From Yann Martels Life of Pi

I found a true question which could answer some of your doubts.

Love is hard to believe, just ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, just ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, just ask any believer.

The Last White Knight

Republished from the now defunct Welcomemat Project site in 2007.

 

The Last White Knightby Tom » Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:34 pm

The Last White Knight

The white knight is not always white.
He is bruised and bettered and bloody
For it was he that fought the fight-
And once the days are done
and all the wars are won,
He will clean himself proper and fit
And ride the damsel ride
He will look long and wide
Till he finds his love abide, someday
Only then will he have found his way-
He would try to forget the murders he would fight
Each and every night,
and the thought he killed some mothers son and how they would fight.
But he was the greatest there ever was to be
But the last White Knight never found his tranquility.
It just wasn't meant to be.

An Oddity of Life

It is an oddity that those who have the least generally are the most generous in spirit and wealth. I suppose that is because they have the least and have suffered the most. Life is experiential and wisdom comes from experience but goodness comes from someplace yet defined. I hope your life is filled with experiences that help you through to the next life and at the same time the wounds you hand out heal quickly, you are forgiven easily and you forgive even quicker. Take the blame for your wrongs, say your sorry, offer your hand to those in need and forget the small stuff. It's not worth the effort.
I hope you have a good day

In the Pursuit of Knowledge there is No One Way to Think

The Blog has been online coming up to two months. It has been about the pursuit of knowledge, the unknown, the unusual, the mammoth amount of religions who all believe in their God and their right to war for that God. We have found all night talk shows like Coast to Coast which explore myths and the unexplained and all things in between. We have explored the Mayan Calender and its mysteries, the Chinese New Year of the Dragon and a litany of subjects all related to each other. I have also tried to lighten the mood with some silly stories. After all you can't be serious all the time otherwise you will turn into Newt Gingrich and would that be a shame. That is of course a joke.

I don't care what your thoughts are as long as you consider that the other side has a reason to think as they do. I also hope you refrain from hate and will consider taking a look at A Soldier of War once it becomes public. It is a true story.

THE STORY OF EVOLUTION

THE STORY OF EVOLUTION

IN THE LAND OF THE MAD

BOOT LICKING MONKEYS

A BLACK CROW HOOVERED OVER THE

DEAD CARCASS THAT WAS ONCE A KIND AND LOVING MAN

WHO WAS ON OCCASION ACCUSED OF ALMOST EVERYTHING

BY THE MAD BOOT LICKING MONKEYS

BECAUSE HE REFUSED TO DO THE ONE THING

THE BOOT LICKING MONKEYS LOVED TO DO.

HE REFUSED TO LICK THEIR BOOTS

AND WAS CONDEMNED TO LIFE TILL DEATH WITH NOTHING-

NOONE WAS TO GIVE HIM HOPE, NOONE WAS TO GIVE

HIM HELP, NOONE WAS TO GIVE HIM ANY INFORMATION

ON ANY SUBJECT, FOR ANY REASON.

HE WAS OF COURSE CONDEMNED WITHOUT TRIAL OR EVEN NOTICE.

HE WAS CONDEMNED ON THE Q.T. A LANGUAGE KNOWN ONLY TO THE MAD BOOT LICKING MONKEYS.

THE BLACK CROW HOVERED FOR DAYS OVER THE MANS CARCASS

DARING NOT TO APPROACH

NO SCAVENGER APPROACHED.

THIS CAUSED CONCERN AMONGST THE MAD BOOT LICKING MONKEYS

THEY DIDN’T WANT THE MAN TO DECAY AND INFECT

THEIR PERFECT BOOT LICKING LAND. THERE WERE WHISPERS-

OTHERS MAY, BECOME LIKE HIM AND REFUSE TO LICK OUR BOOTS. WHAT DO WE DO? IT WAS SUGGESTED TO CHANGE THE FACTS ON HIS LIFE

TO SAY THAT HE WAS A PROLIFIC BOOT LICKER

IN FACT THAT IS WHAT HE DIED FROM. HE LICKED TO

MANY BOOTS HE FORGOT TO EAT AND STARVED TO DEATH.

THEY WOULD MAKE HIS DEATH ONE WITH A MORAL

ATTACHED. WHILE BOOT LICKING IS THE HIGHEST FORM A

BEING CAN ATTAIN IT IS ALSO PERMISSIBLE TO SNACK

FROM TIME TO TIME. THEY ERECTED A STATUE IN THEIR

MAIN SQUARE HONOURING THIS OUTSTANDING BOOT LICKER AND THEIR

HE REMAINED STUFFED IN THE MAIN SQUARE FOR GENERATIONS

AND FOR GENERATIONS THE SCHOOL CHILDREN WERE BROUGHT TO SEE

HIM AND MARVEL AT SOME OF THE DEEDS NOW ATTRIBUTED TO

HIM BY GENERATIONS OF HYSTERICAL BOOT LICKERS. ALL THE WHILE THE GENERATIONS OF THE BLACK CROW FLEW OVERHEAD

WATCHING THIS ODDITY UNRAVEL. THAN ONE DAY A BRIGHTER

VERSION OF THE MAD BOOT LICKING MONKEY CHILD NOTICED THAT THIS

MAN WHO WAS NOW KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN THE MOST BRAVE,

MOST INTELLIGENT, MOST INCREDIBLE BEING TO HAVE EVER TALKED TO WAS DIFFERENT SOMEHOW. NOONE AGREED BUT HE

PERSISTED AND ASKED THIS QUESTION WHICH EXPOSED THIS LIE

AND CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY. IF THIS MAN WAS THE

GREATEST BOOT LICKER OF ALL TIME, WHY THEN IS THERE

ABSOLUTELY NO SHOE POLISH ON HIS TONGUE? THEY ALL

GAZED AT EACH OTHERS BLACKENED, BROWNED AND WHITENED SHOE

BOOT LICKING TONGUES, AND THEN LOOKED AT HIS STILL PINK, MOIST, PURE, WITHOUT A GRAM OF POLISH ON HIS TONGUE.

MUCH DEBATE OCCURRED. HOW COULD THIS HAVE HAPPENED? WHAT COULD OUR FORE, FATHERS HAVE BEEN SAYING WHEN THEY SAID THAT THIS MAN WAS THE GREATEST BOOT LICKER OF ALL TIME.

THE DEBATE INCLUDED EXPERTS THAT STATED THAT IF THE LICKING ISN’T CONTINUOUS THE MANS TONGUE WILL DISSOLVE THE POLISH

OVERTIME. HE LICKED ONLY NATURAL SKINS BECAUSE THEY HAD NO POLISH BACK THEN. THAT WAS DISPUTED BY A CAN OF POLISH THAT HAD BEEN PLACED IN THE MANS HAND THE DAY THEY STUFFED

HIM. THE CAN HAD A DATE ON IT WHICH COINCIDED WITH THE

DATE OF THE STUFFING. BESIDES AN INFORMED GROUP OF

RECOVERING BOOT LICKERS STATED THE POLISH NEVER COMES OFF AND ALL YOU GET IS A HEADACHE.

ONE DARING SOUL EVEN DECLARED I THINK BOOT LICKING HAS MADE ME STUPID. THE HIGHER UPS WHO HAD TO MAINTAIN ORDER SAID OH NO YOU ARE NOT STUPID. YOU ARE SO SMART YOU SHOULD BE KING. YOU WANT ME TO BE KING. WE DO.

TO THIS DAY NOT ONE CROW HAS EVER LANDED IN THE LAND OF THE

MAD BOOT LICKING MONKEYS. ONLY THEIR DROPPINGS. WHICH IS HOW

HISTORY WAS CHANGED. One day many generations later another

Scholar of sorts blurted out. Maybe our four fathers Vere vrong all along. Maybe ve vernt suppose to be boot lickers but butt lickers. The land stopped. Paused to ponder this revelation. It fit the facts. The MAN’s tongue is still pink. And that’s the continuing story of evolution. Many generations would again pass BEFORE ANOTHER MONUMENTAL DISCOVERY. HIS NOSE WAS NOT BROWN EITHER!

The Raft

When I dream I dream that good overcomes evil always

And God is more than a hope of better times

And life is more than a sum of earthly wealth

When I dream I dream that I’m in a field

Of flowers that bloom forever

Where the voices of children whose hurts have been swept away

Into the river that flows into the center of the field

Returning joy and innocence again

to those broken heart-ed souls whose lives were destined to be harsh, even defeating and defeated

When I dream I see once innocent souls after living lives of sin.

Returning to their innocence

Astonished that they had been forgiven for all they have done

To deserve Gods wrath, instead they see the path they followed

was planned, never to harm another soul. but to heal.

When I dream I see myself at the top of a hill

Knowing I had done what had never been done

And how satisfied I feel. I can breathe again.

For this lifetime is now past , the struggles are over the hate is no more. the savageness has ceased to exist

And I can go home at last.

At least when I dream.

Coast to Coast

II have included this segment from a show called Coast to Coast which deals in the paranormal. This particular episode deals with a variation of the demon villages found in South American. In the first half of the show, George Noory welcomed paranormal researcher Heidi Hollis for a discussion on Shadow People and "Hat Man" encounters. Hollis revealed that she was personally haunted by Shadow People for several years. The veil between our worlds has been thinning, she explained, pointing out that many people are now experiencing encounters with shadow creatures. Hollis made a distinction between these shadow creatures and an entity she calls the "Hat Man," noting that he wears a trench coat and flat-brimmed hat, and seems to have authority over Shadow People. Although the "Hat Man" may appear differently to various witnesses, Hollis suggested he is a singular being capable of appearing in multiple places at the same time. He is a menacing presence, an evil incarnate, whose message seems to be, "Fear me, I own you," she added.

Hollis spoke about her visit to Hell and the reality of Jesus. She admitted being skeptical of other people's so-called encounters with Jesus, until she had a four life-changing meetings with him herself, and was healed of an incurable disease. "Jesus is no joke... he really is watching and he really is anxious to return," she announced. Hollis described her dream journey to Hell, where she recalled trudging through thick smelly mud within the body of a resident there. She described exploring a labyrinth of dark corridors that were lined with numerous iron cages crowded with tormented people, all overseen by creatures called Keepers. Hollis remembered telling some of the hopeless inhabitants that they would have a second chance to get out of Hell. She also encouraged listeners to join her Paranormal Pledge Facebook group.