilience, meaning, that we MUST TRY to Understand that the Divine Infinite will NOT impose upon Us a Suffering that cannot be Endured, because the Divine Infinite is LIFE AFFIRMING, and to KILL one of It's Own is fucking IMPOSSIBLE .   I hear You  WHAT ABOUT WAR ???  Isn't the Divine Infinite RESPONSIBLE  FOR THE DEATHS OF MILLIONS ?????   I say NO, it is HUMAN-KIND that is Responsible .   

Miss Trust

                                                           We speak of 'Human Abomination' but there is yet Another just as Savage, just as Brutal, just as heinously CRUEL, His name is robert f. kennedy junior .   Not only is he a Human Abomination he is a walking-talking DEFILEMENT .  That he has the same surname as JOHN F. Kennedy is a Physical and SPIRITUAL --->  AFFRONT to most Americans knowledgeable of JFK's CONRIBUTIONS to American Society, Culture and Global Civilization "writ large" .  Americans  ADORED JFK  despite his extra-marital Affair with Marilyn Monroe .  We ain't all Saints .

                              Kennedy treats Americans in the same fashion as trump, but his Medical Agenda is to KILL-OFF infants, children and old folks so that their DEATHS Free trump's society from the COST of keeping them alive and healthy .    Fewer of THEM is MORE for trump and his .   We've seem this same, when trump ENDED >> U.S.A.I.D<< . which has resulted in a "Forecast" that images MILLIONS of Deaths over a five to 10 year Period .    I mean KNOWINGLY starving Peoples to DEATH ....  KNOWINGLY preventing Peoples from Vaccinations that can avert Dearth, that can PROTECT the  most VALUABLE COMMODITY that can Exist --->  Human CHILDREN .  HOW CAN WE LIVE WITH THAT ??   One word :   WE CAN'T .   

Abomination

                                                           "IT" appears that the Deception involved NOT informing the Press Corps that they were being USED as decoys as was the aging AF-1  Jet Air-Liner .   On the Surface this seems as STANDARD "Trade Craft" which is code for SPY SHIT .   Thing is, rather than find a far more suitable Deception which did NOT involve the Press Corps the Secret Service >TRUMP'S SECRET SERVICE< had NO QUALMS WHATSOEVER in Potentially SACRIFICING the lives of Press Corps .   They were deemed DISPOSABLE, potentially just more "Casualties of War"   ~~~~    NEVER to be considered WORTHY of Government Protection .   To trump and his government they were NOTHING but pieces in a fucking GAME .   Ya just CAN'T "Make this shit up" .

                             "IT" AIN'T as if we need any more Evidence that trump is BARELY Human, he's almost single-handedly taken food "OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES";  KILLED AMERICAN CITIZENS  IN COLD FUCKING BLOOD on the hallowed Streets of what was once America,  and unilaterally DESTROYED American Credibility on the World Stage .   He is LITERALLY an ABOMINATION of Human-Kind and as such an ATROCITY to OUR Species .

                              He's not a man                  he's a MONSTER .

Turkiye

                                                            Iran has "Won" the War for Hormuz .   Pundits, Brains and even SUPER-BRAINS are in agreement =  trump LOST .   The supposed GREATEST MILITARY FORCE IN THE HISTORYOF THE WORLD ---> has been Defeated .   Iran CONTROLS Hormuz and is in the process of Controlling "Bab al Mandab" the strait between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden [Off the coasts of Yemen, Oman, and a piece of the U.A.E .   Ain't nothin' good here .

                                  "IT" isn't just that Iran Controls Hormuz ,  "IT" 's what Iran has done to trump, by threatening him with Assassination .   We have all become aware of the "Incident" in Turkiye [correct spelling] , the one where the Threat against trump was so INTENSE the U.S. Secret Service deemed it NECESSARY to "secret" trump off Air Force One, the "Hardened" Jet Air-Liner used as Official "Flying-Fortress" .   The New York Times "broke" the story of trump's COWARDICE and "IT" was broadcast over multiple news outlets during the course of yesterday's transmissions .  Initially, I had no interest to examine the details of the Deception, that is until we were made aware that the News-Folks were NOT informed of the subterfuge taking place as they boarded, found their seats and "settled in" .  By the time all were seated trump had "Left the building" as they say is Show-biz .  

                                "IT" ain't just trump's Cowardice, we've know about that for years ~~~  "IT" is  SOOOO much MORE .

Peace and Power

                                                          I've determined the need for a particular 'posture of greeting' to take the place of my standard Buddhist half-bow, the one with the hand mudra that resembles the together hands of a Prayerist*.   I will "Steal From The Best" and use the Ancient Kung Fu Bow as THE representative Greeting of Planetarians to all fellow Earthlings .   The Kung Fu Bow, with one hand a fist and the other an open {Empty} palm together in one position, symbolizes Peace, the open palm ---and POWER, the clenched fist,,, which is to be followed by a double Peace Sign, both arms extended toward the ground with the "V" in both hands to represent Peace and the POWER OF LOVE .  As I informed my Sword Moms during one class where they wanted to "wimp out",  "This is a MACHO Outfit  WE DON'T COMPLAIN OR BITCH ABOUT ANY ASPECT OF TRAINING."   Their Sons snickered in perverse Delight, their Moms getting GENTLY reprimanded by a Superior Other .   [[[Sword Moms   I LOVE that]]] .

                          Planetarians will come to be known as EARTH LOVERS to the Extent that they will CHAMPION a semi-Divine Stewardship that has "Enlightened Effort" as its Manifestation .   

                        

                           Time to mow the grass 

         

                                                                "Tare Forward" and "Keep the Faith" .

Planetary Political Pragmatism

                                                           I am hard-pressed not to fully recognize that religious ZEALOTS are the source of "Israel CANNOT Exist" and "DEATH TO AMERICA" .   I want to examine this THIS this morning {{{as best I can}}} .

                             Scholars EVERWHERE are in agreement that some "men" will use Religion as a WEAPON for Political Gain .   These "men" insist that DEATH is the ONLY solution for the problem of national and global governance, meaning, [that] if the Peoples of a Country REJECT the >God Ordained< Rule of the  Invading Country,  then the entire Country should be "Lain Waste", meaning  totally  destroyed .    Our Civilization has endured the Crusades, Religious 'men' who, because of their War Mentality, actually Justify the SLAUGHTER of Innocents with "In The Name Of God" .    We need not be a Nietzcherian* to disgust ,  "What kind of fucked up GOD sanctions the wholesale SLAUGHTER of INNOCENTS ?"   Joseph Heller would moan, "That's some God" .

                           I have yet to devise a "Mission Statement" for "Planetarians", but I DO have a skeleton   upon which I can affix the 'flesh' of Principles .    Above all else We, as Planetarians, MUST be focused on OUR Species, to the extent that we MUST 'Keep in Mind' ALL the Flaws, Defects and Shortcomings that OUR Species has manifested over countless Ages .   In the same way that each of us has a genetic code, so it is with our Species, I mean, the Logic is irrefutable .   Here it is that OUR Species is capable of astonishing BEAUTY and HIDEOUS UGLINESS .   Here it is where Civilization MUST bend its WILL toward a Utopia, but in the Common Sense and PRAGMATIC "Way" .   Here it is where Planetarians will be  considered   PRAGMATISTS  >>>FIRST<<<   and  as  such  I  offer this :  Planetary  Political  Pragmatism .   

Abraham-berg

                                                           The appellation "Holy Lands" when applied to the Middle East is sickeningly grotesque .   Years and years ago I likened Jerusalem and the surrounding territories to the "Red Spot" on Jupiter aptly described as "A storm wider than Earth that has churned for centuries" .   Clearly "IT" is the same for Jerusalem and what has become modern Israel .   Both have been War-Torn even BEFORE Jesus set foot on Jerusalem Soil .    

                             It is fucking BIZARRE that Judaism, Islam and Christianity recognize ABRAHAM as THE >>Patriarch<<, indeed, the Abraham Accords are the direct result of THAT "Acknowledgement" .   You'd figure and even want to Believe that given this Acknowledgment all Three could find "Common Ground" politically simply BECAUSE they have this GIGANTIC "Shared Commonality".  Technically, THEY HAVE THE SAME FATHER, and THAT should BOND them in the Sanctity and UNITY of Holiness .

                          Nope....not even close .

Is Real

                                                           We must assume that the War for Hormuz will eventually end,,  that there will be a Victor,, and that Oil will Flow to the Planet's Oil Thirsty nations .   At some point, "SOMETHING HAS GOTTA GIVE .   I have described the present Condition  as a "Mexican Stand-off", a romantic version of "Stale-Mate" .   I used "Mexican Stand-off" because of the immanent threat of  War Violence, but now, as the War Violence escalates, "Stand-off" is useless .   Israel is set to begin their own Campaign against Iran and Iranian Forces under Cover of American Military Intelligence and Technologies those of 'Air-borne Radar and Spy Satellites .   OBVIOUISLY Netanyahu and his are  NOT 'satisfied' with trump's first priority = the opening of Hormuz to global transit traffic --- Netanyahu and Israel's "Far Right" are demanding nothing less than the COMPLETE DESTRUCTION of the IRGC, who is viewed as THE Cause of the Hamas  "Pearl Harbor-like" Invasion of Israel .   Even in the U.S. there are those Far Right Imbeciles  who want THAT >Exact Same< = TOTAL and COMPLETE ANNHILATION OF IRANIAN Forces those that DEMAND the TOTAL AND COMPLETE ANNIHILATION OF ISRAEL.

                         When the IRGC gained Ascendancy all that could be heard was "Israel can NOT Exist" as well as the ever-popular "DEATH TO AMERICA" .   

                          I mean shit, what comes after "WHAT THE FUCK" ?????      

Sirens

                                                            News pundits are claiming that "When Reality hits them, they will 'come around' and "see the Light" .   I, mean on the surface this sounds OK, but DON'T BELIEVE that particular "IT" , and I will argue that the bond between trump and his "kin" is a fucking BLOOD Bond .   Like it or don't, trump is a "Father Figure" and so enjoys a "Blood Bond" that CANNOT Reject ANY of what trump says and does .  "He's BLOOD" .   What he says and what he does GOES .

                              "IT" 's as if Reality is an actual living-breathing Entity, with something of SUPERNATURAL POWERS, Powers that supply Intellectual and PHYSICAL Powers to Influence, Persuade and Convert .    It looks and sounds Seductive but here I'm gonna be Odysseus, I'm gonna listen to the Wails of the Sirens and NOT be run onto the reef to be mauled and killed .  

                              I'm NOT gonna Argue that Reality has NO Power, I'm gonna Argue that Reality is like GRAVITY, at some point you can't resist, at some point you GOTTA become REAL .  Here it is where the TRUTH OF GRAVITY is fucking IRREFUTABLE and Reality is the Same .   Reality  IS   >Truth< .

                              With Political Evolution as Foundation, I Argue that Socialist Democracy will become REALITY .   I DON'T have {good} Faith in the americans who voted for trump, but I have GREAT Faith in the Planet's Civilization .   I TRUST my Fellow Planetarians {{{who Believe as I do}}} .

                              

"3 time's the C-HARM"

                                                            You wanna Believe that folks are politically Savvy enough to vote for their BEST "Interests" instead of voting for Human ATROCITY .   You wanna Believe that Folks WANT to vote for "The Good", meaning, that which benefits ALL of Us .  It's a terrible mis-read .   I have acquaintances who voted for trump BECAUSE HE PUT MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS, not only did they benefit from REDuced taxation, they benefitted GREATLY.   That THAT is all they wanted from trump. a fucking KWIK* gain .   They told me 'point blank', THEY IGNORED EVERYTHING ELSE ABOUT TRUMP  .   They never figured him to be the fucking MONSTER he has PROVEN  to be .   No one even BOTHERED to vet trump with ANY Degree of Penetration .   He was SOOOO FUCKING BAD no one could or would Believe someone so fucking ODIOUS could be elected, I mean shit, exactly how STUPID could Americans BE to elect a CRIMINAL and do so TWICE ??   

                                For me "IT" got worse .  Two of my Dentists voted for trump because of the tax break and their revulsion to he ACA's  DEMAND for patient Data which they argued hit their BOTTOM LINE .  Even my Primary Care Physician voted for trump    WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENDED TO "DO NO HARM"  ???  Out the fucking window like a can of piss .  

Miss Read

                                                            The Question can be raised, "Is the American Electorate SMART ENOUGH to vote for Socialism LEANING Democrats ?    The Question itself displays a grinding feature of Bias which looks like this :   You gotta be SMART to vote for Socialism ---  fucking horseshit of course .    The Electorate of Brazil voted for Socialism, as did that of Venezuela .   Perhaps >Smart< is a poor choice of Word.   Maybe Politically SAVVY has a better "ring", since Politically AWARE is something of a cliche .   The SQ rats are where the republicans were during mitt romney's Campaign, i.e., they will do anything SAY Anything in order to get elected .   When Folks complain that BOTH 'parties' are corrupted and therefore UNWORTHY of even the slightest consideration of electability, ya jus' GOTTA Believe them .   Still    one 'party' MUST get elected and run the gov .   THERE ARE HUGE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS one of the most URGENT Questions is, Will Folks vote for those that started a WAR{Actions that are causing SUFFERING] or for those that want PEACE {Principled Opposition to War and ALL its Contagions} ?

                               

"Ain't Wastin' Time No More"

                                                           I've blown past {well beyond} >frustration< and am currently experiencing an EXASPERATION that is the precursor to Despair, and we KNOW that Despair will lead us to Cynicism and all ITS Complications .   

                              The Democratic Party of the Untied* States is caught in the Chaotic Dynamic that recognizes the "Old School", those Status Quo Loving ANCIENTS who abjectly REFUSE to Accept the Truth of Socialist Democrats,  those who harbinger a Future that is an ENHANCEMENT of Democracy NOT its DOWNFALL .   The SQ Rats [Status Quo DemocRATS] are claiming that Socialist Democrats will never get Elected because MainStream* and MainRiver* Citizens are OPPOSED to Socialism, despite not Knowing one fucking thing ABOUT Socialism, and if they DO, Venezuela is held as prominent Paradigm, and even Brazil is registered among FAILED Socialistic Governments .  I don't fucking like it .  

                             America's Democrat "Party" can't seem to "get its shit together", which is a polite way of saying, "THEY ARE TOTALLY FUCKED-UP" .   But this THIS ain't "The All of Everything".  Below the surface of the American Psyche runs a current of Fear .   For the SQ rats, they Fear a Future in which THEY have NO "Say", which is a polite way of saying, THEY DON'T WANT TO RELINQUISH ANY of the POWER they currently 'hold' .   The Ancients BELIEVE that their Status Quo is SUPERIOR to any Government that has the Concepts of Socialism as its Foundation .   

                           Here's the "nutcracker" :   The so-called STATUS QUO elected trump !!!

Nothing is here .

                                                           We often hear avid Relaxers self-indulge {from the Transitive Verd , To Self-Indulge = "I'm jus'-gonna sit around the house and do nothing .   Now I've written elsewhere HOW THE FUCK CAN YOU DO >>>NOTHING<<< Isn't "Doing" an ACTION requiring  MOVEMENT ???   Isn't Nothing NOTHING ????   

                                 There's a vicious Thing about >Nothing< .  Come to Learn that Nothing is EVERYTHING .   What follows is the eleventh Poem of the TAO TE CHING "  :  I am not going to transpose it as a Poem however =

                                             "Thirty spokes share one hub .   Adapt the nothing therein to the purpose in hand and you will have the use of the cart .   Knead clay in order to make a vessel .   Adapt the nothing therein to the purpose in hand, and you will have the the use of the vessel .   Cut out doors and windows in order to make a room .  Adapt the nothing therein to the purpose in hand, and you will have the use of the room .      Thus what we gain is SOMETHING, yet it is by virtue of NOTHING that this can be put to use."

                               So it is that we MUST "See"  that  >Nothing< is EXTREMELY Powerful .

"Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo"

                                                           In the "Remote Past" of some 2 or three years ago (maybe more) (maybe less) I use-to treat Sundays as FUN-Days and write humorous stuff pursuant to the Laws of Jokes and Giggles .   According to the now ANCIENT "Readers Digest" it is LAUGHTER that is the "Best Medicine" and I Whole-Heartedly Agree .   Thing is, we are AT WAR and feral Silliness SEEMS Inappropriate, considering the Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen stationed in and around the Hormuz War Theater .   Other >thing< ???   "IT" isn't .  Laughter HEALS --- in this "IT" is like a  Sorrow-laden Weeping,  both are Cathartic, Cleansing, RELIEF Resulting .   

                              These days, all I can manage is to AVOID Writing about the War and ANY other 'Social Commentary' on any given Sunday BUT Not Writing ANYTHING is too much for me .  So it is I had plans to write about this most recent `Rock Project`.  Question is, WHO THE FUCK CARES ABOUT AN OLD MAN'S `ROCK {MOVING} ROCK PROJECT ????   I mean shit, can you blame someone for NOT GIVING A SHIT ????   Ahhh but there are SECRETS and it is these SECRETS that   >DEMAND<  Intelligent Scrutiny .  

Seychelles

                                                            I had the precious 'first sentence' in my possession yesterday late morning when the rock I was positioning settled into place atop its foundation mini-boulder---it was a one word sentence, "Success" .   I sat in my cushioned  Adirondack  to fully appreciate what I had accomplished .  While sitting it 'arrived' that the whole 'piece' was an Art Form, {remember, my middle name is ART} and as such, actually deserved a title .   The upper piece I was positioning resembles an open book, and that suited me just fine .   I have as little book of Native American Stories, stories told by Elders to their grand children , and the title of THAT book is THE STORY TELLING STONE .   I'd seen this particular rock years ago and knew it would be valuable during a Future, "Someday",   but during the passage of those years "IT" arrived that the rook, NOT a "dressed" stone, had the appearance of Wings .  So now here's the title =   "Unformed Hog, with Wings of Stone" .    

                               Japanese Master Landscapers and Designers consider boulders to be (get this) CLOUDS ,   I LOVE that but my Rocks Piece carried even more delicious-ality* to Scope and Measure, because I BELIEVE that as molten masses the soon-to-be-boulders were able to ABSORB the various Creative Vibrations that intense Heart and Pressure was certain to generate.  Each boulder at THAT point is a BRAIN, and as such actually HAS a 'Story' not only of its own creation but that of Others as well .  So now I can 'tell' two Stories,  The Story of the Unformed Hog, and the Story of Stories found within the "pages" of the Story Telling Stone .  

Planetarian Apocalypse Now

                                                           I have an outdoor project that I think I can bring to conclusion this morning .   I Believe in myself enough, to think and solve potential problems that arise, and I have the tools and Ability to execute the Plan .

                               From Yesterday know this :   "Fear is the Body's Wisdom that it is weak, Bravery is the Body's Wisdom that it is strong ."   This is the Teaching of the Ancient Shao-Lin, the Kung Fu Masters of Olde .    Boxing Champion Bobby Chacon gave us this :"You gotta do what you gotta do, and you gotta TRAIN for what you gotta do".   I LOVE that .

                             Psychologists and Psychiatrists agree that Fear will DOMINATE our Lives unless and until we "Confront our Fears" "Head On",,, "Face to Face" .  ALL of Us KNOW --->  "Easier SAID, then Done".  "Ain't nothin' E-Z" .

                             Introspection is a form of Self-Examination, we "look inside" to determine the "Why" of things, the Source of our Fears, and this Self-Examination DEMANDS >Confrontation< .   Few of Us are capable of True  >>Penetration<<, indeed, we spend ZILLIONS on "Self-Help" Books and some of us have spent QUANTITIES of Monies to enter Therapy and consult Specialists .   I, too, have needed the Therapist on three different Locations along my personal "Time Line", and each time I have benefitted GREATLY (((not to mention the KUHZILLION HOURS I devoted to AA Meetings which proved to be ESSENTIAL to my Recovery and the Growth and Development that resulted ))) .

                          In the days ahead We will "Look inside" as best we can and what is befitting our Circumstances , so that we can "get on the same page" as Planetarians .

                          That's it for now .   I will see you all on the "Flip Side" .

Evo-solution

                                                           This morning's Effort has been unexpected .  Slavery was not the Topic of Consideration , but rather  Inhuman Treatment .   I sought to Praise all Countries whose "Founding Fathers" were NOT "Slave Owners" and as a result their governments were to be viewed as FREE from Slavery and all its hideous and Heinous  Ugliness .   Safe to say that Slavery is NOT "The root of all governmental EVIL" but perhaps it IS "Safe to say" that INHUMAN TREATMENT remains RAMPANT all over the Planet  ---  Humans treating other Humans as ANIMALS  is HUMAN Atrocity .

                             In America Immigrants are being "hunted down" as WILD ANIMALS .  In Iran, Citizens are being SLAUGHTERED as ANIMALS .   

                             "IT" must end.

                              "IT" WILL End, but only if we WANT "IT" to End .

                                                               "Tare Forward" and "Keep the Faith"

Original Sin

                                                           Slavery is in the American DNA .   Of all the so-called "Founding Fathers" only John Adams. Samuel Adams, Thomas Paine, Alexander Hamilton* Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth did NOT "own" slaves, the remainder DID .   These SLAVE-OWNERS "Gave Birth" to America but this Birth was hardly Pure .   "IT" was contaminated by European Feudalism, the one where serfs were treated as SLAVES .   The term "Indentured Servants" MAY be applied but it is obviously  insufficient and at best, it is awkward .   Folks that wanted to 'get to' America were "indentured" ,  so, I mean, there's THAT .

                             We must conclude that Serfs, because they had their own land, were at least ONE "Step" above Slaves but "IT" turned WORSE during America's Colonial Period especially in the Southern Regions where the climate was so OPPRSSIVE only SLAVES were FORCED to work the fields .   

                               America will FOREVER be "marked" as a Slave-Laden Democracy because of its (get this) heritage .   Not only is Slavery in the Genetic Make-up of America , Slavery is America's "ORIGINAL SIN" .   The statement, "All men are created equal" becomes ABSURD and Laughable and indicative of a GIANT nay MALIGNANT Hypocrisy that has reached GOVERNMENTAL APOTHEOSIS and as such, manifests as one of the GREATEST PLAGUES OF HUMANKIND .

                              

Miss Aury

                                                           I want to Believe that it is INHUMAN to deny other Humans food and water if both are plentiful and available .    I'm somewhat FORCED to write that INHUMAN ACTIONS can only be generated by NON-HUMANS .   Here it is where folks that look like Humans do not ACT like Humans , where REAL Humans CARE about MEMBERS OF THEIR OWN SPECIES .   We sometimes regard Cruelty as being INHUMAN but it is HUMANS  that inflict Cruelty upon other Humans---  what does that indicate about our Species ???   

                                                                     --------********---------

                             From the above we can now argue that trump and his are ANIMALS but according to the Taxonomic Hierarchy [the Linnaen Classification System]  WE ARE ALL ANIMALS   First and Foremost .   'Calling' trump an ANIMAL is simply a statement of EVOLUTIONARY Fact, ALL of US are ANIMALS ----so what's different about trumpistis and US ?   

                            During this morning's "Mull" period there was a something 'dancing' on the edge of my Awareness .  }}}Dancing to get my Attention{{{ When I focused on it, this question arrived, "Were there any American "Founding Fathers" that did NOT "own" Slaves" ?   I mean WTF, where did THAT 'come from' ???   My Mind went blank .

                           This arrived moments later ;   Slave owners referred to and treated their slaves as ANIMALS .  Here it the Point .   Slave owners REFUSED to recognize their Slaves as HUMAN BEINGS .   By NOT recognizing them as Human Beings the could "get away" with treating them as ANIMALS which would then ALLOW the freedom from Species ATROCITY .  "If they were Human I'd treat them as Human but they are NOT" .   You can see it rite ???   ~~~ I don't know how you can miss it .

The Cult of Glut

                                                           There is ongoing vengeance-laden grief about the American Electorate that voted for trump-not once, but TWICE --- that they may be too fucking STUPID to "know better" ;   too FURIOUS to "See Straight", too 'closed minded' to accept the Future and all THAT entails .   I am hard-pressed to disagree but 'that' ain't the "All" of "IT" .   Folks are SCARED , shit, >I< am TERRIFIED .   Thing is, the present OPPRESSIVE "Conditions" cause a Mental Paralysis, that manifests as actual PHYSCIAL Paralysis, a Paralysis that prevents Street Protests with the exception of Localized Dissent .    Only 60% of Americans are dissatisfied with trump and many of them are simply waiting for the Midterms to arrive so that trumpism can suffer a MAJOR BLOW, meaning the removal of shit-assed republican ass-kissers and the election of Democracy-Loving "Do-Gooders" .   

                               To my fellow Planetarians and Gentle Readers, this may appear as a 'defense' for my own Fellow Countryfolk, I mean it IS and it ISN'T at the exact same time .    It can be written that Americans are "small-minded" and I must include, "MEAN Minded" .   73 MILLION Americans voted for trump ---HALF A NATION--- to combat them in a way as to neutralize trump is DAUNTING,,, besides that Daunt, what would be the PURPOSE save to shame and Humiliate them which would then accomplish WHAT ???   

                              

The Rule of Cruel

                                                            Pundits, Brains and SUPER-Brains have all stated that trump "Doesn't Care", not about his Economy, (and the millions effected by HIS tariffs), not about "Affordability", not about I.C.E. and its INHUMANE Actions and Conduct, and his Policy of Cruelty .   Safe to say that he doesn't care about ANYTHING ---I mean, he's admitted to that openly and publicly .  I don't think  simply  declaring that he doesn't care about anything DOESN'T go far enough nor deep enough .   I contend that not only doesn't he "give a shit" HE DOESN'T CARE IF WE LIVE OR DIE !!!  Further, I BELIEVE he and his PREFR if we DIE .   Know what that means ???   MORE FOR HIM AND HIS BILLIONAIRE ELITES !!!    

                              Within months after removing U.S.A.I.D. from U.S. "Soft Power" trump and his REMOVED Food Aid TO THEIR VERY OWN COUNTRYMEN ===  they, LITERALLY, took "food out of the mouths of babes"  DEFILING the almost SACRED DEVOTION to Provide the Nation's upcoming Generation with BASIC SUSTENANCE .   And for what ?   To give assholes monies THEY DON'T NEED AND NEVER WILL .   >Cruelty< can't cover it ----not even close .

                           

Instinct be DAMNED

                                                           I am CONVINCED that Hatred is THE manifestation of FEAR .   We HATE that someone or some thing causes us to FEEL Fear :   we HATE being Afraid, inevitably that which causes us to Fear then produces HATRED.   Please DON'T correct me if I'm rwong* .

                             We Fear that which is Unknown ,  I Believe that Fear is Instinctual, it MUST be because Fearing the Unknown PREVENTS us from  ACTUAL Exploration which may or may not subject us to MONSTERS and  DEMONS .   Thing is, these Negatives may or may not exist---we don't know WE CAN'T KNOW until the Exploration is satisfied .   "IT" looks like this :  Instinct versus EVIDENCE .   It is well known that republicans continue to summarily REJECT Evidence, they prefer raw EMOTION to manipulate those of 'weaker' Minds .   Is Instinct more Powerful than Evidence ?   2 words :  FUCK YEAH !!!  WAAAAAAAAAAAY more Powerful !!!!!   Are We then DOOMED ?   One word :  FUCK NO !!!   

                              The Fears that have plagued Civilization over the History of the Planet, HAVE BEEN NEUTRALIZED for the most part,  certainly the Fear of the Unknown is the Source, and Fear of the OTHER is manifestation of Fear of the Unknown .

                             It may be that FEAR will NEVER-BE Eradicated BUT  WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

                               TAKE HEART my fellow Planetarians Instinct will NOT  govern our Consciousness nor our Psyche   .         Instinct be DAMNED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                                            "Tare Forward" and "Keep the Faith"

"Repetition is POWER"

                                                          Republicans are using >Communism< the exact same way that putin uses Nazi-ism in Russia and throughout what was once the "soviet union" in order to secure the Acceptance of putin's >>policies-as-Protection<< .   El-Sayed has declared that he is, in FACT, a "Capitalist",  but it is   w---i---d---e---l---y   accepted that his leaning is toward a Socialist Democracy .   Elsewhere I have repeatedly argued that more Democracy CANNOT "fix" Democracy and with that, in an Evolutionary Sense, Socialism is the BIG NEXT that 'follows' Democracy, and consequently el-Sayed is in Harmony with Evolution .   The Problem for democrats isn't that el-Sayed will be depicted as a Christian Hating Muslim who is also a Democracy HATING Communist .   IT DOESN'T MATTER that Both are ridiculously FALSE, what DOES matter is the republican depiction of him, and THAT'S where BIG Money enters as the source for UNRELENTING SENSORY BOMBARDMENT .   

                             What neutralized BIG Money was "hands on" "door-to-door" >>PROSELYTIZATION<<  meaning,  introducing  el-Sayed  and  his  Political Agenda  to potential Converts .    Clearly, Believers that BELIEVE spread "Belief", in this instance,,  the BELIEF that el-Sayed AND HIS POLITICAL AGENDA can TRULY Benefit the Peoples of his State .   

                             When you hear that "el-Sayed is a Christian Hating, Democracy HATING COMMUNIST' for like a  MILLION-BILLION KUHZILLION times, ya can't help but begin to think that very same MAYBE HE IS A FUCKING JESUS HATER AND DEMOCRACY DESTROYER .  

The Siren of Titans

                                                           At present, the american republican party has at least ONE BILLION DOLLARS at their 'disposal' .  Compare >THAT< to the FACT that democrats have had to remortgage their HEADQUARTERS to finance various candidates they have deemed ESSENTIAL "to the Cause".   Republicans can LITERALLY "Control the Air Waves",,,, they can Control ALL Media 'Messaging', which is best depicted as TOTAL SENSORY BOMBARDMENT .  The same BOGUS campaign ad when broadcast a million=zillion times will appear, eventually, as TRUTH because, in order for the Mind to even Survive, it must ALTER the impact of the ad to be less invasive and more acceptable, which then creates a form of Mental Stability, >Peace< .    

                              Look at el-Sayed .  He looks like a Body-Builder AND he has a GIGANTIC Brain .   He's a fucking RHODES SCHOLAR and a MEDICAL DOCTOR .   He was born of Egyptian parents and is a PRACTICING MUSLIM .   Plus, his Voice resonates as if he were a male Homerian Siren .   I, mean, he LOOKS LIKE the Quintessential ESSENCE of ----->  BAD ASS <----- but NOT "the Bad Kind" .

                             The republicans HAVE NO ONE they can offer as "Equal and Opposite", so what do they do ?    They resort to >>>>>>>name calling<<<<<<<  they want him viewed as a fucking COMMUNIST and have already unleashed MILLION$ in an Effort to BLIND THEIR VOTERS FROM THE TRUTH of el-Sayed's Convictions .   El-Sayed is a fucking TITAN .

He became what they beheld .

                                                           Some people think, others say, that if trump were a cartoon character we'd all be laughing at his "antics" .  Trump is LITERALLY an "old fart" who routinely 'shits his britches', can't "speak the English no good", falls asleep during FIREWORKS, and considers himself the SAVIOR of Humankind, while simultaneously Killing THOUSANDS OF INNOCENTS .   No one considered HITLER a "Cartoon Character", it's CRIMINAL to think that trump is merely the greatest VILLAIN of ALL Time, he's just SOOOOO MUCH MORE .

                             In order to Understand the WHY in "Why did folks vote for trump?"  I offered that trump "was like" the Pied Piper, who, after not receiving payment for his services, played his pipe which rendered children susceptible to the Music's Allure, which they then acted upon by following the Piper into the interior of a Mountain were they were locked away from village parents, seemingly, never to return .    That depiction is serviceable as it is, but certainly 'less than' for obvious Academic reasons .  

                            Elsewhere I have used "They became what they beheld" to focus attention on TV and its programming , some of which is Propaganda .   Here it is where the 'suspension of Truth' is highly valued as a means to influence {indoctrinate} passive observers , who can be seen as -->Innocents, those with "children's Minds" .   Here it is where those with 'Children's Minds' elected "One of their own" >trump< who acts like the WORST TWO YEAR OLD EVER GIVEN BIRTH BY A HUMAN BEING .   Ya-wanna Believe that Folks should know the difference between cartoons and Reality, but clearly, you'd have to think again .   

"Difficulty at the Beginning"

                                                            3.   Chun  /  Difficulty at the Beginning

                                    "Times of growth are beset with difficulties .  They resemble a first birth .   But these difficulties arise from the very profusion of all that is struggling to attain form .   Everything is in motion :  therefore if one perseveres there is prospect of great success, in spite of existing danger .   When it is a man's fate to undertake such new beginnings, everything is still unformed, dark .  Hence he must hold back, because any premature move might bring disaster .   Likewise, it is very important not to remain alone, in order to overcome the chaos he needs helpers .   This is not to say, however, that he himself should look on passively at what is happening .  He must lend his hand and participate with inspiration and guidance."  

                                  WE need to find our place  in the "Infinity of Being" .  

                          

Von Der Mehden

                                                           I am inwardly EXALTING .   When I checked my numbers this morning I saw that I had received  3,267  views of  4  blogs  which resulted in >>817<< Individual Readers !!   That's never happened .   In the Olden Days I wished that I could fill Von der Mehden Recital Hall, the venue for Freshman Anthropology and later Sociology, a performance space that seats between 420 and 500 .  I am "beside myself" .

                            Thanks to Modern Technology my words are being spread to at least 30 Countries, Nations, Lands and Territories around the Planet .   I Thank my Gentle Readers  for your Interest .

                             We, as in US, the Global Citizenry {and nascent Zen Buddhist Sangha}, have a TREMENDOUS amount of Work ahead of Us .   We need to find out Who we are, and of what we are made, so that we can establish the [a] Foundation upon which to RE-Build a Civilization that FULLY Expresses our Vision of the Future and the Elements needed to construct a SAFE and Prosperous World that includes EVERYONE .  

                             OBVIOUSLY a "Global Consciousness" is required nay DEMANDED if such a vast undertaking is to be Successful .    Elsewhere I have referred to Global Consciousness as COSMIC Consciousness which is a "pet" phrase for me and SOME of my Generation .   "Cosmic Consciousness" was coined in the early 1920's but became Relevant in the early 70's largely because LSD and its sporadic use also became Relevant .   I LOVE using "Cosmic Consciousness" because "IT" can and does include Extra Terrestrials which is deceptive because they are NOT "Earthlings" ->Terrans<- to begin with .

Listful*

                                                          What follows are some "items" that are Essential to Buddhism .  

 After Gautama got Enlightenment he had 4 Realizations that became better known as "The Four Noble Truths" .   They are :   All Existence entails Suffering ;   Suffering is caused by DESIRE  ;   There is an End to Suffering  ;   To End suffering one should follow the 8-Fold Path .

                             The 8-Fold Noble Path is 

                                                                         Right Views

                                                                         Right Thoughts

                                                                         Right Speech

                                                                         Right Karma

                                                                          Right Life

                                                                          Right Practice

                                                                          Right Mindfulness

                                                                          Right Meditation .

                             The 10 SUPER-POWERS of a Bodhisattva 

           Devotion to the Buddha's Teaching , and no attachment to anything

            The Super-Power to increase that Devotion

            The intrinsic ability to instruct all Beings and alter their conduct .

             Knowing what people think.

            Giving people what they want

            Unrelenting Exertion

            Employing all vehicles but never abandoning the Mahayana

            The mysterious aptitude to see the Buddha in every cell and on every World

             Making people turn toward the Buddha's Teaching and Guiding then to Perfection

             Satisfying all people with even a single phrase

       

"Mission IMPOSSIBLE" ????

                                                           My focus on presenting Buddhism to you, my Gentle Readers is 'site specific' {site = Sight}.  A formal Introduction to Zen can be irritating, in every sense of the word .  I once gave THE DEFINITIVE TEXT on  Buddhism to a cherished Ally, and when I returned a month later to check on his progress he was exasperated >>>  "It's like it's written in a foreign language" .   I chimed back,  Some of it IS written in a foreign language , it's fucking Sanskrit .   He shook his head, "I DON'T want to learn a foreign language".   This time I shook MY head, =  You don't have to, you just need to be familiar with some of the terms of Buddhism so that you can get a "working vocabulary" --- the concepts are clear unto themselves .   {I mean they AREN'T but I felt I had to lie in order to assuage his doubt and discomfort.}   I learned a valuable Lesson .   Sanskrit ain't for everybody .

                          The  Buddhism  I need to Introduce is  ZEN  Buddhism and specifically this one Definition :   Looking inside one's self and the attainment Buddhahood {Enlightenment} .   Some of my OLDER American Readers will recognize what follows from Steve Winwood's "Back in the High Life" album/CD =  "Look inside your heart, I'll look inside mine" .   "Looking inside" is code for penetrating to one's Core, that is, one's Inmost Being .   Here it is where the Buddha can be found, that Buddha is the Buddha ALL of have "Inside".   "We are, each and every one of us,  Buddha" .   Christians are slightly no different ;   "The Spirit of God resides in ALL of Us" .   

                         OBVIOUSLY one doesn't need to be a Buddhist in order to "Look Inside" .   As mentioned above, my DUTY is to "Make people turn toward the Buddha's Teaching"  ----  this THIS IS my "Mission" .   

Piece of Mind

                                                           During trump's WAR we have been asked to RESIST trump and his 'Politics of Cruelty' by 'standing uP' and 'being Brave' , but nowhere have we been presented the Mechanics of  HOW to be Brave, HOW to "summon Courage" .   It is as if we are expected to have within our Psyche some innate  Knowledge of Resistance, Revolution, and Reform .   I argue that "IT" is to BIG of an "Ask", It's too much to assume that we have inherited the Minds of the Beer-Swilling Constitution Creators , that THEIR Political Intellect can be transmitted over generations to reside within OUR Minds and Hearts .   Nope----- I ain't fucking buyin' it .  

                           I'm CERTAIN complaints, challenges, and  questions will arise among my Gentle Readers ~~~   this THIS is as it should be .  It is meet and fit .   I BELIEVE it is IMPERATIVE to QUESTION EVERYTHING , until such time when Satisfaction can be obtained [Attained]  because only then will the Mind find Peace .   

                           

Old McDonald had a Harm, A-I A-I OH

                                                           Last night while sitting in "Cheery-Chair",  I was listening to the first song off the Allman Brothers' "Eat A Peach" CD .   It is titled, "Ain't Wastin' Time No More" .  "IT" hit me upon "IT" 's arrival .   I can't waste anymore Time, I'm in my 75th Orbit and Time has become ---> Precious .   [My] Readership is now at an All-Time HIGH, some 897  Viewers  across and around the Planet .   I Thank my Gentle Readers for their Interest .   NEVER did I think I would be received by so many .  

                             I heard an Inner Voice say, "This is your chance, don't blow it."   Hmmm.    Chance for what---to do What ?????  Then, I knew .

                             Even before Anything, if folks truly desire to Change, they must know the Nature of this Change, What it LOOKS like, and HOW it acts .   Fair enough .    The NINTH Super-Power of a Bodhisattva {Enlightenment Being} is this :   "Making people turn toward the Buddha's Teaching, and [then] Guiding them to Perfection" {Enlightenment}.     So ~~~~~~~~~~~~~here we go .

                             There are four aspects or components to becoming familiar with Buddhism .   First you must "Encounter the Dharma" :   Second you must TRY and Accept the Teaching as Real and Valid :  Third, you must "Encounter a Clear-Eyed Master" :  and Fourth you must Practice .   We are at, "Encountering the Dharma", this is my case, to Introduce you to the Dharma, the Teaching .  

                           It is my CONVICTION that Buddhism, through Its Dharma, will be able to assist Folks in the Recognition of "AI" 'injections' into the Reality of General, [Collective] Consciousness .   Since AI is ALREADY being deployed to SCAM, and Delude , it is Necessary for Us to become AWARE to the extent that once AI is recognized as FALSITY, it can then be Neutralized BEFORE any Harm is 'done' .

Duty

                                                            The so-called "Devotion to the Truth" begins with Devotion to one's Self which manifests as Commitment to one's Self >>>>>>>FIRST<<<<<<< !   I know it sounds and LOOKS like unregulated Egoism, "IT" 's nothing of the sort .   When traveling by jet air-liner we are given a Safety Imperative :  In the event that oxygen masks are deployed "MASK YOURSELF FIRST"!!  You ain't-gonna help ANYBODY if you, yourself, is unconscious .   In the same way,  you ain't gonna help others if you, yourself, is under-developed .   So it is we MUST Develop ourselves in order to develop Others,  we MUST "Practice what we Preach", code for "Being a Model to the Empire" .   What we develop in ourselves can be seen by Others, and if that Development  manifests as Strong, Kind and Generous, then the entire Planet is "served" .   Commitment to one's Self will then manifest as Duty to and for Others .    Believe it .

Mind / Body

                                                           A     l--------o--------n-------g      way back, during "Some time ago" I wrote that the Ancient Chinese Believed that it was the "Individual" that was the Foundation of the Empire, that IF the Individual was Strong and a Being of >Character< then the Empire would also be "Strong" and have "Character" .   I stand by that Writing and the Sentiment of the Ancient Chinese .  Indeed, "IT" is my disclosed Agenda to ignite a Curiosity that can {and WILL} explore the Inmost Workings of [one's] Mind and Psyche so as to develop a Clear Mind, a "Cosmic Consciousness" that will Protect the Individual and ADVANCE Socio-Psychological BENEFIT to Others even those that reside in Foreign Lands .   This isn't "the sum of the parts equal the whole'  "IT" is the QUALITY of parts that GUARANTEE the QUALITY of the Whole .   If the Individual develops a Strong Will to "Defend Truth" then the Empire itself will Develop to establish and maintain Truth .   I cited the Prime Essence of Ancient Kung Fu which is "To Defend the Truth" .   This "IT" requires {nay DEMANDS} the Individual to train and educate oneself by ascribing to those Practices that actually BUILD the Mental  Mechanisms required to Identify Truth and Falsity , as well as the Physicality to Protect one's Self AND OTHERS should they be pestered or bullied by brain-primitive hostiles .   I offer this THIS once again :   "The Study of Martial Arts is for Spiritual Reinforcement, but this Reinforcement manifests as 'Self Defense' " .  

                                It's about  Mind and Body, indeed, it's ALWAYS "been about" Mind and Body .

"Primal Scream"

                                                            My Writing yesterday resulted in a Personal Record , some 554 Gentle Readers in over 30+ Countries, Nations, Lands and Territories .   I humbly Thank my Readers for their Interest .

                           It is NOT "Enough" to be the Voice of the People if that Voice is restricted to venting Outrage, Fury, Grievance, Anger and Bitterness .  I mean, "IT" feels Good, but that Goodness isn't lasting, "IT" evaporates leaving behind scant residual Effect .   There must-be More .

                            Years and YEARS Ago, 1970 to be specific, one Arthur Janov wrote a Book titled, PRIMAL SCREAM which was defined as, "symbolic release of suppressed feelings" and further, "[an] unrestrained , spontaneous scream [to be] used as a form of emotional release or catharsis" .   

                             I VALUE this "Scream" but there is another just as Valuable ---> Sorrow-filled Weeping .   I have heard this a few times :  "All I needed [to continue] was a Good Cry" .   {{ 2 days after Sandy Hook, I 'broke down' and sobbed, tears running from eyes, down my cheeks and onto the keyboard .}}  I don't know that I felt >better< but the Release cleared my Vision and re-opened my Mind .

                           Venting, exposing inner-most feelings, IS "Catharsis" =  "Providing Release [Relief] from strong or repressed emotions" .    Thing is, once you experience Catharsis ---  then what ???

Pop Aye

                                                            I'm Popeye =  "I am what I am" :    Steve the Umpire, and the "Hippie-dippy Weatherman = "I call 'em as I see 'em, and if I don't see 'em I make 'em up" .   Nothin' new here .

                             "I could never be a Doctor because I don't have an Patience"  old gag that NEVER gets old .   I suppose I could have been less stridently obnoxious with regard to yesterday's posts, but as just noted, I didn't have the Patience to contextualize yesterday's harangue with soft-spoken blandishments .  I still ain't gonna apologize .  What you see is what you get .

                             I have Demons and I am scarred .   

                             General Patton approaches a patient who claims he has "Battle Fatigue" and CANNOT Fight .   Patton smells COWARD, he removes one of his riding gloves and slaps the man across the face with exasperation, "Your buddies are out there FIGHTING and you should be there with them !"   Onlookers stood by AGHAST at Patton's GROTESQUE Incivility .  He should NEVER have touched that soldier, IN ANY WAY except [with] Commiseration .

                              Add to the above, I am Patton .

                             NOW I can ask to be Forgiven .

                             "Tare Forward" and "Keep the Faith" .

"bone spur"

                                                           In America during the 'olden days' could be heard, "I've got a bone to pick with you".   That "bone" is from "bone of contention" =  " a subject or issue over which there is continuing [ongoing] disagreement" .   One of those 'bones' is "stuck in my craw" . 

                             At issue is my desire to develop Global Citizenry .    Some consider such an undertaking as an imaginative "Pipe Dream", meaning, "IT", Global Citizenry, CANNOT be established nor maintained for reasons as yet unsupplied .   OBVIOUSLY I disagree, with SEVERE Prejudice .   

                            The 9th SUPER-POWER of a Bodhisattva is, "Making people turn toward the Buddha's Teaching and [then] guiding them to Perfection" [Enlightenment] .    Generally, Zen Masters do NOT >proselytize< Buddhism began as an ORAL Tradition, indeed, one of Zen's Definitions is, "No Dependence on Words or Letters" which has tilted my own Efforts because I am devoted to Introducing Others to Buddha's Teaching, and the establishment of Global Citizenry is something of a "cloak" to cover >Sangha< Buddhist Community --- plus~~~ I write .

                            And then there's this from Dr. Joseph Campbell : "Nevertheless, every failure to cope with a life situation must be laid, in the end, to a restriction of Consciousness .   Wars and temper tantrums are the makeshifts of ignorance; regrets are illuminations come to late. "   I have taken it upon myself to REMOVE these "restrictions" by E---X---P---A---N---D---I---N---G the Consciousness(s) of fellow Planetarians that they may be able to deal with {cope} with the Atrocities of Humankind in such a manner as to PROMOTE >Good Will< and advance Planetary Well Fare .  Is this kraazee ???  

Miss Read

                                                           Optimism is spreading among American Democrats, to me "IT" 's like a fucking PLAGUE, a Contagion that renders potential voters with a >blindness< that can't seem to see the >Polls< that register SCORN and CONTEMPT not just for trump's party but that of the democrats as well .     Folks are fucking PISSED and "Blind Fury" gets us there .

                           How many times have we heard, "The people need HOPE" ???   Is it then my job to supply Hope in the Hope {{{gawd I LOVE myself}}} that it is HOPE that will enter Combat with trump's Forces and be Victorious ????????????   Since when did HOPE have Battle Karma ?   When did HOPE actualize Martial POWER ????   

                          I can be a knuckle-draaaaging, "blunt skulled" MONSTER just like every other knuckle-draaaging blunt skull on the Planet --- I am no different .   Thing is, this type of seamy and TOXIC Understanding manifests as "Calling a spade a spade, a duck a duck, and an asshole an asshole" .   If someone is sitting on their fat fucking ass while they should be working --I'm gonna "CALL" them on "IT" ESPECIALLY WHEN I AM PAYING THEM TO WORK--TO DO SOMETHING !!!!  

                        The Navy "CALL" is "ALL HANDS ON DECK   BATTLE STATIONS"  

                                            THIS MEANS EVERYONE    !!!! 

Yesterday

                                                            It may be that I have offended a few of my Gentle Readers by 'bad-mouthing' American Democrats .   I took no time to sweeten the toxicity of their lethargy, laziness and sloth, nor of their immodest self-indulgence that manifests as malfeasance .   Yesterday I argued that the democrats have chosen to be SILENT in the face of trumpian Corruption and trumpian Political Atrocity .   American Democrats and their Party have NOT "Stood UP" AS A UNIFED WHOLE to express OUR  >>>Outrage<<< .   Their sole JOB IS TO BE OUR VOICE,  THAT'S why they were "hired' in the first fucking place .  Their FAILURE to respond to trump and his is a FAILURE to respond to OUR >DEMAND< that trump be CONDEMNED  at each and EVERY twisted turn he takes .   How else are we to be heard, in lieu of ACTUAL Street Protest WHICH WE HAVE DONE ???  They call themselves >LEADERS< but no such Leadership is apparent, only the sickening SILENCE which looks to the World  to  be SAVAGE >>>>>Compliance<<<<< .   

                                    I "Stand By"  yesterday's blogs, and do not ask for Forgiveness .

"The TRUTH is Out There"

                                                           I must draw this Consideration to a conclusion .   I WANT the democrats to have Minimum Wage elevation as its DEFAULT Position and to campaign on that Position among others .  Thing is, I also WANT the local Grocery Purchase Place, affectionately called the "SUPER-mini" to sell "Wonder Bread" {"It helps build strong bodies TWELVE Ways"} so I can indulge in baloney and tomato sandwiches until my tongue swELLS and I get canker sores on and inside my mouth .   Problem is, the SUPER- mini sells only HEALTHY breads that REEK of rich-folk STENCH .   It ain't that I DON'T wanna be >healthy< I just want WHAT MAKES ME FEEL FUCKING TERIFFIC .  Now I KNOW that Wonder Bread is, indeed, sold, but it's sold in a far-away Galaxy, a Galaxy seemingly LIGHT-YEARS form my home Galaxy = the Crab Nebulae .  {I'm Crabby} .   It's "Out there" I just can't get to it . 

                         So it is with Democrat Ideologies, they do NOT manifest in REALITY , the bitch is, THEY SHOULD .

                                                     "Tare Forward" and "Keep the Faith"     

Irregular plural nouns

                                                           "Lofty Ideals" are like flowers in a vegetable garden, they take up a great amount of space and LOOK GOOD ------BUT YOU CAN'T EAT THEM .   Giving space to flowers MEANS that space is not available for ACTUAL VEGETABLES, DIRECT Sustenance .   They may be aesthetically pleasing but they DON'T provide >>>>>FOOD<<<<<< .   Democrats EXCEL at "Lofty Ideals" but RARELY have their Lofty Ideals PRODUCED REAL >>>PHYSICAL<<< Benefits for Average Joe and Jane, and for SUPER Average Jose and Juanita .    Recall that when Democrats controlled all three Branches of Government NO IMMIGRATION POLICY WAS ADVANCED,  No "Path to Citizenship" was enacted --- WORSE, Immigrants were routinely ABANDONED, even Dreamers .   

                             Democrats argue that "Democracy itself is "On the Line", but consider what Democracy "did for" our TREASURED Immigrants  =    NOT A GODDAMN FUCKING THING !  It's no wonder that our Spanish Speaking Others ABANDONED the Democratic Party and voted for an Immigrant HATER .  

                            Remember, it was DEMOCRACY that got trump elected and DEMOCRACY that allowed trump to start a WAR .

                             This is the Essence of Democratic "Rule" =  If we do nothing [to solve Problems] maybe they will just go away .   That THAT was trump's response to Covid resulting in a MILLION Deaths .   Fascism cloaked in Democracy, a Wolf in a sheep's clothing .  

"What's the Plan, Stan ?"

                                                            The present-day Democrat / Socialist [a leaner toward Socialism], decries present-day Status Quo Democrats as "Unresponsive" to the Needs of  the "Every Day" Laborers, Us   Redneck / Blue Collar Workers .   Yup, like, for sure .   The Dem-So's insist "The system is br-o-ke-n" and, indeed, it IS --- but exactly HOW is it to be repaired and WHAT is involved in such a Critical {Time Sensitive} Undertaking ?   When are we to hear about Minimum Wage and UNIVERSAL {"Cradle-to-Grave"} Healthcare and just as important >>> AFFORDABLE HOUSING ??  When are we going to hear the DS's Plan to abate the PUNISHING Cost of PUBLIC Utilities ??????  Do they even HAVE a "Plan" ???

                          I am convinced that the "Old Guard" [Guardians of the Status Quo] must GET OUT OF THE FUCKING WAY or GET RUNOVER .   In a World that "shows no Mercy" it is somewhat FITTING that the Old Guard suffer a Natural Fate, meaning, that they DO get "runover" by Political EVOLUTION .

                          The Old Guard HAD "Their Time" 2021 to 2023 :  2009 to 2011  ;  and even during the 60's on or around 1964 .    The Status Quo Dems controlled all three Branches of Government but WHAT DID THEY DO ????   You know what "stands out" ?   >>>>>VIETNAM<<<<<<  .   Effort WAS expended  by LBJ and his, the so-called "War On Poverty" but just like the Hippie Revolution IT FAILED, and LBJ was Humiliated by Public Malcontent and he resigned in Disgrace  .   Noble Thoughts and Ideas brought to calamitous excruciation ----- Virtue DENIED .