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On The Use of Force

Any idea or institution that puts a gun to another man's head to support its cause is fundamentally powerless and thus doomed to collapse beneath the weight of its own misunderstanding.

 

 

Category: Culture & Society | Tags: force, ideas, power, truth

Fanaticism

"You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence
in. (No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise
tomorrow. They *know* it's going to rise tomorrow.) When people are
fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kinds
of dogmas or goals, it's always because these dogmas or goals are in
doubt."

Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert M. Pirsig

Category: Culture & Society | Tags: motorcycle maintenance, robert pirsig

America and the World

America, no less the World, is at a tipping point.

A point at which the pageantry of force has been exposed for what it clearly is:  the symptomatology of moral and spiritual disillusionment.  

The expansion of American imperialism is inversely proportional to the vision of freedom and liberty framed in the Constitution and in the hearts and souls of the founding fathers.

It is time to choose.  Expansion or contraction.  Freedom or slavery.  Life or death.

I choose Freedom.  I choose Expansion.  I choose Life.

I choose to reflect my God given inheritance and invincibility.

I embrace the Truth and accept whatever shape and form in which it may be made manifest.

Life is good... 

 

 

Category: Culture & Society

Bill Moyers - Life on the Plantation

Life on the Plantation
    

    By Bill Moyers
    t r u t h o u t | Address

    Friday 12 January 2007

Address to the National Conference for Media, Memphis, Tennessee - as prepared for delivery.

    It has long been said (ostensibly by Benjamin Franklin, but we can't be sure) that "democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."

    My fellow lambs:

    It's good to be in Memphis and find you well-armed with passion for democracy, readiness for action, and courage for the next round in the fight for a free and independent press.

Category: Culture & Society | Tags: america, bill moyers, keynote, media, speech

Completely Random


Watching SNL.

Repeat.

Gnarls Barkley.

Watching percussionist keep the time.

Establishing the beat:

It is not the first drum hit, but the second drum hit that creates the time for the entire band (purpose of the rhythm section.)  The first drum hit establishes the space.

1

2

So now we have space and time.

The band seems animated by the spontaneous creation of space and time.  The drummer, the bassist, the boards, the lead singer now share one _____ (not sure yet what word goes here.)  

While I'm thinking about what word goes above...I'm thinking of what there is before the 1,2.

0?

Told you this was random ;)

 

 

Category: Miscellaneous | Tags: eternal, gnarls barkley, infinite, random, snl

Apple Imagery

There's something about the image of an apple that is so rich and dense with sense memories.  It's one fruit that I can taste before I eat it.

Category: Miscellaneous | Tags: apples, beauty, essence, fruit imagery

On Peace and Equality

A thought.

When we recognize that equality is more than an idea, more than a moral position, that it is the fundamental state of reality...we will experience, like the surface of a pond, rippled, now come to rest...

PEACE.

This will be the dawn of a new era in the collective human experience.

In this state, we realize that, knowing we are all truly Equal, we need not ever take offense.  There is nothing to defend against, no one to attack.  Meek.  Already powerful.

Category: Culture & Society | Tags: peace, power, radical love

WORD up

We're all connected.

If you think that what you say has power, why do you say things that do not serve your life?  That's just if you think what you say matters.

If you do not think what you say matters, why say anything at all?

I think what I say matters.  I intend to say things that serve self and community.  They are one and the same.

We're all connected.

Power THROUGH the People.

Nuzizo...

Category: Worship | Tags: community, intention, nuzizo, power, words

D'Angelo - Devil's Pie (prod. DJ Premier)

This is dope...

 

Category: Entertainment | Tags: d'angelo, devil's pie, dj premier, prayer, soul

Fresh Paint - Dunjic Vladimir

The up and down, 2004

Category: Culture & Society | Tags: art, dunjic vladimir, fresh paint, painter

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