Posted in gratitude, mysticcult on October 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »
It’s Halloween today. Make sure to remember your ancestors and give them a good hello.
Now, maybe you might say, “Hey! That’s crazy. I don’t need to be talking to myself.”
Well, okay, if that’s how you take it. But here’s a question for you.
If you could talk to your ancestors or give them some thanks, what [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on October 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
We’ll be relocating shop to a different url very soon. More details to come. Watch for it.
Posted in media, mis-education vs. raw learning on October 30, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Well, Google, the company with the famous tagline “Don’t be Evil” is beginning to show it’s true colors more and more. Like, say, disappearing cryptogon articles from its search results.
Check out the full story at cryptogon.
Also, see commentary at Pop Occulture.
Posted in media, politics on October 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Maverick Muslim author Michael Muhammed Knight, who I interviewed awhile back about his book The Five Percenters, is being sued by another Muslim writer, Asma Gull Hasan, because she thinks Knight encouraged a punk band to write a song about her being slutty or something. She also thinks he defamed her by portraying [...]
Posted in Consciousness & Alternate Perception, everyday life, pointing at The Big Something, positive aphoristics, pro-peace/pro-people on October 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
You can admire the chutzpah and strategic skill of certain groups and individuals without necessarily needing to worship what they *do* with their skill and chutzpah.
There’s a line in The Magus where Conchis (the Mage) says something along the lines of people shouldn’t blame Hitler for having had the balls to play the villain. That’s [...]
Posted in Personal Speculation, hypnosis, media, propaganda on October 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
All I can say, is that the heavy-handedness of the symbolism of the top news story as it appeared on Yahoo’s home page at 1am EST today is astounding. Mayhaps this is the kind of subliminal messaging that Jeff Wells mentioned US APFC Eugene Dinkin came to believe was placed inside news stories of [...]
Posted in sub cult-sure on October 28, 2007 | 3 Comments »
That was the top search that brought folks to this site yesterday, for some reason. Maybe it’s because of the ol’ Fellowship of Friends thing (my encounters recounted here and here, plus some cult musings here and here). Pretty good question. My knee-jerk answer is, well, yes. Of course, cults feel [...]
Posted in everyday life, positive aphoristics, pro-peace/pro-people on October 26, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Bad habits are like little kids. If you present an opening, they will run all over you. It’s not malicious. It’s just what they do, they don’t know any better.
But guess what.
It’s up to you to teach them to behave better. You don’t have to be angry about it. In fact, getting angry at them [...]
Posted in positive aphoristics, pro-peace/pro-people on October 26, 2007 | No Comments »
Katrina=Water
California=Fire
???= Ice
Pause. Let go of fear. Let go of fatalism. Let go of the way these events are framed, to attach you to negative emotions and debase you. Let all that go. Connect to compassion. Connect to an awareness of the beauty, wonder and fragility of life. Connect to [...]
Posted in Consciousness & Alternate Perception, conspiracy poetics on October 25, 2007 | No Comments »
Here’s an interesting ditty on a phenomenon called “glurge,” via Snopes.
In case you don’t know, which I didn’t what glurge refers to, here’s their definition:
[G]lurge is the sending of inspirational (often supposedly “true” 
tales that conceal much darker meanings than the uplifting moral lessons they purport to offer, and that undermine their messages by fabricating [...]
