Beware Of Maya

Sitting back, putting my feet up, staring at the fire   Wondering why some people can't seem to be happy unless they're angry about something, anything, as long as its worthy, like "saving the planet". Or battling "hate speech". Wondering why some folks spend so much time worrying about who loves whom, worrying about people who operate "outside the rules". Worrying about X's & Y's and the proper alignments. They cannot be happy for folks who found love, if it ain't the kind of love they approve of. How many new pills are invented each year? How many commercials for pills are run every day across the major & minor networks? It seems a virulent form of antisemitism has taken hold in a large percentage of the under 50 crowd. Its truly disturbing. The source is readily apparent and repugnant. Accademia has become a toxic sludge seeping in like cold lava, burying truth behind euphemisms and poisonous agendas. They have slowly but con...

Beautiful thunder from the mountains  Mellifluous distractions in a pharmacy world, float from the Teevee, the phone...The air, the chainsaw philosophy of the herd's safety, adherence to the vibe, feet on the ground, reaching for moksha, searching, beseeching! Thunder from the mountain; Beware of Maya. Francis of Assisi and Bo Bo Brazil were smoking papaya in search of a thrill gaining much speed as they rolled down the hill, Cremo was screaming, his voice getting shrill, "There's always a way, one must have the will" The priest walked in, impeccably dressed, taking notes, who was blessed, dismissing the rest, they failed the test When the priestess arrived, she was scantily clad, incredibly sad, she wanted it bad And the people bowed and prayed danced and sang Proud to have direction, love from a god they could understand, Mellifluous distractions. ,

INTO THE MYSTIC   Several thousand years ago a man known as Jesus lived & was crucified for preaching dangerous ideas. Some believe he conquered death and rose again and ascended bodily into heaven. Hmmm (we'll get back to this).   Whatever the status of his "divinity", it is a fact that his life, and the philosophy he espoused has had a HUGE influence on the development of Western Civilization. There are billions of Christians across the globe, some of whom risk literally everything just by believing as they do. Here in the USA, there are a confusing number of denominations, each of which tweaks the story, alters interpretations, but mainly they're pretty much the same.    The world Jesus was born into was a complicated one, an often violent one, as various tribes and belief systems tried to learn to live side-by-side. The Elders of Judea were not impressed by this young upstart. They feared him. They loathed him. They conspired against him. But the Roman Overlo...

History ain't gonna be kind to us, folks. In the twenty-fourth year of the twenty-first century we lost our collective minds. And there's no going back. Some third rate prophet dancing through Hamlin, obliterating gender, weaving truths out of whole cloth, demanding fealty.  Leaders follow the rabid, yowling, snapping harridans, and boneless shadows of men. Hidden faces in secret places inventing news to scare us with stories of privilage and resentment, fictional facts, flights of nefarious fancy.

    I stroll though this echoing crypt,  not even bothering to call out names any more.  Its sad...nothing is as we would have it...but it rarely is......... ".....and somebody points to you and says 'its his'. And you say "what's mine?" and somebody else says "Where what is?  the answer of course is music..... "I have no pleasure in any man who despises music. It is no invention of ours: it is a gift of God. I place it next to theology. Satan hates music: he knows how it drives the evil spirit out of us."   Martin Luther

  Zombie Alert!! ........They're everywhere, all around us.  They move about like you and I, they laugh, cry, walk, talk and think like you and I.  But they're.....different...possibly dangerous...or else they'd be down-right humorous. But make no mistake...they are here and they are real. The danger is....certain words or phrases.... innocent enough at face value...can & does cause a cerebral short circuit with symptoms that mirror rabies and Tourette Syndrome. There will be mouth-foaming, teeth-gnashing, wild-eyed hysteria, and vile, vulgar inanities, insults, slurs and slanders. The transformation is startling. One minute you're speaking with a calm, rational human being, having a delightful conversation and then you say the wrong word and it begins.  The fluttering eyelashes and bubbles at the sides of the mouth are the first signs...and just like that... the calm rational person from a moment ago has been replaced by a screaming bans...