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11-23-2005, 08:20 AM
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Too true... thinking about your life really fucks up your chances of enjoying it.
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11-23-2005, 08:31 AM
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Okay, I'm a well trained Witch ordained Priestess of The Morighan, and I should have something important to say. I'm also a Taoist, so having important things to say don't mean hot shit in the long run.
Life, okay, we're given life to live. You've got to move around in life. You can't just stop moving or you shouldn't just stop moving. Run, skip, hop, jog, or walk and don't stop until you've gone far beyond the horizon. "Gate (gu-tay) gate para gate para san gate bodisvatva." That means: Beyond, beyond, far beyond, far beyond Enlighenment. This mantra fragment is to Kali Ma. The Goddess or Mother Principle goes beyond everything. If we're to play in Her image, then we must go beyond everything. Attatchments are illusions (maya), and the Goddess destroys maya. Now...wake up!
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By the time you're twenty-five they will say you've gone and blown it. By the time you're thirty-five I must confide you will have blown them all
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11-23-2005, 08:47 AM
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Merchant, good questions. Luckily for us there have been those that have spent their entire life trying to answer those. A good place to start is looking into what they have to say about the subject.
Ignorance will only lead to despair if you are sincerely questioning these issues and are unable to just "enjoy the ride". Regardless of what you read, whether you agree with it or not, you will better understand how to frame your questions and search for the answers. Find some websites on philosophy, science and poetry. Pick up the names of some major contributors to each and start reading. A good place to start (IMO)... Joseph Campbell (The Power of Myth) Stephen Hawking (A Brief History of Time) ~Cynner ETA: Haunted reminded me. The Tao of Pooh Tao te Ching (sp?) Last edited by Cynner; 11-23-2005 at 08:50 AM.
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Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of '05, Wear sunscreen
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now. Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth, oh never mind, you will never understand the power and the beauty of your youth until they've faded. But trust me, in twenty years, you will look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now, how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine. Don't worry about the future or worry that know that worrying is as affective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind. The kind that blindsides you at 4 PM on some idle Tuesday. Do one thing every day that scares you. Sing. Don't be reckless with other peoples' hearts; don't put up with people who are reckless with yours. Floss. Don't waste your time on jealously, sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and in the end, it's only with yourself. Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how. Keep your old love letters; throw away your old bank statements. Stretch. Don't feel guilty if you don't know what to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't. Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to knees, you'll miss them when they're gone. Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the "Funky Chicken" on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's. Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can, don't be afraid of it or what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own. Dance. Even if you have nowhere to do it but your own living room. Read the directions even if you don't follow them. Do not read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly. Get to know your parents. You never know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings. They are your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future. Understand that friends come and go. But a precious few, who should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, for as the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young. Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft. Travel. Accept certain alible truths: prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old and when you do, you'll fanaticise that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders. Respect your elders. Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse but you'll never know when either one will run out. Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're forty, it will look eighty-five. Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of wishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling for more than it's worth. But trust me on the sunscreen.
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I was not born to live a mans life, but to be the stuff of future memory. 3 can keep a secret if 2 are dead. I've never been nice my whole life....but, I'll do my best to be sweet. I keep my standards low, so I'm never disappointed. The next words out of your mouth better be some Mark Twain shit, cos' I am going to be chiseling it on your tombstone. Trample the weak, Hurdle the dead. Forgive your enemies......after they are slain. The God I believe in aint short of cash mister.
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11-23-2005, 09:08 AM
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I havent read that for soooo long! It makes me sad for some reason!
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11-23-2005, 09:25 AM
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After reading this over n over n over ..
cos thinking hurts my brain..i came to this conclusion.. Everybody thats been put on this earth ..has been put here for a reason . (hang on will just stop this fucking annoying song). Like heaven and hell.. example ..from the day we are born we are all preened for something constructive so we can contribute to todays society..like the working ant..its like a ying and yang thing..ppl make cars.. cars need roads...roads need to be constructed..constructing needs planning. Then we have those who beleive that they had been brainwashed so refuse to acknowledge thier existance or anybody elses lives are worthwhile so set about destroying the hard work of others. We all leave our mark one way or the other. I think once our worth has been all used up ..its time for us to go and move aside for the next. Your gonna say..'what about the babies who dont quite make it'...well i havent quite figured that one out yet but call me on 0800 angelspeaks n i should have an answer for you once i have had lunch with god.. 'stubborn watches all these loony bastards dialing like crazy'
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11-23-2005, 11:47 AM
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MISINTUPITATED- The act of removing the spine by use of fire. DEVESTED- The removal of one's vest. SCTUPP- To deficate on a woman after nonconsensual sex.
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unfortunately i have no excuse
..i don't either smoke or drink..no em not health concious or nothing like that.. fuck dat' if it killed our greens party co' leader.. I say the 1st thing that comes to mind..
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An another thing, When you die, and then everyone you knew dies, then its like you never even existed. WHAT THE HELL MAN!
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