St. Thomas

                                                           I am stalled at this point of today's Exercise .   I must find a way to bridge the distance between "The Good Samaritan" and "Being just who you are" .   I never figured to include Shakespeare---I gotta be Honest .   

                             I have asked my Gentle Readers to "play" a "Role" in the transformation of Our Civilization, which now appears as ruthless Hypocrisy .  Didn't see that coming .   

                             The Story of the Good Samaritan is found in Luke 10:30-37 but there is RELEVANT Issue in "The Gospel of Thomas --.  Logion 43 "Be a Passer-by" .  I ask you consider reading them if they are available to You of course, if not a 'Goggle Search" should suffice.

                                                               Tare Forward and Keep the Faith

Home and Away

                                                            My Gentle Readers are well familiar with my pet phrase ;  "We ACT according to the WAY we SEE Things", and that is as serviceable as "IT" can be but "IT" is NOT enough because we ACT according to the WAYS and MEANS of our upbringing [rearing] .  We are SOCIALIZED by Our Parents and Society, which includes Education and the like, as well as whatever Religious Instruction that was imposed upon us .    In a sense, we were CONSTRUCTED by Our Parents and THEIR "World View", as well as the Prevailing Social and Cultural Conditions of that Time .   Here it is where "Rebellion" in our Teen-age Years, and later on in our College Years , 18-22, "Occurs" .  During that time we were introduced to OTHER "Ways and Means" which then acted upon Us to re-mold Our Character, to Change Us, to suit OUR Psychological Genetics .   We refer to this as Growth and Maturation .   

                          I'm guessing that many of us heard this admonition form Our parents, "YOU CAN'T ACT THAT WAY IN PUBLIC".   My Mother insisted, "What you do home, you do [when you go] Out [in public].  Here it is where you had-to ACT in a Socially Acceptable Manner, you didn't DARE "be yourself" because "Being Yourself" was Socially --->  UN- Acceptable .   Again with the ACTING . 

                         Shakespeare romanticized that "All the World is a STAGE" that WE are just POOR ACTORS on that Stage .   I shudder to Think that Shakespeare had that kind of Influence on Our Parents and Society and Culture in general, but there "IT" is .   

                         I think we gotta admit, there's something PHONY about being an Actor, we Value those that DO NOT ACT , Those that are GENUINE and TRUE blah-blah-blah .   

                         What the fuck is going on ?  

Conduct

                                                           We must exist in Reality, for the most part .   This means interacting with Those-around-us in a Civil and Polite Manner ,   It should be our wish to promote Peace and NOT to discharge Negativity by interrupting the Harmony of Others .   Here it is where 'Conduct' is the word, and `how we conduct ourselves` is the phrase .   I love the word Conduct, a Conductor is one who leads a Symphony, and, as far as 'model' 'goes', we can be a conductor of not only our personal 'Symphony' but the so-called (by me) the Symphony of Life .   It is said (by me) that we "Orchestrate" Our Existence, we compose the Music of Our Lives and then Perform that "IT" for Others .   I harbor, that we speak in Lyrics, that Our Voice Sings, that Folks hear us the way they hear Music .   Even in exchanging the Pleasantries of the Day, we must be Mindful of the words we use, that they express Goodness, and Honesty DESPITE the sometimes STARK NECESSITY to withhold the Truth, meaning, NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR THE STORY OF YOUR SUFFERING WHEN THEY ASK "HOW ARE YOU?"  

                                We must Conduct ourselves according to the prevailing Conditions, and be responsive to the Situation and what "IT" demands .   How many times have we flat-out REGRETTED  asking someone How Are YOU ?   Let's not do that, let's NOT subject ourselves to what Steve Miller calls, "Pointless Suffering" .   We have enough of our own Suffering, no one has the Right to impose THEIR Suffering upon US .  

                                 I hear you, "Doesn't a Good Person CARE about Others ?" .   I suppose so, but the Caution exists in the COST to one's Self .   There's a colloquialism that is applicable :  "Misery LOVES company" .   I get it .  No one wants to feel alone in their own Misery but there are two other phrases that Ring out :  "Not my Cross to Bear" ,  and "Your Karma is YOUR Karma" .   

                                "What's a body to do ?"

Miss Leed

                                                           It's getting late and I must attend to other duties, forgive me please .

                             It is said that War is "part" of Human Nature .   Certainly "IT" 's gotta-be THE WORST OF HUMN NATURE but to Us Planetarians, WAR is an ABOMINATION TO OUR SPECIES .   

                            I have conjectured that trump was 'sent' for the WORLD to SEE, that he is manifestation of all the NEGATIVE Characteristics of our Species and as such must be "dealt with" accordingly .   We, as a Species, have veered from a Trajectory of Global Peace and Global Prosperity and have REDuced ourselves to barbarians and savages 'guided' by the now heinous "Law of the Jungle" which generates, "Every man for himself" coupled with "Kill or be Killed" , that is, "Eat or be Eaten" .  

                           Let's Begin by stating the MOST OBVIOUS :

                                               "  WE ALL NEED TO BE LOVED "         

                         Great place to Start .

                                                       Tare forward and Keep the Faith 

"I Sing The Body Electric"

                                                           Medieval Literature speaks of the "Universal Everyman" a "commoner" who trudges through Life with Religion as his Path, so to speak, but He is of  keen Interest because  he  REPRESENTS ALL-OF-US .  I want THAT, to be   the `commoner` that speaks FOR the People, that they may SEE and HEAR   THEIR Inmost Fears, Frustrations, and THEIR Outer Joys and Gratitude .   

                          It is IMPERATIVE that we as Global Citizens and Planetarians "get on the same page" , and I want to supply that "Page" .   There are Universal "Constants" that exist as the Physical Foundations for Our Species , the NEED  for FOOD, WATER, SHELTER, FIRE and  ELECTRICITY .   Folks are gonna argue that >Electricity< is NOT a "Need"----- I disagree .   Can there be MODERN Life without Electricity ?  The Answer is Self-Evident .   In the Ancient of Olden Times we could "get away" with "Earth, Wind {Air to breathe} and Fire" but no longer .  We have EVOLVED and so have our Needs .

                       You mite-wanna* Think that the Planet CAN NOT be Unified because of   Language .   Some would argue that different Languages PREVENT Global Unification and will cite the Bible and its story of "The Tower of Babel as PROOF .   I'm not buyin' it .   Elsewhere I have argued that the Planet ITSELF is of ONE MIND , that the Planet has a Conscious Mind, an UN-Conscious Mind and a Psyche that is EASILY Accessible .   I have offered that the World Wide Web is nothing less than the Neural Net of the HUMAN Brain but E---X---P---A---N---D---E---D to encompass and encapsulate the Earth .   

                       We are  ONE Species and by Definition of ONE Mind, "IT" can be nothing Less .

"Happy Trails"

                                                           I have never even TRIED to hide the fact that I am trying to Save the World from ITS-Self :  one word at a time, one sentence at a time, one blog at a time.   Now you'd be rite in observing that I MAY have the so-called (and dreaded) "Savior Complex" but Trust me, I'm NOT THAT SMART .   All I have ever wanted to do was Repay those that I have Read that Changed me and my Direction and in so doing provided me with Guidance I needed to surmount Life's Obstacles and avoid, traps, pitfalls and circumstances + conditions that assail the Traveler on The Path .   

                              Literature, for "Better and for Worse", provides Us with Maps to Navigate the Ocean of Suffering that is stated as the First Noble Truth =  "ALL EXISTENCE ENTAILS SUFFERING" .   Of all Things-To-Teach , this Buddhist Truth is the most DIFFICULT for Others to accept .   It is CRUCIAL to also Realize {Real Eyes, Eyes that SEE the Truth} that Life is NOT  >>>Suffering<<< but Life ---> ENTAILS <  Suffering .   There would be NO WAY to Express the vaunted, "Majesty of Being" if the World was NEGATIVE form Its Start .    We must try to Accept that Buddhism and Its 8-Fold Noble Path is a Suffering MANAGEMENT System, and I use >System< instead of Science because Science bespeaks Difficulty, many folks do not "Like" Science and Woody Allen says it best :

                                               "Science is nothing but an Intellectual DEAD END ."

                              I LOVE That .   

"And the Magic Number IS ______ " .

                                                           Out of a cosmic Curiosity I engaged Google Chrome asking, How many countries are 'reading' my blogs ?   As of April 1st 2026 there are 135 

                                                          ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE  !!!!

                               2 words :  I AM STUNNED !!!!

                                While I was at U. Conn. if the now Famous "Some One" were to have told me I would be read GLOBALLY I would have scoffed and been irritatingly dismissive .  2 words :  IMPOSSIBLE !

                               Yet here I am, There "IT" is .   My Gratitude is INFINITE .   THANK YOU for having an Interest in my "Work" .  

                                I have refrained from stating some blatantly Esoteric phenomena :  I use phenomena because information, data, and facts are victims of Bias, they shouldn't be considered Objective DESPITE their Veracity .   The Phenomena of which I speak is Personal but because I have just learned of my >Reach< I find it necessary to do some "SPLAINING", Code for EX-PLAINING; and even better X-PLAINING .

                             More to follow .... .

Keep the Faith

                                                           It's lame to leave this THIS where it lies ,  so be it .   I'm gonna do what I gotta do ;  INVITE my Gentle Readers to Study Zen and do so because of its BENEFITS . 

                                                                   Tare Forward and Keep the Faith 

Miss Creant

                                                           Deeper into the Film ("Good Will Hunting") there is a flash scene of  man rowing a 'single skull' on a pacific Charles River (in Boston) .   The scene is one of rhythmic motion and athletic Bliss, the exact OPPOSITE of  "the man in a rowboat at sea during a storm" .  Peace has been achieved by Robin, the Director makes CERTAIN that the CHANGE is witnessed by the Audience .  

                          The Struggle of Existence and all its Sufferings have been temporarily Suspended ,  Robin strides forth in the Confidence that HE is "In the Right" and that it is Damon who must now Change .

                           I have been ACUTELY Aware that Buddhism and especially ZEN Buddhism has not found "footing" in the American Society and Culture when "IT" was received with BEAUTY in so many other Countries .  

                           Zen Men, Zen Monks, and Zen Ministers were able to "take" the Existing Religious Deities and `absorb` [assimilate] them into Zen where they were given ALL Due Respect and even Veneration because they were considered Appropriate for Zen and ITS "World View" .   This THIS did NOT take place in America and I gotta Confess yet again, that what was Successful in the Past was UN-Successful in the Present and I was convinced that this FAILURE was the Result of piss-poor Planning, meaning,  NO REGARD was awarded to Existing Deities, those of Judaic, Catholic, Protestant and dare I include Islam .   To this hodgepodge add the FAILURE to use American Pop Culture, including the Realms of Music, TV and Film to advance even the simplest Ideas of Traditional Buddhism and Modern-Day Zen .   I figured, had they done THAT Buddhism and ZEN would be Valued by the American Populace in a similar fashion as  the OTHER Spiritual Paths .  

                           I had an AX to grind and a SWORD to hone .   Believe it .

                           

Sock It To Me, Socrates

                                                           I want to get the description of yesterday's Explosion and subsequent Melt Down "rite" so I'm gonna lift a scene out of  "Good Will Hunting" to do so .   Recall when Matt Damon critiques the "Man in a rowboat at Sea during a violent storm"  and asserts that this MAN is "holding onto dear life" with only his finger-nails but then adds a pejorative about Robin Williams' Wife .  Robin' s head expLODES and he has a Melt -down that manifest as a threat to Damon that if he EVER speaks unkindly about Robin's Wife he will be >Ended< .  "Speak about my Wife [as you just have] and I will END you ". Yesterday was "LIKE THAT" for me .

                                Time passes, and the next time they have a session Robin is in possession of a Clear Mind and an "Un-furrowed Brow" = he calmly tells Damon ` You don't know fucking SHIT about Me or my "paint-by-numbers" Art .`   He adds, "You're just a KID ."   2 words :  Yup .

                                I Confess, I took a couple of Hits from Nurse  Mary Jane and put on the golf tournament with the sound "OFF" so I could look at the Park-Like Setting and calm the fuck DOWN .  

                                POISON was it ?    Hmmm.   Socrates was said to have POISONED the Minds of the Athenian Youth .   I have POISONED the Minds of my Gentle Readers ???  then I MUST-BE  SOCRATES . ...   'Cept I have NO Plans for Self Destruction .   Socrates huh ???   I'll take it .

                                

                                                          

The Dys Miss

                                                            Yesterday I was told that my blogs were those of  >POISON<  that I had given enough Poison to my Gentle Readers that they would KILL themselves because of IT [the Poison].

                              My head expLODED,   then

                               I had a MELT-DOWN .

                               The above needs to be re-framed :   I ALLOWED my head to explode and I ALLOWED my Self to MELT DOWN .   No one but I can make my own head explode, same with allowing my Self to have a MELT DOWN ~~~~ just to be Clear .

                             I confess :  "IT" has taken me YEARS to screw-up enough Courage to present the 8-Fold Nobel Path to my Readers .   The Efforts of the last couple of weeks is Manifestation of my DESIRE to re-Introduce Zen to the WORLD but in an AMERICAN / Modern Form .   Having the Ability to Write and the TALENT to Write are two entirely different 'things' .   I had GREAT Fear that Writing about Zen and Buddhism would cause my Gentle Readers to dismiss me as UN-Readable, and therefore my Readership would be {caustically} REDuced .   EVERYBODY wants to be "Accepted" I am no different .   Numbers >AFFIRM< my Efforts, low numbers MEANS my Efforts are "no good" .   I WANT to be Good, shit, WHO DOESN'T ???????

The Mull

                                                            There IS a "definitive" Text that those of Us who demand Specifics can find EXTREMELY Valuable .  It is What The Buddha Taught penned by Wapola Rahula .   He is quoted by the Compilers of The Shambala Dictionary of Buddhism and Zen THAT'S how GREAT he is .   2 words :   TAKE YOUR TIME , Sanskrit is not E-Z and many of the Terms he uses require PATIENCE .   SKIP OVER THEM meaning, DON'T GET TRAPPED BY PRONUNCIATION , it's completely safe to ignore them FOR NOW .   His explanations are nothing short of BRILLIANT .  HE is the BEST .

                        Be ever MINDFUL that what we seek from our Travels is a Clear Mind, a Stout Heart, a Perfect Body and a Pure Soul .   For this Travel ,,,  Meditation is a --->Vehicle .   

                        I exhort my Gentle Readers to begin each morning with a cup of coffee or tea and the MULL .  We have heard, "I was just sitting MULLING over a cup of coffee ."   I LOVE THIS .   The Mull is the first form of Meditation , it is 'time specific' in that it is reserved for the time when one has just arisen whereas deeper into the day Mull becomes Contemplation .  

                        You may think that taking time to Meditate is a ridiculous form of Self-Indulgence , "IT" is NOT !   Know this ;  when you Meditate "for yourself" you are, in Actuality >>>>SAVING THE WORLD<<<<  you won't be able to fully Appreciate "IT" now but as you grOW in Meditation you will see that you are CONNECTING to the World's Psyche .

                                                                  Tare Forward and Keep the Faith

Kwanseum Bosal

                                                           I have changed my Mind .   Instead of a pedantic overall view of various Meditations I will simply describe those dear to me .   Please forgive an old man for his self-indulgence.

                                I was one who went to a Zen Temple to Meditate with its Sangha ,  don't misunderstand, I already knew the correct posture blah, blah, blah, but i went because I wanted to FEEL what-ever Connection the Universe offered .   First, I LOVED the Chanting, Music of this Nature has a >CLEANSING< that is received not only by the Mind, but by the Heart and SOUL as well .  That's just one  of the advantages to communal Practice .   Elsewhere I have described Meditation as being similar to taking a shower, [It] as a {Ritual} form of Mental Hygiene .   This is Truth ,  I need you to Trust me with this Teaching .    

                               There IS "Walking Zen" but it is specific to Mantra Recitation, meaning, with each and every step, a Mantra is recited .   The Mantra itself is an Agency that dys-ables* the Thinking Mechanism, which allows Sensory Input to be received and  NOT 'held' ;  we say, "Water over a ducks back", which is PERFECT.   We Want THAT .   For my present Purpose I will offer that the Mantra that IS my "Default" Mind is "Kwanseum Bosal" the Korean name for Avalokiteshvara also know as "Sound That Illumines the World" and this interpretation--> "He Who Hears The Outcries Of The World".  "He" is the One of  "Everybody Before Me" a reference to His disposition, that of refusing to enter Nirvana UNTIL   All Beings Attain  Enlightenment .  I Love Him in EVERY Sense of Devotion and Piety .  Here now, Every step a Kwanseum Bosal step, every breath a Kwanseum Bosal Breath, every Blink a Kwanseum Bosal blink .  Yes "IT" is THAT Extensive, THAT Deep and THAT Profound .  

                               One word ;  IT WORKS !

Right Meditation

                                                           When the Buddha lie on his Deathbed {{before entering Parinirvana} his students were frantic, they asked, "What are we to do when you are gone ?"   Th Buddha was miffed because of their anxiety, {{{had He not taught them properly , had they not learned ANYTHING ?}}}   He responded thusly :   "Each one of you must find your own >Salvation< , I have given you the Steps necessary, it is up to YOU to fulfil your {Spiritual} aspirations ."    

                                 We have reached the Territory of "Right Meditation" .    Ideally "IT" would be best to actually attend a Meditation session at a local or nearby Zen Center, but there are so few and these are located in larger metropolises, and cities, so THAT may not be an option .   Next best is to get instruction on Seated Meditation from those same Temples and the Literature they produce, and, you can even call them and get modest Instruction over the phone, I'm certain they would be delighted .   There are numerous Ways to Meditate, Seated, Lying-down, Walking, --- and then there is Motion Meditation, as in Sword Training and [the Practice of] Martial Arts in general .  

                                The Buddha said, "Each of you must find your own Salvation", I will supplement His words with a Modern 'Touch' :   Each of You must find your own Zen .   >My< Primary Zen is my Writing, my Secondary Zen is my "Rock Rigging" ; they are completely DIFFERENT yet produce the SAME Result(s) .   

                                Let's take a look at a few Meditation Options .

Full of Thank

                                                           I have a great deal more to write about Right Mindfulness but I must suspend my Effort this morning because I must attend to important details .  

                               Before I put my pen down I leave you with the NECESSITY to be "Thankful" for EVERYTHING .   Now Who or What are we Thanking ???   For me it is the GREAT Father, GREAT Mother, and the GREAT SPIRIT .   Every Night during Meditation I am THANKFUL for BEING, which includes EVERYTHING .   I simply repeat "Thank You Thank You Thank you" as though "IT" were some sort of Mantra, {which "IT" is} .   Not only is the Penitent Knight Humble, Pious and Devout , he is ever Thankful of the blessings bestowed upon him AND ALL CREATURES UNDER HEAVEN .  I LOVE This .

                             That's "IT" for now .. .

                                                            Tare Forward and Keep the Faith 

The Priest from Hunan Province

                                                           I would LOVE to write of the "Majesty of Being"--that "IT" can be the Foundation of our waking Reality, that we should walk around with the BELIEF that we are "Majestic" and so must ACT as if and as though we are ROYALTY worthy of both Praise and Celebrity .  I'm afraid that THAT is certainly >less< than the Truth .  

                               The Ancient Kung Fu Master spoke thusly :   "The Sage walks with his head bowed, humble, like the dust ."    That's me.  I ASPIRE to THAT .

                              When there is a Some-One-Who-Can-Hear, I give them a line from the Ancient TV Series, "Kung Fu" ;  should they ask, "Who are you?"   I respond with, "I am just a lowly Priest from Hunan Province".  To ME 'that' is sufficient----  I have "raised some eyebrows" in my time .  

                              There is a Christian Aesthetic that I favor as well ;   That of the perpetually Penitent Knight .   Here, the Sins of the World are the Burden that a Pious Knight must BEAR if he is to be Welcomed into the Company of Jesus .   Here it is where ALL Sins CANNOT be expiated in this Lifetime, a Something that the Pious Knight accepts and [which] DRIVES him to BE Devout and Pious .  

                              As far as "I" go,    I'm the most humble guy that has ever lived .  

                               Funny rite ?

                              {{{SOMEBODY SHOOT ME}}} 

                               

Jack Preacher

                                                           At some point in our Cultural Existence we have heard the Plea, "BE HERE NOW !!!  This was an obvious exhortation to abandon Fantasy and Wishful Thinking ESPECIALLY  when we find ourselves in 'uncomfortable' positions, circumstances and instances where, in order to remove our discomfort,, we think of being somewhere OTHER than the location of difficulty.  This improper Thinking removes us from Reality and therefore the TRUTH that resides IN that Reality .  We become "False Witnesses" .   

                           When we are  >adrift<  mentally there is an  Anchor that can be 'dropped' .  It is a Question ;  "Where am I right NOW ?"  This question facilitates the opening of one's eyes to determine one's PRECISE location without the influence of improper Thinking .   Buddhism summarily REJECTS this statement :   "I wish I were somewhere else."   Since we CANNOT >Be< in 2 places at the same time, we MUST >>ACCEPT<< where we are "Rite Now" [which is] the ONLY 'Place' one CAN be .  An aspect of Improper Thinking is Delusion .  Safe to state, Delusion is UNHEALTHY, since it, by Definition, is devoid of Truth .  

                            {{{On my end, I don't just want to 'Live' the Truth, I want to BE the Truth}}} .

Right Mindfulness

                                                            Two Rights remain, Right Mindfulness and Right Meditation .   

                               I must remind my Gentle Readers that my 'approach' to the Introduction of the 8-Fold Noble Path is an  Effort  to  Modernize the "Buddhist Rights" to make  them  more  accessible  to  the Modern .   My words are my Interpretation of the Ancient , I want to deliver the Essence of these Rights that I my remove daunt and skepticism .  

                              The easiest access to Right Mindfulness is through this --->  "Where-ever you are THAT'S where "IT" 's at"  .   This means it is our objective to find and maintain REALITY since Reality is the TRUTH of "Moment-to-Moment" Existence .   "IT" IS Reality where Reality is also scribed as "The Absolute" .   The last of the 6 "Insights into the Mahayana" states :  
                                                             

                                        "Insight that sees that  Phenomena themselves are the Absolute" .

                              Phenomena is perceived as that which 'occurs' in our Sensory World .   When I speak of "Sensory Bombardment" I mean the Senses can be OVERwhelmed by Phenomena , as in Propaganda, TV commercials, and media Influence.   These Phenomena can move us off our Center, cause us to FEEL sickened or distraught, and as such effect our Peace and Harmony .  Here it is where Phenomena can be considered the Origin of our Suffering, which is not altogether untrue .   

                             It is imperative to receive the import that Mindfulness has a Spiritual Component to it .  Beginners in Zen are taught this :   "Do not look for the Teaching, IT is all around you" : and this as well ;  "EVERYTHING is your Teacher."   

                              We're gonna examine this THIS .

"Trick or Treat"

                                                           I will leave the explanation of Right Livelihood in its unfinished form, at least for now .   I want to turn to "Right Practice" because "IT" is considered our everyday 'presentation' of our {not-so-True} Selves, HOW we express our Selves to Others, WHAT we [seek to] 'Project' .

                         Initially is is necessary to use this admonition ;  "PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH"  .   Here it is where hypocrisy is condemned should one NOT adhere to this Social "Absolute" .   I mean, it's OK but certainly not enough to hold as as Primary Standard for Living .   What, exactly, does one, IS one suppose to Preach ?   Technically, we DO "Preach" in that we Preach that >WE EXIST< that, we should be Recognized as Preachers of Self-Existence .  That shit is not only awkward it is undeniably unwieldy .   There is a Better and we find it in "Doctors have a Practice" .   A Doctor's PRACTICE involves (get this)  The TREATMENT of Others .  SOOOOOOO much BETTER !!!  We can use This EASILY  .

                       Right Practice can now be correctly Viewed as HOW We "TREAT" Others .   The Teaching of the not-yet-Risen Christ has >IT< this way :  "Love thy neighbor as thy Self".   Here's yet An-Other that "looks fucking GREAT on paper but DIms in Practice .   It ain't exactly that I hate my self, but I have confessed elsewhere that >Internally<  I am at War with my Ignorance ---I mean shit---I'm NOT gonna wage WAR against my neighbor and HIS Ignorance despite strong feelings that serve only to aggravate my "Condition" and how IT relates to my ignorant trump-loving neighbor .   

                       We live in a Civilization . And THAT is the Key .   Simply stated, We MUST-BE >>>CIVIL<<< to one An-Other .   This means acknowledging them with the "Pleasantries" of the day, and NEVER IGNORING THEM SHOULD THEY REQURE ASSISTANCE .   To be Civilized is to be HUMAN in "ITS" most Noble Form .

                         I gotta leave this here .

                                                         Tare Forward and Keep the Faith 

"Onerous"

                                                           I must reiterate ;   I am attempting to Modernize Buddha's 8-Fold Nobel Path so as to make it more 'palatable' for us Moderns .   Palatable refers to 'taste' , however I DON'T want you to "eat my words" and I surely don't want to "eat' my own words either .  Thing is, my words ARE "for consumption", indeed, Zen Master Seung Sahn used "Mind Meal" as "Food for Thought" and I will steal this THIS from Him .   My words then become "Food for Thought"--- I can live with That .

                              The Fifth of the Buddhist Rights is "Right Life" better translated as Right Livelihood .   Livelihood refers to one's Job, one's Career, one's "what I do for a living" .   Many of Us find ourselves at a job we fucking HATE ,  especially  in the Early Years of paycheck acquisition .   I mean, to awaken each morning HATING to go to work, how can ANYBODY live with that ??  And yet many Americans and workers around the Planet do so ;   worse, they do nothing to alter their self-impose Predicament .   They remain in a Prison of their own Creation .   Folks describe themselves as "Wasting Away", being "Stuck" in a Job they HATE, but WHY don't the even TRY to "get out" and seek work more suitable to their psychological disposition ?    I don't get "IT" ---never have .   

                               The Best explanation I have read about "Right Livelihood" is quite simple ;   Find and keep (a) the  job that that helps reveal Who you are and of What you are made .   Right Livelihood is a Condition in which you continually "find out" about your --->Self .  

                              Recall what appears to be a "Cosmic Absolute" :   YOU ARE WHAT YOU DO .   Do not shirk from this searing Iron, do not flatter yourself by expressing "This is just a job, it ain't me or who I am . "             >>>>>>>>>>>>>    YOU ARE WHAT YOU DO <<<<<<<<<<<< . 

                              One's Job DEFINES One's Existence .   "Own It" .

Abraham-berg

                                                           Before I submit my interpretation of the remaining 4 "Rights" of the Nobel 8-Fold Path, which I now tag as "The Buddhist Rights" ,  something arrived yesterday that needs Attention .   I received a text message form some guy who wanted my opinion on the War in Iran,  he seemed 'legit' so there was a discussion between us .   He was convinced that trump and netanyahu's WAR was completely JUSTIFIED because Iran would not stop unless and until Israel was made Extinct .  He used every point of trump's Rhetoric and I knew there would be no REAL 'open-ness' on his behalf .   It didn't matter --I gave him my "two cents" anyway ;   but when I put the cell down some relevant stuff arrived that I need to offer you, my Gentle Readers .

                                As long as the IRGC exists there will be no Peace .   Recall that Iran has declared that Israel MUST DIE, that Israel must CEASE TO EXIST, and that Iran WILL NOT REST UNTIL ISRAEL IS >GONE< .    Harsh words that predicted October 7th .    These words were not uttered by ANY True Muslim but ARE the words of Zealotry and Fanaticism .    We KNOW the Muslim Commoners DO NOT WANT WAR OF ANY KIND, in this they are exactly like the MAJORITY of American who LOATHE trump and his War Machine .    American Pop Culture Icons, the Allman Brothers, resign; that for us to be at Peace,    ALL the  WAR FREAKS must "die off" and THEN We, the People can be "left alone" .    Problem with that is TIME , We don't have the TIME for "Nature" to "Take its course" .   

                               Here is MY consideration :   The MENTALITY of Iran must be TRANSFORMED, meaning, unless and until the Extremism of WAR Fanatics is Confronted and NEUTRALIZED, War remains INEVITABLE .   The Religious Sanhedrin of Iran MUST Confront the Military Sanhedrin and some how FORCE It to Recant and in so doing OPT for Peace among ALL the Nations of Islam as well as Other Nations who hold Abraham as Patriarch .    

The Fort in Effort

                                                           The Commitment to Change must manifest as RESOLUTION, to be Resolute means to brings one's Volition into Prominence where Volition is COSMIC --> Will .    We must align with COSMIC Forces to effect the Change that results in True >>> Transformation .   How is This done ?   We MUST Commit to ourselves, where Commitment is INVESTMENT .   If we view ourselves as COSMIC Entities the alignment to COSMIC Forces becomes almost "Self-Evident" .   EFFORT produces Results, no Effort no Results .    Cosmic Effort, Cosmic Results .

                              In AA the First of the 12 Steps is the acknowledgement that there is  "Higher Power" .   AA addicts consider this the Utmost and Supreme .   MANY Folks are reluctant to "Believe in God", and this First Step is fucking HUGE .  Know this :   as soon as one acknowledges a Higher Power Loneliness is extinguished .   One is NOT ALONE .  Folks drink because they FEEL ---> Alone .   So it is that many Folks do  NOT believe in Karma but still 'want' to Change .   To WANT-TO-CHANGE  IS  "Changing one's Karma ".    What remains is the Necessity, the ABJECT Necessity of Actualization, the performance and/or execution of those methods and means that will effectuate Results .   

                              In one of the Books I have yet to write is this line :  

                                                   "Enlightenment said, 'Hold on I'm comin' ' " .

                               AA Dogma submits this :   "Be careful what you wish for, [because once you wish for something] it's already on its way ."

                                After almost forty years of Sobriety I have found this Dogma to be absolutely TRUE .

                                                      Tare Forward and Keep the Faith

Bobby Chacon

                                                           It is relatively 'safe to say' that Evolution is "A Law of Nature", is it then safe to say that Karma is also "A Law of Nature" ?   I will argue that Karma is a Law of Spirituality that manifests as ( a) "Law of HUMAN Nature" .    Elsewhere I have contended that the Spirit of the Universe manifests as >Life< itself .  Spirituality, then, is the AWARENESS of Life as "IT" is connected to ALL LIFE, in the Universe .   Where Religion is Earthly, Spirituality is COSMIC .   So now we have this ;   where Evolution is Earthly, Karma is COSMIC .  Once again I must leave this where it is that we may "Play it as it lays" . 

                             Once upon a time I could argue that Evolution can NOT be altered, modified or manipulated, obviously THAT is not accurate .   Our Genes CAN-BE altered, modified and manipulated to produce results that enhance the organism [so] that it may Continue with greater strength and health .   One's Karma CAN BE CHANGED  to better suit the Health of the Individual both Spiritually and Physically .   When we are weak and desire to  become strong we undergo the addition of Exercise so that we CAN become Stronger and Healthier, which then results in a BETTER Life ,  "IT" is the same with Karma.  We may have shitty Karma but by MENTAL EXERCISES we can rid ourselves of those weakness that cause our Suffering .   Here's the deal with THAT :   YA GOTTA WANNA !!!!!    Recall the words of Pugilist Champion Bobby Chacon :   "You gotta do what you gotta do and you gotta TRAIN for what you gotta do ."   I LOVE THAT .

                                        This is me.  I am that .

Law of Lore

                                                           In Zen Buddhism Karma is regarded as a "Theory" .   I would LOVE for there to be an acceptance of "The LAW of Karma" but the only place THAT exists is in my own head .   Still, I have been forced to reckon Karma, to address what "IT" IS in such a way that at least a modicum of Satisfaction can be experienced, some form of address that results in Understanding, even if that Understanding is shallow .  Toward that End I have devised an explanation that suits the prevailing condition of >WTF< ,  and here it is where "WTF" is the Modern Version of "Don't Know Mind" .

                          I liken Karma, {The Law (and the LORE) of Karma} to Evolution .   We know Evolution to be a LAW of Nature .   We must Trust Science to be accurate here ,  and {of course} I do .   We know that the Law of Evolution causes Changes that manifest as Modifications [Up-grades] that enhance what exists presently so that continued Propagation of the Species is Guaranteed .   We say, "Only the Strong Survive" meaning the Species that adapts to External Conditions THE BEST, will be granted Continuation, while those that cannot Adapt are summarily rejected from this {so-called] Continuation .   Karma is slightly different in that NO Entity is Rejected, "Dis-Continued" .  Instead, Karma just keeps coming, relentlessly, until "IT" is addressed, and Change results .  The Goal of Karma is Enlightenment , the Removal of the Individual from the Wheel of Life, Death and Rebirth, otherwise known as Samsara .

                       

Karma

                                                           Of all things I must do, defining "Karma" is E-Z while explaining Karma has some daunt to "IT" .    Folks misunderstand the Nature of Karma, and figure it to be  >Punitive< .  It is not .   Simply put, Karma is "Cause and Effect" .   Specifically a "Primary Cause" combines with "Dependent Origination" which then produces a "Result" .   There are more specifics :   "Bodhisattva Karma is complete Compassion ;  Good Karma is Happiness ;  Bad Karma is Suffering ;  Accumulated Karma is Predispositions ;  and Same Karma is Same Action" .

                         "IT" continues :   "Everything appears and disappears through Karma .   Mind appears, then Dharma appears ;   Dharma appears then Form appears ;  Mind disappears, then Dharma disappears ;  Dharma disappears, the Form disappears ;  Form disappears, then Suffering disappears ."

                         And then there's the BIG One :   "All things are created by the Mind."

                         Don't forget :   "We CREATE our Perceptual Reality".  Can it be said that we CREATE our Karma ?  Yes because of the definition above, and NO because of the True Nature of Karma .   Oddly these two are  NOT in opposition although to think otherwise is counter-intuitive .   For now, we must let this be, as it is .  

Humans speak, chickens cluck .

                                                           I must reserve comment on the purport of "Right Speech" for a future date .   I am reluctant to speak about ANYTHING "in Public' because when I get excited I st-st-st-stutter .   In fact, when I was a kid I ENRAGED my Mother because I talked so fast .  She would scold ; 

                                     "Speak  s---l---o---w---l---y and e--n--u--n--c--i--a--t--e your words !!"   

                        My Mom had barely a sixth grade education, her use of >enunciate< was a mind-fuck .

                             I will use Confucius for a kwik summation of the First Three of the 8-Fold Nobel Path .

        "There are three things a gentleman, in following The Way, places above all the rest :   from every attitude, every gesture that he employs he must remove all trace of violence or arrogance ;   every look that he composes in his face must betoken good faith ;  from every word that he utters, from every intonation he must remove all trace of coarseness and impropriety..."  [ 8:4   The Analects] .  

                                         This is me .   I am this .

                                                      Tare Forward and Keep the Faith

Sky-Mind

                                                           "Right Thoughts" can also be "Right Thinking" .   The late Zen Master Seung Sahn Taught ;  "Thoughts are like clouds, they appear and disappear ."   'Right Thinking' is something different .   I am "of the Mind" to consider that >Thinking< should be regarded as "Questioning" as in, "Right Questioning" ---but be aware that this 'Notion' is specific to MY "Perceptual Reality" .   I have been harangued for Thinking as opposed to being praised for "NOT" Thinking .  Indeed the GOAL of Sword Training is to literally "CUT" Thinking by disabling the so-called {by me} Thought Mechanism, THAT  which is responsible for Thought production .   Elsewhere I have likened Thinking to BREATHING, just as it is completely normal not to think about Breathing, I suggest it is completely normal to think without thinking of thinking .   One of my AA buddies, stymied this :  "I stay awake thinking about  NOT thinking ."   I LOVE THAT  .  TOOO funny .

                           Zen Master Seung Sahn Taught "Don't Know Mind" as >an< Essence of Zen .   Enlightenment, He Taught, could be expressed by manifesting this "Don't Know Mind" .  We ask a Question because we "Don't Know" and as a result we find an answer that results in >DO< >Know< .   The SPACE between the Question and Answer is "Don't Know" ----> SPACE .   This SPACE MUST-BE Considered EQUAL to "Emptiness" which is the Goal for the Adept that seeks Enlightenment .  

                          Right THINKING means to Think without ATTACHMENT to Thinking, as clouds come and go so it must be with the Thoughts produced by Thinking .   Simply let them arise and dissipate without clinging to them .  We must TRY and keep our Sky (Mind) Clear .   

Miss Interpret

                                                           Know this about >Right View< :  "We ACT according to the WAY we SEE  things" and "We create our own Perceptual Reality" .    Some of us want to believe that it is external conditions that are responsible for our Mood and Temperament :  Right View somewhat attenuates that 'perspective' .    External Conditions are >>>Interpreted<<<  all of us do NOT "SEE" the same things despite even the OBVIOUS or what should be obvious .    We say that we want to "Be on the same page" but even the OBVIOUS meaning of a sentence can be >>>mis Interpreted<<< by those that have a different "Perceptual Reality" .    Right View acknowledges the different Perceptual Realities of Others and their Interpretations .   Buddhists hold to TRUTH, the Truth that SCIENCE can either verify or corroborate .   In this Sense, Buddhism {{{As far as "I" go}}} is a SCIENCE OF MIND but is specific to Mind as It relates to Suffering .  

                       Check this out :   Conscience    Con = With  Science = Science   WITH SCIENCE .

Vibes

                                                           Elsewhere I have argued that it is Feelings, specifically NEGATIVE >Feelings< that cause us Internal Unrest {Suffering} and External 'countenance' what we 'show' to others in our manner and demeanor .    It is to our distinct Advantage to >Neutralize< Negative Feelings since it is they that generate both our Mood and Temperament .    "IT" 's  in our BEST 'Interest' to "Look" as though we have "our shit together", to exude  >Confidence<  and Wellness, [so] that Others can (get this) FEEL our Good Energies---> what the American "Beach Boys" recorded as "Good VIBRATIONS" .   Modern times acknowledges the expression "Good VIBES" .  "IT" is said that a person can have "Good Vibes" and that we actually FEEL those Vibes as a something completely POSITIVE .   Here it is where >Goodness< is generated .   

                             We were at some sort of village Festival in Putnam, and two of my very young but extremely 'credible' students were walking around as if they had ants in their pants .   I didn't expect THAT and called them on it .  I almost scolded, "for crissakes ACT like you know what your doing---you've done these forms HUNDREDS OF TIMES doing the before an audience is really "No BIG Deal" because even IF you make a mistake NO ONE KNOWS IT --- how can they ?

                            2 words, "Fake it 'til you make it" .  

Miss Truth

                                                            Summer is drawing to a close, and with it the Vacation Season .   Teachers and students are returning to the Realm of Academia, like it or not, ready or not, and so it is that We, as Planetarians and Global Citizens, must also find our way to a Better INTERIOR World that is in Harmony with the Exterior World of every-day and commonplace Activity .   

                             I have touted the so-called "Clear Mind" as not only 'preferred' but Essential, if We are to navigate the Ocean of Suffering that IS 'every-day Life'  and COSMIC Existence, I insist, "You can't have one without the other", as the Ancient Melody chides .   To this End [the Attainment of Clear Mind] We will begin with the first three of Buddha's "8-Fold Nobel Path" :  Right View ;   Right Thought ;   Right Speech .   

                            Straight away we can see that these three are part of the Inner Workings of Mind, specifically, what we See, what we Think and what we Say but they manifest as What we see in our surroundings, what we THINK "about" those surroundings and what we Say to Others "regarding" those surroundings .    These initial Three are DIRECTLY CONNECTED to the 7th of the 8-Fold Nobel Path > "Right Mindfulness" .   There is in Buddhism the so-called "Mutual Interpenetration of all Phenomena" and here "IT" is, in "plain Sight" .

Gagme Withaspoon

                                                           I am not gonna write anything serious today, I need a brief respite .

                              I wrote this gag a few years ago, why it surfaced this morning is beyond my grasp .

                   Q.   Do you sometimes laugh and fall down during a human stampede ?

                    A.   Only when someone yells out, "Are we going in the right direction" ?

                                                           Tare Forward and Keep the Faith

                                               

Junk-ture*

                                                           Yesterday afternoon I charged myself with delivering the most rudimentary explanation of the "Middle Way" and its "Nobel 8 Fold Path" .   I wanted to juxtapose IT with the 10 Commandments to focus on the "DO NOT" of those Commandments with the "DO" of the 8 Fold Path .   One is Negative and Life NEGATING while the Other is Positive and Life AFFIRMING .   Obviously I never got to 'There' .   

                           Rite now I'm famished (I've been up since 2:30 or so a.m.) and my ribs hurt as they normally do after a few hours seated before this screen ~~~  I don't FEEL as if I can be effective, so I'm-gonna "cave" into that FEELING and suspend my activity at this unfinished Junk-ture* .

                           I will leave you in the Land of Bizarre .    I'm-gonna argue that "Money Is The Root of All Evil" can and SHOULD be supplanted by ;   "FEELINGS are the Root of ALL Evil" . 

                            2 words :  Consider .

                                                            Tare Forward and Keep the Faith 

Status Woe

                                                           I am convinced that Civilization is once again at a Nadir ---that there is no place left to go except uP* .    The Question arises, HOW do we rise ?   

                               To REDuce "IT" to the Realm of Children's Literature, exactly HOW can the Music of the Pied Piper be neutralized (?) and HOW are the Villagers be made to understand the ramifications of bilking a 'service provider' out of his Due, the money he is OWED for "Services Rendered" ? 

                                To bring it to Modern Day Reality, How is Propaganda to be neutralized and How is the Population to be educated to detect Dys-Honesty ,  (The Refusal to Pay the Piper) ?  .

                                What was yet to be considered the "Status Quo" in pre-WWI Germany, the Status Quo in pre-WW II , and the pre-trump Status Quo, all FAILED to Recognize and Identify the HITLERIAN THREAT of trump ,  We MUST conclude that the Status Quo was DEVOID of Energies and Forces that could be utilized to exact Recognition and Identification .   Here it is where TRUTH  was systematically IGNORED, as was Reason and Logic .    Here it is where EMOTION superseded Science, in this instance, POLITICAL Science, and FEELINGS were hailed as "the only thing that mattered" .   Hitler didn't "FEEL Good" about losing the First World War .   Trump didn't "FEEL Good" about America and American Democracy because "IT" rejected him as a >WORTHY<  member of New York's "Old Money" .   2 words :  BIZARRE !!!!!

 

                               

Wore

                                                           WW II was touted as being, "The War to End ALL Wars" .   That is to say that WAR was never again to be used as a Substitute for DIPLOMACY ,  that Civilization had advanced  BEYOND THE USE OF VIOLENCE to address the Concerns of Nations .   However, the Concept that "War is the only answer" was NEVER >Extincted*< , that is, REMOVED from the Planet's Psyche .   "IT" has persisted in the exact same way that ALL our Instincts remain as INTEGRAL part of Our Planetary Consciousness .  In short, WAR defines Our Species .   WAR is 'who We are' .  VIOLENCE is what We do .

                               For a brief period following the Victory, Humankind asserted Utopia-like aplomb by forging the United Nations .  "It looked GREAT on paper" as they say, but when it was TESTED, it was learned that the U.N. had no MUSCLE .  EVERYONE relied on some sort of UNIVERSAL DESIRE FOR GOODNESS, the Thinking and Belief that ALL Nations would seek the Highest Order of Altruism to Govern themselves and The World .   "IT" never happened, because "IT" was NEVER THERE.   Nations HUNGERED for Power , and this HUNGER produced GLOBAL ATROCITY , which the U.N. could not throttle .   BAD 'men' ascended to Power bringing with them  War ravaged and exhausted Citizens who had NOTHING LEFT with which to Fight those that knew ONLY WAR .   

                             Good, Honest and Decent Folks wanted to believe ALL WAR had Ended, that because Germany, Italy and Japan had been Defeated, so too WAR .      

                             

                                

Return of the Pied Piper

                                                           I have argued that "We" were "sent" trump because the WORLD did NOT "deal with" hitler, and Nazi-ism in such a way as to 'provide' for a Civilization that would and COULD manage the baser Instincts of the Human Species .   I hazard that We are familiar with the Sage/Prophet Words of George Santayana who admonished, "Those who cannot remember the Past are condemned to repeat it ." .   I likened trump to the "Pied Piper" who, when told he would NOT receive payment for "Services Rendered" played his pipe with such wondrous allure that the Village children could not resist, and then led them inside of a mountain, ever to return .   Trump was "like that", his words were as MUSIC to the ears of Americans who, at the time, had NO >Voice<, and when they heard trump, found a HOME within his World View .   

                              I have laid Blame upon the "System" that produced these Folks, those who did NOT "...remember the Past..." .  I argued that it was Necessary to 'produce' Individuals who could detect falsities, be properly aligned with Truth, and seek to PREVENT Negativity, in the form of Worship of the Past, so as to PREVENT said Negativity from reaching into a Correct Path, the one of Universal Fellowship, the one where Political Well Being was the Goal of Present Day Government, and DESTROYING the Foundation upon which Democracy generated RIGHTEOUS Power .   

Kali

                                                           Pundits have described Harp as having "Daddy Issues" .   'Daddy Issues' is sometimes Code for "The Oedipus Complex" the one where Oedipus killed his father and then married his mother, which is somehow Genetic, in that this Complex is said to reside in EVERYONE'S Psyche .   2 words :   maybe .   "IT" may be beyond Earthly generation ===  we actually don't know if Harp killed her mother AND her grandmother to be by trump's side as consort and concubine .   I want to believe that such an arrangement is unlikely .   If not THAT then WHAT ?

                             I offer >>> Kali<<< the Hindu Goddess of Time, Death and Destruction .   Know this about me ;  I don't WORSHIP Kali, but as a Zen Buddhist I FULLY >Appreciate< Her 'Role' as Death Dealer.   Here it is that without Death there can be no NEW Life .   

                             Harp MAY BE a Manifestation of Kali, sent to Earth and to the MOST POWERFUL MAN ON EARTH as an Agent of Time, where Time is Code for Evolution .    Kali's JOB { I must use JOB despite its pedestrian origin}  is to Destroy and Kill, and here it is where Harp is EFFECTING the Will of Kali, somewhat BRILLIANTLY, because Harp is NOT considered to be even   REMOTELY Powerful and IS considered somewhat HARMLESS by the uninitiated .   She's the OPPOSITE . 

                             Make to mistake here Kali's JOB is to KILL trump and the OPPRESSION he and his have inflicted not just on Americans but the WORLD-ians .   With the Death and Destruction of THIS, Our present World Order, We can Evolve to the NEW [NU]  World Order where it is PEACE that reigns .

                                                              Tare Forward and Keep the Faith 

Miss Guided

                                                           "IT" 's been observed and reported that Harp "brings out" the "WORST" of trump .   When I heard That my first Thought was of al-Assad, and HIS wife .  Recall that al-Assad used CHLORINE BOMBS against HIS OWN CHILDREN and Citizens .   I mean, "WHERE WAS HIS WIFE???" ---> was she devoid of ALL  >>>Maternal Instinct<<< ????    We were forced to conclude that "SHE WAS JUST LIKE HIM" , the Evidence is irrefutable .   Is Harp "just like trump" ?   Some say, "Fuck yeah, BUT EVEN WORSE" .   

                             She is said to be responsible for his posts, even his "Foreign Policy"  'tweets' on his Truth Social platform .   In EFFECT, ---> SHE <---  is "running the country" .   

                             She's also been described as trump's  "Security Blanket" and, oddly, his "binkie" .  "IT" shouldn't be considered 'odd', because a 'binkie' is a  "Pacifier", which is PERFECT since trump gets so fucking agitated sometimes he has a tantrum that results in the bombing INNOCENT Iranian Civilians .   Is she DIRECTLY responsible for mitigating trump's rage to the extent that he foregoes Death and Destruction ?   A binkie sooths .  I mean, "IT" 's possible .   What is also possible is that she GOADS him to be Merciless and Cruel .   The toady that's goady* .   

                            I have devised the word >> PSYCHO-PHANT << to better scribe her personal Psychology .   To me, she's a Psycho [path] = [who] "may lie pathologically, manipulate social situations and justify harmful actions without guilt or shame" .  Plus, she's fucking OBSESSED, which ALL of Us know as being MONSTROUSLY UNHEALTHY .   Some believe she's SICK, count ME among THEM .

Miss Stress

                                                            We've "blown past" "So Fucking What" and have entered the MORAL Territory of SCANDAL .   I confess, I DIDN'T consider Harp's ---> Presence to be a THREAT of ANY sort, until I heard from "Senior X Intelligence Officials" who were DEEPLY CONCERNED because she "had the ear of the  most powerful man on the planet" and just her Presence was an "Influencing Factor" with regard to trump, what he said, what he posted, what he DID .   Now THAT got my ATTENTION .   

                             JFK "had" Marilyn Monroe, Clinton, as we have just noted, "had" Monica as his (get this)  "Head" "Mistress" so it's not peculiar that trump also has a Mistress .   There IS the Age Disparity, she's 35 he's a fucking MILLION ,  and the visual for their "sexual congress" is  stomach-turning and SICKENING but THAT , my Gentle Readers, is LIFE .   Old Powerful Men are sought after by younger women because of the old men's plentiful Resources, and a marriage to one such GUARANTEES the Protection of her offspring for a lifetime .    Isn't trump worth over 3 BILLION ?                    

                            We gotta figure "She's in it to WIN "IT" .

                             BUT IS THAT ALL  ???????

                            

Trump plays the Harp

                                                           A single woman has come into the Attention of American News Media, so much so that she was featured as "THE" "Story" of the day .   Her name is Natalie Harp and she is presently trump's >>>Aide<<< .   

                            She is the DEFINITION of  "Sycophant" :  "a SERVILE self-seeking flatterer :   one who praises others in order to gain their approval " .    Thing is, her Presence is scaring the fucking SHIT out of just reg'lar and NORMAL sycophants, those who surround trump as his "Inner Circle" and THAT has caused GREAT CONCERN among them .   

                             This morning when I first settled into "Chairy-Chair" I had nothing on my Mind save to wait for a "First Sentence" to arrive .  After only a few minutes I "got" a headache which worsened because of my allergies .   I probed my head and >Harp< was THERE as if SHE was to be this morning's topic .   

                             When Bill Clinton was getting blow jobs from Monica Lewinsky, I actually defended him by telling everyone who would listen that we didn't elect Bill to be our fucking Priest .   We elected him to RUN THE COUNTRY and sexual encounters with a YOUNG Maiden was to be considered NONE OF OUR FUCKING BUSINESS .   Guys are DOGS, you know it, WE ALL KNOW IT .  BUT, Natalie Harp is something DIFFERENT .   

                             We're gonna 'look' at her this morning .

Peace of Shit

                                                           One of my old favorite NASCAR Drivers, one Ryan Blaney was trying to access "Pit Road" when he lost control and SLAMMED into the water barrels protecting the Pits and the explosion  sent GEYSERS  into the air in SPECTACULAR display .   When asked about "IT" he resigned, "I just ran out of Talent" .   I liked Ryan because he was an MIT Graduate and an Engineer .   I mean he didn't run out of ABILITY just >>>Talent<<< .   I'm there with him rite now, I DON'T know how to "spin" the blogs I have just written to end with something POSITIVE .  

                          I know this :  Karma will come at you and KEEP COMING unless and until "IT" 's Message is received and Change results .   So it is with Evolution .   The HEART BREAKING, MIND BENDING and SOUL SHREADING Truth is that Civilization hasn't yet Evolved ENOUGH to Capture and PUNISH the elitists who BELIEVE that they need  NOT  Obey the Laws of Civilization and Human-Kind .   "IT" 's  more than EGREGIOUS because "IT" is a HUMAN ABOMINATION .   The elites KNEW BETTER,  they KNEW that what they were doing was AGAINST ALL  LAW not just that of Civilization ---BUT THEY DID IT ANYWAY   !!!!!!!   

                         The WAR will End but there can be no REAL Peace until these ANIMALS are captured and put either in Insane  Asylums or PRISONS !!!!!   I'm opting for PRISONS WITH NO CHANCE OF PAROLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                           

                                                        Tare Forward and Keep the Faith

Miss Fit

                                                           Presently, I am in the process of trying to convince myself that it is the "Instinct of Self-Preservation" that is responsible for the HEINOUS Hedonism, characterized as Sexual Gratification REGARDLESS OF COST, that has manifested in epstein's not-so-secret `society` .   I mean "IT" this way :   Evolution and her Hand-Maidens Mother Earth and  Mother Nature had to GUARANTEE Human Presence, and this Guarantee saw both the "Orgasm" and "Clitoral Migration" as a means to >assert< Human Reproduction .    IN the DEEPEST DARKEST Recesses of the Human Mind there is a UNIVERSAL  "Prime Directive" =  IMPREGNATE EVERY FEMALE IN YOUR CONTACT SPHERE .    Evolution  has rewarded this [Mechanism] with the Orgasm .   Except for  the Mythological "Beavis and Butthead" MOST of Us are  INTIMATELY FAMILIAR  with "The Score" and "IT" 's  GARGANTUAN Benefits .   

                               You can predict the Problem .   The Instinct of Self-Preservation is capable of fucking ANYTHING and Sodom and Gomorrah are evidence of the Prime Directive going HORRIBLY RWONG*.   

                                We KNOW that 'sodomy' and gomorrah-mee* were NOT extinct-ed .  Both survived .    We can even conclude that during these MODERN times, both have FLOURISHED .    Consider what "Live and let live" has propagated =  Tolerance for the Obscene and dare I say EVIL .    

Sodom

                                                           Ya-gotta figure that the SIN was SOOO GREAT that only a WORLD WAR could have the WEIGHT and DENSITY to COVER  the Human ATROCITIES generated by the SAVAGE Hedonism of the FILTHY RICH .   

                                Some Scholars insist that the "Great Flood" was the CLEANSING AGENT used because Humankind was >>contaminated<< .  This "Cleansing" was not to be the Last, nope, Hello Sodom and Gomorrah , a location where sick humans had decided that fucking ANIMALS was part of God's Plan, that, "It it feels good DO IT" was all that was needed to justify HORRIFIC actions, and still be free of ANY Consequence .   

                                 In EARLIER Times, we KNOW that Early Homo Sapiens "did" all they could to propagate their Species, when "Nature Called" they 'answered' with VIOLENT Rapacity .   We KNOW that during the Middle Ages, young girls in their early teens were considered "Marriageable" despite the publicly know FACT that young girls had a significant threat to their own lives, and many DIED from attempting child-birth .   It was UGLY then --------------still is .

                                

Miss Spent

                                                           The FITHY RICH ---> BELIEVE that they can do whatever the fuck they want WHEN they want and HOW they want >WITHOUT<   ANY   Public Scrutiny let alone RIGHTEOUS Prosecution .   MONEY IS POWER everybody knows that-  thing is they use OUR Money to maintain their 'life-style' ,   money from OUR >>> Blood, Sweat and Tears<<<  and epstein's Secret Society , kidnapped CHILDREN to be used as sex TOYS ,  these Innocent CHILDREN  are OURS !!!  In the same way that entire VILLAGES 'lend a hand' in the proper rearing of their own, so too it MUST BE that Planetarians and and the Global Citizenry MUST consider epstein and his PATHOLOGICALLY PERVERSE to the extent of  CRIMINAL ABOMINATION .   

                              Trump and his have used WAR to deflect and re-position Public Scrutiny of those named in the epstein files .   WAR as PROTECTION !!!!!!!!    TO SET THE WORLD ON FIRE just to prevent the Release of the 'Files' is a something that CAN'T be Imagined by a NORMAL Civilization .   And yet "Here we are" .   

                              "IT" gets worse... .

Miss Used

                                                           I have been  reluctant  to comment on THE WORLD'S "Epstein Files" .   Theories abound concerning the Epstein Files and THE WORLD'S "reluctance" to liberate them from the hedonistic clutches of the "FILTHY RICH" and the squalor wealthy .   Among the  most "popular" {where 'popular' is a poor choice of word} , the theory that not only does america have the complete files, but the United Kingdom, what was once the Soviet Union, China, Iran, and of course, Israel .   Conjecture asserts that although trump had been "toying" with the idea to LIBERATE Iranians from the HORRIFIC Oppression OF THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT, it was netanyahu who persuaded trump that the Invasion of Iran was not only Inevitable, but that SUCCESS would {somehow} be GUARANTEED since Israel would join american Forces as powerful ally .

                               When the WAR ends, netanyahu will be subject to CRIMINAL CONVICTION as well as WAR CRIMINALITY, the near [HITLERIAN]  EXTINCTION of Gazans, the REFUSAL to allow Humanitarian Aid to Gaza, and the direct STERILIZATION of 'Palestinian' farm lands and orchards . 

                                So "IT" is with trump .   Once his WAR ends he will face prescriptive Punitive Measures of the HIGHEST ORDER .   

                                 Here's the WORST :   netanyahu extorted trump to begin the War and PERHAPS held the Release of the epstein files, as THREAT should trump refuse .   

                                As Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut would agree, "Those must be SOME files".

Miss Fortune

                                                          25.  Wu Wang  /  Innocence  (The Unexpected)

                           "Man has received from Heaven a nature innately good, to guide him in all his movements .  By devoting to this divine spirit within himself, he attains an unsullied innocence that leads him to do right with instinctive sureness and without any ulterior thought of reward and personal advantage .  This instinctive certainty brings about supreme success and 'furthers through perseverance' .  However, not everything instinctive by nature in the higher sense of the word, but only that which is right an in accord with Heaven .  Without the quality of of rightness, an unreflecting, instinctive way of acting brings misfortune .   Confucius says about this,  'He who departs from innocence, what does he come to ?  Heaven's will and blessing do not go with his deeds.' "

 

                                 "I want to Believe"... .

                                                   Tare forward and Keep the Faith 

                                        

Crash and Burn

                                                           I must leave this for now .  I leave with a description that is VERY useful .   One SUPER-BRAIN put "IT" this way "  "Trump is like a teenager who STEALS the family sedan and then promptly TOTALS It.  Yes there's gonna be "Hell to Pay" but eventually this vehicle MUST BE REPLACED AT THE PARENTS' EXPENSE ."   Is it the parents' FAULT ????????  I say YES.

                                                          Tare Forward and Keep the Faith

The Land of Bilk and Scummy

                                                            We know : "To err is Human but to Forgive is DIVINE " .   Is THIS the foundation built on the Story of Cain and Abel and God's Forgiveness ?   2 words :   maybe .   But how are Humans to Understand this Forgiveness, when the God of the 10 Commandments issued "THOU SHALL NOT KILL" ?????    Murdering one's brother is NOT some simple "err"--- "IT" IS a fucking HEINOUS ATROCITY AND AN AFFRONT TO GOD HIMSELF .   Are we, as Humans, to Forgive trump and in so doing take it upon OURSELVES to find the pathway to Peace and open Hormuz in the process ?   Will Other Nations forgive trump ?   How many Nations openly Forgave hitler, pol pot, putin, al-asaad and the Monster OTHERS ?    We must resign ;  God can do WHATEVER THE FUCK HE WANTS, I mean, THAT, "By Definition" ---but WHERE does THAT leave us ???????  

                              Exactly what KIND of Peace are we looking at ?    Israel has NO PLANS to accept ANY of trump's attempts to mollify Iran in the hopes that Iran will relinquish Control of Hormuz .   If the World wants Peace and netanyahu sez* "FUCK YOU" --- what then ?   Is the World then to declare WAR on Israel ????   Is the World to Forgive netanyahu for HIS Genocidal Criminality in Gaza ?  

Cain and Abel

                                                           One American congressman called for the World to Unite that "IT" may "find a path" to Peace and the re-opening of Hormuz .   This man had served in Afghanistan under Combat Conditions so he must be deemed a True Veteran .   You'd think that he would have pointed to AMERICA to find that path, but american republicans are too COWARDLY to confront trump and call for his IMMEDIATE ---->  RESIGNATION .  "IT" 's sickening .   

                              As I sat in Mull this arrived ;  "Am I my brother's Keeper ?" . We all recognize this from the Biblical Story of Cain and Able .  You recall that Cain killed Abel out of Jealousy but that God did NOT kill Cain for his fratricide, instead, "Marking" him with some sort of symbol that was Protective in form and nature .   I don't like this story, never have .   

                            You can see "IT" rite ?   Not only does Cain GET AWAY WITH MURDER, he also gets DIVINE PROTECTION .   How the fuck can that BE ????

                             Look at trump ~~~  he declared that he too could GET AWAY WITH MURDER and HAS .   He has MURDERED his own brothers and sisters and has been REWARDED not Punished .   Trump started the War with Iran, MURDERING THOUSANDS, and has yet to receive ANY REAL PUNISHMENT .   Now, american congress folks want the World to somehow PAY FOR TRUMP'S MURDERS by coming to his RESCUE in a GLOBAL EFFORT to Open Hormuz.   Now we can see it and ask, "Is the World trump's ---> Keeper" ??????