~
sasquatch in my breakfast cereal. -- fred t. hamster
~
-"what i say is unimportant." -- david w andrews
-"i'll keep that in mind." -- chris koeritz
+"what i say is unimportant." -- JDB
+"i'll keep that in mind." -- fred
~
"are Israelis Catholic?" -- christine kelly
~
it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
-- Thomas Alva Edison
~
-Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. -- Benjamin Franklin
-~
When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus,
it should be made clear that the circus was already there, and that TV
has merely demonstrated that not all the performers are well trained.
~
Perfect nonviolence is the highest bravery. -- Mahatma Gandhi
~
-There never was a good war or a bad peace. -- Benjamin Franklin
-~
There's no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing
good in war. Except its ending.
-- Abraham Lincoln
Nature provides a free lunch, but only if we control our appetites.
-- William Ruckelshaus
~
-Those who get too big for their briches will be exposed in the end. -- Anon.
+Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end. -- Anon.
~
"We're not talking about the same thing," he said. "For you the world is weird
because if you're not bored with it you're at odds with it. For me the world
that the manifest truths may shine free.
-- fred t. hamster
~
+Anybody can become angry--that is easy; but to be angry with the right person,
+and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and
+in the right way--that is not within everybody's power; that is not easy.
+ -- Aristotle
+~
+Mindfulness can evolve into an experience of attending to the world with the
+world, not only infusing the body with more aliveness but also transforming
+the entire world into a field of aliveness. Yes, biological aliveness has
+always already been there, but every time I bring breath attention to it, I
+augment and refine it. It's like the difference between watering a
+houseplant and attending to it with a "green thumb." It's not quite
+clear what a green thumb is. Some people have it, some people don't. Maybe
+we can describe it as a mixture of extra nourishment and something intangible
+like attention, love, and care. For the houseplant, the green thumb is the
+difference between surviving and thriving. Mindfulness practice can have that
+effect on your life.
+ -- Christian Dillo, from "The Path of Aliveness: A Contemporary Zen Approach
+ to Awakening Body and Mind", published by Shambhala Publications
+~
+There never was a good war nor a bad peace.
+ -- Benjamin Franklin
+~
+Those who in quarrels interpose, must often wipe a bloody nose.
+ -- Benjamin Franklin
+~
+He that speaks much, is much mistaken.
+ -- Benjamin Franklin
+~
+To find out a girl's faults, praise her to her girl friends.
+ -- Benjamin Franklin
+~
+The cat in gloves catches no mice.
+ -- Benjamin Franklin
+~
+Does thou love life?
+Then do not squander time;
+for that's the stuff life is made of.
+ -- Benjamin Franklin
+~
+There can't be good living where there is not good drinking.
+ -- Benjamin Franklin
+~
+To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.
+ -- Benjamin Franklin
+~
+Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
+ -- Benjamin Franklin
+~
+I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our
+country; he is a bird of bad moral character; like those among men who live by
+sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. The turkey
+is a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America.
+ -- Benjamin Franklin
+~
+Energy and persistence conquer all things.
+ -- Benjamin Franklin
+~
+Benjamin Franklin's Thirteen Virtues
+
+Temperance
+ + moderation in food and drink
+Silence
+ + mentioning only important matters
+Order
+ + proper organization of time and space
+Resolution
+ + accomplishing one's responsibilities
+Frugality
+ + purchasing only worthwhile items and wasting nothing
+Industry
+ + making the most of one's time and energy
+Sincerity
+ + being honest and forthright
+Justice
+ + practicing impartiality and refusing to wrong others
+Moderation
+ + avoiding extremes
+Cleanliness
+ + using good hygiene under sanitary conditions
+Tranquility
+ + remaining calm and composed despite life's obstacles
+Chastity
+ + refusing to allow sex to interfere with one's life
+Humility
+ + avoiding excess pride and haughtiness
+~
+In general, visualizing the projection and absorption of light takes place in
+the following way. First, light streams forth from the mantra chain in the
+heart center and emerges from the crown protuberance, the hair between the
+eyebrows, the tongue, the endless knot at the heart center, the pores of the
+skin, and other such places. The light pervades all the realms in the ten
+directions, such as our present billionfold world system. At the tip of the
+light rays are an inconceivable number of male and female bodhisattvas who
+bring forth offering clouds, songs of praise, showers of flowers, and streams
+of perfume. They make these offerings to all the buddhas and bodhisattvas and
+sing their praises, entreating them to accomplish the welfare of sentient
+beings. They all then assume the form of yidam deities of various sizes and
+appearances, arising as a display that guides those in need. Then all the
+deities project divine bodies and light from their navels, secret places,
+hips, knees, soles of their feet with thousand-spoked wheels, and other such
+places. This display utterly fills the entire world, which resounds with the
+sound of mantra. In this way, the karmic actions, disturbing emotions, and
+deluded perceptions, along with all habitual tendencies, of all six types of
+beings in the three realms are purified, like frost melted by sunlight.
+Everyone transforms into the form of the yidam deity and the mantra resounds
+on its own, humming like bees from a broken hive.
+ -- Kunkyen Tenpe Nyima, from "Vajra Wisdom: Deity Practice in Tibetan
+ Buddhism by Shechen Gyaltsap IV"
+~
+the code for the body is written in DNA.
+the code for the soul is written in music.
+ -- fred t. hamster
+~
+i am the universe,
+and the universe is me,
+but we don't have an exclusive.
+ -- fred t. hamster
+~
+time flies like an arrow.
+fruit flies like a banana.
+ -- Anthony Oettinger
+~
+Time Flies Like an Arrow
+An Ode to Oettinger
+
+Now, thin fruit flies like thunderstorms,
+And thin farm boys like farm girls narrow;
+And tax firm men like fat tax forms--
+But time flies like an arrow.
+When tax forms tax all firm men's souls,
+While farm girls slim their boyfriends' flanks;
+That's when the murd'rous thunder rolls--
+And thins the fruit flies ranks.
+Like tossed bananas in the skies,
+The thin fruit flies like common yarrow;
+Then's the time to time the time flies--
+Like the time flies like an arrow.
+ -- Edison B. Schroeder (1966)
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