Noble Realms

Nor have I heard or seen Jesus, John the Baptist, Guatama or Meister Ekhart. Death has swallowed them all. What Mastery!

"If one listens profoundly one can hear the footprints of the ancients fall upon the desert plain; and, if one cannot see their eternal presence, then surely one will not hear the rainbow either"
~~carefulcarpenter

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MAKE A MAN OF YOU
Janis Ian
You've grown too tall again
Somebody better clip your wings
before you fly away
You are too bold to live
Somebody better learn to give
or learn to lose with grace
The sky knows your name now
The leaves, they fall too fast
You're dying in the grass
and I can't let this moment pass
Your breath it reeks of ocean breezes
Your eyes have turned too blue
The sky holds no challenge for you
What strange diseases
that make a man of you
Here is the sky's parole
Somebody's got to leave it whole
Go on and take it
The earth's too small to breath
and if you can't get free,
I know you can fake it
Your lips don't move the air
The sun comes tumbling down
You're fading into novas
and you leave me on the ground
Your face it reeks of ocean breezes
Your eyes have changed their hue
The skies hold no memory of you
What strange diseases
that make a man of you
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Sometimes you just start writing, and let it lead you where it will. I wrote "Watercolors" like that,
not understanding what I was talking about until several years later. That's the beauty of being a
writer – in an ideal world, the work leads you, and you harness it and bend it to your needs. But
this song was "so strange" (to quote my record company at the time) that no one but me wanted
to put it out. Hah! now I finally get my way!

I watched the movie, "Troy" about a week ago.  Achilles told Persaeus that, "the gods envy us.  We are mortal, and can die any moment.  This intensifies the beauty in all we perceive, you will never be more beautiful than you are in this moment." 

Of course, he got some.  Fine looking babe, too.  We have free will, in that we choose what to direct our attention to.  Personally, I would not go around telling everyone to engage themselves in killing all desire.  I don't feel that anyone condemns theirselves if they have devoted much of the life to being hedonistic.  Challenging the gods to show themselves and prove they exist will get a person nowhere.  On this Globe D we are mostly left to our own devices.  I think remembering that you choose where you direct your attention is enough for a person to chew on.

I simply have the feeling that the universe is a living organism, and the etymology of the word hierarchy is, hier = sacred or holy, and arch = governance or rule.  We are part of the whole, and will become a bigger part of the whole.  Personal spiritual rule would simply be that you don't have objection to life and living. 

The word hierarchy became translated into a political/military power play, where "governance by spirit" came to mean "ruled by the Catholic Church"--a spiritual principle mistranslated into a despotism.

Much of my life was like going through a grinding machine and eventually I realized I caused much of it myself.  I had to find something helpful, and I did.  I suspect there are people who live their entire life having no spiritual or religious beliefs and were wonderful human beings.  It is interesting that you can find monsters who are religious, and monsters that are non-religious.  Extremely fine people who are religious, and extremely fine people who are non-religious.

Last edited by Antaeus (2007-12-19 18:43:55)

22.02.22

Jack is back with his series: The History of Man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dttl1AljBNM History of Man 126 -- Reincarnation-- How did Karma change?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8D54UlYI88 Exposed: History of Man 127 -- Reptilian Galactic Federation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sSoW09Os2E
Practical Self Honesty for CHEATERS part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHMfJEAmbOU
Practical Self Honesty for CHEATERS Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygu1BkaGjRg
Practical Self Honesty for CHEATERS Part 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gkn2e4bfc4A  Interview with a Christmas Turkey ((Happy Festivus!))

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dvMGzCK7kM  Big Bang and First Impression of Life as Awareness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u__gGimFUt4  The Death of a Video Game Addict

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCSr2FAIzWc  Festive Greetings from the Dearly Departed in AfterLife

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kid mongo wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVQs7AaSdj8 The Design of "I was an ALIEN in my PAST Life"

Well said. I don't care about the channeling aspect, but the philosophy is sound. I haven't met too many people who claim to be an alien in a past life, but what she is saying can be applied to anything of course. This is the reason I feel many people are basically already dead because they either create elaborate fantasies or live in the past or future. What if the present moment is as good as it ever gets?