"One consiousness, shared by many people.
One universe, shared on many planes.
One cause, experienced in many ways.
One life, ad infinitum.
One Love" -Vanessa Los
Expanding and contracting, getting lost and finding myself.
Breaking through gate-keepers, talking to risk-takers, surpassing expectations, knowledge, theories
Figuring things out, writing, the infinite possibilities of the stock market.
Nature, quiet, darkness, the night sky, thinking i'm funny and making myself laugh hysterically, running, 24 hour fitness, caffieine.
Going back east to see family and friends, the smell of fall.
Thinking, watching people being introduced to new concepts and opening themselves up to the possibilities that they hold, new ideas, coming up with original ways of seeing things, debate.
Advertising, research, philosophy, research, physics, research, psychology, research, politics, research, astrology, research and spirituality.
The brain is a muscle, don't forget to excercise it or it will become full of the useless crap the media and our environment pours into it. The media is great for entertainment, but seek knowledge elsewhere. (www.adbusters.org) Then the conspiracist in me says, EVERYONE has their agenda...
J. Krishnamurti, Noam Chomsky, Bill Hicks, Nietzsche and Robert Greene
"The world is like a ride at an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it, you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills and it's very brightly coloured and it's very loud and it's fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time, and they begin to question: Is this real, or is this just a ride? And other people have remembered, and they come back to us, they say, 'Hey – don't worry, don't be afraid ever, because this is just a ride ...' And we ... kill those people. Ha ha, 'Shut him up. We have a lot invested in this ride. Shut him up. Look at my furrows of worry. Look at my big bank account and my family. This just has to be real.' It's just a ride. But we always kill those good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok. But it doesn't matter, because – it's just a ride. And we can change it anytime we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings and money. A choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead, spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would pay for many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace. Thank you very much, you've been great." [several gunshots ring out, Bill mimes being hit and falls to floor, motionless.] (Onstage closing comments of Bill Hicks's Revelations special from 1993)
"I haven't failed. I've identified 10,000 ways this doesn’t work." Thomas Edison
"The first step to becoming a more peaceful person is to have the humility to admit that, in most cases, you're creating your own emergencies. Life will usually go on if things don't go according to plan. It's helpful to keep reminding yourself and repeating the sentence, "Life isn't an emergency".
Richard Carlson, PH. D, from the book "Don't Sweat the
Small Stuff..."
“The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It's the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun."
Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit." Aristotle
"Leap and the net will appear."
Julia Cameron
"All the wonders you seek are within yourself." Sir Thomas Brown
Just never forget, life is a ride... and always remember if you find yourself starting to fear its magnitude, as a friend once said "if it gets too bad, you can always kill yourself", and, hopefully, you realize how stupid your fear is in the scheme of things throw caution to the wind and start LIVING...
Alicia Gatto, Interpol, Siouxsie, The Potbelleez, Brad Walsh, Frankie Chan, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Massive Attack, Imogen Heap, PJ Harvey, Moby, Chemical Brothers, Enigma, Robert Miles, Prodigy, Korn, Jeff Buckley, Sarah McLaughlin, Stevie Nicks, fre.ne.tik, Tori Amos, Silversun Pickups, She Wants Revenge, Linkin Park, Nirvana, Travis T. Warren, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tool, Perfect Circle, Bush, STP, Sixx:A.M., Yung Mars, Mary J Blige, Angie Stone, Dead Prez, Common, Dieselboy, Hip Hop, and Breakbeats. Junglists everywhere.
Lost and Delerious, Gia*, Garden State, Requiem for a Dream, Crash, What the Bleep do we Know, Manufacturing Consent, Fahrenheit 9/11, Bowling for Columbine, Downfall, Bloodsport**, Like Water for Chocolate*, Shadow Boxers, Million Dollar Baby, Brokeback Mountain, Hustle & Flow, The Professional**, Point of No Return**, The Last Temptation of Christ, V for Vendetta, Apocolypto, Grindhouse (suprisingly)
*watched more than 100x
**watched more than 1000x
L word, Law and Order CSI and SVU, Discovery documentaries and Animal Planet's Most Extreme. Anything with a political tone that lets me argue with the screen until the people around me get pissed off.
This Light in Oneself, every J Krishnamurti work ever written, The 48 Laws of Power, 11 Minutes, The Celestine Prophecy, The Portable Therapist, Its Not How Good You Are It's How Good You Want to Be...
Be your own.