Quote for the Day
"For the world is not an illusion of the mind in the sense that- to the eyes of the liberated man- there is nothing to be seen but a trackless void. He see's the world that we see; but he does not mark it off, measure it, divide it in the same way. He does not look upon it as really or concretely broken down into seperate things and events. He sees that the skin may just as well be regarded as what joins us to our environment as what separates us from it. He sees, furthermore, that the skin will be considered as joining only if it has first been considered as separating, or vice versa."
Alan Watts - The Way of Zen
Good luck with this
GhostDog
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Are you ready for the HERE and NOW
What is today? –NOW-
What is yesterday? –History and memories, they no longer exist-
What is tomorrow? –Dreams and thoughts that take you away from NOW-
Where am I? –HERE-
There is nothing else other than the HERE and NOW, enjoy it because it is already in the past and we cannot relive the past and we cannot live in the future, so make the best of it RIGHT NOW, RIGHT HERE because yesterday and a minute ago no longer exist and you might not make it to tomorrow.
Good Luck
GhostDog
What is yesterday? –History and memories, they no longer exist-
What is tomorrow? –Dreams and thoughts that take you away from NOW-
Where am I? –HERE-
There is nothing else other than the HERE and NOW, enjoy it because it is already in the past and we cannot relive the past and we cannot live in the future, so make the best of it RIGHT NOW, RIGHT HERE because yesterday and a minute ago no longer exist and you might not make it to tomorrow.
Good Luck
GhostDog
Monday, September 7, 2009
Hero of the Day
Metallica – Hero of the Day
Mama, they try and break me.
The window burns to light the way back home
A light that warms no matter where they've gone.
They're off to find the hero of the day
But what if they should fall by someone's wicked way?
Still the window burns, time so slowly turns
Someone there is sighing
Keepers of the flames
Do you feel your names?
Do you hear your babies crying?
Mama they try and break me
Still they try and break me
'Scuse me while I tend to how I feel
These things return to me that still seem real
Now deservingly this easy chair
But the rocking stops by wheels of despair
Don't want your aid
But the fist I've made for years won't hold or feel
No I'm not all me
So please excuse me while I tend to how I fell
But now the dreams and waking screams that ever last through the night
So build the wall behind it crawl and hide until it's light
Can you hear your babies crying now?
Still the window burns Time so slowly turns
And someone there is sighing
Keepers of the flames, can't you feel your names?
Can't you hear your babies crying?
But now the dreams and waking screams that ever last the night
So build a wall behind it crawl And hide until it's light
So can't you hear your babies crying now?
Mama they try and break me, Mama they try and break me, Mama they try and break me Mama they try
mama they try
Mama they try and break me, Mama they try and break me, Mama they try and break me, Mama they try and break me, Mama they try and break me, Mama they try and break me Mama they try
Mama they try
NOTES: I heard this song while I was running yesterday, not by choice; I just came across Metallica on my IPOD and decided to hit play. Now the first song rocked and it was good to get started because I really wasn’t up for the run but, that is the best time to run … when you have to have self discipline and commitment to get something done that you don’t want to do. It is a form of discipline that some many people in today’s society lack. So many have no strength and discipline and all they seek is comfort and weakness found in the niceties of life. Soft pillows, carpeted floors, lazy boy recliners, remote controls, and the list goes on. Sure I indulge in some comfort but for the most part my life is simple and comfort falls more in line with the natural law of economy of motion and conservation of energy. So I sit on lightly padded wooden furniture that is not the most comfortable in the world but each time I sit or lay down I am reminded that a Warriors life should be uncomfortable and disciplined so as not to create laziness and weakness. Anyway … so on my run the song switches from “Aint my Bitch” to “Hero of the day” and the music itself is interesting as it moves from smooth to harsh and the transition itself is musical excellence. And then the lyric “Mama they try and break me” and I think to myself how often in a day people try to break me of my Warrior spirit with drama and nonsense. If people could just live life day to day, hour to hour, minute to minute and not let their own useless thoughts cloud their judgments or blurt out useless dribble about nothing, how simple life would be. If they would just stop thinking, who cares about the thoughts that pop into your head, they are just passing clouds with no context. In theory they don’t even exist, other than in yours or their own mind. Who cares if Jack hates Jill or Jill called Jane a bitch, it just don’t matter. We should be either doing or not doing, not thinking! Does a deer sit and wonder if the other deer like them or not or how their hair looks today or that it is raining and it is a dreary day. Nope they just do what they have to do.
Ok … now on too “The window burns to light the way back home” … home is where you are always welcome and if you don’t have a welcome place to return to … a centering place, a place to feel grounded and relaxed then one can become lost physically or spiritually.
“But what if they should fall by someone's wicked way?” The world is an evil wicked and dangerous place, temptation is everywhere. It is there to steer us away from the road of the righteous and down the path of following our own egos. The many would like us to be like them, self serving and self concerning. The path of the Warrior is through service to others not to serve ourselves. It is easy (weak) to be lead astray.
All in all this song stirs many emotions in me and I felt I had to comment on it because it is stuck in my head.
Bye
GhostDog
Mama, they try and break me.
The window burns to light the way back home
A light that warms no matter where they've gone.
They're off to find the hero of the day
But what if they should fall by someone's wicked way?
Still the window burns, time so slowly turns
Someone there is sighing
Keepers of the flames
Do you feel your names?
Do you hear your babies crying?
Mama they try and break me
Still they try and break me
'Scuse me while I tend to how I feel
These things return to me that still seem real
Now deservingly this easy chair
But the rocking stops by wheels of despair
Don't want your aid
But the fist I've made for years won't hold or feel
No I'm not all me
So please excuse me while I tend to how I fell
But now the dreams and waking screams that ever last through the night
So build the wall behind it crawl and hide until it's light
Can you hear your babies crying now?
Still the window burns Time so slowly turns
And someone there is sighing
Keepers of the flames, can't you feel your names?
Can't you hear your babies crying?
But now the dreams and waking screams that ever last the night
So build a wall behind it crawl And hide until it's light
So can't you hear your babies crying now?
Mama they try and break me, Mama they try and break me, Mama they try and break me Mama they try
mama they try
Mama they try and break me, Mama they try and break me, Mama they try and break me, Mama they try and break me, Mama they try and break me, Mama they try and break me Mama they try
Mama they try
NOTES: I heard this song while I was running yesterday, not by choice; I just came across Metallica on my IPOD and decided to hit play. Now the first song rocked and it was good to get started because I really wasn’t up for the run but, that is the best time to run … when you have to have self discipline and commitment to get something done that you don’t want to do. It is a form of discipline that some many people in today’s society lack. So many have no strength and discipline and all they seek is comfort and weakness found in the niceties of life. Soft pillows, carpeted floors, lazy boy recliners, remote controls, and the list goes on. Sure I indulge in some comfort but for the most part my life is simple and comfort falls more in line with the natural law of economy of motion and conservation of energy. So I sit on lightly padded wooden furniture that is not the most comfortable in the world but each time I sit or lay down I am reminded that a Warriors life should be uncomfortable and disciplined so as not to create laziness and weakness. Anyway … so on my run the song switches from “Aint my Bitch” to “Hero of the day” and the music itself is interesting as it moves from smooth to harsh and the transition itself is musical excellence. And then the lyric “Mama they try and break me” and I think to myself how often in a day people try to break me of my Warrior spirit with drama and nonsense. If people could just live life day to day, hour to hour, minute to minute and not let their own useless thoughts cloud their judgments or blurt out useless dribble about nothing, how simple life would be. If they would just stop thinking, who cares about the thoughts that pop into your head, they are just passing clouds with no context. In theory they don’t even exist, other than in yours or their own mind. Who cares if Jack hates Jill or Jill called Jane a bitch, it just don’t matter. We should be either doing or not doing, not thinking! Does a deer sit and wonder if the other deer like them or not or how their hair looks today or that it is raining and it is a dreary day. Nope they just do what they have to do.
Ok … now on too “The window burns to light the way back home” … home is where you are always welcome and if you don’t have a welcome place to return to … a centering place, a place to feel grounded and relaxed then one can become lost physically or spiritually.
“But what if they should fall by someone's wicked way?” The world is an evil wicked and dangerous place, temptation is everywhere. It is there to steer us away from the road of the righteous and down the path of following our own egos. The many would like us to be like them, self serving and self concerning. The path of the Warrior is through service to others not to serve ourselves. It is easy (weak) to be lead astray.
All in all this song stirs many emotions in me and I felt I had to comment on it because it is stuck in my head.
Bye
GhostDog
Friday, September 4, 2009
Fight for some Underdogs ANYWAY!!!
I have seen this many places and with many claims to authorship ... that being said, it doesnt really matter who wrote it, it is the lesson that counts ... so this will be an Author Unknown.
Life is tough and right isnt always right, as a matter of fact, worng is often what gets the main event, the Friday night lights, the main stage, this does not make it right. This is for all those tough son of a bitches out there who work thier asses off day in and day out and get no reward or recognition for it! Keep it up you are the TRUE WARRIORS.
Life is tough and right isnt always right, as a matter of fact, worng is often what gets the main event, the Friday night lights, the main stage, this does not make it right. This is for all those tough son of a bitches out there who work thier asses off day in and day out and get no reward or recognition for it! Keep it up you are the TRUE WARRIORS.
ANYWAY
People quite often are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered.
LOVE THEM ANYWAY!
If you do good, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
DO GOOD ANYWAY!
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and true enemies.
SUCCEED ANYWAY!
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
DO GOOD ANYWAY!
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
BE HONEST AND FRANK ANYWAY!
The biggest people with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest people with the smallest minds.
THINK BIG ANYWAY!
People favor underdogs, but follow only top dogs.
FIGHT FOR SOME UNDERDOGS ANYWAY!
What you spend years building may be destroyed over night.
BUILD ANYWAY!
People really need help, but may attack you if you help them.
HELP THEM ANYWAY!
Give the world the best you have and you might get kicked in the teeth.
GIVE THE WORLD THE BEST YOU GOT ANYWAY!
People quite often are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered.
LOVE THEM ANYWAY!
If you do good, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
DO GOOD ANYWAY!
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and true enemies.
SUCCEED ANYWAY!
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
DO GOOD ANYWAY!
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
BE HONEST AND FRANK ANYWAY!
The biggest people with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest people with the smallest minds.
THINK BIG ANYWAY!
People favor underdogs, but follow only top dogs.
FIGHT FOR SOME UNDERDOGS ANYWAY!
What you spend years building may be destroyed over night.
BUILD ANYWAY!
People really need help, but may attack you if you help them.
HELP THEM ANYWAY!
Give the world the best you have and you might get kicked in the teeth.
GIVE THE WORLD THE BEST YOU GOT ANYWAY!
GO UNDERDOGS!!!!!
GhostDog
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