[MD] Boromir's Journey

[Steve Peterson]

Hi Gav,


On Sep 22, 2009, at 1:00 AM, gav wrote:

> wow! brilliant post steve - important!

Thanks!


>
> faith is about trust - trust in oneself and the whole shebang. it  
> is not about hope really - for hope implies a hope that things will  
> turn out okay - faith accepts that even if things don't it is still  
> for the best.
>
> faith is something that seems to grow gently and quietly and then  
> it flowers....and without knowing exactly when it all happened  
> there is a  trust and acceptance of life- acceptance, letting go,  
> surrender - these are all aspects of faith.
>
>  faith needs careful attention, even when it has flowered...each  
> act in our lives that comes from a trust in our selves - our  
> centre; or from a similar trust in the honesty and love of another,  
> will nurture faith.it is a pragmatic test: we learn that faith works.
>
> we can trust ourselves. we don't need to be corrected. whatever we  
> truly feel/want is right and good - this is what batailles' 'story  
> of the eye' sorta gets at.
>
>  the way is perfect and we only need to be in harmony with it.  
> faith is authentic spirituality.
>
>  undo
> (a bjork song - bjork names bataille's 'story of the eye' as the  
> critical moment in her development as an artist)

I checked out the Bjork lyrics, and it hits the spot. It reminded me  
of Jem "It's Just a Ride" which is based on the following from  
commedian Bill Hicks:

The World is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to  
go on it you think it's real, because that's how powerful our minds  
are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round, and it has  
thrills and chills and is very brightly colored, and it's very loud.  
And it's fun, for a while.

Some people have been on the ride for a long time, and they've begun  
to question, 'Is this real, or is this just a ride?', and other  
people have remembered, and they've come back to us and they say  
'Hey, don't worry. Don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a  
ride.' and we KILL THOSE PEOPLE.

"Shut him up! We have alot invested in this ride! SHUT HIM UP! Look  
at my furrows of worry. Look at my big bank account, and my family.  
This has to be real."

It's just a ride.

But we always kill those good guys who try and tell us that. You ever  
noticed that? And let the demons run amok. But it doesn't matter,  
because ... It's just a ride.

And we can change it anytime we want. It's only a choice. No effort,  
no work, no job, no savings of money. A choice, right now, between  
fear and love. The eyes of fear wants you to put bigger locks on your  
door, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love, instead see all  
of us as one.

Here's what we can do to change the world right now, to a better ride:

Take all that money we spent on weapons and defense each year and  
instead spend it feeding, clothing, and educating the poor of the  
world, which it would many times over, not one human being excluded,  
and WE CAN EXPLORE SPACE, TOGETHER, BOTH INNER AND OUTER, forever ...  
in peace.

-- Bill Hicks (1961 - 1994)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMUiwTubYu0&feature=related




Best,
Steve