sleep heals my body but starves my soul





isolation
is more petrifying than pain

i used to think pain topped the list
of what humans feared
but we will endure a dizzying amount of suffering
to remain connected

the irony of this
is that we fear death because we believe it will separate us from others
and we embrace sin
because we are confused
deliberately blinded
as to its meaning

the phrase "sin will separate us from God"
is the heaviest truth
in an existential layer where we are only weighed down
by our inability to think outside the grid

sin is being and doing what God isn't and wouldn't

our connection to the life source of the universe
is impacted by how closely we pattern match to it

when we alter our energetic configuration to create an incompatible energy signature
the basic laws of physics dictate that there will be fission instead of fusion



everything that falls under the category of "sin"
is an action that isolates and separates
that harms the genuine connection between spirits
that sows distrust and distance and fear



if God is love, and love is the greatest connective force we know
then sin is what happens when love is absent from human interaction


we are made in the pattern of God
to operate in a synergistic manner with other energy configurations
to pattern match to the one meaningful pattern


isolated people weaken and corrode
the ultimate fear is total isolation
darkness
being cut off from the source of all connection
being consumed by our own eternally burning existential energy
because we are separated from any way to ground out and release it
no earth underneath our bare feet
no water to ease it out
no light to inititate the synthesis
no animals to soothe our frantic restlessness
no people to exchange photons with and create a sense of balance
no God to provide a gravitional pull that we orbit around as integral components of a purposeful existence



what could be more painful than to be contained in perpetual isolation and never be able to burn out?
to be continuously fueled by our own existential energy source
but separated from every possibility to use it for the purpose it was designed



and what could be more beautiful
than to never feel a sense of rejection, unwantedness, unimportance or loneliness?
to know our place in the universe
and to vibrate with endless joy and music and purpose and belonging



what we do in these moments
where we are briefly caught in time and space
affect everything
because we have the ability to change our own patterns
and to alter our energetic configurations
it isn't as if we die and then we become spirits
we are spirits now
eternity doesn't start when we die
it's already who we are now
we are making eternal decisions RIGHT NOW
because there isn't actually a now that is separate in reality


our words and actions create
we have been given spirits of power
we are mightier than angels
we are made in his image

we shape ourselves with our decisions
and if we do not choose with wisdom and understanding
then we will grow away from truth
from the configuration of love and meaning and intentional inclusion
that God is
and God creates
with his decisions to be who he is
and to not be these other things
that he will not accept in his sphere


to live is to maintain a state without fundamental change
death is a change of our core expression of self
we still exist, but we are unrecognizable when compared to our previous energetic manifestion

like we do not wish to be poisoned so that we can live, or maintain our current state
God does not wish to take in anything that will change the essence of who he is
and has constructed an entire world on principles that illustrate the purity of connection between intentional beings that seek love instead of harm
there can be no darkness where there is light
there can be no love with fear
no trust where there is deceit
no joy without meaning






the only part of this that doesn't make sense to me
is once we see
how is it possible to look away?






i am with paul as he laments
"who will save me from this body of death?"
i resent the complexity of managing a multifaceted existence
where my spirit is willing but my flesh is weak
and forcing me to sleep


nothing interesting better happen while i'm on the charger!


grace out


  • puppymaster
    You tease Dragonetta with your lols and winks on my blog! Or is it Dagronetta?

    But seriously, I like this post.
    by puppymaster at 03/20/10 7:59AM
  • AlanL
    But this would make Christianity as spiritual as Hinduism! Oh, wait...

    Why is it so hard to think like this? I suppose because we can't perceive the spiritual with our eyes.

    I love the phrase "exchange photons". It implies a physical connection by people who are in each others' presence yet not touching in the literal sense.
    by AlanL at 03/20/10 10:17AM
  • chessman
    This was phenomenally well-expressed.
    And why can't you buy our washer & dryer?
    by chessman at 03/20/10 12:07PM
  • teelside
    what a sweet spring greeting....love you so, my Penijean.
    by teelside at 03/20/10 2:32PM
  • onelittlecandle
    So cute! Thanks!! :)
    by onelittlecandle at 03/20/10 4:25PM
  • slave_of_jesus_jdb
    Cool post. One man put it to me recently that it is important that we need to have a strong sense of identity as children of God so that when satan introduces ideas to us that are incompatible with that identity we will see them as foreign instead of being duped.
    by slave_of_jesus_jdb at 03/20/10 5:09PM

baleful






christian bale






Christian Bale





christian bale and heath ledger





christian bale


  • mjintexas
    :D
    by mjintexas at 03/17/10 12:02AM
  • shinri
    heh heh, love the slaughter-laughter one, I think of that daily whilst at work.
    by shinri at 03/17/10 12:06AM
  • fullofgrace
    wait....what exactly do you do for a living??
    by fullofgrace at 03/17/10 12:35AM
  • puppymaster
    Oh hee hee! I'm going to have to share that last one!
    by puppymaster at 03/17/10 9:04AM
  • wifelet
    I enjoyed the batmobile one ... :)
    by wifelet at 03/17/10 9:09AM
  • AlanL
    I don't watch movies enough.
    by AlanL at 03/17/10 11:19AM
  • whipsmile
    *sigh*

    I had difficulty reading the quotes because I was staring at the face too much.
    by whipsmile at 03/17/10 1:19PM
  • sarahmarcelle
    Loved, loved the first one.
    by sarahmarcelle at 03/17/10 2:47PM
  • yo
    this link is funny, but inappropriate. http://www.tshirthell.com/funny-shirts/you-cant-have-manslaughter-without-laughter/
    by yo at 03/17/10 7:58PM
  • caraboo
    i just watched Little Women and realized how much I love Christian Bale. Truly, madly, deeply love him.
    by caraboo at 03/18/10 8:05PM
  • head_in_a_sunrise
    Baha. I was busy staring at him too. But then I went back and read them.

    Made me giggle.
    by head_in_a_sunrise at 03/18/10 10:09PM

beware the ides





because i was an awkward, myopic, narcissistic sort of child
the first third of my life was spent reading
and i distinctly remember wondering
after a bout with an unabridged shakesperean collection
what an ide was
and how precisely it was worn



also
since the time change
pleonast now goes down at exactly four am instead of three
as i stated last week
and takes approximately eleven minutes to revive
meanwhile
it does not save the most recent version of the post draft
that you are typing on when it goes offline

i know this is going to be an issue of significance
considering the number of people composing posts
at four in the morning...



in other news,
i find myself most recently obssessed with
striped socks
or socks with polka dots
preferably multicolored




in still other news
i will continuing to punctuate precisely how i wish
as a conscious aesthetic choice
so you haters are wasting your time




"well...the ides of march have come!"
"ay, they have come...but they are not gone..."


  • teelduo
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I guess I couldn've said that too. LOL
    by teelduo at 03/15/10 9:37AM
  • tu_madre
    i'm personally a huge fan of plain white socks
    by tu_madre at 03/15/10 10:39AM
  • AlanL
    Do Penijeans not sleep?
    by AlanL at 03/15/10 10:50AM
  • mjintexas
    I have the bestest soft squishy striped socks ever. I love to sleep in them.
    by mjintexas at 03/15/10 11:48AM
  • wifelet
    I wear striped socks regularly. Someone saw them one time, but the stripes were a little off, and he thought I was wearing mismatched socks. I said, well, that's entirely possible, given that I can't see my feet, but not today. :)
    by wifelet at 03/15/10 4:27PM
  • this_old_man
    I like tie-dyed socks myself!
    by this_old_man at 03/15/10 7:54PM
  • donnajo
    Diana often wears knee socks and they rarely match each other. Just another quirky thing that makes her so unique...
    by donnajo at 03/15/10 8:38PM
  • cmvermont
    i'm not really a fan of socks, actually. i prefer sandals :)

    i just remembered that some people actually wear socks with sandals. so i'll clarify; i like sandals without socks.
    by cmvermont at 03/15/10 11:22PM
  • mischief_mayhem_soap
    I love striped socks. Unless I'm leaving the house and then I hate all socks and would much rather just wear flip flops...
    by mischief_mayhem_soap at 03/16/10 11:23AM
  • chessman
    Are socks and sandals mutually exclusive?
    by chessman at 03/16/10 4:25PM

a tale of two brains



if you ever have any contact with the opposite sex...

EVER....

and enjoy laughing...

then this video is for you!







it was either this video or 37 links to videos of robert downey, jr...




  • smiley_face
    Someone once told me "Men are waffles and women are spaghetti..."
    by smiley_face at 03/14/10 9:51AM
  • chooselove
    heather and i (& others) talked about this at lunch. she is not a fan of simplified metaphors like this, but i must say, if i was going to be a food, i'd like to be a fudgsicle or tea or something amazing. i'd be ok with that.
    by chooselove at 03/14/10 8:14PM
  • puppymaster
    That was pretty funny. I feel a little weird, though, because I have a Nothing Box.
    by puppymaster at 03/14/10 8:58PM
  • cmvermont
    hooray nothing box!
    by cmvermont at 03/14/10 11:15PM
  • fullofgrace
    that's because heather is a girl and her brain is a ball of wire....lol...
    for the record, you may have noticed that these overly simplified metaphors were devised by a guy....
    by fullofgrace at 03/15/10 12:25AM

not all men are created equal

here's a guy who doesn't put his pants on one leg at a time....







this dude goes on my list of people most likely to survive a zombie attack.

"rule #1: cardio"




  • whipsmile
    i want to do that. I'm off to go train right now!
    by whipsmile at 03/13/10 4:20PM
  • ninja_penguin
    That just blew my mind. I can't even describe how blown my mind is right now because it is so blown. Wow. I mean, wow.
    by ninja_penguin at 03/13/10 5:05PM
  • mjintexas
    I've always wanted to climb walls like that.
    by mjintexas at 03/13/10 7:35PM
  • nickomundo
    Sorry about that!

    I'm all finished now.
    by nickomundo at 03/13/10 8:40PM
  • thehandoftheking
    I especially like the tri-colored block footplant on the pole.
    by thehandoftheking at 03/13/10 8:51PM
  • head_in_a_sunrise
    Ninja? I think so!
    by head_in_a_sunrise at 03/13/10 9:24PM
  • AlanL
    I thought there were two guys doing the somersaults on the treadmill, but then I realized it was a mirror.
    by AlanL at 03/14/10 11:20PM