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akunin

Trying hard to be Switzerland

May 23, 2002 00:47

There's an old Zen story that's been stuck in my head all evening...

A young monk was approached by one of his elders, who sensed his pupil was troubled. He asked the young man what disturbed him so ( Read more... )

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akunin May 23 2002, 14:43:23 UTC

In thinking of this story, I remembered also a passage from Matthew, chapter 7.

1 Do not judge, or you too will be judged.
2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
3 Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?
4 How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?
5 You hypocrite! First take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
6 Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.

Wise student...remember the lesson of Fresno. worshipthesnake May 23 2002, 17:38:07 UTC

...There aint nuthin' a good fisting can't cure!

I found my center through deliberate reprogramming.

The four books I used;
Tao te Ching, Acting is Everything, How to Win Friends and Influence People, Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre.

The Tao is.

Acting is Everything is a tool for what I'm trying to do.

How to...is something my dad has pushed me for years. It's garbage, but it makes sense if you think "American", and helps deal with people who are the product of their environment, instead of a product of their fantasies.

..and HPL, well, the virtues of negative fascination are countless, seductive, and dangerous.

You're a fricken genius...just keep creating and finding personal satisfaction in the act, not the result. That is the way I keep sane. If you call this sane.

By the way, do you have any interest in joining a cult? We don't ask you to change your existing religion, just your attitude.

WORSHIP THE SNAKE GOD!