Someone will lay down
Beside you.
Like a prayer is laid
Before God.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Why Not to Kill People
(I used to teach high school so this actually makes sense to talk about due to the students watching programs like Jerry Springer, the news, and living where they live with who they live with or don’t live with.)
Not killing people is good. It shows some restraint and ethical character. Why? Well, I am sure we have all had emotions that might lead anyone to kill that mysterious person you hopefully spared. In general, killing relinquishes only a moment of some kind of happiness or maniacal delusion of happiness. Sometimes it is just efficient for the moment and doesn’t even cause happiness in the errant heart.
On the deficit side - it causes a lifetime of misery, not only for the murderer who is incarcerated but also for all the associated family and friends and humanity in general. And money spent on housing these murderers instead of showing them the errors of their ways and educating them which should have happened earlier as a priority of our society, – don’t even go there. Our violent, racist, capitalist society made em’ and we should help them get back on the good trolley of society heading down the track to responsibility. Then they can teach the others. Hire the murderers to reeducate.
(Otherwise, they just hang around the corners and smoke and drink for lack of things to do; perhaps die early of lung cancer and cirrhosis of the liver and previous, high carbohydrate prison food - getting off the track a little there but true at any rate, but there is no disposable soul, even in this disposable culture.)
Yes, murder takes away from us all in a holistic, spiritual sense. In general, it is self-indulgent to kill someone. Why do you get to do that and we don’t? What’s so special about you? You broke the law.
You don’t even have a degree or do have a degree, whatever! - It is frustrating to those of us who have self control, and makes us want to kill you (ergo: oops - death penalty). But aren’t we special, we made it a law so we could kill you. See – pseudo-intelligence can pay off for a while. But society keeps growing and is realizing in a broader scope that the self-controlling, moneyed, politically elite are just killing too. It entertains the rabble and keeps them from wanting to kill the real culprits – politicians! But - that’s right, the Wild West is coming to an end and consciousness is winning. This is old news but needs saying again. That’s it.
Lunch Break at the Fortune Cookie Factory
The following are fortunes that were not finished due to lunch or snack time. The stuffing machines of the cookie factory do not stop for such dalliances.
- Cleveland is far away but…
- Walk the path of serene balance and you will…
3. In the waking dream, you benefit by…
4. There have been many wonderful answers, but yours is…
5. Put off those things which challenge your…6. Engage with the tiger this week and you will…
- Draw down the crystal moon with your…
- Several decisions will cause you to take…
- For quick life changes, take a vacation to…
- Heretofore clothed in mystery, the great love of your life is now revealed as…
- Your incredible, innocuous behavior leads to…
- The accident you experience will cause…
- With luck and your new gun purchase, you have finally realized…
- Your constant and persistent mothers warning of …
- You make a comment to a friend that causes…
- You will find the grand happiness of your life in…
- Go to the fountain and drink deeply of the knowledge of…
- Your light at the end of the tunnel comes in the form of…
- Your years of desperation fall away as you…
- Now, even walking on water is not so hard if you…
- Oh wonderful child of fortune, put your tenuous faith in…
- Vast and immeasurable wealth awaits you in the field of…
- Great mind of promising scholar put aside childish things and write about…
- Guardians of world liberty, unite around the idea of…
- Your qualities are many, but your dynamic, sparkling best is….
One we will never know due to the daily demands of the physical body.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Fortune Cookie Poem
The first fortune said:
“You will meet a petulant stranger
who will give you unnecessary information”
The second one said:
“Crime does not pay except for those in
power, then it’s their party”
The third one said:
“Organization is the key to completing
your tasks”
The fourth one said:
“Many will be called, few will follow,
fewer will know what they are doing”
The fifth one said:
“Leadership is knowing the path in your
own heart”
The sixth one said:
“The peace you seek is already available to you”
The seventh one said:
“Stop moving and listen to the beating of your
own heart”
I decided to go with number seven and address
the few, pertinent ones later.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Reflection 9/11
Continuing on the 911 theme....
In the distance,
Somewhere far away,
A trumpet was heard,
And a Broken Hearted Melody
Played innocently in the wind,
And dust was reformed -
In a place we imagine
But do not know.
By hands we feel,
But can not see.
And Lada Gaga sang
Into the mirror,
On the Edge of Glory,
For everyone else.
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