All Insane

I am intrigued by the persistent disconnect some people have between reality and perception. Yesterday Bush admitted the economy had some "storm clouds" but persisted in stating that the economy is "sound". Today, on Kudlow, McCain mentioned essentially the same thing... that the economy is sound. Most television-economists insist the same thing.

They are all insane.

Sum 41 - We're All To Blame

Unarticulated Knowledge

Human judgment and understanding are at their best when they are tempered by intuition. By maintaining an unfettered openness to social, political and cultural conditions we are able to enter a realm which evokes unsolicited glimpses of truth. Gradually you learn to trust these feelings as they tend to result in better decision-making than any amount of intellectual reasoning or logic.

10 Years - Wasteland

Change my attempt good intentions

Crouched over
You were not there
Living in fear
But signs were not really that scarce
Obvious tears
But I will not
Hide you through this
I want you to help
And please see
The bleeding heart perched on my shirt

Die, withdraw
Hide in cold sweat
Quivering lips
Ignore remorse
Naming a kid, living wasteland
This time you've tried
All that you can turning you red

Change my attempt good intentions
Should I, could I
Here we are with your obsession
Should I, could I

Crowned hopeless
The article read living wasteland
This time you've tried
All that you can turning you red
but I will not
Hide you through this
I want you to help

Change my attempt good intentions
Should I, could I

Here we are with your obsession
Should I, could I

A Humble Goal

From henceforth, I strive to rise above the mass of organisms whose restricted thought and limited insight provide no other purpose than to nourish their ego.

Faith Hypothesis

Faith is an elusive level of thought, so powerful, it prevails over reality in terms of certainty. In addition, there is a sense of energy and connectedness that surpasses anything reality can offer. You begin to understand the truth behind the saying that faith is the path to knowing God.

That is my goal. How to get there, I'm in the dark. But I am confident in one thing.  Religion does not have a monopoly on Faith.

Irrascible Puppets

There is an element of the population hindering the spread of love and kindness in the world. It is the responsibility of calm, collected people to yank their strings, thereby present them with opportunities to overcome their choleric disposition, shed their Pinocchio bodies and truly become human.

Acroma - Sun Rises Down

Great motivation song!

Hey
Something went wrong I feel great
And I don't know why but I feel
Like I could do anything now
Hey
Why in the hell did I wait?
Whens the last time I felt real?
Like I could do anything now
But man I can't live if I'm fearing life
I stood to the side for so long it seems right
When it comes to self loathing
I put in my time now I say
I don't need you or anything now
I'll give up when my sun rises down
As for now I can see I've become
One brief blinding glimpse of the sun
Hey
Somehow I see through the lies
I see all life comes from the spring
And I can do anything now
Hey
Feels like I'm losing my mind
Who needs your attacks all the suffering?
When I could do anything now
But man I can't live if I'm fearing life
I stood to the side for so long it seems right
And when it comes to self loathing
I put in my time now I say
I don't need you or anything now
I'll give up when my sun rises down
As for now I can see I've become
One brief blinding glimpse of the sun

Korn - Evolution

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Trapped in a World of Minutiae

There is always more to the picture than what you realize. Don't let your thoughts remain trapped in a world of minutiae.

Limited Thinking

Its human nature to mentally attach limits to our endeavors. From henceforth, I will strive to be conscious of any limiting thoughts and dispense them from my thinking.

Boy Hits Car - Man Without Skin

Can you see the line where the water ends?
Throws itself off into oblivion.
As sky goes so complacent
And then spits a little compassion.
Dusk approaches, the city's carnivorous.
*Moisture's* sweat like it wants to eat us
And devour everything but this mouth
Sings of this glorious fetus.
Tucked deep inside the rafts of blood.

Everywhere it seemed that there's a memory.
Sometimes memories kill me.
As I travel the avenues of the streets
And shadowed alleys of this fucking city.
Everyday day it seem to love a little less.
Seem to love to chew on my calmness.
And drive me to the end of myself
Where he is.
Dispose of me.

You're like a man without skin.
Everything he touches seems to hurt him .
And he says maybe I'm just a person.
But I'll be for you if you let me.

All I want is animals to be free.
Run around and fuck right out in the street.
Every day they're gonna wanna eat me.
But I'll try not to take it personally.

And is there no love in this city?
Can someone have just a little pity?

You're like a man without skin.
Everything that touches seems to hurt him.
And he says maybe I'm just a person.
But I'll be for you if you let me

Just like a man without skin
Everything he sees seems to touch him
And he says that the one who watches over me
I'll stand alone let god make a trade.

Come on, baby.
Penetrate me.
You go so deep,
So deep in me.
Is there no love in this city?
Could someone have just a little pity?

'Cause we're tucked deep inside the rafts of blood

You're like a man without skin.
Everything that touches seems to hurt him.
And he says maybe I'm just a person.
But I'll be for you if you let me.

Just like a man without skin,
Everything he sees seems to touch him.
And he says that the one who watches over me.
I'll stand alone let god make a trade.

Penetrate me.
Penetrate me.

Can you see the line where the water ends?
Throws itself off into oblivion.
As the sky goes so complacent
Then spits a little compassion

Suffer and Grow

The experience of suffering is like the experience of exploring, of finding something unexpected and revelatory. When you find the outermost thresholds of pain, fear or uncertainty, what you experience afterward is an expansive feeling, a widening of your capabilities.

-Lance Armstrong

Reflection on Wanting

"Wanting" is an unfortunate habit which leads down a road of patheticism*. From henceforth, I resolve to be more conscious of my wanting. If the desire is truly worthwhile, I will elevate it to an "expectation" where it can take root and bear fruit. Otherwise, it will be dispensed from my consciousness.

* I know this is not a word.  But it should be.

Good Riddance - Yesterday's Headlines

Running short on imagination
Still we waste it all on words
Spoken without the benefit of our minds

The candle burns the edges fray
Our best intentions waste away
And everybody loves the things you've done
And on and on and on

Life appears weightless
For everyone but me
This world grows heavier every day
Deterioration
Growing old before my time
Nobody cares never mind

We all prey on our vain condition
And the hopelessness of it all
These days there's nothing
We can trust

The dreams we made we've seen them face
Trampled by our sad parade
Yet we're so pleased with what we've done
And on and on and I'm done

The mind breaks down when it dies
Our machines doubled in size
To orchestrate the grand collapse
I see us all trapped in its path
There was a time we were unbound
As if we're never hit the ground
But just like rain we can't keep from falling

Adversity

Strength through adversity is a basic but, all too often, forgotten element essential to human evolution.

Opportunity

One day I will look at the opportunities before me with the same clearness of thought that I look back at opportunities I missed.

Wallowing in Superficiality

Humanity is far too preoccupied with matters of shallow relevance to see truth. Most are doomed to wander obliviously through a pathetic life of superficial existence.

If only I can maintain an observer's point of view, it could all be so entertaining.

Evil Engine #9 - Thorn

A great handstand pushup song:

Simplify

Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind... Our life is frittered away by detail... Simplify, simplify.

-Henry David Thoreau

I would just summarize by adding my own view, that "to live in luxury, is to rot your soul."

Control

Controlling others is an ego thing. Controlling yourself is a discipline thing.

Trying to change your circumstances by changing others is a futile use of energy and the path of losers. The best way to foster change outside oneself is to be able to master control of your own self. There is something almost magical about complete self control and self discipline that alters the world around you. (At least, that's what I've heard).