Earlier this morning, I received a tweet saying, "... true happiness comes more from your own opinion of yourself then the judgment of the uninformed observer."

Not being content to leave well alone ;-), I replied, "True happiness is less of perception and more of insight."

Other Dude: "Yes, your perception of yourself, and not the perception of ( Read more... )

Oh. That is the "Spirit Valley". Bah.

Edit: Yeah, you told me so, princeoffishes.

Namaste

Many sinologists and translators, quite rightly, have despaired of ever conveying the proper meaning to Westerners and have been content to use the term "energy-time" for kung fu, duplicating the simplicity of of Chinese ideograms. I would like to take a more Jedi approach to the ideograms' meanings. We cannot hope, as Westerners, to duplicate the ( Read more... )

module AirmanLeadership
def respond_as(capable = false, inclined = false)
if (capable)
return :empowering if inclined
return :engaging
else
return :providing if inclined
return :commanding
end
rescue IHaveNoIdeaWhatYouAreTalkingAboutError
return click_here
end
endNamaste

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On such a night
When the blood moon gives birth
Between the twin ghost months
The moment of silence,
Witness.
See the winds of fate shift.
See the karmic tide turn.

Namaste

Secrets of the Jedi ( Read more... )

This view could hardly be more opposite to the understanding of Wisdom's essence as sheer delight in the bringing together of mind and matter, of the creative force and the material which is to be worked and so transformed. Instead of that essential unity, there is as essential a divorce between spirit and matter. As the Olympians might have seen ( Read more... )

Light amplification by stimulating emission radiation
Every cloud
has a silver lining.

Nothing to see here.

Namaste

[I think I ganked this from Robert Anton Wilson, but I don't remember. -QAfter many harrowing attempts, an old alchemist finally succeeded and ascended to the pearly gates of heaven. Beyond the walls, he saw the towering confection of spires and the smell of heavenly peaches wafting out. Before him, stood the pearly gates of heaven ( Read more... )