Wednesday, August 28, 2013

I Have a Dream

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. -- Martin Luther King

Fifty years ago today, we became a far greater nation.  Here in Atlanta, we have permanent reminders, such as the King Center, and we can observe much celebration this week surrounding the March and the Dream.  But is the significance fully understood in rural Nebraska?  Small Town, Kansas?  Or, for that matter, anywhere in Texas?  Just wondering - I really don't know.

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Jealousy and the Soul

A jealous person is often reacting to the soul’s awareness that bonding with your beloved is incomplete. Ego may not be conscious of this gap but the soul always knows the truth. The soul has no secrets from itself. And no judgments either.
 
When the soul sees that the beloved is not open to union, whatever he or she may say to the contrary, fear threatens to overwhelm the ego. “All is lost,” wails the ego. When the soul sees that you yourself resist the call to union, whatever the official status of your relationship, the soul knows you’re on shaky ground.
 
If, on the other hand, you are solidly grounded in the knowledge of your unconditional love for one another, any stirring of jealousy quickly dissolves in the light of the eternal bond between you. Nothing can shake a bond like this. Not death, not separation, and certainly not another human’s genitals.
 
If jealousy instructs you to go deeper, simply do so. If you encounter resistance, meet it with clear sight instead of striking out blindly in jealous rage.  

By Deborah Taj Anapol, Ph.D.
Excerpt from:
Compersion
Meditations on Using Jealousy
As a Path to Unconditional Love


Friday, August 2, 2013

Live Like You are Dying

When asked what surprised him most about humanity, the Dalai Lama answered, “Man.  Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money.  Then, he sacrifices money to recuperate his health.  And then, he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.”

Thursday, August 1, 2013

More Carlin Quotes

The quotes shown on the previous post where also posted on my family blog.  The following could not be posted there for obvious reasons:

"I don’t have pet peeves — I have major psychotic fucking hatreds!"

"Have you ever noticed that their stuff is shit and your shit is stuff?"

"I used to be Irish Catholic. Now I’m an American — you know, you grow."

"You can’t fight City Hall, but you can goddamn sure blow it up."

"Religion has convinced people that there’s an invisible man…living in the sky, who watches everything you do every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a list of ten specific things he doesn’t want you to do. And if you do any of these things, he will send you to a special place, of burning and fire and smoke and torture and anguish for you to live forever, and suffer and burn and scream until the end of time. But he loves you. He loves you and he needs money."

"If it requires a uniform, it’s a worthless endeavor."

"You know the good part about all those executions in Texas? Fewer Texans."

"Reminds me of something my third-grade teacher said to us. She said, “You show me a tropical fruit and I’ll show you a cocksucker from Guatemala."

"I knew a transsexual guy whose only ambition is to eat, drink, and be Mary."

"You can prick your finger — just don’t finger your prick."

"When you’re born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you’re born in America, you get a front-row seat."

"I never fucked a ten, but one night, I fucked five twos."

"I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a man nailed to two pieces of wood."

"Have you noticed that most of the women who are against abortion are women you wouldn’t want to fuck in the first place? There’s such balance in nature."

"So I say, 'Live and let live.' That’s my motto. 'Live and let live.' Anyone who can’t go along with that, take him outside and shoot the motherfucker. It’s a simple philosophy, but it’s always worked in our family."

"Catholic — which I was until I reached the age of reason."

"Have you ever wondered why Republicans are so interested in encouraging people to volunteer in their communities? It’s because volunteers work for no pay. Republicans have been trying to get people to work for no pay for a long time."

"Once you leave the womb, conservatives don’t care about you until you reach military age. Then you’re just what they’re looking for. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers."

"The planet is fine. The people are fucked."

"I think everyone should treat one another in a Christian manner. I will not, however, be responsible for the consequences."

"Atheism is a non-prophet organization."

"You can’t argue with a good blowjob."

"Instead of warning pregnant women not to drink, I think female alcoholics ought to be told not to fuck."

"I have as much authority as the Pope. I just don’t have as many people who believe it."

Clean Carlin Quotes

George Carlin was one of my heroes, both for his hilarious comedy and his on-point social commentary.  He offended many with his liberal use of profanity and his biting social criticism, but his message resonated with me.  Finding Carlin quotes that are neither profane nor generally offensive to somebody was not easy, but I searched the internet and came up with a few good ones:

"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."

"If the Cincinnati Reds were really the first major league baseball team, who did they play?"

"If it’s true that our species is alone in the universe, then I’d have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little."

"The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept."

"Just when I discovered the meaning of life, they changed it."

"Weather forecast for tonight: Dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning."

"The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other in opposite directions."

"The future will soon be a thing of the past."

"I’m always relieved when someone is delivering a eulogy and I realize I’m listening to it."

"Most people with low self-esteem have earned it."

"Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit."

"'No comment' is a comment."

"If a man smiles all the time, he’s probably selling something that doesn’t work."

"So far, this is the oldest I’ve been."

"I think I am, therefore, I am. I think."

"It isn’t fair: the caterpillar does all the work, and the butterfly gets all the glory."