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Pausmusik

29 måndag Sep 2008

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Let the fun begin
Let the worlds collide
Let the day begin
Let humanity spin
Let the day begin

Let the day begin
Let the horror start
Let the fury swell
Let the skies all cry
Let the day begin

Let the world stand bare
Let it stand on trial
Let it open up
Let the tides explode
Let the day begin

Samhain – Let the Day Begin

A Couple of Beers

28 söndag Sep 2008

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Lite roligt kanske?

A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks about 2″ in diameter.He then asked the students if the jar was full? They agreed that it was.

So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks.

He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else.

He then asked once more if the jar was full. This time the students were sure and they responded with a unanimous ”YES!”

The professor then produced two cans of beer from under the table and proceeded to pour their entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.

”Now,” said the professor, as the laughter subsided, ”I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The rocks are the important things – your family, your partner, your health, your children, things that, if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, your car”.

The sand is everything else. The small stuff. ”If you put the sand into the jar first,” he continued ”there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. The same goes for your life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you”.

Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out dancing. Do something for the community. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal.

”Take care of the rocks first – the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.”

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the beer represented. The professor smiled. ”I´m glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there´s always room for a couple of beers.”

Vad är klockan?

28 söndag Sep 2008

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The central focus [of hinduism] is Brahman, that which is alone ultimately real as the eternal, unchanging, ultimate ground and being of everything. Shankara drew the momentous distinction between nirguna and saguna Brahman. The former is Brahman without attributes, formless or ineffable, transcategorial. It is what it is, but what it is lies outside our human conceptual repertoire. Saguna Brahman, on the other hand, is that same reality as humanly thought and experienced, namely as Ishwara, personal deity, known in different forms as Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and very many more. These are regarded as different, generally regional, manifestations of the divine.

Nirguna and saguna Brahman are not two different ”things”, but are the same ultimate reality – that reality as it is in itself, and as it has been given concrete form within the realm of human thought and imagination.  In the words of the fascinating Hindu text that I have already quoted, ”Thou art formless: thy only form is our knowledge of thee.” If, then, there were no human beings, there would be no saguna Brahman, since this exists only in relation to human consciousness, but there would still be the eternal reality of nirguna Brahman.

ur John Hick, ”The Fifth Dimension : An Exploration of the Spiritual Realm”

otep!!

22 måndag Sep 2008

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otep – warhead [kanske inte den bästa, men.. ]

i min värld har elvis, jimi hendrix, tiger woods, eminem och otep samma konfunderande roll.

dessutom blir jag ALLTID tårögd när jag lyssnar på otep. varför då?

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