The sense of ownership or owning something is an ancient animistic instinct. Just like dogs, humans tend to be territorial of the things they own. Ownership is an idea, and a very powerful one. Owning something gives you the right to act if someone else wrongfully possesses what you own.
I guess the idea of ownership allows us to live together in a formal world. This is mine, that's hers. You can have this, don't eat that. It's good but it builds an invisible wall between people. With what we own defines what we are or what we have done. It's like what we wear. Our clothes not so directly define what we are, where we come from or what we do. I mean, how do you choose your clothes? Do you pick dirty clothes up from floor and wear those? Do you get other people to dress you? How does that fit your personality? The clothes I wear certainly suit me.
I guess that's why people long for a marriage. It's joint ownership. But then again I don't think marriage is that shallow. It's a connection to another human being. Well, the closest one can get right?
What I'm getting at is; if you didn't own anything, what is left for people to love you? If you didn't own anything how could you be happy?
If you can answer that it'll mean you're more human than most.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Saturday, July 10, 2010
God
Love is everywhere. It is in everything. I think finding and returning the love for God comes after having a truthful appreciation for all things. Understanding what it is or what one must do to 'find' God is a particularly difficult and ambiguous path. There is no point in demanding love from another or from God. Love is always there. Love is at the soul of every human being. That answers the question as to why we were made in God's image and why God was made in ours.
I believe that at the soul of every human being is love. Pure, untainted love. When we are born and our senses open up, that love gets covered. As you age that love gets buried. When we hit a certain age, sit and contemplate what life is, we seem to try and dig our way back to that love. How people do it is usually different. Some people use the bible, some people use drugs, some people meditate, some people kill themselves, which is sad because there is always an uncertainty in death.
Now spirituality is an interesting word. From what I have learnt, spirituality is a particular word which seems to mean 'a dealing with intuition'. Intuition came from a Latin word 'intueri' which is often roughly translated as meaning 'to look inside' or 'to contemplate'. When you deal with your intuition you are dealing with your spirit. Spiritual practice comes in many forms. Praying, meditating, Kiai and such are a few methods of training or dealing with your spirit. It is the place where your mind goes or empties to a point where the two worlds you exist come closer together and in rare cases 'connect'. God lives in the spirit world. I believe this. This comes from my intuition or instinct. This is knowledge gained from intangible experience or feeling. My feelings are true and real just as yours are. My world and your world is different but we must accept that we have love. God is that love. Nothing more, nothing less. Almighty and powerful, compassionate, forgiving, all seeing, true and everying we can possibly conceive. Something to be feared, but something to embrace. Something to tremble and cry for but something warm and pure. This is the God I know. Fear God and God will fear you. Have love for God and God will have love for you. Open yourself. Listen, observe, taste, smell, touch and feel. It is there, it is real.
The path to God is up to the individual. If you want to find God or love then you must allow yourself to. The only thing that stops you from doing anything in this life is you. All the teachings from biblical and philisophical books seem to be good, correct, powerful and mostly misunderstood. There is too much meaning taken from such old words. Love is here and love is now. It is in all things including you. Accepting this love and to let it into and out from your heart and soul - is to accept God.
Amen.
I believe that at the soul of every human being is love. Pure, untainted love. When we are born and our senses open up, that love gets covered. As you age that love gets buried. When we hit a certain age, sit and contemplate what life is, we seem to try and dig our way back to that love. How people do it is usually different. Some people use the bible, some people use drugs, some people meditate, some people kill themselves, which is sad because there is always an uncertainty in death.
Now spirituality is an interesting word. From what I have learnt, spirituality is a particular word which seems to mean 'a dealing with intuition'. Intuition came from a Latin word 'intueri' which is often roughly translated as meaning 'to look inside' or 'to contemplate'. When you deal with your intuition you are dealing with your spirit. Spiritual practice comes in many forms. Praying, meditating, Kiai and such are a few methods of training or dealing with your spirit. It is the place where your mind goes or empties to a point where the two worlds you exist come closer together and in rare cases 'connect'. God lives in the spirit world. I believe this. This comes from my intuition or instinct. This is knowledge gained from intangible experience or feeling. My feelings are true and real just as yours are. My world and your world is different but we must accept that we have love. God is that love. Nothing more, nothing less. Almighty and powerful, compassionate, forgiving, all seeing, true and everying we can possibly conceive. Something to be feared, but something to embrace. Something to tremble and cry for but something warm and pure. This is the God I know. Fear God and God will fear you. Have love for God and God will have love for you. Open yourself. Listen, observe, taste, smell, touch and feel. It is there, it is real.
The path to God is up to the individual. If you want to find God or love then you must allow yourself to. The only thing that stops you from doing anything in this life is you. All the teachings from biblical and philisophical books seem to be good, correct, powerful and mostly misunderstood. There is too much meaning taken from such old words. Love is here and love is now. It is in all things including you. Accepting this love and to let it into and out from your heart and soul - is to accept God.
Amen.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Love
It's not often I come across the person who can explain love. The word is ambiguous. As the band Massive Attack put it, in their song 'Teardrop', seems to describe it well within a short sentence. "Love, love is a word, love is a doing word. Fearless on my breath."
Fearless could be the best part of that sentence. Her words are fearlessly spoken or sung. Love is a verb. It is a doing word. Love is put well in a song called 'Aguas de marco'. If you look in the dictionary, or Wikipedia it seems to be greatly mis-defined.
Love is any of a number of emotions related to a sense of strong affection and attachment. The word love can refer to a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes, ranging from generic pleasure ("I loved that meal") to intense interpersonal attraction ("I love my wife"). This diversity of uses and meanings, combined with the complexity of the feelings involved, makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, even compared to other emotional states.
So, on Wikipedia, the mass has decided that love is an emotion. It seems one sided to me. Emotion is kind of messy. I don't think love is messy and shouldn't be categorized under something as meager as emotion. I think love is very exacting and unpredictable at the same time. It is a feeling that involves all senses. It makes you do things. It determines your life. It is looking into someones eyes and finding truth. Absolute truth in that moment. It lives in the now, not in the future or the past. Its using your eyes to allow a gateway to another persons soul while they do the same. I believe that any and every living part of the human body may be used. You could call love a kind of energy... that is limitless. An energy. A dangerous but a very dedicated energy that is both harmonious and rational. It doesn't take the side of righteousness or evil. It is what it is. I do not relate God to love. I believe love to be one of God's qualities, but not as God herself.
Love is not to be neglected. It is what drives all living beings to survive for without love, there is no life. Love can be found in anything, not only other people. Love is like the flame of a candle. When it burns brightly, that is when you feel that energy to do what ever it is that is driving you. When the flame is low and shimmering, that is when you feel you hate this world and seem asylum in death. Having love keeps me alive. I think it is the reason why everyone is still alive, even if it is just a little bit.
Try not to be naive in saying that this man or that woman has no love in their souls because of the pain they caused you. It's if there is no love for anything in a person they would be dead. Evil is far from the opposite of Love. Hate is the opposite only in loves shallow encyclopedic definition. Love has no opposite. Love lives on all sides. It encompasses everything.
Have love. Embrace love. Feel fear love and live.
Fearless could be the best part of that sentence. Her words are fearlessly spoken or sung. Love is a verb. It is a doing word. Love is put well in a song called 'Aguas de marco'. If you look in the dictionary, or Wikipedia it seems to be greatly mis-defined.
Love is any of a number of emotions related to a sense of strong affection and attachment. The word love can refer to a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes, ranging from generic pleasure ("I loved that meal") to intense interpersonal attraction ("I love my wife"). This diversity of uses and meanings, combined with the complexity of the feelings involved, makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, even compared to other emotional states.
So, on Wikipedia, the mass has decided that love is an emotion. It seems one sided to me. Emotion is kind of messy. I don't think love is messy and shouldn't be categorized under something as meager as emotion. I think love is very exacting and unpredictable at the same time. It is a feeling that involves all senses. It makes you do things. It determines your life. It is looking into someones eyes and finding truth. Absolute truth in that moment. It lives in the now, not in the future or the past. Its using your eyes to allow a gateway to another persons soul while they do the same. I believe that any and every living part of the human body may be used. You could call love a kind of energy... that is limitless. An energy. A dangerous but a very dedicated energy that is both harmonious and rational. It doesn't take the side of righteousness or evil. It is what it is. I do not relate God to love. I believe love to be one of God's qualities, but not as God herself.
Love is not to be neglected. It is what drives all living beings to survive for without love, there is no life. Love can be found in anything, not only other people. Love is like the flame of a candle. When it burns brightly, that is when you feel that energy to do what ever it is that is driving you. When the flame is low and shimmering, that is when you feel you hate this world and seem asylum in death. Having love keeps me alive. I think it is the reason why everyone is still alive, even if it is just a little bit.
Try not to be naive in saying that this man or that woman has no love in their souls because of the pain they caused you. It's if there is no love for anything in a person they would be dead. Evil is far from the opposite of Love. Hate is the opposite only in loves shallow encyclopedic definition. Love has no opposite. Love lives on all sides. It encompasses everything.
Have love. Embrace love. Feel fear love and live.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
This World
I've been here a while. But I don't think experience has much to do with how long you've been around. It's more to do with how you spend that time. I spent a lot of it doing what I call 'nothing'. Meaning I'll just sit there with a blank mind. Later I'd come to realize that this form of doing is something called 'meditation'. Cool. I do a lot of it. Lying down, sitting upright, sitting upwrong, walking, whatever. I'm sure other people find ways of blanking their minds too. Cigarettes, alcohol, surfing, also whatever.
Anyway none of that matters. What does matter is the result. I am starting to thoroughly believe that there is happiness in the hearts of everyone. Every single human on this planet has some kind of happiness in their soul. Most haven't found it yet. I just watched a movie called 'The Book of Eli". Very violent, Mad Max future biblical story with my recommendation. It adds to my understanding that the forces of order are just as good / bad, safe / unsafe, righteous / evil as the forces of chaos. Take the movie for instance. In that world it seemed there was a dire need of balance. That's why so many bad people died and very few good people died. The "good" guy was killing all the "bad" guys. I have no problem either way because in this world that we live in now, there is a good balance. People die. I will too. But I will not kill. Or I will do my best not to.
This might take a bit of explaining. There are forces in this universe. What is a force? I think of a force as a kind of a 'something' that 'pushes' or 'pulls' 'something' of some kind. Humans (us) have gathered and categorized all or most of these forces and put them into a nice and tidy group. It goes something like this:
In this universe there is a particular but pure axiom that holds true within my mind. These are a triangle of force that makes movement in my minds and my actions. Those prime forces are chaos, order and balance.
First, chaos, meaning unpredictability or being in a state of confusion actually derived from an old Greek word having the same meaning as 'cosmos' referring to the the original state of this universe. Darkness, space or an abyss.
Order is a moral force of which law seeks authority to exist. Maintenance of conformity and obedience allow authority and law to control. The world we live in now (2010) seems to be close to becoming a world wide state of order.
Balance, an Anglo-French word vaguely meaning two scales which was later attached to the meaning of equilibrium or neutrality. The person who follows or fights on a particular side will rarely understand the mind of one who seeks equanimity with the universe.
Chaos and order each embrace three governing forces and intertwine to create the governing principles of balance. Under the trunk of chaos lay tolerance, enthusiasm and emotion; under order you will find ethicality, discipline and logic.
The forces of Chaos.
・ Tolerance is that which encourages the acceptance of all things.
・ Enthusiasm is the energy that allows one to perform great tasks.
・ Emotion is the ability to perceive those feelings that come from the heart, as opposed to those from the mind.
The forces of Order.
・ Ethicality is the belief that there is great value in abiding by rules of conduct.
・ Discipline is the drive to complete a task and avoid the distractions that will prevent its completion.
・ Logic permits clear, reasoned thought, free from any instinctual biases.
From the marriage between two Forces, one each from Chaos and Order, come the Principles of Balance.
・ Tolerance and ethicality combine to form Harmony, the ability to be at peace with oneself, other individuals and the world.
・ From the union of Enthusiasm and Discipline springs Dedication, that which permits one to surmount obstacles and lead others.
・ Emotion tempered by Logic results in Rationality, the ability to comprehend life and understand the world around us.
From what I have experienced within my life so far, I believe that all three of these forces need to coexist for any each one to exist. If it were up to me, I would leave the seemingly invisible force of balance to take care of the forces of chaos and order. From the description it seems the surviving forces of chaos to be the oldest. Order came about to eradicate chaos and balance came to even things out. There seems only three dimensions in this universe. Like human eyes are only capable of seeing only three colors. But that doesn't stop our minds to see beyond our limits :)
Enjoy.
P.S. I thoroughly recommend the game of Serpent Isle, where most of this crap came from :)
Anyway none of that matters. What does matter is the result. I am starting to thoroughly believe that there is happiness in the hearts of everyone. Every single human on this planet has some kind of happiness in their soul. Most haven't found it yet. I just watched a movie called 'The Book of Eli". Very violent, Mad Max future biblical story with my recommendation. It adds to my understanding that the forces of order are just as good / bad, safe / unsafe, righteous / evil as the forces of chaos. Take the movie for instance. In that world it seemed there was a dire need of balance. That's why so many bad people died and very few good people died. The "good" guy was killing all the "bad" guys. I have no problem either way because in this world that we live in now, there is a good balance. People die. I will too. But I will not kill. Or I will do my best not to.
This might take a bit of explaining. There are forces in this universe. What is a force? I think of a force as a kind of a 'something' that 'pushes' or 'pulls' 'something' of some kind. Humans (us) have gathered and categorized all or most of these forces and put them into a nice and tidy group. It goes something like this:
In this universe there is a particular but pure axiom that holds true within my mind. These are a triangle of force that makes movement in my minds and my actions. Those prime forces are chaos, order and balance.
First, chaos, meaning unpredictability or being in a state of confusion actually derived from an old Greek word having the same meaning as 'cosmos' referring to the the original state of this universe. Darkness, space or an abyss.
Order is a moral force of which law seeks authority to exist. Maintenance of conformity and obedience allow authority and law to control. The world we live in now (2010) seems to be close to becoming a world wide state of order.
Balance, an Anglo-French word vaguely meaning two scales which was later attached to the meaning of equilibrium or neutrality. The person who follows or fights on a particular side will rarely understand the mind of one who seeks equanimity with the universe.
Chaos and order each embrace three governing forces and intertwine to create the governing principles of balance. Under the trunk of chaos lay tolerance, enthusiasm and emotion; under order you will find ethicality, discipline and logic.
The forces of Chaos.
・ Tolerance is that which encourages the acceptance of all things.
・ Enthusiasm is the energy that allows one to perform great tasks.
・ Emotion is the ability to perceive those feelings that come from the heart, as opposed to those from the mind.
The forces of Order.
・ Ethicality is the belief that there is great value in abiding by rules of conduct.
・ Discipline is the drive to complete a task and avoid the distractions that will prevent its completion.
・ Logic permits clear, reasoned thought, free from any instinctual biases.
From the marriage between two Forces, one each from Chaos and Order, come the Principles of Balance.
・ Tolerance and ethicality combine to form Harmony, the ability to be at peace with oneself, other individuals and the world.
・ From the union of Enthusiasm and Discipline springs Dedication, that which permits one to surmount obstacles and lead others.
・ Emotion tempered by Logic results in Rationality, the ability to comprehend life and understand the world around us.
From what I have experienced within my life so far, I believe that all three of these forces need to coexist for any each one to exist. If it were up to me, I would leave the seemingly invisible force of balance to take care of the forces of chaos and order. From the description it seems the surviving forces of chaos to be the oldest. Order came about to eradicate chaos and balance came to even things out. There seems only three dimensions in this universe. Like human eyes are only capable of seeing only three colors. But that doesn't stop our minds to see beyond our limits :)
Enjoy.
P.S. I thoroughly recommend the game of Serpent Isle, where most of this crap came from :)
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Opportunities
There are good things and there are bad things in this world. Above that there are righteous things and down right evil things. Then, there are all the things between. Do good, do good, fight evil. That's what most main stream video games, T.V programs, books, movies and stuff are about. Don't get finicky with this, I'm talking majority here. When you grow up with this nasty habit, "Do good, fight evil." things start shaping your life and you also start shaping the things around you with a 'usually indirect' "goal" in your life.
2010/06/28
Is this a continuation? Who knows. I'm at Eugo's anyway. Anayway, I'm watching... or at the worlds world cup right now. This is definitely a stage. Seeing this crap on T.V and on peoples faces make me think that soccer just another one of those things.
Take, consume. Enjoy. Take. Consume... Then maybe contribute. Then...
What is up with what we do?! I'll find out. Ask. I have enough... light.... pure??
That is what is consuming me right now. Is it the right thing? Yes? I'm thinking so too. But then the balance guy kicks in. What to do now? Just follow. This is about... something more than you or me... that is why loved exists for her maybe. I wouldn't know, but I am pretty sure. Love exists. Only god is watching. Revealing love could be one of the most fun things that a person could do.
Let's go. Let's do this... let's at least try...
2010/06/28
Is this a continuation? Who knows. I'm at Eugo's anyway. Anayway, I'm watching... or at the worlds world cup right now. This is definitely a stage. Seeing this crap on T.V and on peoples faces make me think that soccer just another one of those things.
Take, consume. Enjoy. Take. Consume... Then maybe contribute. Then...
What is up with what we do?! I'll find out. Ask. I have enough... light.... pure??
That is what is consuming me right now. Is it the right thing? Yes? I'm thinking so too. But then the balance guy kicks in. What to do now? Just follow. This is about... something more than you or me... that is why loved exists for her maybe. I wouldn't know, but I am pretty sure. Love exists. Only god is watching. Revealing love could be one of the most fun things that a person could do.
Let's go. Let's do this... let's at least try...
Sunday, April 25, 2010
The Meaning of Life
It's easy. Here's that stupid question: "What is the meaning of life?"
Here's a reasonable answer: "You just have to listen to find out."
How did I do? What do you think? I'm just adding useless stuff to this useless blog in hopes that someone WILL steal it, use it, and try to save the world. Anyway, I think all these so called 'Buddha's have known this since the so called 'Buddha' (of course they'll use the word "observe" instead of "listen"). He was just a dude man. Too many people love him. Same with Jesus man. Too many people love him. Joseph wasn't a prototype for Jesus! I'm starting to think that Jesus might have been real too. Man, I've healed people the same way! Before they couldn't see and wow... I break a couple of contradictions and oh holy lord they can see!! Aroni can cure blindness now. Now it's my self righteous mission to teach the whole damn world how to listen. Now that is gonna take a bit of effort. But I know it'll always be in demand where ever there are people. This is what I will dedicate my life to and that is my meaning of life. What's yours?
Here's a reasonable answer: "You just have to listen to find out."
How did I do? What do you think? I'm just adding useless stuff to this useless blog in hopes that someone WILL steal it, use it, and try to save the world. Anyway, I think all these so called 'Buddha's have known this since the so called 'Buddha' (of course they'll use the word "observe" instead of "listen"). He was just a dude man. Too many people love him. Same with Jesus man. Too many people love him. Joseph wasn't a prototype for Jesus! I'm starting to think that Jesus might have been real too. Man, I've healed people the same way! Before they couldn't see and wow... I break a couple of contradictions and oh holy lord they can see!! Aroni can cure blindness now. Now it's my self righteous mission to teach the whole damn world how to listen. Now that is gonna take a bit of effort. But I know it'll always be in demand where ever there are people. This is what I will dedicate my life to and that is my meaning of life. What's yours?
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Enjoying Life
I think... there are two things that make me truly happy. One is instinctual forethought and the other is laughter. When I talk about laughing, I mean that uncontrollable reaction and spasm from the navel, the birthplace; from the core, the pool of dwelling energy from within bursting out to make you feel... happy. It's so painfully, spiritually, instinctively and colorfully pleasurable to do. We should endeavour to it at least once a day.
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