Angels have wings

because they take themselves lightly.

G. K. Chesterton

twit quote pro

"It's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude." -Alexander Haig

"Love is metaphysical gravity." ~ R. Buckminster

quotes from TWITTER

"Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift,the rational mind is a faithful servant.Our Society honors the servant and forgot the gift. ~ Einstein

"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."~ Albert Einstein

"Though you may travel the world to find the beautiful, you must have it within you or you will find it not." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

"To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life." -Gelett Burgess

paraphrased Perls

"expecting too much obedience
ends up in spite,"
so how many habits are
in spite of our-selves?

Toastmaster Weds.

All truth passes through three stages.
First, it is ridiculed.
Second, it is violently opposed.
Third, it is accepted as being self evident~

A. Schopenhauer
(1788 -1860)

health observes profit

Modern methods of production have given us the possibility of ease and security for all; we have chosen, instead, to have overwork for some and starvation for the others. Hitherto we have continued to be as energetic as we were before there were machines; in this we have been foolish, but there is no reason to go on being foolish for ever.

—Bertrand Russell, In Praise of Idleness, 1935, pg. 15

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. - Krishnamurti

We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it
oppresses. - Carl Jung

After observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason
and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live
up to it. - Buddha

When the well runs dry, we know the worth of the water. - B.Franklin

care to deny?

...when you tell the truth,
memory is clear in degrees of care
(if you have to try, to remember,
there are degrees of defensive denial)

"..if you told the truth,
you wouldn't have to remember
what you said." ~ Gov. Jerry Brown
to Gov. Bill Clinton ~ 1992

I relate

"I believe I have attention surplus disorder"
pg.5 ~ Anathem ~ Neal Stephenson

Groucho says,

"Time wounds all heels!"

"I made a killing at the stockmarket,
. . . I shot my broker"

"These are my principles. And if you don't like them, I have others."

"I don't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member."

self-reference solvent

I found a paradox battery this morning. These two, potentially useful sentences, together can electrocute logic into another dimension;
The following sentence is false.
The preceding sentence is true.

My favorite example is Ben Franklin's,
"I so admire the truly humble that
if I were one I'd be so proud."

Am I Right?

All truth passes through three stages. First it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed, and third ... it is accepted as self-evident." - Arthur Schopenhauer - German Philosopher, 1788-1860
AIR is my best truth model, as always there without any appearance of existence, either being sucked in or blown about, conceptual existence at its most elusive. I keep learning to think less solid, in the image of truth.

lighten my soul

Gravity IS hell.
The Sun, as the center is the ultimate down,
where all material will eventually burn,
is the source of gravitys' influences.
The name of this star is Sol
and as the heart of THE SOLar system,
maintains circulation.
Why do spots interfere with reception and transmission?
Could it be an interruption in the rhythm that effects the beat?
The alchemical product of centering creates golden light.
Light is the comfort that something is up there.
It symbolizes awareness (and a where-ness.)

"Angels have wings because they take themselves lightly"
~ G.K.Chesterton

Shaving with . .

. . OCCAM’s RAZOR*

"All things being equal, the simplest solution tends to be the best one."
. . so . . the best solution tends to be the simplest one?

*The least words with the most meaningful impact.

Parsimony is the taking of extreme care at arriving at a course of action; or unusual or excessive frugality, extreme economy (or stinginess): to spare.

In the utilitarian approach to the philosophy of punishment, Jeremy Bentham's "parsimony principle" states that any punishment greater than is required to achieve its end is unjust.

The disregard for others may be the most punishing behavior.

Cultural reasoning behaviors of
the Caucasian race (believing in superiority)
created disparity under the banner of manifest destiny
to pretend unity of its’ own kind.

Reparations represent credit due to victims of weak reasoning.
Is there credit strength in forgiveness for yesterday's mistakes?

by Neil Gaiman

on pg 302 of Anansi Boys,
"Stories are webs, interconnected strand by strand, and you follow each story to the center, because the center is the END. Each person is a strand of a story."

simple fool

"It is not at all simple to understand the simple." - Eric Hoffer

It all seems to start simple as day and night.
We all start inside the body and then come outside.

Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart...
Who looks outside, dreams.
Who looks inside, awakens. -Carl Jung

Awareness is a quality of care when growth depends on others.
The gift will cost invested interest to neutralize depreciation.
Our lives seem to be donations from a creative power.

To maintain spiritual balance we must learn the lesson of sharing.
Understanding shares awareness that communicating projects.
Do you care to pay (give) attention?
or take rest (deny awareness?)

love progress .

If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question? - Lily Tomlin; Progress may have been alright once, but it has gone on too long. - Ogden Nash

fun arguing w/o quarreling

My parents never argued (seriously) in front of me (just with me). My dad's devil's advocate act was quite stimulating. This was the greatest gift of behavior management. When anxiety enters my life I find myself arguing with myself. This prepared me well for parenting teens.

I was also lucky to set similar examples for the kids as infants. I tried hard to never complain. I would suggest better ways to behave more comfortably (for both of us). I kept myself from being too approving because I learned how this is a form of (reverse) *criticism. When they feel blame or shame I try my hardest not to amplify it.

They encourage me to try more active listening. When attemting to tell them something, I notice how defenses develop, so I have been waiting (better), until I am asked. It is hard to ask what we don't understand. Composting opinion(s) can be work. I started appreciating the interview as an art form. Degrees of understanding form behavior patterns that direct caring. (Never forget hate (any discomfort) is pathological care.) Indulging in anger is the easiest way to stop listening.

I am getting good at not getting angry with them. Wisdom does not enter an angry mind, or as Rabelais put it, "Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind." Their frustration projects anger on me but I invest effort to come arround to a good laugh. Just like my dad, I AM intolerant of intolerance (to balance my sense of humor).

*page 35 of Kitchen Table Wisdom by Rachel Remen M.D.

tip o hat 2 Andy Rooney

I am reading The Tipping Point because this swing in polarization has to react with unification. My experience with collective subconscious trend surfing has been validating and exhilarating. It is obvious time for the industrial military complex to be declared bankrupt - if you saw Andy Rooney let President Eisenhower tell it like it is. There is a rule of 150 that I call the saturation spectrum that is as far as we can see until. . . A new trend will hit mainstream all at once from 150 trend-setters. Outcasts make the kind social observations that care spiritually. Every savior was a risk-taker. Innovators feel for social issues while mainstream tendencies take things personally.

Ben Franklin (paraphrased)

"I so admire the truly humble
that if I were one
I'd be so proud!"

Alfred E. Neuman 4 president

"Some minds are like concrete . .
all mixed up and permanently set."