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#072 - God is the whole universe
I used to believe in God. I was a hardcore catholic, a vegetarian, I did daily yoga and meditation. I prayed the rosary three times a day. I was celibate. I was fasting and making sacrifices of personal comforts. I rejected sexuality to better love God. I did this for six years. I wasted the healthy years of my life life trying to be like Jesus ( Read more... ) -
The Invested Virgins #071
The problem with celibacy and virginity keeping yourself pure for God is that its based on the idea that a non-virgin is a less valuable commodity in the sex trade; non virgins are damaged goods. It goes back to a time when women (and men) could be bought and sold as sexual objects. Catholicism and other religions that use celibacy as a model try ( Read more... ) -
ECKHARTS BLASPHEMY - #068
When you see God, you are seeing a reflection of yourself.Have you ever had the experience of being in the presence of divinity? Did you think this divine entity was separate from you? "God and I are one in the act of my perceiving him" says Meister Eckhart. In this experience you are experiencing YOUR non-separation from the whole universe. No ( Read more... ) -
Jukai poem
What do clouds look like?
Fluffy ice white pillows
Nice snowy brains
Cotton downy self melter
Billowy me -
An Elvish Dream, Feanor counsels me #066
McCoy: "Well that's the second time 'humankind' has been thrown out of paradise ( Read more... ) -
Θάμυρις'ς Last Gasp
New solo guitar piece I'm working on
My new song is about Thamyris. In Greek mythology, Thamyris (Greek: Θάμυρις), son of Philammon and the nymph Argiope, was a Thracian singer who was so proud of his skill that he boasted he could outsing the Muses. He competed against them and lost. As punishment for his presumption they blinded him, and took ( Read more... ) -
Belief vs. Faith - Fundamentalism vs. Authenticity - Case #064
Belief is holding on to an idea. Faith is letting go of all ideas and trusting your intuition. When folk lose faith and an intuitive relationship with life, they cling ever more tenaciously to belief. Atheists and religious folk alike. When this attachment prevents a person from trusting their intuition they will more likely embrace fundamentalism ( Read more... ) -
#063 reincarnation
A red shawled Buddhist type person came up to me and said,
"what sin from your past life put you in that chair?"
I replied,
"in a past life i asked a man in crutches what sin from your past life put you in those crutches?"
