what when then and now
bad karma?
abandonment, renunciation, SHROUDING
self-portrait
IN THE SUFFERING.
Friedrich Nietzsche
TO LIVE IS TO SUFFER, TO SURVIVE IS, TO FIND SOME MEANING
THE JAM: GOING UNDERGROUND LYRICS:
Some people might say my life is in a rut,
But I'm quite happy with what I got
People might say that I should strive for more,
But I'm so happy I can't see the point.
Somethings happening here today
A show of strength with your boy's brigade and,
I'm so happy and you're so kind
You want more money - of course I don't mind
To buy nuclear textbooks for atomic crimes
And the public gets what the public wants
But I want nothing this society's got.
[Chorus]
I'm going underground, (going underground)
Well the brass bands play and feet start to pound
Going underground, (going underground)
Well let the boys all sing and the boys all shout for tomorrow
Some people might get some pleasure out of hate
Me, I've enough already on my plate
People might need some tension to relax
[Me?] I'm too busy dodging between the flak
What you see is what you get
You've made your bed, you better lie in it
You choose your leaders and place your trust
As their lies wash you down and their promises rust
You'll see kidney machines replaced by rockets and guns
And the public wants what the public gets
But I don't get what this society wants
[Chorus]
We talk and talk until my head explodes
I turn on the news and my body froze
The braying sheep on my TV screen
Make this boy shout, make this boy scream!
Going underground, I'm going underground!
Songwriters: WELLER, PAUL JOHN Going Underground lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Some people might say my life is in a rut,
But I'm quite happy with what I got
People might say that I should strive for more,
But I'm so happy I can't see the point.
Somethings happening here today
A show of strength with your boy's brigade and,
I'm so happy and you're so kind
You want more money - of course I don't mind
To buy nuclear textbooks for atomic crimes
And the public gets what the public wants
But I want nothing this society's got.
[Chorus]
I'm going underground, (going underground)
Well the brass bands play and feet start to pound
Going underground, (going underground)
Well let the boys all sing and the boys all shout for tomorrow
Some people might get some pleasure out of hate
Me, I've enough already on my plate
People might need some tension to relax
[Me?] I'm too busy dodging between the flak
What you see is what you get
You've made your bed, you better lie in it
You choose your leaders and place your trust
As their lies wash you down and their promises rust
You'll see kidney machines replaced by rockets and guns
And the public wants what the public gets
But I don't get what this society wants
[Chorus]
We talk and talk until my head explodes
I turn on the news and my body froze
The braying sheep on my TV screen
Make this boy shout, make this boy scream!
Going underground, I'm going underground!
Songwriters: WELLER, PAUL JOHN Going Underground lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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The figure, Osiris, was the supreme god in ancient Egypt, only one of many pagan gods worshipped thousands of years before the birth of Jesus. Indeed, though Jesus is currently the best-known example of a resurrected figure, he is far from the only one.
Is resurrection real?
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In mythology, the phoenix bird could live for a millennium before dying, whereupon it would burn brightly and arise, reborn from its own ashes. Though Islam largely rejects the idea of resurrection, like Christianity it promises an eternal afterlife.
in Eastern religions, the popular idea of karma is closely tied to resurrection and reincarnation.
The concept of karma varies somewhat among Buddhists, Hindus, and Jainists but the popular understanding is that karma assures that good things will happen to good people and bad things to bad people. Karma in Buddhism holds that the fate of the soul is determined by its karma, its actions. Every act—whether good or bad, no matter how insignificant—will eventually return to the person who does it.
BENJAMIN RADFORD
Ancient accounts tell of an important figure whose birth would be heralded by a star in the heavens, a god who would later judge the dead. He would be murdered in a betrayal by one close to him, his body hidden away — though not for long, as he would return in a miraculous resurrection to begin an eternal reign in heaven.
the outward journey to THE DARKness within
DIE DUNKLE INNEREIEN
SELF-PORTRAIT
10/09/14-CONTD:
-- Jakusho Kwong, No Beginning, No End
THE SMITHS
"I Know It's Over"
Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
And as I climb into an empty bed
Oh well, enough said
I know it's over still I cling
I don't know where else I can go, mother
Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
See, the sea wants to take me
The knife wants to slit me
Do you think you can help me?
Sad veiled bride, please be happy
Handsome groom, give her room
Loud, loutish lover, treat her kindly
Although she needs you more than she loves you
And I know it's over
Still I cling
I don't know where else I can go
It's over, it's over, it's over
I know it's over
And it never really began
But in my heart it was so real
And you even spoke to me and said:
"If you're so funny
Then why are you on your own tonight?
And if you're so clever
Then why are you on your own tonight?
If you're so very entertaining
Then why are you on your own tonight?
If you're so very good looking
Why do you sleep alone tonight?
I know because tonight is just like any other night
That's why you're on your own tonight
With your triumphs and your charms
While they are in each other's arms"
It's so easy to laugh
It's so easy to hate
It takes strength to be gentle and kind
It's over, over, over
It's so easy to laugh
It's so easy to hate
It takes guts to be gentle and kind
It's over, over, over
Love is natural and real
But not for you, my love
Not tonight my love
Love is natural and real
But not for such as you and I, my love
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
MORRISEY
“Life begins on the other side of despair.”
Jean-Paul Sartre
THERE CAME A POINT IN MY LIFE
WHERE THE BURDEN OF MY KARMA;
THE BURDEN OF MY SORROWS AND GRIEF WAS SO OVERWHELMING
THAT I KNEW THAT I NEEDED
TO GO AWAY FOR A WHILE
AND JUST BE.
IF I HAD HAD THE LUXURY,
I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BECOME A HERMIT AND GONE TO LIVE IN A CAVE.
THIS NOT BEING A CHOICE THAT WAS REALISTIC/ FEASIBLE/ SOCIALLY ACCEPTED ...(keeping up appearances-and all that, you know....), I OPTED FOR EXILE INSTEAD.
I MADE UP MY MIND, PACKED MY BAGS, SAID A FEW HEART WRENCHING GOODBYES AND SET OUT TO A NEW LAND.
I WAS LOOKING, LIKE SO MANY BEFORE ME, FOR PEACE, RECOVERY AND HEALING, for redemption.
I DESPERATELY WANTED A VACATION FROM MY PREVIOUS TROUBLE AND STRIFE RIDDEN LIFE, AND ULTIMATELY TO ABANDON (MY BAD!) KARMA,
TO LITERALLY AND METAPHORICALLY LOOSE MYSELF.
SADLY, (but really not suprisingly in retrospect) and ULTIMATELY, THIS FLIGHT FROM REALITY/FROM KARMA WAS NOT TO BE.
HAVING LANDED IN THE SALVATION DESTINATION OF MY CHOOSING,
I FOUND IN LIEU OF MY OPTIMISTIC EXPECTATIONS, ONLY MORE DIFFICULTIES PAIN AND SUFFERING.
WHAT MADE IT EVEN MORE OVERWHELMING WAS THAT NOW THE BAD KARMA WAS AMPLIFIED BY BEING COMBINED WITH THE ISOLATION OF BEING COMPLETELY ON MY OWN, WITHOUT FRIENDS, WITH THE ADDED TORTURE OF WORKING LIKE A SLAVE UNDER LESS THAN HUMAN CONDITIONS.
THE PREVIOUSLY ENUMERATED DIFFICULTIES WERE FURTHER ACCRUED AND MAGNIFIED BY MY BEING CONFRONTED WITH THE CHALLENGES/DANGERS OF AN INCOMPREHENSIBLE LANGUAGE, CULTURE, MORALITY.... AND YES SOMETIMES...PEOPLE
(in other words)-MY OWN PERSONAL HEART OF DARKNESS YET:
“... it was written I should be loyal to the nightmare of my choice.”
Joseph Conrad
I BOWED MY HEAD DOWN, and SWAM INTO THE SAVAGE UNKNOWN..........
THE DARK JUNGLE SWALLOWED ME WHOLE ....
KARMA
“It's these small differences in people's karma that determine if we get up or remain lying on the ground.”
Peter Hoeg
CAUSE EFFECT
PAUSE
REBOOT
RETURN
RISE
UP
AND
KARMA RENEW
Renunciation does not mean turning our back on the world. It means turning our back on the conditions that cause suffering ...
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