The Creations of Man!
as the Externalization of the soul...
(expression from the God within)...
to unconceal the Truth about...Everything?
...
"Art is truth setting itself to work"
-Heidegger
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Monday, November 30, 2009
Inspiration of The Villain
I've been COOKING this up for the past...couple years...
This is a strong piece of who I am...I feel... as a lot of the stuff I wrote for this piece have been the BUILT up expressions of rage, anger, happiness, and curiosity.
I tried to be as Honest and true to myself and however I come across, this is how I truly feel...
The Luigi Garde Manifesto if you will
Expect a story to be created by the time I graduate...
The Story/Tragedy of My love
Does anyone have someone they love? How bout someone they hate?
• Omnia Vincit Amor “Love Conquers All”
• Main (tragic/anti) Hero….Code name is Love
• Love kills slow
• Love actually Hates Love, but understands its concept
• Love Hates Despair…sacrifices himself to preserve the world... or destroy it…
• Love is Lonely
• Love is one sided
• Love is Unique
• Love is shared
• Love is untouched
• Love is invincible
• Love is fragile
• Love Hurts
• Love Heals
• Love is Painful
• Love is Joyful
• Love is Hopeful
• Love is Unrequited
• Love is Whole
• Love is in pieces
• Love kills to preserve
• Love is Truth
• Love is Tragedy
• Love is Bliss
• Love is Genuine
• Love Genuinely feels that what he does is for the benefit of each individual, giving them the maximum pleasure they can possibly achieve, even if it means death…because they no longer have to suffer the torments of facing life
Love is Life
Love is Death
Love is the maxim that remains when there is nothing else
• The sword that kills is the sword that gives life
• In the end Love DOES conquer all…..or does it…
BOOM!!!!
“If you stare into the abyss long enough, the abyss stares back at (through) you”
- Friedrich Nietzsche
• What if I am at the bottom of the abyss, and I begin to stare UP toward the exit…the light shines faintly, yet teases me, I AM the abyss
• I try to find a way up, out of this abyss, but I am engulfed in pure darkness, and cannot find something to cling onto
• I Just become a crab in a bucket… no way to get out
• That is Love
“Human Contradictions are the motivations for us to live…to TRY to prove one side wrong.”
→Contradictions motivate life. Don’t believe me? Then prove me wrong.
Love is Hate, only reversed
Hate is Power
Hate is Strength
Hate is Motivation
Hate is Willing
Hate is Committed
Hate is Helpful
Hate is Efficient
Hate Works Hard
Hate will do what she has to, to get Love out of the way
Hate will Kill
Hate will Preserve
Hate will Give Birth to Life, and Love
Hate will Inspire
Hate will Devour
Hate’s main purpose is to torment
Hate is in Constant Pain, trying to give others pleasure
Hate is Love…the love to torment
Hate is the Hero, that Inspires Love
Love is the anti-hero, or the super-villain
Hate is the darkness in the abyss, that separates the exit light from the bottom.
Love is Murdered by Hate.
But Love lives on. Love can Never die. As long as Hate still lives, Love will always be around. Love was spawned through hate.
“Definition of a super villain- a killer who loves children, one who is well skilled in destruction as well as building”
- MF DOOM
Be Frugal
Be Efficient
Be Gentle
Be Hard
Be Strong, by Being Weak
Achieve Everything
Hope for Nothing
Aspire to Dreams
Work hard to Reach them
The Journey of a Thousand paces, must begin with One
Live for Death
Live in the mindset that you are mortal
Mortality will drive you to survive and want to live
There is no stupidity, there is no Not enough time
There is only Effort, and Effortless
Put in constant Effort so that it becomes effortless
If there is no effort, then Nothing will be achieved
__________________________________________________________________
Nothing is the negative of Something
You cannot have something without Nothing
Nothing will be the driving force to achieve Something
Something makes people forget about Nothing
Nothing may be forgotten
But Nothing cannot be ignored
If Nothing is ignored, then Something becomes Nothing
The space that is empty becomes the space that is filled
If the items that fill the space lose value, the space remains empty…
July 1, 2008
2:51am
I just realized…
If everyone in the world acted like me, would it be a better place?
Yeah probably.
I hate to sound cocky and boastful, like im the Greatest Human Being alive.
But I mean the attitude and openness to things….
Basically what im trying to think about is if people felt more inclined to open their minds, really Think about the way others feel and act on the MORAL RULE OF LIFE
“TREAT OTHERS THE WAY YOU WISH TO BE TREATED” then we truly will have a better place.
But if everyone acted like me, I would feel very bored and not special…
Id be the loneliest guy in earth….
No Life.
So I realize
“I cannot change the world.
But I can change the way you look at it”
LG
(THINKING its my own original thought….but NAH, how can I put a patent on sentences and THOUGHTS which is probably running through the minds of PEOPLE throughout the world at this very second…. I guess im just feeling happy that I THOUGHT these words and concepts at this particular time.
Hate lacks something that only Love holds. The ability to LOVE hate. Hate cannot love…Love can LOVE Hate…who knows hate may in turn Learn to LOVE love.
***I Hate “Hate”! This is what drives my Love
…doomed love and a vindictive fury.
“no matter how many of you who don’t have the courage to bark alone gather, it’s useless.”
“no matter how many people who don’t have the courage to bark alone gather together, it’s still useless.”
-Mugen Samurai Champloo episode 9, Beatbox Bandits
"The man who is at the peak of his success, and the man who has just failed are in exactly the same position. Each must decide what he will do next."
-Jigoro Kano
“Ichigo, what's the difference between a King and his horse? ...I don't mean kiddy sh*t like 'One's a person and one's an animal' or 'One has two legs and one has four'. If their form, ability, and power were exactly the same, why is it that one becomes the King and controls the battle, while the other becomes the horse and carries the King?! There's only one answer. INSTINCT!!! In order for identical beings to get stronger and gain the power they need to become King, they must search for more battles and power! They thirst for battle, and live to mercilessly crush, shred, and slice their enemies! Deep, deep within our bodies lies the honed instinct to kill, to slaughter! But YOU don't have that! You don't have those pure, basic instincts! You fight with your brain. You try to defeat your enemies with your logic! And it doesn't work! You're trying to cut them with a sheathed sword! That is why you're weaker than me, Ichigo! ...I don't know about Zangetsu, but to I refuse to carry a King who's weaker than me and get cut to ribbons with him. If you're weaker than me, then I'll destroy you, and take your crown for myself.”
-Hollow Ichigo Bleach ep.124
“Love/Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hatred, and hatred leads to suffering.”
-Yoda
March 2009 (after procrastinating for my 3 English papers)
My moment of weakness…
• Critically assess my life, the path I am taking. What if tomorrow I make a left turn? Become more assertive, less of a gentleman, sacrifice some of my morals to get the JOB done…make money a priority for now coz in this world u need money to survive, I will help people when I am rich…treat girls less of a human being…well not really but like impose my superiority as a MALE, as noted in history, and plant my seed all over…what if I exercised my own sense of justice in the world? As a martial artist I have skills that can allow me to defend myself in particular situations, or create situations that may be difficult for others…what If I became a vigilante? What if I didn’t respect everyone who is RUDE DISRESPECTFUL and HAVE SUCH BAD ATTITUDES toward me, my family and or anyone I know. What if I did something that will force them to LEARN to respect people???
• Good karma, and bad karma…I still believe in….but exercising my ability to try and FIX the worlds will not result in BAD karma, because I am doing it for the better, am I not??? The human is such a complex being, there is too much subjective aspects to us…what if I looked at humans more objectively? Because we are all human, no matter how smart I may seem/be, or not smart, there is no difference between me and the next person… the smartest and or most civilised people in the world are no different than the not so civilized and not so rational people…
• What if I didn’t respect my religion as much as I do, what if I became more secular/agnostic…I’ve learned a lot of things regarding religion, and critically assessing them through what I have read/scene/heard/witnessed…there is so much MORE I DON’T KNOW, but from what I DO KNOW, I can asses certain things…what if I became Scientologist? What if I devoted my life to the dealings of satan/Lucifer…not in an EVIL type of way, but in the way that I defy God, because God doesn’t seem to be helping us, so I exercise my own right and power to do something for the benefit of the world…I be a Rebel to the monarch, to the system…(I sort of AM a rebel to the system now…well I’d like to THINK I AM…but I am not so much…I am still in that POSER stage, not a TRUE rebel because I am afraid of not conforming… there are a lot of repercussions if I do rebel, and I don’t become as engaged in the system as much as I believe…don’t want to go to prison just yet…
• I am just so tired…
• Sometimes I think, am I just too tired to be who I am? Sure I may have fixed some battles, stopped some conflicts…but the Battles never end…nothing ever ends…
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed."
-Albert Einstein
"He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder."
-Albert Einstein
I Love EVERYONE! But in order to do so, I must Hate myself.
I can’t even help myself, why do I help others? Why do others get a chance to be happy and I don’t???
But I am Happy...
...Only Built 4 Cuban Linx indeed...
So much (music)- Madlib → Song of my SOUL! My Life In a Nutshell…
This is a strong piece of who I am...I feel... as a lot of the stuff I wrote for this piece have been the BUILT up expressions of rage, anger, happiness, and curiosity.
I tried to be as Honest and true to myself and however I come across, this is how I truly feel...
The Luigi Garde Manifesto if you will
Expect a story to be created by the time I graduate...
The Story/Tragedy of My love
Does anyone have someone they love? How bout someone they hate?
• Omnia Vincit Amor “Love Conquers All”
• Main (tragic/anti) Hero….Code name is Love
• Love kills slow
• Love actually Hates Love, but understands its concept
• Love Hates Despair…sacrifices himself to preserve the world... or destroy it…
• Love is Lonely
• Love is one sided
• Love is Unique
• Love is shared
• Love is untouched
• Love is invincible
• Love is fragile
• Love Hurts
• Love Heals
• Love is Painful
• Love is Joyful
• Love is Hopeful
• Love is Unrequited
• Love is Whole
• Love is in pieces
• Love kills to preserve
• Love is Truth
• Love is Tragedy
• Love is Bliss
• Love is Genuine
• Love Genuinely feels that what he does is for the benefit of each individual, giving them the maximum pleasure they can possibly achieve, even if it means death…because they no longer have to suffer the torments of facing life
Love is Life
Love is Death
Love is the maxim that remains when there is nothing else
• The sword that kills is the sword that gives life
• In the end Love DOES conquer all…..or does it…
BOOM!!!!
“If you stare into the abyss long enough, the abyss stares back at (through) you”
- Friedrich Nietzsche
• What if I am at the bottom of the abyss, and I begin to stare UP toward the exit…the light shines faintly, yet teases me, I AM the abyss
• I try to find a way up, out of this abyss, but I am engulfed in pure darkness, and cannot find something to cling onto
• I Just become a crab in a bucket… no way to get out
• That is Love
“Human Contradictions are the motivations for us to live…to TRY to prove one side wrong.”
→Contradictions motivate life. Don’t believe me? Then prove me wrong.
Love is Hate, only reversed
Hate is Power
Hate is Strength
Hate is Motivation
Hate is Willing
Hate is Committed
Hate is Helpful
Hate is Efficient
Hate Works Hard
Hate will do what she has to, to get Love out of the way
Hate will Kill
Hate will Preserve
Hate will Give Birth to Life, and Love
Hate will Inspire
Hate will Devour
Hate’s main purpose is to torment
Hate is in Constant Pain, trying to give others pleasure
Hate is Love…the love to torment
Hate is the Hero, that Inspires Love
Love is the anti-hero, or the super-villain
Hate is the darkness in the abyss, that separates the exit light from the bottom.
Love is Murdered by Hate.
But Love lives on. Love can Never die. As long as Hate still lives, Love will always be around. Love was spawned through hate.
“Definition of a super villain- a killer who loves children, one who is well skilled in destruction as well as building”
- MF DOOM
Be Frugal
Be Efficient
Be Gentle
Be Hard
Be Strong, by Being Weak
Achieve Everything
Hope for Nothing
Aspire to Dreams
Work hard to Reach them
The Journey of a Thousand paces, must begin with One
Live for Death
Live in the mindset that you are mortal
Mortality will drive you to survive and want to live
There is no stupidity, there is no Not enough time
There is only Effort, and Effortless
Put in constant Effort so that it becomes effortless
If there is no effort, then Nothing will be achieved
__________________________________________________________________
Nothing is the negative of Something
You cannot have something without Nothing
Nothing will be the driving force to achieve Something
Something makes people forget about Nothing
Nothing may be forgotten
But Nothing cannot be ignored
If Nothing is ignored, then Something becomes Nothing
The space that is empty becomes the space that is filled
If the items that fill the space lose value, the space remains empty…
July 1, 2008
2:51am
I just realized…
If everyone in the world acted like me, would it be a better place?
Yeah probably.
I hate to sound cocky and boastful, like im the Greatest Human Being alive.
But I mean the attitude and openness to things….
Basically what im trying to think about is if people felt more inclined to open their minds, really Think about the way others feel and act on the MORAL RULE OF LIFE
“TREAT OTHERS THE WAY YOU WISH TO BE TREATED” then we truly will have a better place.
But if everyone acted like me, I would feel very bored and not special…
Id be the loneliest guy in earth….
No Life.
So I realize
“I cannot change the world.
But I can change the way you look at it”
LG
(THINKING its my own original thought….but NAH, how can I put a patent on sentences and THOUGHTS which is probably running through the minds of PEOPLE throughout the world at this very second…. I guess im just feeling happy that I THOUGHT these words and concepts at this particular time.
Hate lacks something that only Love holds. The ability to LOVE hate. Hate cannot love…Love can LOVE Hate…who knows hate may in turn Learn to LOVE love.
***I Hate “Hate”! This is what drives my Love
…doomed love and a vindictive fury.
“no matter how many of you who don’t have the courage to bark alone gather, it’s useless.”
“no matter how many people who don’t have the courage to bark alone gather together, it’s still useless.”
-Mugen Samurai Champloo episode 9, Beatbox Bandits
"The man who is at the peak of his success, and the man who has just failed are in exactly the same position. Each must decide what he will do next."
-Jigoro Kano
“Ichigo, what's the difference between a King and his horse? ...I don't mean kiddy sh*t like 'One's a person and one's an animal' or 'One has two legs and one has four'. If their form, ability, and power were exactly the same, why is it that one becomes the King and controls the battle, while the other becomes the horse and carries the King?! There's only one answer. INSTINCT!!! In order for identical beings to get stronger and gain the power they need to become King, they must search for more battles and power! They thirst for battle, and live to mercilessly crush, shred, and slice their enemies! Deep, deep within our bodies lies the honed instinct to kill, to slaughter! But YOU don't have that! You don't have those pure, basic instincts! You fight with your brain. You try to defeat your enemies with your logic! And it doesn't work! You're trying to cut them with a sheathed sword! That is why you're weaker than me, Ichigo! ...I don't know about Zangetsu, but to I refuse to carry a King who's weaker than me and get cut to ribbons with him. If you're weaker than me, then I'll destroy you, and take your crown for myself.”
-Hollow Ichigo Bleach ep.124
“Love/Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hatred, and hatred leads to suffering.”
-Yoda
March 2009 (after procrastinating for my 3 English papers)
My moment of weakness…
• Critically assess my life, the path I am taking. What if tomorrow I make a left turn? Become more assertive, less of a gentleman, sacrifice some of my morals to get the JOB done…make money a priority for now coz in this world u need money to survive, I will help people when I am rich…treat girls less of a human being…well not really but like impose my superiority as a MALE, as noted in history, and plant my seed all over…what if I exercised my own sense of justice in the world? As a martial artist I have skills that can allow me to defend myself in particular situations, or create situations that may be difficult for others…what If I became a vigilante? What if I didn’t respect everyone who is RUDE DISRESPECTFUL and HAVE SUCH BAD ATTITUDES toward me, my family and or anyone I know. What if I did something that will force them to LEARN to respect people???
• Good karma, and bad karma…I still believe in….but exercising my ability to try and FIX the worlds will not result in BAD karma, because I am doing it for the better, am I not??? The human is such a complex being, there is too much subjective aspects to us…what if I looked at humans more objectively? Because we are all human, no matter how smart I may seem/be, or not smart, there is no difference between me and the next person… the smartest and or most civilised people in the world are no different than the not so civilized and not so rational people…
• What if I didn’t respect my religion as much as I do, what if I became more secular/agnostic…I’ve learned a lot of things regarding religion, and critically assessing them through what I have read/scene/heard/witnessed…there is so much MORE I DON’T KNOW, but from what I DO KNOW, I can asses certain things…what if I became Scientologist? What if I devoted my life to the dealings of satan/Lucifer…not in an EVIL type of way, but in the way that I defy God, because God doesn’t seem to be helping us, so I exercise my own right and power to do something for the benefit of the world…I be a Rebel to the monarch, to the system…(I sort of AM a rebel to the system now…well I’d like to THINK I AM…but I am not so much…I am still in that POSER stage, not a TRUE rebel because I am afraid of not conforming… there are a lot of repercussions if I do rebel, and I don’t become as engaged in the system as much as I believe…don’t want to go to prison just yet…
• I am just so tired…
• Sometimes I think, am I just too tired to be who I am? Sure I may have fixed some battles, stopped some conflicts…but the Battles never end…nothing ever ends…
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed."
-Albert Einstein
"He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder."
-Albert Einstein
I Love EVERYONE! But in order to do so, I must Hate myself.
I can’t even help myself, why do I help others? Why do others get a chance to be happy and I don’t???
But I am Happy...
...Only Built 4 Cuban Linx indeed...
So much (music)- Madlib → Song of my SOUL! My Life In a Nutshell…
Sunday, November 15, 2009
My Ode to Nothing!
Nothing is always forgotten
Its presence, or lack thereof
Becomes bullied by Something
When Something sees that
Nothing is there
Something wants it
Something craves it!
The Abhorrence of Nothing
Overpowered by Something
Something always wants
What Nothing has
The endless cycle
Of occupying space and no space
Nothing has lived longer than Something
Before life, before time,
Nothing
Not even respect.
Lest we forget
That it is through Nothing
That we can have Something
Nothing uses the spaces which Something does not want,
Yet
Its presence, or lack thereof
Becomes bullied by Something
When Something sees that
Nothing is there
Something wants it
Something craves it!
The Abhorrence of Nothing
Overpowered by Something
Something always wants
What Nothing has
The endless cycle
Of occupying space and no space
Nothing has lived longer than Something
Before life, before time,
Nothing
Not even respect.
Lest we forget
That it is through Nothing
That we can have Something
Nothing uses the spaces which Something does not want,
Yet
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
MUSIC IS MY LIFE!!!!
How can this sound penetrate my ears
in such beautifully rendered rhythmic patterns?
The musical genius
Producer
transmits alluring reverberation
boom boom, boom boom...
Inflicting
deep emotions
straight into my soul.
The beat of my heart
flows parallel
with the beats of my life.
Like the poet laureate deeming for glory incognito
bleeding ink on the page
composing meter
rhyme, and free verse
in thoughts, in sound
I take note,
of each precious
Note
entering my brain.
Every step I take,
brings me Miles closer to my destination,
every sound I hear,
from this musical inclination
that yearns within me,
Establishes melody
through the wake of my day.
My urge to express my innermost thoughts,
become explicated
when these invisible waves
transported by my ears,
Ignite my imagination
I love music!
The way it sends me spine tingling sensations
which decodes its glorious declarations
of beat, and sound
I love life!
I receive pleasure in the pauses
between each note
allowing me time to appreciate
for a nanosecond,
the sound it produced.
This is how I live.
Breathing in every moment
appreciating the pauses
between each breath
so that I can recognize each note
composed in my work,
of daily living.
The harmony, gentleness, and flow,
that the cars, people, and nature
Dictate,
Transcend
the realm of this globe.
All these pleasures I see around me
resonate strongly within me
Trumpet horn blast
from people driving too fast
to the cries of joy
from the Ink drenched paper people employ
to Saxophone sounds in hallways underground
lovely blown
Life is what you make it
I make music.
Music is my life
Signed,
The Poet
re: john robinson- Black Gold
Stacey Epps- Deep
in such beautifully rendered rhythmic patterns?
The musical genius
Producer
transmits alluring reverberation
boom boom, boom boom...
Inflicting
deep emotions
straight into my soul.
The beat of my heart
flows parallel
with the beats of my life.
Like the poet laureate deeming for glory incognito
bleeding ink on the page
composing meter
rhyme, and free verse
in thoughts, in sound
I take note,
of each precious
Note
entering my brain.
Every step I take,
brings me Miles closer to my destination,
every sound I hear,
from this musical inclination
that yearns within me,
Establishes melody
through the wake of my day.
My urge to express my innermost thoughts,
become explicated
when these invisible waves
transported by my ears,
Ignite my imagination
I love music!
The way it sends me spine tingling sensations
which decodes its glorious declarations
of beat, and sound
I love life!
I receive pleasure in the pauses
between each note
allowing me time to appreciate
for a nanosecond,
the sound it produced.
This is how I live.
Breathing in every moment
appreciating the pauses
between each breath
so that I can recognize each note
composed in my work,
of daily living.
The harmony, gentleness, and flow,
that the cars, people, and nature
Dictate,
Transcend
the realm of this globe.
All these pleasures I see around me
resonate strongly within me
Trumpet horn blast
from people driving too fast
to the cries of joy
from the Ink drenched paper people employ
to Saxophone sounds in hallways underground
lovely blown
Life is what you make it
I make music.
Music is my life
Signed,
The Poet
re: john robinson- Black Gold
Stacey Epps- Deep
Sunday, November 1, 2009
I LOVE GOD!
But am infatuated by Satan.
Spirit vs. Physical.
The Dichotomy of the universe continues.
Satan was created by God,
therefore indirectly I still Love God, through Satan?
Can this be possible? or is this Blasphemous?
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Spirit vs. Physical.
The Dichotomy of the universe continues.
Satan was created by God,
therefore indirectly I still Love God, through Satan?
Can this be possible? or is this Blasphemous?
Friday, September 25, 2009
God As A Cloud!
Something I can almost experience and fathom,
but really not.
Something that when I look up makes me feel happy,
but really not.
Something that seems soft, comforting and can touch,
but really not.
Something that rains down, causing ruckus, disasters, depression, lightning, hurricanes, wind,
to feed, and bring life...
but really?
not...
Something I strive to be at the level of, to be able to fly with, or stay with up high, feeling the comfort in the serene and peacefulness of the sky, as opposed to the problem filled disasters down on earth...
but really not.
How do you see God?
(that is if you choose to create an image of that which is called "God")
Friday, September 18, 2009
The Road to Hell is Paved With Good Intentions!
good intentions...I feel like i want to save the world...by doing so I may end up hurting people...or going down the path of "darkness"...
it starts with a Righteous good intention that sets the journey to the abyss...I want to help others...i must be stronger...i must do x to get to y by any means.....Ends Justify the means?
NO...it should never be...Means to the end are what matters....every single person and thing matters! We are all MATTER...
how do i fix this...how do I take the left turn and get out...
Just live my life...just focus on me...
This is the paradox of my soul...our souls...
Save others to save ourselves...(e.g. Heaven, Jannah, Paradise)...
But in reality hurting others to save others...because we impose ourselves into others...
but is it a bad thing?
The sword that kills, is the sword that gives life...
it starts with a Righteous good intention that sets the journey to the abyss...I want to help others...i must be stronger...i must do x to get to y by any means.....Ends Justify the means?
NO...it should never be...Means to the end are what matters....every single person and thing matters! We are all MATTER...
how do i fix this...how do I take the left turn and get out...
Just live my life...just focus on me...
This is the paradox of my soul...our souls...
Save others to save ourselves...(e.g. Heaven, Jannah, Paradise)...
But in reality hurting others to save others...because we impose ourselves into others...
but is it a bad thing?
The sword that kills, is the sword that gives life...
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Ethical Reciprocity
Treat others the way you wish to be treated.
IS A SCAM!!!
I've just been thinking and reflecting on this...
Keep it R.E.A.L!!!
just LOVE
that is all.
IS A SCAM!!!
I've just been thinking and reflecting on this...
Keep it R.E.A.L!!!
just LOVE
that is all.
(click the title)
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Money
I hate Money.
Oh how I hate Money!
I hate that I need money to buy stuff…
Oh and I love stuff…
I hate that I need money to motivate me to go to work
Or rather FIND work
So that I can MAKE money
Money to feed me…But I can’t EAT money! Why do I need money so much?
I need money so I can pay someone else to hunt for me…true…
When The world runs out of money, we will make…Honey!!??
I talk to money, money don’t talk to me,
Money don’t care bout me
Its just a piece of paper
But I like paper
I like to draw, and write on paper
Express my thoughts and my soul on paper…
I spend my time for money,
I sacrifice my life for money,
I am losing my hair for money!
But what has money lost for ME?
At the end of it all, I will always Miss Money!
I Miss the way money gives me pleasure…at least temporarily…
By the way, money was the name of my ex girlfriend…
Oh how I hate Money!
I hate that I need money to buy stuff…
Oh and I love stuff…
I hate that I need money to motivate me to go to work
Or rather FIND work
So that I can MAKE money
Money to feed me…But I can’t EAT money! Why do I need money so much?
I need money so I can pay someone else to hunt for me…true…
When The world runs out of money, we will make…Honey!!??
I talk to money, money don’t talk to me,
Money don’t care bout me
Its just a piece of paper
But I like paper
I like to draw, and write on paper
Express my thoughts and my soul on paper…
I spend my time for money,
I sacrifice my life for money,
I am losing my hair for money!
But what has money lost for ME?
At the end of it all, I will always Miss Money!
I Miss the way money gives me pleasure…at least temporarily…
By the way, money was the name of my ex girlfriend…
Monday, July 27, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Courage
What is Courage?
"The preservation of One's own Beliefs" (Plato -The Republic Book IV)
This is a Virtue in which Everyone, in my eyes, aims to aspire to achieve.
To be Courageous enough to do what they want, when they want, to protect the ones they love...or better their own credibility in something...
You could say that courage is like an epitome of the "Gangsta" mentality!
To be Gangsta, is to be brave, hard enough that no one can go against you because you will not back down from anything!!!
No one can change your view no matter what they try, and people can see this as something to look up to because if you won't change your mind, your either really stubborn, OR someone who KNOWS what is BEST for Himself/herself, and then for everyone...the latter is what people look up to.
"COURAGE is the preservation of ones own belief". (Plato Republic - Book IV)
BUT NO!
This type of courage is a false one... it is not REAL courage. This Gangsta courage DOES intend to preserve ones own belief, to stand up in the face of adversity, of your 'enemies' and preach to them that you will NOT convert to their ways...
However, according to Plato (via Socrates), This is a form of 'Civic Courage'.
Elements of Courage are in this scenario...BUT what if the beliefs you hold have innately evil undertones???
e.g. Standing up for your belief that all people of a certain race, creed, religion, etc. should DIE!... and you believe this so wholeheartedly that you end up ACTUALLY Murdering people to preserve your own beliefs...
This is the state that Society sees courage... never backing down from NOTHING! Until only my own beliefs survive!
***###***
I feel, and believe, that True Courage is never giving into the face of temptation...into the face of adversity, not allowing fear to alter your actions, not allow anger, hatred, pain, or even love to provoke an act of, wrongness...
never allowing ones belief to CLOSE UP YOUR MIND, and most importantly YOUR HEART...
True Courage then lies in the ability to be open minded in being able to critically assess one's belief against others.
True Courage is the ability to be able to drop one's own beliefs for the necessary purpose of attaining the Ultimate GOOD!
Courage is being able to understand what is Good/Evil, Right/Wrong, and maintain the balance of both, and preservation of both...
To see both, but remain on the side of Good...because Good maintains and preserves both...
or does it?...
I ask you, if you were stuck in a scenario where you could save the world if you sacrifice yourself so that the whole world can survive, would you do it?
My response would be: Yes... but only if there is NO possible way to find a solution where I can maintain a balance and preservation of everyone, and myself...
My courage holds the belief that there is a possibility of maintaining and preserving a sense of harmony among all things simultaneously...but it takes much work...
It needs a lot of strength...and COURAGE to be able to hold it together...
The ability to look into an 'others' point of view, and allow it to maintain the balance of happiness, and Good...
but is this Courage?
"The preservation of One's own Beliefs" (Plato -The Republic Book IV)
This is a Virtue in which Everyone, in my eyes, aims to aspire to achieve.
To be Courageous enough to do what they want, when they want, to protect the ones they love...or better their own credibility in something...
You could say that courage is like an epitome of the "Gangsta" mentality!
To be Gangsta, is to be brave, hard enough that no one can go against you because you will not back down from anything!!!
No one can change your view no matter what they try, and people can see this as something to look up to because if you won't change your mind, your either really stubborn, OR someone who KNOWS what is BEST for Himself/herself, and then for everyone...the latter is what people look up to.
"COURAGE is the preservation of ones own belief". (Plato Republic - Book IV)
BUT NO!
This type of courage is a false one... it is not REAL courage. This Gangsta courage DOES intend to preserve ones own belief, to stand up in the face of adversity, of your 'enemies' and preach to them that you will NOT convert to their ways...
However, according to Plato (via Socrates), This is a form of 'Civic Courage'.
Elements of Courage are in this scenario...BUT what if the beliefs you hold have innately evil undertones???
e.g. Standing up for your belief that all people of a certain race, creed, religion, etc. should DIE!... and you believe this so wholeheartedly that you end up ACTUALLY Murdering people to preserve your own beliefs...
This is the state that Society sees courage... never backing down from NOTHING! Until only my own beliefs survive!
***###***
I feel, and believe, that True Courage is never giving into the face of temptation...into the face of adversity, not allowing fear to alter your actions, not allow anger, hatred, pain, or even love to provoke an act of, wrongness...
never allowing ones belief to CLOSE UP YOUR MIND, and most importantly YOUR HEART...
True Courage then lies in the ability to be open minded in being able to critically assess one's belief against others.
True Courage is the ability to be able to drop one's own beliefs for the necessary purpose of attaining the Ultimate GOOD!
Courage is being able to understand what is Good/Evil, Right/Wrong, and maintain the balance of both, and preservation of both...
To see both, but remain on the side of Good...because Good maintains and preserves both...
or does it?...
I ask you, if you were stuck in a scenario where you could save the world if you sacrifice yourself so that the whole world can survive, would you do it?
My response would be: Yes... but only if there is NO possible way to find a solution where I can maintain a balance and preservation of everyone, and myself...
My courage holds the belief that there is a possibility of maintaining and preserving a sense of harmony among all things simultaneously...but it takes much work...
It needs a lot of strength...and COURAGE to be able to hold it together...
The ability to look into an 'others' point of view, and allow it to maintain the balance of happiness, and Good...
but is this Courage?
Friday, June 19, 2009
SOLIPSISM
I am not the only being in the world...acknowledge other people...don't wait for others to acknowledge you!
Monday, June 1, 2009
MACHIDA era! "His Style is Unorthodox"....uhm no it's simply Basics!!! Back to Tradition!!!
First off, I would like to congratulate Lyoto Machida on his successful acquisition of the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
Secondly, I don't normally hate, but man do the comments about this guy become quite, tiresome and annoying. "his style is unorthodox"...
As an avid watcher of violence (which I do not condone, but like to explore because of my human nature) and a Karate instructor, I've seen a lot of different fighting styles.
As my great Idol and hero Bruce Lee says, be formless...
Adapt.
There is no secret to Machida's style...only simply that he doesn't forget his basics, and keeps practicing... the moves he uses are the moves I teach my students. Although the way they practice it is a more basic form to than how Machida executes them...but it is STILL THE SAME MOVE!!!!
e.g. front kick from stance, and lunge punches.
It's up to the practitioner (Karateka) to make the move their own. To learn to put their spirit, and their entire Being behind each technique.
People forget the tradition, and get involved with the hype of being a badass, and bully. 99% of these UFC and MMA guys are REALLY nice guys who have a same passion of violence as I do, they just express and exercise it in a controlled manner....however when 90% of these mma fighters practice (DON'T quote me on statistics I am assuming on what I watch) martial arts, or forms of fighting, they do it to gain better physical fitness (well...who doesn't?). One Thing I notice though training in MMA gyms, as opposed to a traditional dojo (but what is a traditional dojo nowadays?) is that, the TRADITION aspect of the art/way is lost....
LOST only due to the growing popularity of showcasing ones "guns".
In Karate (specifically JKA) we practice the inseparable trinity of the 3 K's: Kihon (Basics) Kata (Forms) and Kumite (Sparring). Kihon (basics) is something that is practiced everywhere. People may sometimes just forget to continue maintaining their basic training because they have learned to perform more complex techniques, which is understandable. I won't necessarily ride a bike with training wheels now that I know how to ride a REAL bike...BUT the fact that I did start off in training wheels allowed me to gain the understanding of balance and coordination...
I can understand why people may oppose Kata training, because it may not be soo Practical in today's world... BUT the foundations and fundamental elements of Kata, I feel are important to the development of ones character, through discipline and control....
The stuff I hear from people nowadays is that, Kata takes too long to actually get a real understanding of, and use for practicality, and that training to fight is more practical for "REAL LIFE" situations...I Fully understand this and don't mind it, in this fast paced "dangerous" world who wouldn't want to learn how to protect themselves as quickly as possible?
What I am NOT particularly fond of is when people disregard Kata altogether and consider it obsolete... OKAY i understand it may be boring, tedious and takes a WHOLE LIFETIME to actually master...(but not even really master it, ones understanding of Kata's are always changing)...BUT what is life without challenge, or change?
For those who are not martial artists, I do not expect you to fully grasp what I am saying, I am just venting.
Now I do admire people who perform and showcase feats of great strength achieved through much HARD WORK, DISCIPLINE, SELF CONTROL, and PASSION...BUT it bothers me when this is not fully recognized and acknowledged...I still have to work on this, it shouldn't bother me as much as it does...but anyway this is an Itch I need to scratch.
***Real reason for this post***
Reading comments regarding how BORING MACHIDA is, and how UNORTHODOX his style is, is a mentality that irks me more than it should. Particularly because I feel people just do not understand what he is doing, and "people fear what they don't understand"
People may consider me biased because I practice the same style (Shotokan JKA) that Machida does, BUT it is only part of the reason why I love him. I love and respect him as a fighter because he KEEPS tradition, and is disciplined enough to maintain his performances to the use of basics, of what he learned since white belt ...
The people who blindly assume he is BORING because he is patient and waits for the PERFECT moment to strike, now can see him in a new light. If boring means executing perfectly timed, accurate strikes, then I don't know what intense and suspenseful action is...
For the record, as a Judo practitioner too, I find ground fighting tedious and boring, a lot of guys in mma win solely through ground fighting and submission, Machida on the other hand, perfers to finish through strikes only.
BUT this rant is strictly my opinion...
Lesson to be learned: At least acknowledge and understand this man's style of fighting before calling him Boring, Soft and or WEAK!
Sorry Rashad, this one is not a pic you would want your kids to see.
This is for the people who thought Evans was to BIG and STRONG for the WEAK and SOFT Machida.
Evans after the barrage. I LOVE YOU Rashad, but Damn!
For those who have not seen this match....
it's been deleted off many sites due to copyright, but with the help of editing, hopefully this would not be deleted anytime soon.
Someone placed the score to Pagliacci's tragedy, with clips of Rocky IV...its quite hilarous, yet devestating at the same time...the power of the HUMAN BEING!
Lyoto Machida vs Rashad Evans: Rocky IV Style from buakaw on Vimeo.
***Machida has shown that he is not invincible! As can be seen by his losses to Shogun, and Jon Jones.
We are all human, and everyone and anyone can be defeated.
Just how can we get back from that defeat is the true test.
LG
Secondly, I don't normally hate, but man do the comments about this guy become quite, tiresome and annoying. "his style is unorthodox"...
As an avid watcher of violence (which I do not condone, but like to explore because of my human nature) and a Karate instructor, I've seen a lot of different fighting styles.
As my great Idol and hero Bruce Lee says, be formless...
Adapt.
There is no secret to Machida's style...only simply that he doesn't forget his basics, and keeps practicing... the moves he uses are the moves I teach my students. Although the way they practice it is a more basic form to than how Machida executes them...but it is STILL THE SAME MOVE!!!!
e.g. front kick from stance, and lunge punches.
It's up to the practitioner (Karateka) to make the move their own. To learn to put their spirit, and their entire Being behind each technique.
People forget the tradition, and get involved with the hype of being a badass, and bully. 99% of these UFC and MMA guys are REALLY nice guys who have a same passion of violence as I do, they just express and exercise it in a controlled manner....however when 90% of these mma fighters practice (DON'T quote me on statistics I am assuming on what I watch) martial arts, or forms of fighting, they do it to gain better physical fitness (well...who doesn't?). One Thing I notice though training in MMA gyms, as opposed to a traditional dojo (but what is a traditional dojo nowadays?) is that, the TRADITION aspect of the art/way is lost....
LOST only due to the growing popularity of showcasing ones "guns".
In Karate (specifically JKA) we practice the inseparable trinity of the 3 K's: Kihon (Basics) Kata (Forms) and Kumite (Sparring). Kihon (basics) is something that is practiced everywhere. People may sometimes just forget to continue maintaining their basic training because they have learned to perform more complex techniques, which is understandable. I won't necessarily ride a bike with training wheels now that I know how to ride a REAL bike...BUT the fact that I did start off in training wheels allowed me to gain the understanding of balance and coordination...
I can understand why people may oppose Kata training, because it may not be soo Practical in today's world... BUT the foundations and fundamental elements of Kata, I feel are important to the development of ones character, through discipline and control....
The stuff I hear from people nowadays is that, Kata takes too long to actually get a real understanding of, and use for practicality, and that training to fight is more practical for "REAL LIFE" situations...I Fully understand this and don't mind it, in this fast paced "dangerous" world who wouldn't want to learn how to protect themselves as quickly as possible?
What I am NOT particularly fond of is when people disregard Kata altogether and consider it obsolete... OKAY i understand it may be boring, tedious and takes a WHOLE LIFETIME to actually master...(but not even really master it, ones understanding of Kata's are always changing)...BUT what is life without challenge, or change?
For those who are not martial artists, I do not expect you to fully grasp what I am saying, I am just venting.
Now I do admire people who perform and showcase feats of great strength achieved through much HARD WORK, DISCIPLINE, SELF CONTROL, and PASSION...BUT it bothers me when this is not fully recognized and acknowledged...I still have to work on this, it shouldn't bother me as much as it does...but anyway this is an Itch I need to scratch.
***Real reason for this post***
Reading comments regarding how BORING MACHIDA is, and how UNORTHODOX his style is, is a mentality that irks me more than it should. Particularly because I feel people just do not understand what he is doing, and "people fear what they don't understand"
People may consider me biased because I practice the same style (Shotokan JKA) that Machida does, BUT it is only part of the reason why I love him. I love and respect him as a fighter because he KEEPS tradition, and is disciplined enough to maintain his performances to the use of basics, of what he learned since white belt ...
The people who blindly assume he is BORING because he is patient and waits for the PERFECT moment to strike, now can see him in a new light. If boring means executing perfectly timed, accurate strikes, then I don't know what intense and suspenseful action is...
For the record, as a Judo practitioner too, I find ground fighting tedious and boring, a lot of guys in mma win solely through ground fighting and submission, Machida on the other hand, perfers to finish through strikes only.
BUT this rant is strictly my opinion...
Lesson to be learned: At least acknowledge and understand this man's style of fighting before calling him Boring, Soft and or WEAK!
Sorry Rashad, this one is not a pic you would want your kids to see.
This is for the people who thought Evans was to BIG and STRONG for the WEAK and SOFT Machida.
Evans after the barrage. I LOVE YOU Rashad, but Damn!
For those who have not seen this match....
it's been deleted off many sites due to copyright, but with the help of editing, hopefully this would not be deleted anytime soon.
Someone placed the score to Pagliacci's tragedy, with clips of Rocky IV...its quite hilarous, yet devestating at the same time...the power of the HUMAN BEING!
Lyoto Machida vs Rashad Evans: Rocky IV Style from buakaw on Vimeo.
***Machida has shown that he is not invincible! As can be seen by his losses to Shogun, and Jon Jones.
We are all human, and everyone and anyone can be defeated.
Just how can we get back from that defeat is the true test.
LG
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
CHANGE!!!! again...The next evolution? or Revolution?
Been listenin to this track, and it REALLY hits me.
Lyrically, it represents what I am learning at the moment. Learning about the world, Philippine History, and just reading about human nature...
CHANGE really is what needs to happen at this state of the world...
Why???
Just because!
I have been programmed through education, media, and societal factors that the world is due for a revolution soon...(soon being a span of 5-500 years in my opinion of historical terms...which I am making up in my mind)
But Seriously,
I guess I am hoping to evolve in a way. Like as humans, we continue to innovate our surroundings externally, why not internally? We haven't evolved since Caveman times...but can we say that we have really evolved???
Studies show(I don't have a citation but it's been heard through Psychology courses/liberal media etc.) that the most learned humans to have lived have only merely reached the capacity to unlock 10% of their brain (give or take)... DAMN! What would happen if that were the average for a regular everyday human...? I IMAGINE, as you can see I am using my 'Brain' here, that by unlocking more features of our mind, humans can learn to manipulate our surroundings, e.g. through specific brainwave patterns.
What I am leaning towards is like mutant evolution (X-men, Heroes)...IN A WAY, but one that does not have to do with biological business-DNA, Genetic mutation etc.
I am speaking of evolution more inclined to mind evolution (still biological but not about genes etc)...a.k.a Unlocking our minds to be able to process a WHOLE new LEVEL of things...The day that humans will be able to fathom the 4th dimension and beyond... maybe even God(but as long as we are human, that may be impossible...or so we are taught)???
Unlocking the MIND is/maybe on another level of hardcoreness...
Imagine being able to understand and fathom the Philosophies of Plato, Kant, Derrida, Machiavelli at age 4? Basically the stuff I am learning (luckily) at University NOW, I learn during pre school... (It's possible that we have an UNLIMITED a priori knowledge we simply just have to unlock and remember)...
WHAT IF humans evolved in this way, opening up a greater sense of learning, I BELIEVE the world would be a more calm and harmonius place...relatively speaking. People will understand the futilities of violence and its path to nowhere but death and destruction..."The art of FIGHTING without FIGHTING" will become the zeitgeist motto...
Humans being more "Evolved" will be able to understand that and thus simply battle through MASS dialogue and debates!...I feel that people will be more critical about their surroundings and express it quite explicitly in eloquent terms that will be artisticly offensive, which will cause mass debates, until a consensus can be agreed upon...which when the time comes, will bring a temporary Peace...
OR maybe a 180 degree turn could happen...WHAT IF we could learn how to manipulate brain patterns and read each others thoughts, pull a professor Xavier and fight each other mentally, and the last man standing will be able to 100% persuade the other that they are right...no need to have OPEN mouth conversations, it will all be done mentally. (talk about Fascism at its peak)
Plus Telekinesis? I want to be able to FLY, and use the FORCE! Pull some Dragonball Z stuff, knowhatimsayin? Unlock the ultimate POTENTIAL within all of us (and significantly increase my power level)!
I honestly just want to learn to teleport and or disapparate sometimes.
Through what I am taught to believe through society/religion, I feel that the next level we humans will become is to be like, angels...or demi-gods?
BUT we will still be mortal. Perhaps our mortality will grow shorter, because more energy will be required to make the brain work at a higher capacity....OR we may live longer because the brain is able to understand cell processes and repair old/broken cells, thus allowing to express maximum output and efficiency with minimal energy...
To what is suggested through my thoughts, I am concluding that Humans will continue to evolve until we reach a God-like state...the state where GOD actually accepts us and will communicate with us directly...(I still do through prayer, but what I am aiming for is a more explicit form of communication...like talk to God on the phone...waddup G!)
because that is my flaw, I WANT TO GO BACK TO PARADISE, WHILE BEING ALIVE!!!
....sigh...sigh...sigh
"Lest we forget, we are mortal."
Without Further ado, Listen to CHANGE -->
Lyrically, it represents what I am learning at the moment. Learning about the world, Philippine History, and just reading about human nature...
CHANGE really is what needs to happen at this state of the world...
Why???
Just because!
I have been programmed through education, media, and societal factors that the world is due for a revolution soon...(soon being a span of 5-500 years in my opinion of historical terms...which I am making up in my mind)
But Seriously,
I guess I am hoping to evolve in a way. Like as humans, we continue to innovate our surroundings externally, why not internally? We haven't evolved since Caveman times...but can we say that we have really evolved???
Studies show(I don't have a citation but it's been heard through Psychology courses/liberal media etc.) that the most learned humans to have lived have only merely reached the capacity to unlock 10% of their brain (give or take)... DAMN! What would happen if that were the average for a regular everyday human...? I IMAGINE, as you can see I am using my 'Brain' here, that by unlocking more features of our mind, humans can learn to manipulate our surroundings, e.g. through specific brainwave patterns.
What I am leaning towards is like mutant evolution (X-men, Heroes)...IN A WAY, but one that does not have to do with biological business-DNA, Genetic mutation etc.
I am speaking of evolution more inclined to mind evolution (still biological but not about genes etc)...a.k.a Unlocking our minds to be able to process a WHOLE new LEVEL of things...The day that humans will be able to fathom the 4th dimension and beyond... maybe even God(but as long as we are human, that may be impossible...or so we are taught)???
Unlocking the MIND is/maybe on another level of hardcoreness...
Imagine being able to understand and fathom the Philosophies of Plato, Kant, Derrida, Machiavelli at age 4? Basically the stuff I am learning (luckily) at University NOW, I learn during pre school... (It's possible that we have an UNLIMITED a priori knowledge we simply just have to unlock and remember)...
WHAT IF humans evolved in this way, opening up a greater sense of learning, I BELIEVE the world would be a more calm and harmonius place...relatively speaking. People will understand the futilities of violence and its path to nowhere but death and destruction..."The art of FIGHTING without FIGHTING" will become the zeitgeist motto...
Humans being more "Evolved" will be able to understand that and thus simply battle through MASS dialogue and debates!...I feel that people will be more critical about their surroundings and express it quite explicitly in eloquent terms that will be artisticly offensive, which will cause mass debates, until a consensus can be agreed upon...which when the time comes, will bring a temporary Peace...
OR maybe a 180 degree turn could happen...WHAT IF we could learn how to manipulate brain patterns and read each others thoughts, pull a professor Xavier and fight each other mentally, and the last man standing will be able to 100% persuade the other that they are right...no need to have OPEN mouth conversations, it will all be done mentally. (talk about Fascism at its peak)
Plus Telekinesis? I want to be able to FLY, and use the FORCE! Pull some Dragonball Z stuff, knowhatimsayin? Unlock the ultimate POTENTIAL within all of us (and significantly increase my power level)!
I honestly just want to learn to teleport and or disapparate sometimes.
Through what I am taught to believe through society/religion, I feel that the next level we humans will become is to be like, angels...or demi-gods?
BUT we will still be mortal. Perhaps our mortality will grow shorter, because more energy will be required to make the brain work at a higher capacity....OR we may live longer because the brain is able to understand cell processes and repair old/broken cells, thus allowing to express maximum output and efficiency with minimal energy...
To what is suggested through my thoughts, I am concluding that Humans will continue to evolve until we reach a God-like state...the state where GOD actually accepts us and will communicate with us directly...(I still do through prayer, but what I am aiming for is a more explicit form of communication...like talk to God on the phone...waddup G!)
because that is my flaw, I WANT TO GO BACK TO PARADISE, WHILE BEING ALIVE!!!
....sigh...sigh...sigh
"Lest we forget, we are mortal."
Without Further ado, Listen to CHANGE -->
Monday, May 18, 2009
E--GO!
My conscience, my mind, my friend...my ENEMY?
the Ego?
what is the Ego?
I recently watched a movie called Revolver...and it hit me...
YOU AND ME = EGO...
My surroundings create a reflection of me...
Picture of Dorian Gray...
I AM the painting.
...
"The Apocalypse is the way the world looks after the ego has disappeared" Northrop Frye- The Great Code
the Ego?
what is the Ego?
I recently watched a movie called Revolver...and it hit me...
YOU AND ME = EGO...
My surroundings create a reflection of me...
Picture of Dorian Gray...
I AM the painting.
...
"The Apocalypse is the way the world looks after the ego has disappeared" Northrop Frye- The Great Code
The Hate That Hate Produced
Excerpt from an early documentary exploring the Nation of Islam and anti-NOI movments of the time. It was filmed in 1959.
White vs. Black
always and forever.
it should be more that White + Black = Always and Forever (Yin Yang)
It's Crazy that the Broadcaster's decided to Title this with the emphasis on HATE!
suggesting that Black people incite the HATRED...
Frack,
I 'HATE' the ignorance of ignorance...
Check out the Autobiography of Malcolm X.
..
All I have to say is... in this world, the way you act towards others will bring in consequences both good and bad, in the future generation.
Treat someone bad today, that person will treat someone bad tomorrow...which may eventually lead someone to treat you or someone you know badly...or if not your grandchildren will feel the repercussions...Karma.
Therefore if only people can learn to follow the golden rule...
Treat others the way you wish to be treated...
NOW!
then can we find a sense of peace and harmony.
KEEP IT R.E.A.L!!!
White vs. Black
always and forever.
it should be more that White + Black = Always and Forever (Yin Yang)
It's Crazy that the Broadcaster's decided to Title this with the emphasis on HATE!
suggesting that Black people incite the HATRED...
Frack,
I 'HATE' the ignorance of ignorance...
Check out the Autobiography of Malcolm X.
..
All I have to say is... in this world, the way you act towards others will bring in consequences both good and bad, in the future generation.
Treat someone bad today, that person will treat someone bad tomorrow...which may eventually lead someone to treat you or someone you know badly...or if not your grandchildren will feel the repercussions...Karma.
Therefore if only people can learn to follow the golden rule...
Treat others the way you wish to be treated...
NOW!
then can we find a sense of peace and harmony.
KEEP IT R.E.A.L!!!
Saturday, May 2, 2009
I Don't Give Up! I Give Down!
Never Give UP!
Never succumb to oppression and exploitation!
When times get Rough, and the weight of the world seems to be placed on your shoulders, the thoughts of just "giving up" always come to mind. It seems so easy to just give up and just rest. But "giving up" comes with dire consequences as well. To give up, means to yield and surrender. All the morals and principles one holds dear to them is lost (depending on the scale of the situation). I always hold the mantra to never give up and keep fighting through, even in the face of adversity. Fights that I am constantly in are not physical, but internal mental bouts. Especially with studying. I am fighting my procrastination syndrome so that I can Focus and finish my work. I fight my temptations, inner demons, my writer's blocks, my self-hate, and other negative dealings in my mind.
This is what I mean when I say NEVER Give UP! I don't want to give in to temptations and fall prey into oppression and exploitation. Procrastionation is a form of oppression, rather I MAKE it a form of oppression, because by not doing my work, my mind becomes oppressed on learning new knowledge, and its right to exercise creativity and expression.
Always Give DOWN!
When I say I GIVE DOWN, what I mean is to apply all my energy into the activities I need to do down here on earth...Also to Give to the people in need...
But to address the former, To Give DOWN is to apply all that energy contemplating on "giving up" taking that break, succumbing to temptation, and listening to that voice that just tells you to stop, and redirect it to become motivation. I like to personify "Giving up" as that hard kick in the ass to remind me of my mortality and my humanity. It proves that I am weak, I am not superhuman and cannot do everything at once. This is why this thought of giving up comes in mind in the first place.
It also however, proves as a test of the strength of humanity. Though we are weak, feeble, and mortal (in the eyes of the divine), we also have the capacity to exercise our abilities to keep working as much or as little as we want, until it kills us. Technically we have an UNLIMITED source of power between the time of our birth to the time of our death! No matter how short or long our life span will be, with enough understanding, education, knowledge and persistence, we can literally MOVE mountains, REACH for the stars, and even CHANGE the world.
As human beings, individuals, we have to capacity to shape our own circumstances, we are what we make of this world. Looking back at the story of "Coffee Beans" in my previous posts, Humans have the capacity to become the coffee beans that transform the water.
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Now to put this mantra in the context of my interpretation for the current economic situation, is that When I say to GIVE down, I suggest in giving to the poor, the exploited, the proletariat, a.k.a the considered "lower" class of the society. By giving UP, we are just feeding the rich, wealthy, bourgeois, our "Oppressors". When I give Up, I feel as though I am just disregarding, or yielding my individual humanity to the hands of those who I allow to control me, through the economy, media, etc...
It is very difficult in society to take an honourable stand, without fear of causing ruckus or great disturbance to the masses. I am all up for cultural revolutions and all, but I am not up for having to kill or injure people in order to achieve it...
What I solely intend to achieve from thinking about this, and by trying to explicate my thoughts, I want to Never forget about the people in the "bottom". I always am ready and willing to extend my hand to those who are down, to help bring them up. Or rather I am ready and willing to Jump DOWN and look up With them, rather than stay high and look down on them...Who are the people in the bottom?
EVERYONE!
Humanity is all in the bottom, as in we are all grounded in the earth. It's just a social construct that we produce that enables us to perceive and think we are above others, or below others.
I want to condone the belief that we are neither above nor below, but rather, BESIDE each other. We all humans, we all in this life together.
Never GIVE UP!, Always GIVE DOWN!
Never succumb to oppression and exploitation!
When times get Rough, and the weight of the world seems to be placed on your shoulders, the thoughts of just "giving up" always come to mind. It seems so easy to just give up and just rest. But "giving up" comes with dire consequences as well. To give up, means to yield and surrender. All the morals and principles one holds dear to them is lost (depending on the scale of the situation). I always hold the mantra to never give up and keep fighting through, even in the face of adversity. Fights that I am constantly in are not physical, but internal mental bouts. Especially with studying. I am fighting my procrastination syndrome so that I can Focus and finish my work. I fight my temptations, inner demons, my writer's blocks, my self-hate, and other negative dealings in my mind.
This is what I mean when I say NEVER Give UP! I don't want to give in to temptations and fall prey into oppression and exploitation. Procrastionation is a form of oppression, rather I MAKE it a form of oppression, because by not doing my work, my mind becomes oppressed on learning new knowledge, and its right to exercise creativity and expression.
Always Give DOWN!
When I say I GIVE DOWN, what I mean is to apply all my energy into the activities I need to do down here on earth...Also to Give to the people in need...
But to address the former, To Give DOWN is to apply all that energy contemplating on "giving up" taking that break, succumbing to temptation, and listening to that voice that just tells you to stop, and redirect it to become motivation. I like to personify "Giving up" as that hard kick in the ass to remind me of my mortality and my humanity. It proves that I am weak, I am not superhuman and cannot do everything at once. This is why this thought of giving up comes in mind in the first place.
It also however, proves as a test of the strength of humanity. Though we are weak, feeble, and mortal (in the eyes of the divine), we also have the capacity to exercise our abilities to keep working as much or as little as we want, until it kills us. Technically we have an UNLIMITED source of power between the time of our birth to the time of our death! No matter how short or long our life span will be, with enough understanding, education, knowledge and persistence, we can literally MOVE mountains, REACH for the stars, and even CHANGE the world.
As human beings, individuals, we have to capacity to shape our own circumstances, we are what we make of this world. Looking back at the story of "Coffee Beans" in my previous posts, Humans have the capacity to become the coffee beans that transform the water.
---------------------**#2#**--------------------
Now to put this mantra in the context of my interpretation for the current economic situation, is that When I say to GIVE down, I suggest in giving to the poor, the exploited, the proletariat, a.k.a the considered "lower" class of the society. By giving UP, we are just feeding the rich, wealthy, bourgeois, our "Oppressors". When I give Up, I feel as though I am just disregarding, or yielding my individual humanity to the hands of those who I allow to control me, through the economy, media, etc...
It is very difficult in society to take an honourable stand, without fear of causing ruckus or great disturbance to the masses. I am all up for cultural revolutions and all, but I am not up for having to kill or injure people in order to achieve it...
What I solely intend to achieve from thinking about this, and by trying to explicate my thoughts, I want to Never forget about the people in the "bottom". I always am ready and willing to extend my hand to those who are down, to help bring them up. Or rather I am ready and willing to Jump DOWN and look up With them, rather than stay high and look down on them...Who are the people in the bottom?
EVERYONE!
Humanity is all in the bottom, as in we are all grounded in the earth. It's just a social construct that we produce that enables us to perceive and think we are above others, or below others.
I want to condone the belief that we are neither above nor below, but rather, BESIDE each other. We all humans, we all in this life together.
Never GIVE UP!, Always GIVE DOWN!
Monday, April 13, 2009
Born into This...Like This... DOOM! Bukowski
Born like this
Into this
As the chalk faces smile
As Mrs. Death laughs
As the elevators break
As political landscapes dissolve
As the supermarket bag boy holds a college degree
As the oily fish spit out their oily prey
As the sun is masked
We are
Born like this
Into this
Into these carefully mad wars
Into the sight of broken factory windows of emptiness
Into bars where people no longer speak to each other
Into fist fights that end as shootings and knifings
Born into this
Into hospitals which are so expensive that it’s cheaper to die
Into lawyers who charge so much it’s cheaper to plead guilty
Into a country where the jails are full and the madhouses closed
Into a place where the masses elevate fools into rich heroes
Born into this
Walking and living through this
Dying because of this
Muted because of this
Castrated
Debauched
Disinherited
Because of this
Fooled by this
Used by this
Pissed on by this
Made crazy and sick by this
Made violent
Made inhuman
By this
The heart is blackened
The fingers reach for the throat
The gun
The knife
The bomb
The fingers reach toward an unresponsive god
The fingers reach for the bottle
The pill
The powder
We are born into this sorrowful deadliness
We are born into a government 60 years in debt
That soon will be unable to even pay the interest on that debt
And the banks will burn
Money will be useless
There will be open and unpunished murder in the streets
It will be guns and roving mobs
Land will be useless
Food will become a diminishing return
Nuclear power will be taken over by the many
Explosions will continually shake the earth
Radiated robot men will stalk each other
The rich and the chosen will watch from space platforms
Dante’s Inferno will be made to look like a children’s playground
The sun will not be seen and it will always be night
Trees will die
All vegetation will die
Radiated men will eat the flesh of radiated men
The sea will be poisoned
The lakes and rivers will vanish
Rain will be the new gold
The rotting bodies of men and animals will stink in the dark wind
The last few survivors will be overtaken by new and hideous diseases
And the space platforms will be destroyed by attrition
The petering out of supplies
The natural effect of general decay
And there will be the most beautiful silence never heard
Born out of that.
The sun still hidden there
Awaiting the next chapter.
...I am Born into this world. Consumed by Leviathan.
Can I change it?
I can only await what happens next, await for the choices that lay ahead of me.
What I can change is my direction.
Am I continuing on the path to Greatness? Path to Destruction?
I realize...
I am a product of Leviathan...Either path I choose, my Life will CHANGE...I CHANGE my world as I Live...Can I choose to slay Leviathan? or stay in it?
I want to slay it, but I wouldn't mind staying in it, if I can tame it...
I'm still sharpening my sword, my mind.
When I am confident in my skillz, I will face it and decide its fate...my fate...
**!?!?**
Only when the last tree has died
and the last river been poisoned
and the last fish been caught
will we realise we cannot eat money.
-Cree Saying
Monday, April 6, 2009
Passion of the Student!!! A week of School left, and It's Holy Week!
It's been a while since I last posted. I've been searching for inspiration on a next blog topic, for the past 4 months. Something that I learned in my creative writing class is that, I personally, struggle and think too much on what I feel is inspirational, or what I should be writing about. This is more of a flaw for me.
I feel like I need to develop the PERFECT blog post...well that's not possible.
Look at this, already I've gone into a tangent.
Anyway, it's Last week of my 3rd year at UofT, and it so happens to land on HOLY WEEK!
I pray that things will work out for the good in the end. 2 things to look forward to, End of School, and of course EASTER Celebration!
If anything its like an omen in a way...(but not really I'm just developing a crazy context as a form of procrastination)...Since it IS HOLY WEEK, a week involving the Passion of the Christ...This also kind of plays a part in the Passion of the student! I am a student, figuratively and literally. I study Life, and Im always learning something new everyday.
I must endure and suffer through these Exams and Assignments, and do my best on them...only then will I be able Raise* myself up and enjoy the Easter Celebration and fully accept my beloved Summer Vacation...
I feel like I need to develop the PERFECT blog post...well that's not possible.
Look at this, already I've gone into a tangent.
Anyway, it's Last week of my 3rd year at UofT, and it so happens to land on HOLY WEEK!
I pray that things will work out for the good in the end. 2 things to look forward to, End of School, and of course EASTER Celebration!
If anything its like an omen in a way...(but not really I'm just developing a crazy context as a form of procrastination)...Since it IS HOLY WEEK, a week involving the Passion of the Christ...This also kind of plays a part in the Passion of the student! I am a student, figuratively and literally. I study Life, and Im always learning something new everyday.
I must endure and suffer through these Exams and Assignments, and do my best on them...only then will I be able Raise* myself up and enjoy the Easter Celebration and fully accept my beloved Summer Vacation...
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