Introspection - Looking WithinclickA Spiritual Journey SeriesDetails: 1 x 12 x 14 inches Original Abstract Nude Oil PaintingGallery wrapped linen canvas hardwood panelNo frame necessary, Ready to hangValid Certificate of AppraisalColors: White, Lilac, Purple, Blue Hues, MagentaFor More InformationCommission Projects WelcomeCertified Original Oil Paintings copyright MkM 2008 k. Madison MooreClose up / TextureclickFinished sidesclickFinished sidesclick______________________________Knowing the Self through IntrospectionIntrospection is the process by which someone forms beliefs about their own mental states. We might form the belief that someone else is happy on the basis of perception, for example, by perceiving their behavior. But a person typically does not have to observe their own beha
Over the weekend I was honored to be an usher at the wedding of two great friends. We had a really great time celebrating, and I got that warm fuzzy feeling that you get at a wedding when you know that the couple is truly meant for each other. I also had to Dress to Impress and wear a suit. I hate dressing up. I've reached the point in my life where I can no longer get away with khaki pants and a button-up shirt at formal gatherings. This was very apparent when I under-dressed for my cousin's wedding last summer. It was an outdoor wedding on a hot summer day and I thought comfort and practicality would prevail in the wardrobe choices of the guests. I was wrong. While I hate dressing up, I learned that I hate under-dressing even more.
On my google home page, I have the google widget for http://www.tarot.com/astrology/. Today this caught my eye: "Instead of making plans about distant goals, pick something you can do
right now and then get started. Living healthy begins in the present
moment."Later I was working on our websites and while at the Lucky Honu, I just casually entered the following question to test that it was working properly:I asked the I Ching
Oracle:What are the prospects for my
business?(present) 15. Chien - Humility,
ModestyKeep your goals modest and realistic;
attempting too much at once will cause failure. The Universe helps the
modest prosper, but brings down the arrogant.(future) 48. Ching - The
WellLife is like a well. Poorly kept wells
bring sickness. Maintain it properly and you will have satisfying
water.What does the Oracle hold for
you?http://luckyhonu.com/iching/oracleSo, see ya later! I'm off to work on some of my realistic, in the moment go
I actually found myself hesitant to write my perspective of spiritual matters. Than I concluded that those who dis-agree and those who may agree are welcome to freely share their own standpoint on the topic. It truly does not matter to me what path you take to get where you’re going - I remain non-judgemental and have really enjoyed learning about all faiths, cultures, and how they have come to be. I suppose you could say I am open-minded however in a very positive light or perhaps eclectic. I will not debate and certainly not push my own choices in beliefs, morals, and values on another being. I find that - it is disrespectful. I simply believe that we all here for a reason.
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As a child I would occasionally daydream on long car journeys or before I fell asleep at night, pondering what death is like. Back then as a naïve child with an overactive imagination I used to think that although you were dead, you could still feel what happens to your body on some spiritual level. Because of this I thought the idea of cremation was horrific, that you would feel the intense burning of your remains somehow. The same superstitious logic could therefore be applied to dissection – that you would somehow feel your body being cut open, manipulated and dissected out. I would shudder at the thought of such horrendous agony, but even as a child I knew it was a silly idea. So why was it I still shuddered at the thought of somehow hurting this prosected specimen? I guess I’d hardwired that false notion into my brain and couldn’t help myself - it is an intrinsic reflex now.Because of this mindset I had as a child I also used to think being buried and slowly decomposing wo
Pure and unadulterated -- two words that do justice to Vishal Bhardwaj's cinematic adaptation of Ruskin Bond's novella THE BLUE UMBRELLA. That Vishal is an adept storyteller is known by now. In THE BLUE UMBRELLA, he goes back to his directorial debut. If MAKDEE was about a village girl and a witch, THE BLUE UMBRELLA is about an umbrella that becomes the object of envy in a hamlet in Himachal Pradesh. Stories like the one narrated in THE BLUE UMBRELLA are a rarity today, since the focus is on a large canvas and larger than life stars. THE BLUE UMBRELLA is set in a hamlet and essentially revolves around an umbrella, a kid and a tea stall owner.The handling of the subject material is interesting, but the fact remains that the film has its limitations. It caters to a small section of moviegoers, the connoisseurs of cinema, thereby restricting its appeal to select multiplexes in select cities. The story unfurls with the discovery of a vibrant blue umbrella by Biniya [Shreya Sharma], an e
Mark Oaten, the former Liberal Democrats' spokesman for home affairs, has come out with a refreshingly radical suggestion on prisons - abolish them. The BBC reports:The Winchester MP desperately wanted to say that all prisons should be demolished - and replaced with education and training centres, mental health facilities and drug rehabilitation units..."Prison is not fit for purpose and it's beyond reform. We need to abolish it and replace it with more workable alternatives," he tells BBC Radio 4's Hecklers, in which provocative views are debated in front of a live audience."Prison is meant to do two things: punish and rehabilitate," he argues, but with two thirds of prisoners reconvicted within two years of release, "prison fails on both counts." ...The solution, according to Mr Oaten, is to establish new institutions aimed at tackling the root causes of offending...According to Mr Oaten 72% of prisoners have mental health problems...Personality disorders, such as psychopathy and
Recently I came across an article, Beware the Bloggers’ Bile, in TIME Magazine by Joe Klein recently in which he wrote about the insanity that has taken over the Liberal/Progressive blogosphere. This of course is going well with Republican bloggers. In Klein’s piece, he expresses his concern of the recent criticism he is receiving from liberal bloggers recently:
A strange thing happened to me the day the House of Representatives voted to pass the Iraq-war-funding bill. Congresswoman Jane Harman of California called as the debate was taking place. “Look, I would love to have cast a vote against Bush on this,” she told me. “We need a new strategy, and I hope we can force one in September. But I flew into Baghdad [with 150 young soldiers recently]. To vote against this bill was to vote against giving them the equipment… they need. I couldn’t do that.” I posted what Harman said on Swampland, the political blog at Time.com, along with my opi
I took a Valium mom gave me and smoked a bowl with Mom and Tori. I feel a little better. The pain is still inside, but it is far enough away that I don't feel like my insides are being ripped apart.
I have a little peace - mission accomplished - exactly what I hoped for. Now I understand how people can allow themselves to get addicted to drugs. All that pain, fear, anger, anxiety, and misery are silenced, even if only for a little while and I can finally fucking relax.
You do whatever you have to do in order to survive whether it is checking into a hospital, cutting, bloodletting, getting drunk, smoking pot, shooting up, binge eating, snorting coke, watching tv - doing whatever it takes to escape the pain long enough to let your will to live kick in.
If the only way I can survive is by drowning myself in men, shopping, food, jager, or my own blood then why do I even want to survive? What kind of life is that?
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This is the 100th post on this blog, which is nearing its first anniversary. Using this opportunity to share my experience as a blogger so far and a quick introspection…Though I was a bit late to enter the blogosphere, it was better late than never. I opened myself to the idea of blogging after reading couple of posts of my cousin Sandesh Karanth (check my blog roll for link). Later I’ve inspired few others to start blogging (may sound like a self praise but it is true) and the journey has been pretty smooth so far.I wrote whatever I wanted to and in the process have offended many people directly or indirectly. Though I don’t regret what I’ve written I hereby apologize to all those who might have been offended by my words.Many people still believe I'm the only visitor to my blog. That is not true. I get few dozen to few hundred visitors per day(Have a look at the image below or check this for live statistics )Five to six thousand visitors have been to this blog since one year.
