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2005.10.08 09.15
where am i?
sorry...i haven't visited this part of the virtual universe in quite a while...spending more of my time at myspace...which seems alot easier for me to navigate...feel free to drop in and say hi to me there: www.myspace.com/whitetrash_shaolin - seek sage counseling of the sensei
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www.myspace.com/whitetrashshaolin - you can hear our latest songs...esoteric hip hop
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2005.07.07 20.50
sufi poets, whitetrash senseis, and suburban cult leaders
"Pre-emptive Strike"
Imagine a thousand squadron of Iranian
Air Force jets flying low over New York,
Atlanta, and Cedar Rapids.
Over the Napa Valley and Crawford, Texas.
Persian Stealth bombers flying low
under the radar, dropping a million
copies of Hafiz, on America, simply for love.
- Joe Zarantonello
joe zarantonello or mr. z as i grew up knowing him has been an important teacher on my spiritual path...he currently runs a spiritual retreat in the woods of kentucky...learn more about him here: www.looseleafhollow.com ...and buy a copy of his poetry book...only a few pages in and i had tears in my eyes...green bamboo is the title...the product of thirty years of meditation
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2005.06.17 19.32
invisible college
what i'd like to do is set up a fund for artists who contribute to enlightentainment in some way...provide the space and tools...even the living quarters on the art colony grounds...artists could apply for a space or sponsorship of their project...and in return would contribute artwork to enlightentainment...which would promote the artist as well...
integral art is collaborative by nature...as it recognizes in each of our individual art projects the contributions of so many artists around us...
martial arts is the most integral of arts...and as a physical practice way more challenging than that wimpy weightlifting crap...
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2005.06.09 22.57
When we practice, initially, as a basis we control ourselves, stopping the bad actions which hurt others as much as we can. This is defensive. After that, when we develop certain qualifications, then as an active goal we should help others. In the first stage, sometimes we need isolation while pursuing our own inner development; however, after you have some confidence, some strength, you must remain with, contact, and serve society in any field -- health, education, politics, or whatever.
There are people who call themselves religious-minded, trying to show this by dressing in a peculiar manner, maintaining a peculiar way of life, and isolating themselves from the rest of society. That is wrong. A scripture of mind-purification (mind-training) says, "Transform your inner viewpoint, but leave your external appearance as it is." This is important. Because the very purpose of practicing the Great Vehicle is service for others, you should not isolate yourselves from society. In order to serve, in order to help, you must remain in society.
-- by His Holiness the Dalai Lama from The Dalai Lama, A Policy of Kindness, published by Snow Lion Publications
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2005.05.17 11.18
INSIGHT IS THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND THE BREATH
chogyam trungpa:
As far as Buddha was concerned, at that point [of his enlightenment] it was
not the message but the implications that were more important. And as
followers of Buddha, we have this approach, which is the idea of
vipashyana, literally meaning "insight." Insight is relating not only with
what you see but also with the implications of it, the totality of the
space and objects around it. Breath is the object of meditation, but the
environment around the breath is also part of the meditative situation.
From "The Way of the Buddha" in THE MYTH OF FREEDOM.
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2005.04.25 14.28
compassion ain't no easy task...
"the best response to negative emotion is to allow it to self-liberate by remaining in non-dual awareness, free of grasping and aversion. if we can do this, the emotion passes through us like a bird flying through space; no trace of its passage remains. the emotion arises and then spontaneously dissolves into emptiness."
"you may ask why it is better to liberate emotion rather than to generate positive karma. the answer is that all karmic traces act to constrain us, to restrict us to particular identities. the goal of the path is complete liberation from all conditioning. this does not mean that, once one is liberated, positive traits such as compassion are not present. they are. but when we are no longer driven by karmic tendencies we can see our situation clearly and respond spontaneously and appropriately, rather than being pushed in one direction...or pulled in another...the relative compassion that arises from positive karmic tendencies is very good...but better is the absolute compassion that arises effortlessly and perfectly in the individual liberated from karmic conditioning...it is more spacious and inclusive...more effective...and free of the delusions of dualism." -tenzin wangyal rinpoche
www.enlightentainment.com - visine for your 3rd eye
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2005.04.17 20.50
dzogchen - the self perfected state
"everyone usually has their own way of thinking and their own convictions about life, even if they can't always define them philosophically. all the philosophical theories that exist have been created by the mistaken dualistic minds of human beings. in the realm of philosophy, that which today is considered true, may tomorrow be proved to be false. no one can guarantee a philosophy's validity. because of this, any intellectual way of seeing whatever is always partial and relative. the fact is that there is no truth to seek or to confirm logically; rather what one needs to do is to discover just how much the mind continually limits itself in a condition of dualism.
dualism is the real root of our suffering and of all our conflicts. all our concepts and beliefs, no matter how profound they may seem, are like nets which trap us in dualism. when we discover our limits we have to try to overcome them, untying ourselves from whatever type of religious, political, or social conviction may condition us. we have to abandon such concepts as 'enlightenment,' 'the nature of the mind,' and so on, until we are no longer satisfied by a merely intellectual knowledge, and until we no longer neglect to integrate our knowledge with our actual existence." -chogyal namkhai norbu
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2005.04.13 19.57
from http://www.iranian.ws/
Iran, which long castigated Washington as the "Great Satan", is to promote its tourist potential on America's CNN television station and Britain's BBC, the country's vice-president for tourism Hossein Marashi has revealed to AFP.
Tense relations between Tehran and Washington will not stop Iran from exploiting its attractions on the US cable network, said Marachi, who insists US sanctions preventing American companies from trading with Iran "will not apply in this instance".
Both BBC and CNN campaigns should start within two months under a one-year contract, the value of which Marachi did not disclose.
Kevin Young, acting head of public relations for BBC World, said: "There have been long discussions about this and we're optimistic the campaign will be launched but it's not been finalised yet."
He added that no actual starting date had been decided and the ads would only be shown on the state-funded broadcaster's semi-commercial BBC World.
"We would be looking at what we call a spot campaign, which is a straightforward commercial campaign for 30- or 60-second adverts that would appear for a period of six months."
Spokesman Nigel Pritchard for CNN international in Atlanta said only: "We can't comment on commercial deals unless they are in place. There is no deal in place."
Marachi said Iran would provide footage for the slots. "They will show Iranian tourist sites.
"You'll not see Friday prayers," he added with a smile.
Tehran's aim is not to persuade Americans to visit the country, but to have an impact on the two networks' worldwide audiences so Iran can develop an industry, largely neglected given its potential.
Global network campaigns will be followed by ads on local channels in 20 countries in the Middle East, Europe and Asia.
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians living in the United States "will also be targeted and we will try to reach them via Iranian satellite channels" although American audiences are not currently a priority.
"The United States will be targeted later," he said.
However, said Marachi, "counter revolutionary" channels controlled by Iranian exiles, mostly broadcast from Los Angeles, will not be asked to show the ads.
According to Marachi, fewer than 500 Americans visit Iran every year.
"We don't have a policy aimed at drawing American tourists, we don't give them visas easily," he said.
Americans entering Iran are fingerprinted, following Washington's decision to do the same with Iranian citizens entering the US.
The Iranian visa application process is also complex and drawn out, as it is for Iranians wanting to visit the United States.
Iran, which has an impressive but under-exploited array of cultural sites, wants to raise its current one million foreign visitors annually to 20 mln in 20 years' time, said Marachi.
At three times the size of France, Iran is home to such exceptional sites as the ancient capital of Persepolis, the Islamic architectural showcase of Isfahan and the desert city of Yazd.
The Islamic republic also offers a range of landscapes, from the forests of the Caspian Sea to the shores of the Gulf, passing by the central deserts and the Alborz mountain range, popular with Iranian and foreign skiers alike.
But the country suffers more from a lack of hotels and shortcomings in its transport system than from years of isolation since the 1979 Islamic Revolution or from its image abroad as defying the international community over its nuclear programme and making foreign women wear headscarves, said Marachi.
"We will invest 30 billion dollars over the next five years" to eliminate the deficiencies, he said.
Marachi nevertheless acknowledges that tourists will have to comply with local customs and visiting foreign women should keep their hair covered in public.
"Tourism in Iran currently brings in $500 mln a year and the aim is to reach 25 bln in 20 years' time," he said.
"From now on, foreign tourists can get a one-week visa on arrival at Tehran airport and this visa can be renewed once. In a month's time, you will be able to get a tourist visa over the Internet," said Marachi.
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2005.04.13 19.45
Withdraw U.S. Troops from Iran
Even as matters go from bad to worse in Iraq, there is increasing evidence that the Bush administration has already begun military incursions into an additional ten countries in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia. Most prominent among these countries is Iran, where the stated goal appears to be identifying targets related to Iran's nuclear program that could be subject to a preemptive attack.
According to an explosive article by renowned investigative reporter Seymour Hersh, President Bush has signed a series of executive orders and Presidential findings authorizing the Pentagon to send in reconnaissance teams into a number of countries to prepare for military action. Underlying the mission in Iran appears to be the prediction that an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities would lead to regime change, throwing out the fundamentalist mullahs who largely control the country. The only analysts who share this view also predicted that our troops occupying Iraq would be greeted with flowers.
The human, financial and moral costs of attempting regime change in Iran through a preemptive military strike are likely to dwarf those we are already suffering from Iraq.
( more future prophecies... )
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2005.03.22 18.38
i know i know...she's so hot!
my known knowns keep me safe---even if this safety is matrix and not reality
my unknown knowns irritate the fuck out of me---i blow it when i don't know it
my known unknowns take up more space in my head than those known knowns---but not the space of nothingness strangely enough
my unknown unknowns perpetuate my life as i don't know it but flow with it. cause it is either go or stub your toe
- puredox
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2005.03.22 18.35
prince paul and dan the automator
| MUSIC: Comic Hip-Hop |
Handsome Boy Modeling School
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Mon 3.28 (9pm) |
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House of Blues Sunset Strip (8430 Sunset Blvd, W Hollywood, 323.848.5100) map |
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$20 |
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Not to be confused with one of LA's seminars for striving B-listers, Handsome Boy Modeling School is actually the perennial prankster duo of super-producers Prince Paul and Dan the Automator. On their latest album, White People, these funky and fashionable freaks deliver yet another sucker punch of tongue-in-cheek hip-hop contagion, sporting cameos from folks as diverse as Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand fame, Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, the Mars Volta, Jack Johnson, and Cat Power. Yep, everybody wants a piece. Don't be the last to enroll in the program. (KH) |
Music: whitetrash shaolin - "alien illuminati watts"
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2005.02.27 22.30
conspiracy/prophecy
the madhman says:
yo yo
sensei says:
spoke with jana...she's down
sensei says:
with the archives
the madhman says:
cool did you see the stuff on the live journal?
sensei says:
not yet...i'll check...i'm gonna put together an email for her ...outlining the task...so give me some input ( Read more... )
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2005.02.21 14.42
is there a war on poetic terrorism?
The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism
By Hakim Bey
Poetic Terrorism
WEIRD DANCING IN ALL-NIGHT computer-banking lobbies. Unauthorized pyrotechnic displays. Land-art, earth-works as bizarre alien artifacts strewn in State Parks. Burglarize houses but instead of stealing, leave Poetic-Terrorist objects. Kidnap someone & make them happy. Pick someone at random & convince them they're the heir to an enormous, useless & amazing fortune--say 5000 square miles of Antarctica, or an aging circus elephant, or an orphanage in Bombay, or a collection of alchemical mss. Later they will come to realize that for a few moments they believed in something extraordinary, & will perhaps be driven as a result to seek out some more intense mode of existence.
Bolt up brass commemorative plaques in places (public or private) where you have experienced a revelation or had a particularly fulfilling sexual experience, etc. ( Read more... )
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2005.02.18 21.01
essay by ken wilber
THE COMMON HEART
An Experience of Inter-Religious Dialogue
Edited by Netanel Miles-Yepez
Foreword by Ken Wilber
In 1984, Father Thomas Keating invited a broad range of spiritual
teachers from virtually all of the world’s great wisdom
traditions -- Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Indigenous, Islamic -- to gather
together at St. Benedict’s Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado. They kept
no records, published no reports, filmed none of the proceedings. In
fact, the results of that extraordinary gathering have been largely
secret, until now. ( Read more... )
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