The Fucking Secret

[Cramulus]

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.


     -Rumi

[The Good Reverend Roger]

fuck the secret

I'm (usually) an optimist. And this is because focusing on the good has brought a lot of good into my life.

But when you embark on something, you have to be prepared for the bad too. And you have to think about this and brace yourself for it and treat it as real. We must draw STRENGTH from adversity, instead of trying to blind ourselves to it.

When you embark on a journey, you have to accept that part of that journey involves TOTAL BULLSHIT. You can't get to point B without some pain along the way. Simply avoiding negative situations will truncate both your progress and growth.



Hey, btw, you still in NYC?

THIS.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Here at the First Church of the Wrath of Baby Jesus, we drop our pance and roll in adversity.

[Cain]

I like to reverse engineer The Secret, namely:

"If bad things happen to you, it is because you subconsciously wished for it and felt like you deserved it"

Get anyone who believes in The Secret nonsense to concede to this point and then bring up 9/11 or the Holocaust.  Hilarity ensues.

[P3nT4gR4m]

I like to reverse engineer The Secret, namely:

"If bad things happen to you, it is because you subconsciously wished for it and felt like you deserved it"

Get anyone who believes in The Secret nonsense to concede to this point and then bring up 9/11 or the Holocaust.  Hilarity ensues.

I'm pretty sure I could use that as a primer to making them believe the reptile overlords conspiracy

Problem is I never seem to meet these muppets.

[Cain]

David Icke has a forum.

When I last checked though, it was divided between those who believe there is a reptilian conspiracy, those who believe the reptilian conspiracy is just another level of disinformation, and then there are those who believe V is a documentary and all of the above, including Icke, are shills and government agents secretly beaming thoughts into their heads.

[Adios]

David Icke has a forum.

When I last checked though, it was divided between those who believe there is a reptilian conspiracy, those who believe the reptilian conspiracy is just another level of disinformation, and then there are those who believe V is a documentary and all of the above, including Icke, are shills and government agents secretly beaming thoughts into their heads.

Fuck people. I just don't understand them.

[East Coast Hustle]

two words...psychokinesis.

no really

this is supposed to be some sort of a joke, right?



right?

[Adios]

two words...psychokinesis.

no really

this is supposed to be some sort of a joke, right?



right?

Is it wrong for me to hope it isn't a joke?

[The Good Reverend Roger]

two words...psychokinesis.

no really

this is supposed to be some sort of a joke, right?



right?

No, Ob_Portu really believes in shit like that.

[Don Coyote]

two words...psychokinesis.

no really

1)Brain sends signal to limb to move in a certain direction in order to achieve the end result of moving an object.
2)The signal is processed by the nerves in the limb and it behaves as an actuator, transferring kinetic energy to the object
3)The objects overall momentum is changed by this kinetic energy.

4) HOLY SHIT MAGIC IS REAL PYSCHOKINISESFTW

I used to shit like that to my friend that was convinced she could levitate stuff if only she could figure it out.
I would tell her to watch very carefully as I used my mind to move objects, and then pick it up with my hands.

[East Coast Hustle]

two words...psychokinesis.

no really

this is supposed to be some sort of a joke, right?



right?

No, Ob_Portu really believes in shit like that.

Yikes. They should make it just a tad more difficult to log on to the internet.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

two words...psychokinesis.

no really

this is supposed to be some sort of a joke, right?



right?

No, Ob_Portu really believes in shit like that.

Yikes. They should make it just a tad more difficult to log on to the internet.

Then all you'd get is obsessive, OCD freaks that...

...um

[navkat]

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.


     -Rumi

This is fucking fantastic. I'd like to think I kind of *do* live my life like this (mostly because I've always had the odd sense of *not* being the star of my own life) but it's reaaaally difficult to remember to welcome an tolerate houseguests when they keep you up until 4AM with their wailing, they deliberately start fires and they've brought with them a pet--a Llama--and it's shitting on your lawn.

I'm back on the Gulf Coast for now--going back to school starting here but I'll be visiting NY in May for a little while and then again after Summer semester ends in August.

I like to reverse engineer The Secret, namely:

"If bad things happen to you, it is because you subconsciously wished for it and felt like you deserved it"

Get anyone who believes in The Secret nonsense to concede to this point and then bring up 9/11 or the Holocaust.  Hilarity ensues.

You really should watch that Barbara Ehrenreich thing NET put out. She goes into how Rhonda Byrne was cornered by someone asking exactly that: "What about the people who suffered the Tsunami?"

Her answer was that they all must've have been putting "Tsunami-like VIIIIIBES into the YOONEEVURSSS."

I rather prefer the notion that "if you can't pray the AIDS away, God must want you to die." At least there's someone ELSE to blame.

[Adios]

two words...psychokinesis.

no really

this is supposed to be some sort of a joke, right?



right?

No, Ob_Portu really believes in shit like that.

Yikes. They should make it just a tad more difficult to log on to the internet.

Then all you'd get is obsessive, OCD freaks that...

...um