Deep Insights (Gimme)

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 8:50 am

Well, ladies and gents and otherwise (you know who you are and so do we), I've decided that, due to inspiration from other general discussion threads, you now no longer exist merely for my entertainment but to give to me Deep Insights.

Well? Spill it already! I'm waiting....

KnowMatterWhat · Post by **KnowMatterWhat** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 8:55 am

Know Having Fun!

Simply Joel · Post by **Simply Joel** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 9:58 am

trust yourself

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:00 am

Simply Joel wrote:trust yourself

Did you end up making more or spending more at your community wide rummage sale?

Simply Joel · Post by **Simply Joel** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:14 am

Zulegoona wrote:
Simply Joel wrote:trust yourself
Did you end up making more or spending more at your community wide rummage sale?

interesting place to ask the question....
and the answer is... made money, spent it on dinner with the spouse and bought jack-o-laterns the next day.

sold the portable dishwasher, so funds may be available for a potter's wheel this coming weekend.

all in all, a lot of work, paid off a wee bit... fell asleep at 730PM on Saturday evening...

and we got rid of a whole lot of stuff because it went to Goodwill instead of back into the garage.

samtzu · Post by **samtzu** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:18 am

Deep insight? Sigh... In my experience, that is something that has to be inserted after a deep, prolonged, and meaningful, beating. All I've come up with is this:

1) We are all wrong... all of us. Even the Dalai Lama...
2) It's okay, though, because we will either keep coming back until we get it right, or we will be absorbed by the Infinite and discarded as waste.
3) Even the bad times are good, if we find the gold that is buried in them.
4) The Tooth Fairy is real, but has retired and is living in the Castro with a cute little waiter.
5) We are still wrong... but we'll figure that out... eventually.
6) Life is a gift... enjoy it!
7) The current system of airport security is about the fifth step on the road to total domination of the World's populace... the first four being agricultural fascism; taxes; television; and Britanny Spears.
If you take yourself (and your problems) too seriously, you don't get it. We are the punch line to The Joke. (Where the hell did that little *cool* emoticom come from!? I pushed 8!!!)

Just a partial list... more to come in the future (like the inadvisability of smoking and pumping gas at the same time)

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:23 am

Thanks for opening up a thread like this! Here's a little gift for you and others. It's from my upcoming doc on Spiritual Transformations at Burning Man. In this clip I interview 77 year old Clare who is the leader of the famous Burning Band. More like this will be posted on my website soon. Enjoy
http://www.brightpathvideo.com/flash/Clare1.mp3

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:36 am

Expectations are often the root cause of disappointment and frustration. Let go of them. Expect nothing, savor what is right now, take stock of the good things in your life.

To translate this to something Mom would understand:

Don't count your chickens before they hatch
Stop and smell the roses
Count your blessings

tisha2 · Post by **tisha2** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:42 am

On and around my 33rd birthday, I asked those around me at the time, in town, at work, and at the bar that night: What was their underlying life philosophy; what does it always come down to? These are the answers I got:

(from local indian culture)
Show up
Pay attention
Feed the children
Don’t ever be too attached to the outcome of anything.

Whatever energy you put out there is what you get back.

Be good. Say yes. (And “good” is entirely defined by YOU.)

Keep breathing.

Listen to your inner voice. And try to cut through the (ego) bullshit.

God helps those who help themselves. AND: It’s not a toy!

Live for love; surround yourself with love. In everything, find love.

Luck is the faith of a pessimist.
Suffering is the inevitable experience of a refusal to endure the pain.

Everything is about perspective.

The worst you can say is “no”.

Ashes to ashes,
Dust to dust,
If it weren’t for our assholes,
Our stomachs would bust.

It is good to know you don’t know, cuz then you’re open to everything.

Procreation.

If it isn’t fun, it isn’t worth doing.

It’s just not that serious.

Faith. It’s all connected. You just have to believe that everything works out the way it’s supposed to.

I best thoughts I have had, were when I wasn’t thinking at all.

Also on my birthday, I was talking on the phone with Glynda when I realized I wasn’t listening to her because I was watching a bird in the sky under the heavy, high clouds...it was soaring, slowly turning, not moving a muscle at all, that I could see. Yet it was rising. It had caught an updraft and knew just how to sail, and circle, and rise with no effort at all. I told Glynda this, and she said, “That is a vision. That is what the coming year will be for you. Catching an updraft, and rising...with no effort at all.”

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:50 am

Awesome, Tisha! One thing I would add to my list ...

If you seek life everlasting, you will find it in the eyes of a child. Pass along the songs, the figures of speach, the stories. The touch you exert on humanity is small and changes the path of it only very slightly and the true affect of it can only be known long after you are gone as its course has been given a subtle nudge to be slightly different that what it would have been otherwise. Every interaction you have with a child is another little nudge you give to the future. Make it a positive one.

regynalonglank · Post by **regynalonglank** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:53 am

it is my responsibility to be happy. it has nothing to do with anything but making that decision and sticking with it. nothing is worth sacrificing my personal peace.

ok, some things are, but the goal is to get righteously pissed off, kick some major ass, and then return to the peaceful pool of my soul as quickly as humanly possible.

i am at peace upon my mountaintop...i am at peace upon my mountaintop...i reside in a wide meadow...i reside in a wide meadow...i have plenty of space around me and plenty of time to decide how to react...i am not the moneky mind...i am not the monkey mind...zzzzzzzzz

Sensei · Post by **Sensei** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:54 am

Thank you, thank you, thank you, Cowboyangel, for that wonderful interview with Claire. It was my great honor to play in the Burning Band along side Claire and all the other members this year.

Unfortunately, Sensei has no pearls of knowledge for Rian. But no matter, 'cause Claire is brimming with wisdom. And she's just so adorable!

tisha2 · Post by **tisha2** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:55 am

regynalonglank wrote:it is my responsibility to be happy. it has nothing to do with anything but making that decision and sticking with it. nothing is worth sacrificing my personal peace.

ok, some things are, but the goal is to get righteously pissed off, kick some major ass, and then return to the peaceful pool of my soul as quickly as humanly possible.

you might want to check out the Decom for Singles thread....

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 11:00 am

Sensei wrote:Thank you, thank you, thank you, Cowboyangel, for that wonderful interview with Claire. It was my great honor to play in the Burning Band along side Claire and all the other members this year.

Unfortunately, Sensei has no pearls of knowledge for Rian. But no matter, 'cause Claire is brimming with wisdom. And she's just so adorable!

sorry i missed you Sensei! Aren't Clare and her bunch too cool?

tisha2 · Post by **tisha2** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 11:01 am

dammit with the avatar, CowboyAngel!!! Now you've gone too far!!

stuart · Post by **stuart** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 11:02 am

grrrrr...

Am I allowed to be a cranky contrarian bullshit detecting bastard in this thread?

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 11:05 am

tisha2 wrote:dammit with the avatar, CowboyAngel!!! Now you've gone too far!!

it's a religion.it's a religion..it's a religion...just keep repeating that and you'll soon understand, besides, this kind of fixation has its advantages in the bedroom

samtzu · Post by **samtzu** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 11:15 am

cowboyangel wrote:
tisha2 wrote:dammit with the avatar, CowboyAngel!!! Now you've gone too far!!
it's a religion.it's a religion..it's a religion...just keep repeating that and you'll soon understand, besides, this kind of fixation has its advantages in the bedroom

It's an illness...It's an illness...It's an illness... just keep repeating THAT, and you may be able get help... and, yes, there is a twelve step program for what you have....

tisha2 · Post by **tisha2** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 11:15 am

cowboyangel wrote:
tisha2 wrote:dammit with the avatar, CowboyAngel!!! Now you've gone too far!!
it's a religion.it's a religion..it's a religion...just keep repeating that and you'll soon understand, besides, this kind of fixation has its advantages in the bedroom

hmmm....not sure if that means you know how to stick with the job until it's thoroughly finished, or that you're gonna show up in a Red Sox uniform...

Simply Joel · Post by **Simply Joel** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 11:24 am

cowboyangel wrote:
tisha2 wrote:dammit with the avatar, CowboyAngel!!! Now you've gone too far!!
it's a religion.it's a religion..it's a religion...just keep repeating that and you'll soon understand, besides, this kind of fixation has its advantages in the bedroom

baseball is dead.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 12:33 pm

Simply Joel wrote:
cowboyangel wrote:
tisha2 wrote:dammit with the avatar, CowboyAngel!!! Now you've gone too far!!
it's a religion.it's a religion..it's a religion...just keep repeating that and you'll soon understand, besides, this kind of fixation has its advantages in the bedroom
baseball is dead.

....to the unrealized

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 12:35 pm

tisha2 wrote:
cowboyangel wrote:
tisha2 wrote:dammit with the avatar, CowboyAngel!!! Now you've gone too far!!
it's a religion.it's a religion..it's a religion...just keep repeating that and you'll soon understand, besides, this kind of fixation has its advantages in the bedroom
hmmm....not sure if that means you know how to stick with the job until it's thoroughly finished, or that you're gonna show up in a Red Sox uniform...

how about both?..now lets get down to the bar and discuss the intricacies of this notion....

CoworkerLurker · Post by **CoworkerLurker** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 1:28 pm

samtzu wrote:
1) We are all wrong... all of us. Even the Dalai Lama...

Does that mean that you're wrong about that, too?

But then I'm wrong about your being wrong, but then you'd be right, which means you're wrong, and I'm wrong...

I'm thinkin' my insights aren't going to be very deep today.
.

samtzu · Post by **samtzu** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 1:53 pm

CoworkerLurker wrote:
samtzu wrote:
1) We are all wrong... all of us. Even the Dalai Lama...

Does that mean that you're wrong about that, too?

But then I'm wrong about your being wrong, but then you'd be right, which means you're wrong, and I'm wrong...

I'm thinkin' my insights aren't going to be very deep today.
.

And that, my Son, is true enlightenment...

... and, yes... I am dead wrong... especially about this...

stuart · Post by **stuart** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 2:26 pm

me and the lama wish you would speak for yourselves

blyslv · Post by **blyslv** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 2:37 pm

The importance of healthful and regular bowel movements is vastly underated.

blyslv · Post by **blyslv** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 2:38 pm

When out hiking, it is a good idea to sit down and remove your boots and socks to let the feet breath.

blyslv · Post by **blyslv** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 2:44 pm

Frequent snacking helps one avoid grumpiness.

blyslv · Post by **blyslv** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 2:44 pm

Never show up at a party empty-handed.

Ivy · Post by **Ivy** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 2:47 pm

Never show up at a party empty-handed.

Not "Never show up at a party"?

(running away now)

Deep Insights (Gimme)

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