Journal created:
on 28 October 2002 (#755962)
Updated:
on 3 January 2004
Location:
portland, Afghanistan
"The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible." - albert einstein
i never really understood these biographies. they never really say anything about the person that anybody cares about. i guess we can find common interests in knowing that you went to the same school 10 years ago as i did, but i'd rather find a common bond through ideas that may or may not ever be expressed through words.
i am a lonely ghost walking streets at night and watching those that for all intents and purposes are dead, white static fused to their eyes and hands that function as time cards.
i want to burn myself out like a meteor entering the earth's atmosphere. an uncontrollable path that seems predetermined. the will to recognize our need for happiness and love over anything else. standing on edges of madness to truly see life. to touch both sides of the story. a collective conscience embedded in us all.
There can be no understanding between the hand and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator.
i want to touch you, to feel you beyond trivial designations of who we are defined by society. i want to see you tremble at the thought of something new growing inside of you. i want you to feel it, to feel hope and be inspired by it to reach out to others.
i want to be remembered, as something of a fleeting memory that you can't quite grasp but it leaves you with a small smile on your face.
yet ghosts are seldom known outside of the heart and the heart is seldom known.
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communication, the most important thing. appreciation, motivation, i am breathing... moving. all of this (remember), never forget. all of this i promise. love always, your friend. (you have changed my life)
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some say that my teachings are nonsense.
others call it lofty but impractical.
but to those that have looked inside themselves,
this nonsense makes perfect sense.
and to those who put it into practice,
this loftiness has roots that go deep.
i have three things to teach:
simplicity, patience, compassion.
these three are our greatest treasures.
simple in actions and thoughts,
you return to the source of being.
patient with both friends and enemies,
you accord with the way things are.
compassionate toward yourself,
you reconcile all beings in the world.
tao te ching - chapter 67
i'm currently in love with life. you can gather what you want from the interests below, but keep in mind that they are merely "interests". i am not a fan of labeling oneself.
please comment, please interact, please communicate.
this place is safe for everyone. if you make remarks degrading any group of people, you'll be banned without warning. it's not amusing, it's not shocking, and i could care less about your "context." liberation starts with ourselves and language is an easy place to start.
so many smug faces left to smash
so many private jets left to crash
and metal fingers can still grasp
a multiplicity of munitions
the devil has a name, a face
a family, friends, and a parking space
people get ready...
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