oh_me_ghost

The substance / the base

Being
inspired
is like
climbing
up a

tree
that at
some
inevitable
moment

always
dissapears
beneath
ones
feet.

Ive been reading Thomas Moore off and on. I read Care of the Soul while on vacation and now Dark Nights of the Soul. Here are some quotes.

In his book Psychology and Religion: West and East, Jung says The soul is for the most part outside the body. What an extraordinary idea. The modern person is taught to believe that the soulor whatever...
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Her ability to be herself
Was never in doubt.
Her ability to be what I had always
Dreamed about was an
Unknown. Since she never
Attempted it. Never bothered.
Bless her heart.

Poetry poetry. I dont get you. All these words like a ladder for the eyes, nicely spaced, carefully typed. En masse. And always following down. Now an interesting one. Now a strangely affecting part. Now a great big space. Ouch! Another sentence just crashed. Its all bloody and vulgar. I think I stepped on a heart attack, the meaning is all kind of smooshed underfoot....
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Henry: Ive learned something from your idiotic notions; I confess that humbly and gratefully.

Eliza: Well you have my voice on your gramaphone. When you feel lonely without me you can turn it on. It has no feelings to hurt.

Henry: It cant turn your soul on.

* gags *

Eliza: Oooo you are a devil. You can twist the heart in a girl just...
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Id like somebody smart and consice to say some interesting things. I dont necessarily want to believe that theyre right. But something in me responds to what I guess is just a willingness to break the status quo apart, which is what Henry Miller does so famously when hes on. That is my addiction. I think of it as a desire for truth, but its...
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Words in the parking lot carry over sometimes. Unimportant sounds. Uncertain meanings only the inflections can be seen distinctly. Lack of something hard to put ones feet on. Afraid of instanteous simplification. Clairavoyant asshats appear like bees approaching flowers. Blame, anger, irritation, hurry. Laughter? What is that? Without laughter all is pain. Is that right. Never has it been more important to be happy. Hmm....
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I lack self-confidence. I dont know whether I shall ever get it. Perhaps it is better to be unsure of yourself, as I am. But it is very tiring.
Audrey Hepburn

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Love and violence, properly speaking are polar opposites. Love lets the other be, but with affection and concern. Violence attempts to constrain the others freedom, to force him to act...
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Everything we see is always a dream. Its a picture created by the brain to help our bodies exist. The cortex makes up a lot of the brain, like percentage-wise. Together with the rest of the stuff in the head, it all acts as a kind of dream machine, producing a beautiful or sometimes ugly overlay upon the actual environment. Both the dream world and...
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We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us. - Jean-Paul Sarte

I have to say that Sarte is wrong. But theres a 1% of the time, where it does become extremely important to reject categorization by others. And such moments have a certain amount of importance.

The problem I think is toxicity. Any...
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