12 geese a swaying
five golden rings
2 mocking birds
8 german hens
10 turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear etc
Oh my, Merry Yuletide boys and girls.
please excuse the crudity of then way in which I disseminate:
This holiday season leaves me more joyously confused than ever. As per usual this time of year brings with it a tremendous wave of glorious nonsense to my ever unsatiated fragile spongelike eggshell mind. Increasingly visions of apocalyptic sugerplums permeate my waking and dreaming spheres of awareness. Indeed the galactic superconsious is a strange place filled with all kinds of contrasting fallacies and facts. What nefarious chemical, what prestine austerity can unlock the key to that heavenly gate which leades past the holy veil into the temple of sanctum truth. And have I been as good enough a tiger- boy for santa to leave it in my stocking.
I stubbornly cling to the mask of conduit-jester. Continually emphasising that my words and my voice arent mine. Yet I state no pompous claim to be a messenger of things greater than me. Im just trying to output the ridiculous array of conflicting inputs which I have willingly-unwillingly absorbd.
So anyways, I dont know if youve heard, but word on the street is, that there s a hidden planet called Nibaru which is headed our way. Apparently the ancients who were the most exxcellent of astronmers all put down in their books about this planet Nibiru that all these cool space alien dudes live on. According to them, Nibiru is a planet that has an abnormal orbit in our solar system that only brings it within our proximity once every long time like thousands of years. But guess what. Its coming back! And guess when! 2012!
Thats right folks! 2012!
Cooincidentally thats the same year that our planet and the other planets and the sun all line up with the black hole in the centre of our galaxy. Also it marks the end of the mayan calender etc etc etc.
But thats all heresay.
In other news, I went to the AGO in toronto with my dad today and we saw some pretty great art. Whoa, there was art all over the place in there. Good arts, bad arts, post-arts, modern-arts, all kinds of fantastic arts. I was uber-impressed. But mostly the arts that I liked best were the ab-original arts. In fact there was one display of only arrow heads and primitive tools. they were layed out in a timeline so that you could see how the evolution of the arrow heads had evolved over time. Hmmm, but what a surprise! There wasnt much evolution there to see. In fact, it seems as if the arrow head design remained basically the same for about 5000 years. That seemed funny to me. Then we watched a video about some inuit killing seal. Neat. I wonder if me and my buds could do that. If we could build that boat and sale it into those arctic waters away from our igloos and sew those jackets and make that bow and arrow and cut up that meat and eat it like that. Probably not. I doubt if i could make a fire without a lighter and some newspaper. Oh well.
Anyways, it struck me how things overall seem to be accelerating in an absolutely devine, unfathamable way.
Then I walked down queen street and did some boxing day purchasing. YES! BARGAINS! LOOK AT ALL MY BEUAtifuL NEW ITEmS!!!
In the gospel of Thomas, Christ proclaims the necessity of acheiving direct knowledge-gnosis- of the Devine. he declares If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.
Heres something I read:
-from a shamanic perspective, the psychic blockade that prevents otherwise intelligent adults from considering the future of our worlds-our obvious lack of future, if we continue on our present path-reveals an occult dimension. It is like a programming error written into the software designed for the modern mind, which has endless energy to spend on the trivial and treacle, sports statistic or shoe sale, but has no time to spare for the torments of the third world, for the mass extinction of species to perpetuate a way of life without a future, for the immenent exhaustion of fossil fuel reserves, or for the fine print in the patriot act. This psychic blockade is reinforced by a vast propoganda machine spewing out crude as well as sophisticated distractions, encouraging individuals to see themselves as alienated spectators of their culture, rather than active participants in a planetary ecology.-
Neat!
Anyways, I think its just about time that we start building label2. And Label2 should be somewhere well away from the major centres and be well equipped with the latest solar panels, wind generaters and hydroponic growing equipment. not to mention cigarettes for jose and dave.
And Im very slowly starting to get damned serious about this in my own way.
Sincerely,
Your humble Captain of the Black and Gold Stars,
nij (smktgr) bfa (blackbelt 1st dan hapkido)
Friday, December 26, 2008
7 ducks a slaying
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I could totally kill a seal and eat it right now.
rogue planets? i'm highly doubtful.
but i'm open to any artist's commune type idea.
i mean, look what the "first" alfa produced. among its many other successes is that we all came together on this blog, some 4,300 posts ago, and we're still going strong.
and c-dog, i know what you're about to say, but to divorce this blog from its origins as a Label Gallery-centered community (albeit a virtual one) would be to ignore its history.
i mean, look at our URL-- alabelforartists.blogspot.com
anyway, keep me posted on the apocalypse plans, please.
uh-oh, not this again...I was in Montreal when i created this blog for the Labelites. They are different and they are the same. And this one(the blog) seems to have outlasted a lot of the relationships created at 510. They are different and they are the same. And they are connected by many strings, that's for sure. And nobody OWNS it.Or no ONE body owns it. That's the beauty of it, in my opinion.
I think Manitoba has a lot of land for what captain speaks of here. Roseisle was a similar creation, I think.
alright i have an occult opinion about the psychic blockade. the programming error in consciousness is present even in those who are able to perceive the consequences of materialism. from my perspective the error is our tendency to egocentricity, self-absorption and self-delusion. it's not a unique program of the 'modern mind.' it's a feature of the human experience and is not limited to those who follow. so, if we'd like to be leaders, how can we begin to perceive our own distractions? the fact that we're seekers does not make us immune.
"we do not see things as they are, but as we are."
- the talmud (apparently? i don't know but whatever)
"the best political, social, and spiritual work we can do is to withdraw the projection of our shadow onto others." - carl jung
sure jung was a little effed but this is an important concept, maybe even one of the truth keys mentioned. nefarious substances, on the other hand, seem to me to be a shortcut to nowhere.
another element of the programming error may be the concept of scarcity. scarcity is a mostly unconscious foundational belief that reinforces the illusion of separateness and encourages ruthlessly competitive behaviour. in the west we cling to the concept of scarcity like true believers. actually i think materialism and scarcity are complementary. i'm sure i should be putting a footnote here and there but i don't know where i stumbled on all this. so yeah not my original ideas just to be clear.
qw
certainly the key is composed partly of substance and partly of lack-of-substance.
The benifits of the earths magical plants shouldnt be ignored I reckon. Of course this topic has been broached many times before on this stage and my veiw remains firm here. The ingestion of Psycho-active plants as sacrament in order to induce spiritual insights from which wisdom can be extraxted has an ancient history among humans. Perhaps they are shortcuts leading to nowhere but you may find that nowhere may be the precise somewhere that you have been looking for. At least in my personal experience this has been the case.
the key word here is "sacraments".
most shamanistic or plant-based sacrament rituals involve long periods of meditation, preparation, and purification before use.
and almost without exception, they involve the seer going off somewhere to a time of solitude.
otherwise, most seers would argue that the sacrament is being abused, and not used being for spiritual purposes, but only for baser purposes-- for getting f**ked up.
and my position on that remains equally firm.
Wolf boy, in your personal experience, have sacraments such as psilosyben or marijuana brought you to base, messed up places or did they offer you spiritual insight?
Neo-shamans such as myself play by whatever rules we please. Afterall, I no longer live in the jungle I live in an ever-increasingly accerleted cyber concrete bablyon in which sacred sacraments from all over the world are available to me. What a blessing. I know how to use them and I use them well. Not in a way that makes me in any way weaker or dependant. They make me stronger and better exactly like when supermario eats the musshroom to grow larger and the magic flower to shoot fireballs.
These plants and fungi bring us closer to earth. they are tools of communion with the devine. Soma. Ambrosia.
Most Ancient cultrues from all around the world were absolutely infused with these chemicals.
The paranoi against -DRUGS- is a mental construct design to enslave us and keep our minds in controllable boxes.
Ive been reading in particular lately about the way the Mayans used psylosiben. Primarily the high preists would consume large amounts especially before performing important rituals. this is comparable to George Bush dropping acid an hour before giving the state of the union address.
do you see?
I feel a surge of energy. I think this year is going to bring extreme dramatic change. By the end of next year I think many of the things Ive been babbling about over the years wont seem so fantastical.
here's the thing: entheogens were used successfully in shamanic cultures that weren't individualistic. the shaman had an established role within a self-sustaining cooperative community. we, on the other hand, are living at the height of materialist individualism as it destroys us.
in the context of our society, our use of entheogens and other substances can easily become part of the identity we construct for ourselves. rather than serving as a vehicle for ego death and revelation as intended within a traditional framework, we may use them as a means of building a bigger stronger and better-looking ego. in other words, we are in danger of co-opting a sacrament for inappropriate use within a white culture that is built on egotism and the illusion of separateness.
spiritual materialism (chögyam trungpa) is a dangerous pitfall for the entheogenic seeker. we can build a social identity for ourselves as spiritual by publicizing our exploits. we can be seduced into feeling that we are special, or a member of the elect or the elite. all the while failing to address the most fundamental and personal issues that truly constitute spiritual growth. intoxication may interfere with our ability to assess what we need to transform within ourselves. substances can also disempower, encouraging us to turn away from uncomfortable personal truths that require the hard work of transformation. instead we focus on the magic of altered perception, which can degenerate into mere entertainment masquerading as spiritual experience.
trungpa himself died prematurely from the effects of sustained alcoholism, and was plagued by accusations of hypocrisy throughout his stay on earth. i'm not saying that any of this is happening to you, smktgr - only identifying it as something to pay attention to in our travels.
you say that your experiences have made you stronger. which part of you? your sense of individual identity? your understanding of yourself? have you experienced consistent and abiding ego death? what have you manifested by means of your use? have you been able to eliminate selfish urges, and have you become more aware of your responsibility to create peace? is there any possibility that you are in danger of using the strength that you feel you've gained to participate in rather than destroy the fundamental egotism of white culture? i don't know you well enough to say - but this is something i've observed in many seekers. you don't have to answer these questions, maybe you've already covered it. but anyway, for your consideration.
certainly my beliefs about substances don't originate in a simplistic and fearful attitude. my approach is far from a mom-like prudishness. in fact, my approach demands a trip outside of the comfort zone for even the most apparently radical trippers. i find that drug culture aficionados can often be as closed-minded as those who seek to achieve psychological control of the masses.
if you'd truly like to pay respect to the shamanic cultures of our indigenous ancestors, consider abstaining from alcohol. personally i see it as an abiding force of genocide on par with smallpox blankets and christianity.
qw
PS no offense to moms intended - i just wanted to identify what is for most the focus of rebellion
Very interesting, thanks for the banter cousin.
Ill tackle each paragraph point per point.
Paragraph1-
I consider myself as having an established role within the virtual (albeit not actual and not yet self-sustaining) artistic and spiritual cooperative community of this blog and it s affiliates. Although our modern world prizes indiviudalism, it has also opened up incredible networking and communituty forming oportunities. (this blog)
2. Ego is a strange thing. hard to define. Do I want to destroy it. Indigenous Shamans dance around wearing funny hats and feathers. Is this expression of shamans ego? When I express myself through art or music am I enforcing my ego? Is that a bad thing? Perhaps ego expression is a path to liberation.
3. Certainly negative things can happen from the consumption of eothegens. Its not a sure fire path. Neither is any other.
-we can be seduced into feeling that we are special- Hey! I am special! So are you!
4. Trungpa interesting. Poor guy. Even though he was a drunkard he managed to spread some wisdom.
5. Mostly whatès made me stronger through drugs is the realization of how small my regular everyday scope is compared with the vastness of perceptual ranges that are available. Also they have given me faith inthat I have become directly aware of higher presences and intelligences. The spirits that occupy the plants. Another useful thing they have offered is weird physical gifts. Insights as to how my body works. neat!
I feel no responsibility to create peace because im not so sure that peace is always the answer. In the bhagatavita, god describes the nature of existence to Arjuna and this gives him understanding to fight a just war. Hmm, inner peace is definately desirous. It is not in my nature to seek out conflicts and eothegens generally reinforce my nature.
Selfish urges I still have plenty. Not sure if plant spirits help or hinder there. Sometimes they make me horny, is that selfish?
-is there any possibility that you are in danger of using the strength that you feel you've gained to participate in rather than destroy the fundamental egotism of white culture-
Hm, I dont really want to destroy my culture. Im more inclined to:1. learn everything about it as a spectator, 2.then enter into it as champion, 3.then radically revolutionize it from the inside.
- psychological control of the masses.-
hm, maybe gaining psychological control of the masses is the way to liberate them.
alcohol-definately can be destructive. Also can be fun. Vikings (our common indigenous anscestor) were huge proponants of booze. To them heaven was a big beer hall (valhalla).
blah blah blah. Sometimes I feel like I could rationalize anything. Its a curse I have.
afterthought
perhaps trungpa may have benifited from peyote or iboga, both proven addiction remedies
why is ego a problem? what it comes down to, from my perspective, is that ego is an illusion that we ourselves create. our true nature is another story completely. egos are like cheap knock-offs of the real deal, our real identities. egos can distract us and interfere with the realization of our true identity.
is the art and music we create a manifestation of our ego? i don't know for sure, but no i don't think so. it seems to me that we are only vessels for creative energy. we're all kind of like individual notes on a pipe organ - we give voice to what flows through us. in that way we are for sure, every single one of us, special. there might be some clogged or malfunctioning pipes, or what have you. but ultimately we're all here to lend our particular voice in whatever form is chosen for us in the form of our true identity.
an ego might force us into an area of expression that isn't right for us, because an ego has its ideas about what it wants from life. this usually includes acclaim, power, status, "success" awesomeness etc meanwhile as has been mentioned on this blog before, some of what we now consider to be masterworks aren't fully acknowledged in their time.
what's the matter with ego and individualism? think about why it's possible for humans to destroy their own environment, to destroy their own future. this is surely not an expression of divine intelligence. egos, the cheap knock-offs of true volition, only allow us to create half-assed unsustainable circumstances. we have to tap into something greater, perhaps thru some form of ego death, to create a better world. white culture is built on many ill-conceived egotistical technologies. we need to co-opt the best technologies of white culture for use in a sustainable world - instead of co-opting the best of indigenous culture in the service of enabling babylon.
i would hesitate to call the vikings indigenous. i think they were more like vicious parasitic colonizers, definitely not living in harmony with other humans.
which brings us to peace. from my perspective, a true warrior creates peace. this reminds me of a gandhi quote i'll paraphrase, that we have to be capable of defending ourselves before we can successfully employ non-violence. i'm not coming at this from a fluffy naive new age i-can't-handle-violence stance. what i'm saying is, battle is an indication of ignorance. war is stupidity. the shadow is at play in any war situation.
when it comes to liberating the masses, i think the important question to ask is, liberation from what? i think it's important to pinpoint the essential oppressive factor. blind rebellion isn't desirable.
it's interesting that you quoted the gospel of thomas... is that the same thomas as the doubting thomas, who needed to touch jesus' wounds or something like that? so he could believe what he was seeing? when you say that your experiences with substances got you in touch with the higher intelligences, i wonder why you needed such visceral or visual proof. i mean, i'm happy for you that you experienced something like that, but i wonder, if it takes a substance to bring you there, what have you been thinking the rest of the time.
qw
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