A small spark in the abyssal darkness...

Gorog

Gorog

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The path of life is difficult, rarely can you just breeze through it without a few if not many, and if not many, than overwhelming amounts, of adversity. I read a study that summarily said one in four human beings have or will have a mental health condition, and not only is it probably true, but it probably is an understatement. A man gave a speech once referencing a friend of his, and said something to me and the audience that basically read "No one is normal, there are the disabled, and the temporarily able."

What I mean by the former disjointed paragraph, is that suffering, disability, and all those things happening to you or others that you and others think is solely your or their problems, that no one quite feels the way you do...it's mostly a delusion. There might be a few very misfortunate souls out there with quite unique illnesses, syndromes, issues, problems, and so on, but even they are not totally alone.

I am not a schoolteacher, a self help guru, a zen master (not even close!), in fact, those who know me think I am a troubled, but honest and good hearted individual, just like millions, billions of other young men on this planet. The singular thing that might make me think I should be writing this whole shabang in the first place is my overdeveloped concerns and attachment to others, known and unknown to me, is the somewhat extraordinary adversity I have overcome in my short life, my deep desires to share knowledge with others, and the potency of my hesitant waterfall of wisdom, which is currently flowing.

I have truly noticed and felt sorrow for the staggering amount of loss the cantina has suffered in 2012, the hardships, the illnesses and passings, anniversarial announcements, I feel like an antenna that is tuned in to human sorrow and suffering (that is probably evidence towards my mild insanity, but, I already knew I was half insane!) But I am getting along and making progress through the wonders of change, the powers of a life that is dynamic and static, a proportioned and balanced mind....

Trust that there will always be something to make you move on, or at least forget, your pain, know that you can always, always make your own contented-ness, and know that life, identity, stillness, quietude, transformation itself, is a journey not a destination. And there will always be someone traveling your road. Help is always there, looking for it could be just the help you needed, but if not, never retreat, and you will find your way.

Do not accept and settle for a destination, always be ready and prepared, for change will come no matter what, and like it or not, you will be traveling, searching, discovering all your life. But do not fight it...because you will never win that battle. Flow with the tide, and it will take you to new places.

I hope my words will help, but in the end, there is only that. Change is begotten from within.
Peace.
Ps. Seriously, though, I feel what I said might make a difference. Hopefully, my friends will feel the same, but, if I messed up somewhere in this talk, let me know, ill shut this puppy down.... If I did not, let me know whether you all wish to hear more stuff like that. I am here to help.
David
 
David,
That is very profound.
You are more normal than you think and more normal than alot of people i know whom will tell you themselves how normal they are.
 
I encourage you to keep writing, David. You seem to have a talent for written expression, and if you develop this talent in various forms, it can take you far.
 
Wow! Thanks guys! I'm really happy you like it. My mom encourages me to keep doing this kind of thing, so how about I keep this thread going by putting my daily philosophical wanderings in type? I love positive reinforcements, but even negative critiques, so long as they are, you know, not painful or malicious in intent, would be helpful too. I know I have talent, but I still am surprised I got a "profound" from Karda and a beautifully written from the steely gunned one (I jest, I hope you don't mind a little teasing from the Gorog, jake.) and Steve, last but not least, thanks for your kind words. Who knows? You could see me on the back of a book one day, or my name on a haiku, signature phrase on calligraphy. Or something like that. Brush calligraphy is cool...I should give it a try soon....
Thanks dudes, you all make this the place to be. Peace.
David
 
that made me stop and think,had to read it twice,me and my wife are raising a most precious little boy,my son,who has autism,it is a struggle sometimes,but as the chinese say if im saying it right,children with autism,are "children of the stars".i love him more then all the stars in the sky..great read.
 
Thanks for that. A parent who raises someone with autism must be prepared and unprepared,because you'll be forced to feel that way whenever they show their purity of heart, their amazing courage, and previously unheard of talents.... In many ways autism shapes you in such profound and different ways, that, its kind of like raising a super being, until they remind you the greatest power of all lies in those who do not seek it, and do not want power at all. Thanks for sharing dude. It really touched me, how much you value your kid. Peace.
 
For a minute, I could have sworn munk stopped back by.

Gorog...I don't know you yet, but nice to meet you!
 
Nice to meet you too dude! Always a pleasure to meet a nice person, the outside is subject to preference, the inside is subject to morality, and just like that, the inner workings of men and women are what truly matter, I think.
Peace.
David
Ps. Was munk a forum dude, or somebody else? If he is, I'll try and find his posts. If its personal to you, forgive my intrusion.
 
thanks Gorog,i do value my son more than gold,but i just have to say,he has this twinkle in his eyes,he is our lil treasure,my whole family actually.peace to you and yours. mike.
 
:) tomorrow I might have more to contribute, but now, I'm all smiles. Peace to everyone.
David
 
Life itself isn't possible without that "small spark in the abyssal darkness" we call the sun.

In the consideration of human existence and suffering, our place in the universe is a good place to start.

("What's this have to do with khukuries?" Everything. Carbon/iron is formed in the heart of first-generation stars gone nova. So our khuks come from the stars, too, via Nepal.)

Nice imagery. Keep writing, David.


Mike
 
I think tomorrow will be a good day to revive this thread with a new writing. Thank you all for the lavish praise, really cool dudes dwelleth in the walls of the cantina. Peace.
David
 
Seems to me that you are certainly one of the cool dudes...

Bill, Rusty, Yvsa, Danny and others of the old crew would have liked you too.
 
Hey, all...first, I found a very...interesting iOS app called sage, basically it is based off deeply questioning scrolls from 600 bc dedicated to generating up to ten thousand different combinations of aphorisms seemingly randomly. It's very mysterious, but beautifully helpful to kickstarting 'new' philosophies and ways of questioning and finding your way.

Anyway, what I would really like to do, is talk some more about such things. People forget how to remember to question. They believe blindly, or believe in little to nothing, or the concept of nothingness. What is life but perception? You take everything in the end, and put your spin on it. Why fight that natural process? Pick your battles...what matters is perception, balance, equilibrium, and moderation.
What matters is not the selection, but the act of choosing. Unfetter your mind, unshackle the soul of materialism and attachment, take away, remove, destroy everything that influence and bias has led you to believe, detach your self from this world entirely, and you will, contradictory to the sound of it, be a man, a woman, or child, of incredible perception and balance. It sounds foreign to remove yourself, it sounds lonesome, but you can only get so close to someone, before you are too far away from who you are. Distance and closeness are an equilibrium you must obtain and maintain constantly.

Age, disease, stimuli and contaminants, vectors and dangers, foreign obstacles, and much more, are not enemies to be terrified of, but rather, obstacles that you must pass. Our time to live,and our time to die, our time to do, and our time to rest, our time, is made of what we make of it. Change your perception, change yourself, change, and you will flow comtinually. A wise martial artist once used water as a description of how you fight, but you can learn to live as such, also. "see the finger? Do not concentrate on the finger, or you will lose sight of all that heavenly glory." Bruce lee.

He was a fighting man, but he was a tremendous way of living made alive, as well. You cannot change the world by changing the world, but you can change you, who changes surrounding people, and surrounding changes beget surrounding changes...until the world is brought to its balance. And balance is the greater good that you CAN believe in. There is a reason I sound similar to other people from other times. This is not new, this reinvented by word choice ALONE. You see...this style of thinking, this combination of reinvention, has been here since the dawn of mankind. And with it, we can prevent the sun from setting on our race prematurely.

This is my song, my creed, my race, my life, this is all I believe, and all I am, everything that is to me, this is it. This is my beginning and my end. And I embrace it. Embrace, and you will be embraced. Reciprocation is natural change, cycles are wonderful and ever changing. There is great truth to my saying that when you care about you, you care about others. Beginnings and ends come from within. Good day, my friends, I hope you appreciate my musing discoveries, feel free to discuss and add to it.
David.
 
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One suggestion if I may...just as the stream and river has riffles and runs, words are usually best with paragraphs. Especially when challenging a reader to consider new ideas (the runs), you will get better responses if you provide crossings in the riffles to allow your readers time to cross to the other side.

Hope this is seen as helpful...
 
Oh, sorry, right you are! I'll fix that right away. Yeah, thanks a lot, I totally forgot about that...I hope that my spacing helps.
 
Ahhh...now I know where you wanted me to go.

Thanks!
 
Gorog said:
Hey, all...first, I found a very...interesting iOS app called sage, basically it is based off deeply questioning scrolls from 600 bc dedicated to generating up to ten thousand different combinations of aphorisms seemingly randomly. It's very mysterious, but beautifully helpful to kickstarting 'new' philosophies and ways of questioning and finding your way...
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You may want to look into the Book of Changes (I Ching). It is one of the 5 ancient classic texts of China. Here is the Wikipedia article. Here is a free translation that is in the public domain. There are numerous translations available.
 
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