Death should seem to us a light thing
And yet we all feel it is frightening
Our ego recoils
From losing its spoils
And flails with a grip that is tightening
Tag Archives: deception
8/1 RSVP: Buying Needles to Strain Camels (The Purpose of Wealth)
StandardMatthew 23:24 You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
This may sound bizarre, but see if you can follow my logic:
Continue readingPoem: Belong vs Beshort vs Betall
StandardThe first way
We go wrong
Is to try
To Belong
This world
And it’s sin
Is the place
We begin
Redeeming Animism, Part 3: Sneaky Snake
StandardContinued from Part 2
Prologue
I stare at Sminthus the god of mice, and Qhuinn the coyote-cum-cocker spaniel, the beginnings of my rag-tag army seeking to overthrow the Gates of Hell.
Earnest: So, let me get this straight. You’re saying “all” I need to do is come up with a plan that is literally impossible for Satan to believe would work, because that unbelief is central to him being Satan?
Coyote: Not at all!
Earnest: Whew! You mean I completely misunderstood you, and there’s another way?
Sminthus: No, he means that’s not “all” you have to do. You also have to offer yourself as bait, like Jesus did with the cross.
Continue readingDream: Dark Depths
Standard“It is almost like there is a concerted effort
To destroy our communication
By someone who understands our weakness
Better than we do ourselves!”
A friend of ours has disappeared
Along with our greatest treasure
The good news is that we know where
The bad news is that it’s at the bottom of the ocean
Radically Happy 