If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.
Friday, April 29, 2011
PQ
Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
THE ANIMAL SCHOOL
Once upon a time the animals decided they must do something heroic to meet the problems of a “new world” so they organized a school. They had adopted an activity curriculum consisting of running, climbing, swimming and flying. To make it easier to administer the curriculum, all the animals took all the subjects.
The duck was excellent in swimming. In fact, better than his instructor. But he made only passing grades in flying and was very poor in running. Since he was slow in running, he had to stay after school and also drop swimming in order to practice running. This was kept up until his webbed feet were badly worn and he was only average in swimming. But average was acceptable in school so nobody worried about that, except the duck.
The rabbit started at the top of the class in running but had a nervous breakdown because of so much makeup work in swimming.
The squirrel was excellent in climbing until he developed frustration in the flying class where his teacher made him start from the ground up instead of the treetop down. He also developed a “charlie horse” from overexertion and then got a C in climbing and D in running.
The eagle was a problem child and was disciplined severely. In the climbing class, he beat all the others to the top of the tree but insisted on using his own way to get there.
At the end of the year, an abnormal eel that could swim exceeding well and also run, climb and fly a little had the highest average and was valedictorian.
The prairie dogs stayed out of school and fought the tax levy because the administration would not add digging and burrowing to the curriculum. They apprenticed their children to a badger and later joined the groundhogs and gophers to start a successful private school.
PQ
You see the young lady; I see the old woman. We're both looking at the same picture, and both of us are right. We see the same black lines, the same white spaces. But we interpret them differently because we've been conditioned to interpret them differently. Unless we value the differences in our perceptions, unless we value each other and give credence to the possibility that we're both right, that life is not always a dichotomous either/or, that there are almost always third alternatives, we will never be able to transcend the limits of our conditioning.
PQ
Buddhists speak of the middle way when there is a disagreement between individuals. Middle in this sense does not mean compromise; it means higher, like the apex of the triangle.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
PQ
The cost of ascending is a heavy one and should be contemplated thoroughly before pushing your ends upon the world.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
QUOTE OF THE DAY
The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof, shit detector. This is the writer's radar and all great writers have had it.
PQ
Every action has an equal and negative reaction that's why they say the best thing to do is nothing.
PQ
Hitler was credited with saying if Jews knew so much why haven't they killed us all, why do they continue to lie. I think that's why they've been the most persecuted people on earth, they bare the burden of truth.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
THOUGHTS FROM A PANSY
Monday, April 25, 2011
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
QUOTE OF THE DAY
I live in a world of generalities and lofty idealism... is there any other way to be?
PQ
I often think the first mistake I made was settling to know only one school of thought in which to view the world, whether it's medical, spiritual, economical, etc. instead of coming to know each intimately from their beginnings. It's my belief that then and only then can one begin to accurately predict the next best move forward.
PQ
MLK Jr. said far worse than any economic measure taken was the psychological and spiritual warfare that continues to be waged.
Friday, April 22, 2011
PQ
You're not going to create art out of the art store the greats do it with their own tools and procedures.
APPLE DUST UP
Thursday, April 21, 2011
WALKING BACKWARDS INTO THE FUTURE
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
PQ
They say you don't have to tip your hand that the play can take care of itself but I tend to disagree and see it more as a cruel joke. That it's cowardice in many ways to hide and disguise the message, that decent is the only thing that keeps us progressing and allows for some shred of sanity.
HYPOTHETICALS
Alright I have a hypothetical for you, lets say you take a uniquely macro approach to life. You've been told that you have an engineering mind with a strong literary sense and only 10% of the population thinks similarly to you. In your ignorance and haste you rush into life haphazardly riddled with destruction and mistakes ultimately landing yourself into a bit of trouble; so you say okay I'm going to take a break to really figure all of this out. You obsessively amerce yourself in discovering the meaning of life or lack there of with all of its constraints both natural and artificial. But the more you learn, the more you struggle to come to grips with the answers only matched by a deep desire to lead and direct. But you say wait if only 10% of the population thinks like this what are the chances of connecting with those individuals, these are huge complicated lines of thought and I'm not sure I'm capable of explaining it. Do you seek out the few who fall into that 10% or painstakingly invest in educating others in hopes they somehow start to connect the dots and understand it, because you have plans you want to change things.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
I look at blogging like life in that it's similar to gardening you have to prune, water, fertilize, plant, and sometimes transplant certain items in and out. Some things are bound to die, but with a little luck you produce some fruit.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
QUOTE OF THE DAY
I think there comes a time a defining moment in every ones life where your force to choose whether to let go and become truly wild or submit to conformity. The question is do you dare?
Monday, April 18, 2011
PQ
When a nature enthusiast gets beaten down it can make or break them. They can either say these parts did me wrong and are unworthy of my affection or they can choose to say that it is all necessary and beautiful in its own way.
PQ
I want to revisit a remark that was made earlier that I feel I miss judged a bit. Someone had asked what I had been doing to cherish the meaningful and important connections in my life. I'm assuming this person knew me to some degree at some point in time. I think it has a lot to do with the way you define meaningful and important. A lot of people cling to false entitlements like mother, father, husband, wife, son,daughter, or friend where as I like to view it as just people who either bring out the good or teach you something new about yourself you hadn't known was there and if your really lucky both. I think these individuals or relationships are much harder to come by then we typically allow ourselves to admit and more often than not titles just allow people to go through the motions and become complacent. If you're not accomplishing either of those two ideals well than you can't say they're meaningful or important. A lot of people fill our lives, but few make it worth living and like all things they're fleeting. I can honestly say I've met a very small number of individuals who fit this description and I cherish ever minute that we've spent together.
I think it has something to do with incorporating those experiences and qualities with the intent of passing them along to others.
I think it has something to do with incorporating those experiences and qualities with the intent of passing them along to others.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
PQ
They say sports are a metaphor for life, I don't think there's anything more true. My sport football my position fullback/inside linebacker and though there was no better feeling than scoring defense was where I always belonged. Started off a mike back but made my way as a will... I wanted to call the plays. It's funny looking back how we all have a way of coming home, because I see how much sense it made. The only thing I was accused of was wanting it too badly. I had begun as a mike and no matter how hard I try I think I always will be.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Well I looked my demans in the eyes lay bare my chest and said do your best to destroy me. See I've been to hell and back so many times I must admit you kind of bore me.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
PQ
In geoscience-sociology-psychology-theology/mythology-astrology-philosophy-and biology lye the keys to the world.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
When you figure out who you are in relation to history your well on your way to realizing your destiny.
Friday, April 15, 2011
QUOTE OF THE DAY
The one who controls time or the speed of information controls his fate and quite possibly the world.
PQ
I consider the writers of any religious texts as the first marketers of their time. It's all about the story which one will you tell?
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS AND TOO BIG TO FAIL
I'm so sick of the political posturing and finger wagging from Washington
Here is a perfect opportunity to educate an entire country on
win/win instead of a shallow victory one way or the other. Be the models you’re
supposed to be and do the right thing publicly. I don't think there is a person
out there who says in order for our parents and grandparents to win it should
mean that children, the poor, and the future should lose. The
goal should be a solution that amicably satisfies everyone equally.
Lets look at it from another stand point each day you spend
kicking back your telling the American public at large we don't have to do our
jobs and the rules don't matter (which they don't) and if your still playing by
them regretfully your losing or being taken advantage of in one way or another
in my humble opinion.
We've already said that big business isn't accountable for their
actions or held to the same rules as the rest of society more so than
previously, but contrary to some who view "too big to
fail" as a bad thing I see it as a step forward and ultimately marks the
beginning of the end for the financial sector as we know it. If for no other
reason than the increased numbers of industries and agencies "people"
in the know who aren't playing by the rules eventually (or hopefully) it devalues the whole
system to the point where we can finally get rid of, or abandon a historically corrupt sector
on its way out anyway.
Now I know Washington is probably
just feeling slighted with all the revolutionary and historical events going on
in the Middle East using this shutdown as a
childish ego boost, dusting up media attention to solidify their importance. Which is all well and good if it didn’t mean at the expense of the rest of
society. That's why I'm imploring the rest of the nation to follow suit, to go
on strike and take some RnR. Read a couple legal books and make the decision
not to be the sheep,cattle, robot, or slave and any other clever euphemism you
would like to substitute. If you want to get ahead and do big
important things than put in the painstaking hours it costs to run in the
circles that deal in ideas and influence. Money is little more than a tool or
incentive used for a subset or lower class to accomplish the ends of someone's
dream or vision for the world it's not the objective.
At the end of the day my hope is that people start to wise up and begin to call our leaders and people in power to a higher standard, so that real change occurs and not just a shuffling of sorts and renaming of the same old things.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
FATE/DESTINY
Its been said that there are great tamers among us of all wild things. A ray of hope or knights of the round table. They bare the weight of the world and go by several names. The purest heart and most in tune with human suffering. Blessed with incredible vision a little prince the passionate.
PQ
Often, people with a Scarcity Mentality harbor secret hopes that others might suffer misfortune not terrible misfortune, but acceptable misfortune that would keep them "in their place." They're always comparing always competing. They give their energies to possessing things or other people in order to increase their sense of worth.
They want other people to be the way they want them to be. They often want to clone them, and they surround themselves with "yes" people, people who won't challenge them, people who are weaker than they. They lack maturity and a moral center.
They want other people to be the way they want them to be. They often want to clone them, and they surround themselves with "yes" people, people who won't challenge them, people who are weaker than they. They lack maturity and a moral center.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
When you realize the creative process begins by developing a problem for the rest of the world to solve you start to lose track of what's real and what's not.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Contrary to Allen Greenspan I do think your able to predict or identify bubbles with a rational exuberance.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
If life is an experiment I try to conduct myself accordingly immersing in it's rich culture, ideologies, philosophies, and history as often as possible. Framing my thoughts and feelings through various mediums as a way of paying homage to the greats throughout history while allowing for my own personal adaptations. Using my blog to preserve my thread in as many different situations as possible, selfishly documenting and coming clean in a way to the rest of the world. Where most would try to hide or deny their humanism with all of its flaws I try to face it head on embracing it to see what if any new discoveries I can find.
As it were we seem to be biologically engineered to only do two things correctly, sex and violence; or if you would like to look at it from a theologian or philosophical stand point 50% good, and 50% evil. Which would mean in any given situation where your forced to make a decision you have a 50/50 chance of doing the right or wrong thing, then a 50/50 shot of that decision working out considering of course we lived in a perfect world.
We've decided that this is too lofty of an ideal choosing to impose rules and systems that shoot the odds astronomically in favor of the negative. I find the whole thing insane really and struggle to understand why then we tack on a social cost for individual failures. If you agree to go along with the madness at least take the time to be aware of it so you might empathize with your fellow man.
If we look at some of the most powerful and successful agencies/structures in the world who see and expect a 90+ percent failure rate why should we hold each other to any other expectation. I'm not insinuating we lower our standards, but sort of find our hearts again in hopes that people start taking more risks, try new things, and follow their dreams. It takes no skill or talent to criticize much more to find the good in an idea or individual with the intent of lending your resources and expertise for the greater good. There's no reward for being selfish, defensive, and uncooperative. That's reserved for the more noble among us.
As it were we seem to be biologically engineered to only do two things correctly, sex and violence; or if you would like to look at it from a theologian or philosophical stand point 50% good, and 50% evil. Which would mean in any given situation where your forced to make a decision you have a 50/50 chance of doing the right or wrong thing, then a 50/50 shot of that decision working out considering of course we lived in a perfect world.
We've decided that this is too lofty of an ideal choosing to impose rules and systems that shoot the odds astronomically in favor of the negative. I find the whole thing insane really and struggle to understand why then we tack on a social cost for individual failures. If you agree to go along with the madness at least take the time to be aware of it so you might empathize with your fellow man.
If we look at some of the most powerful and successful agencies/structures in the world who see and expect a 90+ percent failure rate why should we hold each other to any other expectation. I'm not insinuating we lower our standards, but sort of find our hearts again in hopes that people start taking more risks, try new things, and follow their dreams. It takes no skill or talent to criticize much more to find the good in an idea or individual with the intent of lending your resources and expertise for the greater good. There's no reward for being selfish, defensive, and uncooperative. That's reserved for the more noble among us.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
PQ
It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
PQ
Your allowed to be humiliating, degrading, and hurtful. I'm allowed to petition you to at least recognize what you say and be aware of the option you have to stop.
PQ
I used to think life was about the truth, seeking it out and calling myself to a higher version, but I no longer believe this to be the case.
We all lie either out of love or malicious intent, the trick is knowing the difference between the two. For now I really don't care, I'm content with the lie as long as your heart is in the right place.
We all lie either out of love or malicious intent, the trick is knowing the difference between the two. For now I really don't care, I'm content with the lie as long as your heart is in the right place.
PQ
It has been said that life is an experiment between survival, and whether man is good or evil. It's time to pick sides... what color will you be red, blue, or white.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
EMPATHY
It's because of empathy that I'm a mess, it allows me to feel what victims feel, to understand what ran through their mind at the time of a heinous crime and why I struggle to make decisions. It's what drives me to be a better man and what I use to become a better profiler. It's why I have trouble sleeping at night; but it's this unique ability to put myself in another persons shoes that I'm able to find the answers when no one else can.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
If you haven't guessed I'm rather good at hiding my feelings. The funny thing about feelings are the quiet way they seem to ambush us to make a wonderful mess of things. I often think people like myself should have a warning sign stamped on their forehead that reads don't come in.
Frankly I like the way things are I don't depend on anyone and no one depends on me. Free as a bird, my life's my own, but what do I really have some money in my pocket, these fancy threads, an expensive car, I'm single so no strings attached; but I don't have piece of mind and without that well you don't have anything. I keep searching for an answer to it all, you know what's it all about?
At this rate I don't think I'll ever know, I keep waiting for that one person to explain it all, but my tastes are so exquisite I can't seem to find one I like for very long. I guess I'm going to have to do it bigger and better than anyone else until that day arrives.
Frankly I like the way things are I don't depend on anyone and no one depends on me. Free as a bird, my life's my own, but what do I really have some money in my pocket, these fancy threads, an expensive car, I'm single so no strings attached; but I don't have piece of mind and without that well you don't have anything. I keep searching for an answer to it all, you know what's it all about?
At this rate I don't think I'll ever know, I keep waiting for that one person to explain it all, but my tastes are so exquisite I can't seem to find one I like for very long. I guess I'm going to have to do it bigger and better than anyone else until that day arrives.
PQ
Looks aren't everything, now I used to think this was a load of bollocks, but more and more I think there's something to it.
PQ
The few things I've learned in life are this find someone to love and live every day as if it's your last. Everything else is just standing in the way.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
I prescribe to the European philosophy... It's all about the wine and woman, or some times woman and woman which is an interesting mix up.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Thursday, April 7, 2011
PQ
Life has and remains a journey to understand oneself. To know thy self is to know the world and by playing or fulfilling different rolls you discover something new. The rest is merely a temptation or distraction from this truth.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
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AN IDEAL AMERICA BORN IN AN IMPERFECT REALITY
It would seem to me in our current state things are in the reverse, and I think it's long time we called the intellectual and society to admit a higher truth by creating clear lines between schools of thought in a Greek eccentric system.
If we democratise wealth and power, allowing for more competitors to fight over an ever shrinking pie don't we owe some obligation to protect and inform our youth? I don't particularly care how you add the numbers, any calculator can do that, but I am concerned about a persons sense of worth and character, but that's not going to change until we value it. If anything what I'm asking for promotes more competition but in a much healthier fashion.
Personally I don't think we can survive even with this small change if we continue to rely on a currency system and considering it was supposed to be abolished many, many years ago it's time to raise the stakes.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
BLUEBERRIES TO APPLES
(one bad blueberry spoils the whole bunch)
If you serve yourself blueberries by the handful, you won’t be able to inspect each one. And so just one rotten blueberry can ruin the entire bowl of cereal.
An apple is different. It’s hand picked. Pick the wrong one and it’s not such a big deal, you can just pick another. SETH GODIN
WHAT DO PEOPLE WANT?
Monday, April 4, 2011
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Why shouldn't reality be stranger than fiction, fiction after all has to make sense.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
QUOTE OF THE DAY
If you ask me to pass the salt, I'm going to hand you a bowl of soup, because it works better.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Friday, April 1, 2011
CALLING RELIGION TO A HIGHER STANDARD
How these ministers stand before their so called "flock of sheep" (what an ironic term by the way) and preach this watered down children's book and believe what their doing is some how good is amazing. If you feel the need to build these ever growing religion complexes filled with plasma TVs and coffee shops at least teach the people that rely on you every Sunday some valuable information. Go into the theology, philosophy, and thinking behind the message and not just the convenient fluff.
It's funny that you believe your doing anything other than setting them up for failure, and if you really cared you would be arming them with the truth. Unfortunately I don't think there's any room at this point for religion to grow beyond the superficial because of your entrenched positions and that to me is a great shame.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
If you wish to get ahead you must first journey through the past; discover what age old argument continues to be waged and you've learned all you need to know.
A PROVERS STATE
More and more I find myself taking great umbrage with the perverse state of our political system. It's as if our nobly appointed men and woman have forgotten the ideals in which they were forged from. Choosing to indulge in petty squabbling like lowly animals, and behaving like spoiled children. You are supposed to be representing an ideal world with the intent of raising the rest of society to the same state, and yet I see no action or real attempt to educate. It seems as though all of you are content at the level of transcendence you have managed to reach, giving in to such lesser sectors as the symbolic snake. I'm disgusted by the grotesque show of weakness and castration of perfection. It has brought me great sadness to see how quickly we've been willing to abandon our dreams, hopes, and beliefs.
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