Friday, April 25, 2003

“Always tell only the truth, and all the truth, and do so promptly – right now.” —Buckminster Fuller 12:22:47 AM    comment [] The Four Agreements   (Don Miguel Ruiz)   1) Be impeccable with your word Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.   2) Don't take anything personally Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.   3) Don't make assumptions Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness, and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.   4) Always do your best Your best is going to change from moment to moment, it will be different when you when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best,  and you will avoid self-judgement, self-abuse, and regret.   (SOURCE: The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. 1997 Amber-Allen Publishing) 12:19:12 AM    comment [] Bits and Bytes:   General Theories of Love 2002 Nebula Award Winners Weird and Wacky Input Devices New Terminator 3 Trailer (Quicktime) Sub-$1000 Universal Disc Player from Denon E.F. Codd, relational database guru, dead at age 79 10 Years of Web Browsing: Happy Birthday Mosaic Browser! NSA Security Recommendation Guides: Win XP/NT/2000 Matrix Reloaded + IMAX = Kershwing! What do you do with a dead mall? 2003 Hugo Award Nominees The complexities of Iraqi oil Television addiction   12:16:24 AM    comment [] Ancient Empires  (Gore Vidal) " The great unmentionable evil at the center of our culture is monotheism. From a barbaric bronze-age text known as the Old Testament, three antihuman religions have evolved -- Judaiism, Christianity, and Islam. These are sky-god religions. They are, lliterally, patriarchial -- God is the omnipotent father -- hence the loathing of women for 2,000 years in those countries afflicted by the sky-god and his earthly male delagates."   " When the white race broke out of Europe 500 years ago, it did many astounding things all over the globe. Inspired by a raging sky-god, the whites were able to pretend that their conquests were in order to bring the One God to everyone, particularly those with older and subtler religions." (SOURCE: The Decline and Fall of the American Empire, Odonian Press) 12:11:00 AM    comment []

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