Tom Petty: "there ain't no easy way out"

                                                           I thought I was done, I thought I could just leave what I'd written and slip away ... .    I had to run a few errands and while I was out some new shit 'arrived' .

                                What follows is the complete lyrics of tom Petty's "Won't Back Down" off his "Full Moon Fever" CD .   It has been rolling about my Braine "like a BB in a boxcar", and I can't seem to rid myself of its relentless sting .   It SEEMS especially poignant this morning, you guys know why .

                                                    "Well I won't back down, no I

                                                       won't back down you can

                                                        stand me up at the gates of Hell

                                                        but I won't back down

                                                 

                                                      Gonna stand my ground, won't be turned around

                                                      and I'll keep this world from draggin' me down

                                                       gonna stand my ground and I won't back down

                                                                                       chorus

                                                        Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out

                                                         hey, I will stand my ground 

                                                         and I won't back down

                                                      Well I know what's right, I got just one life

                                                       in a world that keeps on pushin' me around

                                                       but I'll stand my ground and I won't back down

                                                       repeat chorus .

"...tits on a bull..."

                                                           Elsewhere I have argued vehemently that Trump and his achieved REVOLUTIONARY VICTORY January 6th, and I offered the parading of the "Stars and Bars" through the Capitol Building as PROOF.   We are presently living in an "OCCUPIED COUNTRY" where trump rules with FASCIST FERVOR, and the american congress is self-castrated and therefore IMPOTENT to do ANYTHING to stop him .         

                              When trump WAS "stoppable", the congress FAILED and Failed TWICE .   

                               It has been reported that 8 million americans "took it to the streets" in Protest of trump and trumpism .   What was needed was EIGHTY MILLION !!!   2  words does it all :  TRUMP COULD GIVE A RAT'S ASS ---  he and his are doing quite well  !!!  

                               It fucking KILLS me that some would argue that the Courts are "holding the line" .   The COURTS HAVE NO MECHANISM FOR PUNISMENT and so whatever it does appears as the most gentle "slap on the wrist" --- useless and pathetic .   

Strait Jacket

                                                           Trump told the World that if it wants oil >IT< has to open the Strait of Hormuz and (get this) "JUST TAKE IT" .   

                                   I watched and listened to him last night, he is NOT a "well" man .   He had trouble reading the teleprompter, sometimes just ignoring its words, injecting his own as if commenting on his speech, like a comedian going for an extra giggle ---  there was  NOTHING "funny" about his >>>>> what-the-fuck-can-you-call-it ?????    He assured Us that all the War goals had been met, that NOTHING is needed from the Region, that >>>HE<<<   >>>PERSONALLY<<<  had done "All the heavy lifting" and that whatever remained was now the Obligation and DUTY of America's NATO Allies, since it is THEY who NEED the oil NOT >>> HIM <<<.

                                  He seemed OBLIVIOUS  to the FACT that once he and his bomb the fuck out of Iran's Oil Production Operations ,  THERE WOULD BE NO OIL TO GET .   At that point, what would be the REASON for clearing and securing the Strait ?   It would be an "exercise in futility" .

                                   "It" got WORSE .   Trump said that "...when this ends, the Strait will just "open up"  "naturally" .    Pundits noted he used those same words to describe what HE figured was the inevitable outcome of Covid , remember ?   "It will just go away" .   

                                   You can't make this shit up----you just can't .

...to be "Ass Holy"

                                                           I useta* defend being a "Militant Idealist" with 

                                                                 "I put the FIST in Paci-fist".   

                                 Ridiculous I know, BUT .................. 

                                 I wondered if there could be a 'thing' called "RIGHTEOUS Arrogance" .   No Humility, like, AT ALL ........... .     I know THAT too .

                                 I figured there HAD-TA be a REASON that the Divine Infinite chose to "Bring Forth" Zen Sword, "Shim Gum Do" , the "Mind Sword Path", into Buddhism, a Traditionally PACIFIST Order .   Why would Buddhists need to wield Sword ?   Isn't that in DIRECT OPPOSITION to Buddha's Teaching ?   I mean ya-gotta believe "FUCK YEAH"  but IS It ????

                                There this :  when Bodhidharma arrived at what was to become a Shao-Lin Temple He was DISGUSTED at what He saw ;  lazy ass monks unwilling even to tend the gardens, police the grounds, and even Beg door-to-door the ESSENCE of Commitment to the Temple's Villagers .    He saw that the Monks were HIDEOUSLY UNHEALTHY and in order to remedy their condition He initiated  Bowing and then HIS version of Martial Arts that their Strength be increased and their Bodies re-conditioned .   My Order, the South Korean <Chogye< is a DIRECT DECENDENT of Bodhidharma's Teaching .   I can bear little Pride, but the Pride I DO bear finds Foundation in Bodhidharma's Teachings .

                               "Just Sitting" was obviously  NOT ENOUGH to advance Individual Attainment nor that of the Temple "writ large" .   That the monks were lazy and slothful was a manifestation of Buddhism at that time .   We MUST CONCLUDE then, that the Buddhism of OUR Day was similar to that of Bodhidharma's Time and that the Divine Infinite sought "corrective measures" to alter Buddhism's Trajectory .

Miss Direct

                                                         In 10th Grade,  Mr. Lyons, {the SECOND >Mr. Lyons< of my Life}, taught us what "reading into things" was "all about" and subsequently cautioned us  NOT to "read into things" because "What YOU think the author was intending might  NOT  be what the author ACTUALLY intended" .   

                              I "read into" Luke's depiction with the zealous FERVOR of "One Possessed" .   I could now account for the Origin of a string of Lifetimes that experienced the Crusades, the Inquisition, the Templar Annihilation and the Templar  >>>Resurrection<<<  in Portugal .   

                              Some of Us are said to be born "with a silver spoon in our mouths", for me, the Maker Of All Things  saw to it that I was born with a Sword in my hand --- indeed, there is the Concept of "Universal Soldier" , a Caste of Militant Idealists,,  whose Allegiance is to "The Continuum" best described by the Japanese Tengu.    

                             Some of the Pacific among us question the birth of Steel Wielding Monks ---  Why the fuck would the Divine Almighty NEED Armies of Swordsmen ???????  One of THE GREATEST QUESTIONS OF ALL TIME !!!!!!!!!   Why indeed ??????? 

                            

The Centurion

                                                           I have only ONCE confessed the story my Gentle Readers will now be subjected to, it was to one of my co-workers, a Presbyter by Faith .   Upon hearing it he aske me if I considered my own story as TRUTH .   Make no mistake, I did then and I do now .

                                                                   The Centurion

                             St Luke describes an Incident of Miracle :

                                       "There was a Centurion whose cherished Slave was deathly ill .   {I have had to modify St. Luke's Story by changing Slave to Daughter} .  When the Centurion heard of Jesus and His curative Powers he sent a few of his valued Workers to find Jesus and ask that He have Mercy and come to the Centurion's Residence and Heal his Most Cherished ."

                            I was there for that, a soldier under the command of that Centurion .   Luke records that this Centurion had helped build a synagogue for the Locals, and so was highly honored by them .   I, too, was a worker, and did my part as a manual labor guy .

                           I saw Jesus, heard Him speak, saw that He HEALED the Daughter, bringing her away from Death......   I WAS AMAZED AND ASTOUNDED    HOW COULD THIS BE ?????????

                          I do not recall if I surrendered immediately , I tend to doubt I did, the Cult of Mithras had been the Standard to date, and was so among those in Rome's Armies .  But this ?????    This THIS was FUCKING BIZARRE .   I confess ;   I WAS SCARED FUCKING SHIT !!!!   Still, I related the Incident to EVERYBODY I could, including my own "Brothers In  Arms" .

Abraham and Isaac

                                                          There ae two Aspects of Christianity that define my Understanding :  they are ;  From the Crucifixion we are taught that that a son should "follow" his father's Commands, and that "Life After Death" is GUARANTEED >>IFF<<  one is Truly Devoted and has lived a "Purpose Driven Life" a one where Jesus, the Christ is NEVER abandoned in ANY Way, Shape,, or Form REGARDLESS OF CIRCUMSTANCES .   

                             One of the Reasons I LOVE Jesus is that while he was Dying, He asked what ANY ONE OF US WOULD ASK  

                                    >>>>"FATHER, WHY HAVE YOU FORESAKEN ME ???" <<<< .

                              Another Reason is this Teaching of Jesus expressed by my Fav, St. Matthew :

                                             "Do not think I have come to bring peace on earth;  

                                                 I have not come to bring  peace, but a sword ."

                            The First Reason is simple , It is Jesus, the MAN, who wants to know WHY He must be Sacrificed in such a horrific manner, indeed, WHY must He be sacrificed AT ALL ???   If this aint the ULTIMATE >>>>>>>WHAT THE FUCK????? <<<<<< I don't know what is .

                             The Second Reason is clearly OBVIOUS to those that have read me :   The Sword that Jesus brings to this Earth is none-other, than "The Sword of NO Sword" = the MIND SWORD that is wielded to sever those EARTHLY Bonds that impede the Realization and ACTUALIZATION of  Love, Devotion and SURRENDER to the Divine Will of the Cosmic Almighty .   You Quids* know I am a Zen Swordsman......... so, I mean..... there's THAT .

                            One last .... .   Recall the Story of Abraham and his son Isaac, whom Abraham was about to Sacrifice that he may OBEY the Will of the Divine Almighty,  here it was that an Angel INTERVENED in order to save Isaac FOR SURELY NO GOD WOULD DEMAND PROOF OF ONE'S DEVOTION IN THIS MOST HEINOUS FORM .   Isaac was spared .   I mean, what the fuck just happened ????