4 noble truths

in consideration of the buddha's ideas and my humble ignorance, i present this interpretation of the 4 noble truths.

1. Life sucks
2. You make it suck
3. It doesn't have to suck
4. Here is how not to suck

maybe this is accurate, maybe not, but i will continue to contemplate the teachings of the buddha.

smiles!!!

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Happy Earth Day

People will be celebrating by driving their Hummers, protesting Exxon, and eating Buffalo Burgers. No matter what, look around and enjoy. It is the world, great and small, both mine and yours. Here since the beginning and gone when it's over. Simply look within and outside yourself and enjoy what's before you here in the now. Celebrate life, yours, the life around you, and especially the life pulsating under your feet. A great green gift this third rock from the sun :-)

King Kong's meaning

yeap, one more movie remake. i heard last night from the president of the academy of oscar that what matters most in movies is the story and was mirrored by several actors. what i can't understand is why so many movies are remakes? someone said to me recently that a good story is worth telling twice. how true! however, does this formula also hold true in today's block buster mentality? is it necessary to add the latest technological "break through" to every compelling drama, action packed adventure, and spine chilling suspense? consider george lucas's additions and changes to his great epics. what was added to the story line? how was that improved? worthy questions indeed which may be of no consequence when we all frequent the latest and greatest addtion to movie fanfare.

what might be worth noting is the reaction offered up by my 7 year old daughter who never saw the original or 1st remake of the kong trilogy. she saw this scarred, brutish monster of skull island as "cute". she seemed to get the movie and its deeper meanings, if indeed there are any, when she commented on how kong's nose looked like a heart when the nostrils were fully flared. perhaps to her and anyone taking something special from the story, it doesn't matter if there are two or three versions of the story. perhaps it is the story that continues on.

question of the day

Is Curling a sport?

High School U2

Funny what I heard the other day at the high school I work in. This girl asked me if I liked U2. Saying I used to, she indicated that she too liked the band in the past yet now believes that the group particularly the lead singer is a publicity hound. She further stated that "Bono would talk to a cardboard box if he thought that it was paying attention to him." Funny! I laughed quit a bit and just had to post this jem of an observation. Cool beans!!!

Looks like FUN

but he worked at it for over an hour and still hadn't made it out on the gulf

Yes I did swim here!!!

In relation to Jeff Koons

something i heard in relation to Jeff Koon's work; "...it is art, but what difference does it make?"

i do not necessarily agree with the critic's overall view of the artist, yet he makes a valid point. one that might need to be applied to much more than just art but art necessarily.

"What is Art" by Leo Tolstoy

Art is a human activity consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of certain external signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived through, and that other people are infected by these feelings and also experience them.

marilyn manson's definition

"art is a question mark that should never be answered."

i accually like this even if it doesn't answer the question or provide a better understanding.

http://www.marilynmanson.com/

1st definition of art

objectification of an individual's momentary quasi-real, partially formulated, cognitive grasping of imagery towards an ever changing, accidental, qualitative randomness.

been a long time!!!

amazing how time flies. just amazing. and the things that come up, that get in the way, that simply must be done, all culminate into time taking charge and it all getting away from you.

i have not written in some time and need to get back at it. i haven't even written on paper in the mist of boredom, because things seemed to take on greater importance. what can be be greater than writing? what can better greater than creativity? lots and nothing.

it is simply important to make time for ALL that can and needs to be accomplished. so, i shall make time...

More on the Four Noble Truths

The Four Noble Truths

Life means suffering.
The origin of suffering is attachment.
The cessation of suffering is attainable.
The path to the cessation of suffering

Go Here! because it's where I "copy and paste"ed from.

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~ Beauty ~

~ Possibilities ~

Today's thoughts

“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation” ~Oscar Wilde~

“One’s real life is often the life that one does not lead.” ~Oscar Wilde~

“Uh! Open your eyes and look within. Are you satisfied (with the life you’re living)? Uh!” ~Bob Marley~

A book I started reading the beginnings of January, 2004 contained two basic precepts by which to live your life. 1) Help others 2) Do no harm to others this second necessary only if you couldn’t complete the first. What a great way to live life. This is what I ought to do!!!

“Need to listen to the music in my life. Go with the flow, feel the rhythm, move to the beat.” ~Me~

Forms of prayer are defined as follows:

1. Blessing


2. Petition


3. Intercession


4. Thanksgiving


5. Praise

Part four: Christian Prayer Article 3 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church

What prayer is is defined as follows:

1. God’s gift


2. Covenant


3. Communion

Part four: Cristian Prayer Section 1 Prayer in the Christian life

These are my musts:

1. Reorient my thoughts and feelings


2. Be kind and compassionate


3. Not hate


4. Be slow to anger


5. Be patient


6. More understanding

“Our mundane concerns. Like and dislike, gain and loss, praise and blame, fame and disgrace: these are the eight mundane concerns which condition our existence.” His Holiness The Dalai Lama

I watched two movies tonight, Platoon and Philadelphia, both Great flicks. I’d like to share the one moment that really struck home. After Tom Hank’s has his party in celebration of him, he and Denzel are sitting down attempting to discuss Tom’s testimony. Well Tom isn’t into it; instead, he is riveted by a particular operetta playing in the background. This is my favorite part of the movie. The color, the slanting of the camera angles, the wide eyed expression of Denzel and the closed eyed contemplation of Tom as he describes the operetta piece. It would seem that he has a clear and present understanding of how life presents itself in all of its subtle and magnificent, mundane and tragic, happenstances of existence while traversing birth, life, and death. Everyone facing uncertainty and indecision should watch this well acted performance to gain perhaps a little deeper insight into their own presence.