Prejudice

Prejudice is always born of ignorance – not from knowledge –
lest anyone should boast of his or her prejudice . . .

Some of my most helpful, and harmful, prejudices came from what I thought I knew about Christianity.

Consider as a contemporary example, on a global scale, the multitude of perspectives and attitudes about President Obama, and his family.

JESUS LIFE, viewed as reality – or as virtual reality –

Demonstrates that no one has a mission in this life unless, and only while, that mission is chosen - and accepted. . .

a mission is voluntary

DECISIONS, DECISIONS

Sayings, quotes, aphorisms, rules, laws, conventional wisdom, respect for authority, guidelines, instruction, belief, faith, Divinely Inspired Word of God, religious teaching,
habit, subliminal thoughts, and you name it . . .

EVOLVING BEINGS ONLY, PLEASE –

(It is often not possible to only bruise one banana in a bunch.)

Gratuitous rudeness means – posted/spoken for selfish reasons.

If this sounds like code, please translate. . .



this image was downloaded from a so-called porn site
I call it "SOME OF THE PARTS"

I Am Hoping That This Will Become A Discussion PLEASE COMMENT

IT’S POSSIBLE THAT IDEALLY NO ONE WOULD NEED TO BE HUMBLED…




i have entitled this image "Flower, discovered and fertilized by earth elf"

TRUTH IS INEFFABLE

There are many ways to say truth . . .
There are even more ways to see truth..

So what possible legitimate reason could anyone ever have for not sticking to the truth?

A GREAT TITLE, POST, DISCUSSION, LABEL, TAG, IMAGE, PHOTO, PAINTING, ART WORK or QUOTE Is not intended to be limiting . . .

capiche

quien sabe?

LIFE 1001

In college a basic, fundamental course in any subject is tagged with the number 101…

You are not qualified to enroll in a 101 course until you complete 1-100, and then enroll successfully in college…

LIFE IS PROFOUND
While you are into a profound mind set,
Everything becomes profound

PERFECT IS HEAVEN
HEAVEN IS PERFECT

While you are into a perfect mind set,
Everything is perfect…

JESUS WAS A PARADIGM

Paradigm means archetype, model, exemplar, example, prototype, pattern, standard etc. (In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God.)

He is the answer to the question - can finite humanity ever be infinite and/or divine? (Ineffable) (Godlike – as the serpent told Eve in the garden “eat the fruit and you will be like god = you will not surely die”)

Or to put it another way – Can the infinite ever become finite?

Proprietary interest assumes duality.
Every assumption planted in the mind produces a crop of mistakes.

Duality is an antonym to Creation.

It is possible to be friendly without being friends?

Love can enhance friendship
And friendship can enhance love
But they are not the same and never the twain shall merge…

One will never subsume the other.

Each stands alone, but they can also stand together.
… like finite and infinite ? . . .

. . . or e pluribus unum?

. . . Despair is a finite emotion . .

INFINITY KNOWS NOT OF DESPAIR . . .

just trying to keep things in perspective for myself

I have noticed in my studio apartment in Honolulu that the patterns and habits of tiny sugar ants are consistent and amazing beyond my comprehension…

I have noticed on the Internet that there is millions upon millions of images much like:
‘the butterfly effect’ is my TITLE

most of them are photos, not drawings…
and millions upon millions are looking and downloading them
while millions upon millions are protesting, judging, and some them are also ‘doing it’
oh hypocrisy where is thy sting (err)?
To eros is human
Forgiving is Divine

IN MY (not so) HUMBLE OPINION

If NYT columnist, Maureen Dowd, becomes any more of a female icon she will give a whole new meaning to the word dowdy.

See, for example, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/22/opinion/22dowd.html?adxnnl=1

Evaluate Your Knowledge of the Spirit(ual)

When Jesus called to the disciples fishing off shore (all day without catching any fish),
“Cast your nets on the other side of the boat” - and when they did, the nets were full of fish –
was it because
1) Jesus knew where the fish were
2) Jesus could bring fish wherever he chose
3) Jesus wanted the disciples to follow his instructions
4) The disciples believed Jesus
5) The disciples followed Jesus instructions without thought, hesitation, or question
6) Coincidence
7) Random chance
8) It never happened
9) We are still investigating the incident and don’t know the answer yet
10) God rules

You do the next ten and we will discuss this again next week . . .

Jabberwocky . . . or NOT

Well, Bless my soul

King Milinda:
Is there such a thing as a soul?
Nagasena:
What is this O King, The Soul?
King Milinda:
The living principle within that:
sees forms through the eye
experiences taste through the tongue
smells odour through the nose
feels touch through the body
and discerns things through the mind?
.......just as we are sitting here in the Palace can look out of any window of which we wish to look. Through the East window, the West window, the South window or the North window?
Nagasena: I will tell you about the five doors, O Great King. Listen and give heed.
.......If the living principle within sees form through the eyes in the manner that you mentioned, choosing windows as it likes, can it not then be said, that not only can it see forms through the eyes but also through the other five organs of sense? Choosing to see forms through the organ of taste, perhaps?.
King Milinda: No Sir.
Nagasena: Then these powers are not united indiscriminately(not interconnected). Now as we are seated here in the palace with these windows all thrown open, and in full daylight, if only we stretch forth our head, we can see all kinds of objects plainly. Can the living principle, with the door of the eyes open wide, discern not only sight but also experience taste, hear sound and discern conditions?.
King Milinda: No Sir
Nagasena: Then this living principle, these powers, are not interconnected indiscriminately. They are not united. Now, Great King, if Dinna here were to go outside and stand in the gateway, would you be aware that he had done so?..
King Milinda: Yes. I should know it.
Nagasena: If the same Dinna were to come back again and stand before you, would you be aware of his having done so?.
King Milinda: Yes. I should know it.
Nagasena: So the same, O Great King, would the living principle be able to discern in the same manner as mentioned above, if anything possessing flavor were laid upon the tongue, and that it becomes aware of it's sourness, it's sweetness, it's saltiness or it's pungency?.
King Milinda: Yes. It would.
Nagasena: But when the flavor had passed into the stomach would it still be able to discern these things?.
King Milinda: No it would not.
Nagasena: Then these powers are not connected unto each other indiscriminately.
Suppose a man were to be tied up, with his mouth closed up, and thrown into a big pot filled with honey, and being unable to taste, would the man still be able to tell what was it that he is being thrown into?.
King Milinda: No Sir.
Nagasena: And why not, O Great King?
King Milinda: Because the honey could not get into his mouth.
Nagasena: Then these powers are not interconnected unto each other indiscriminately.
It is by reason, O King, of the eye and of forms that sight arises and then followed by contact, sensation, idea, thought, abstraction, sense of vitality and attention......all these arises simultaneously with it's predecessor and the same cause and effect applies to the

A conundrum is a kind of condom for the mind - It prevents conception - UNLESS IT LEAKS

De minimus is a finite concept (from the mind of mankind)
Da Kine is an infinite concept (from the mind of God)

It takes a village to raise a child
It takes a village to create a child
It takes a village to create a mind
It takes a village to use a mind

Literally true is not true
Virtual reality is not reality

Perfect is a miracle
Perfect is always
A miracle is always perfect

Creation is a miracle

It is literally true that
He knows when a sparrow
Falls from the sky

And it is literally true
That all have sinned and fallen short
Of the Glory of God

How shall they be saved
If they have not heard?

How shall they hear
If they know not how to listen

He who has ears
To hear
Let him hear…

If an ear listens in the forest
But there is no mind there to ‘hear’
Is there a sound???

truth . .

This is me, in a state of Hawaii

Truth must always be welcomed.

One who will not hear the truth cannot know the truth.

There is no label that will make truth untrue.

TRUTH, HONOR, LOVE, and VIRTUE are pure

To Thine Own Self Be True..

THE SPIRIT OF ALOHA UNDERSTANDS

…means simply and profoundly,

Never betray anyone.

SELFISHNESS and INSIGHT

Selfishness can be a Devil’s tool to blind us to who we really are.
We have the freedom of choice to reject any option, but our finite mind lacks the understanding to realize the importance of the choice, and so defaults to selfish or indulgent or reckless or foolhardy etc. etc.

It is usually not wise to fly on automatic pilot. Life is not that safe… and sometimes a smooth landing changes all that comes after.

There is a flight manual for each of us…

Mine is the Holy Bible

There Is No Greater Love . . .

THERE IS NO GREATER LOVE THAN THIS –THAT A FRIEND LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR A BROTHER (and the various gender variations) – one doesn’t have to die physically to lay down (ie give up) his/her life for a friend..

BUT TO KEEP THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE,
THERE IS A FRIEND THAT Stays CLOSER THAN A BROTHER,
AND ACTUALLY HAS THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL…

Today is Veteran's Day in the United States.

I am not spectacular, but I have always had a spectacular mind

INTRICATE MIND

The mind is capable of being as intricate or as simple as is required.

Some make no distinction between - quid pro quo, tit for tat, equal and opposite reactions, and when push comes to shove – see them as synonymous. Others see each one as distinctive and different from all the others.

The mind of a genius can love simplicity more than anything, and the mind of a dysfunctional misfit can be enthralled by complexity.

Many different factors are present in each different equation/situation in the mind - -context, environment, DNA, age, sex, time of day, etc. ad infinitum

We each realize, at some level, that our own mind is subjective and easily influenced by all manner of variables.
When it comes to our perception of the mind and its thinking of another; we expect/assume/demand/require -precision and consistency . . . –In line with our own mind and thinking, and we take it for granted that communication requires this continuity of thought.

A lawyer friend of mine was wont to make his own statement of the facts and/or the law and then follow it immediately by the rhetorical question “Fair enough?”
Without pausing for any reply before proceeding to his next sentence.

Polite English SOCIETY would call that “BALDERDASH!”


Our body
In which the Buddha nature dwells
Would be still pure
With no false pride
were it not
For the senses.

The six senses
That have come into the body
Through the six sense doors
Corrupted the body
& caused it to become impure
Filled with self pride
When the body claimed the senses as I, Me, Mine.

This is how
Our originally pure Body
Became impure & corrupted.

Metta

Palms together

Deep bows



AS ONE GOES THROUGH LIFE THE MEMORIES THAT ARE ‘TAGGED’ AS SIGNIFICANT REMAIN WITH YOU SO LONG AS YOUR BRAIN IS ALIVE

In extreme cases the form of a memory is subject to being changed by shock or other types of therapy.

Let’s theorize together
When sick people
Go to the doctors
Other than the psychiatrist
They listen to the recommendation of the doctors.

Even if the surgeon says
I will have to cut you
They let him.

But when they go to a psychiatrist
They are more likely
Not to follow
The recommendation.
That's an interesting Karma phenomenon.

Metta

Palms together

Deep bows
THE MOST EQUISITE RESULTS COME WHEN REALITY AND IMAGINATION ARE MASTERFULLY, & RESPECTFULLY MUTUAL

The label ‘Adult’ usually means there has been some adulteration . . .

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/world/middleeast/11blackwater.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=a1
Q. In a democratic republic based on capitalism
Under the United States Constitution

Who is to blame in this situation?


http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/world/middleeast/11blackwater.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=a1

A. every citizen above the age of accountability

homage to Veronique

All is allegory
The only literal thing in our world
is virtual reality
(.. and the fire inside the pink hotel)

milfs

MILFS
Mothers I (would) Like (to) Formally Salute

Fort Hood Shooting Hero officer- Mother of two, and
The Shooter she took down – Army Psychiatrist scheduled to deploy who went on shooting spree and killed 20, while wounding many more at Fort Hood Center for deploying and returning troops… using 2 private hand guns

THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL - Revisited...

True profound simplicity
Is good…

True profound simplicity
Cannot be perceived
By one who believes he or she has the knowledge of good and evil…

THE WORD (list)

In the beginning was the word…

Old age helps us to accept life’s more Senior lessons, if we weren’t able to sooner.
For example – nothing is a big deal until someone makes it a big deal – at a certain age any sudden exertion is likely to produce a small bowel movement, that may be unnoticed by the elderly person, but is noticed by everyone else that has a normal sense of smell.

BIG DEAL or SO WHAT?