By : Rob Brezsny
(excerpted from the revised and expanded edition of Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia)
Here's a bit of explanation about the origins of the Homeopathic Medicine Spells, of which there are five in the book PRONOIA.
Being a devotee of pronoia doesn't mean you will never have another difficult or painful experience. It doesn't obligate you to pretend that everything is perfectly right with the world. You don't have to cover your eyes whenever you come into proximity to a daily newspaper.
On the other hand, we're not going to waste our valuable space or your precious energy by giving equal time to stories of tragedy, failure, and tumult. They get far more than their fair share of attention everywhere else. Future historians might even conclude that our age suffered from a collective obsessive-compulsive disorder: the pathological need to repetitively seek out reasons for how bad life is.
Still, we feel the need to push a bit further in our acknowledgment of all the confusing evils of the world. We realize that what we've said so far may not be sufficient to satisfy the paranoid cynics, who include among their number many well-respected thinkers. Unless we demonstrate that we have some mastery of their ideology, they'll dismiss us as intellectual pussies. They will need proof that we're familiar with the data they favor.
We've decided, therefore, to launch a preemptive strike that will make it harder for the paranoids to dismiss us pronoiacs as naive optimists. In five places in the book, we've created Homeopathic Medicine Spells. They're designed to recognize the evils of the world, but in a controlled manner that prevents them from poisoning you. In this way, we can also practice what we preach, subverting any tendencies we might have toward fanaticism and unilateralism.
Each Homeopathic Medicine Spell consists of a contained space within which lies a recitation of Very Bad Things. The border around each space is a magical seal that we consecrated during a ritual invocation of the Cackling Goddess Who Eternally Creates Us Anew. Inspired through communion with Her fierce jokes, we also surrounded each seal with good mojo in the form of word charms and talismanic symbols.
As you gaze at the Homeopathic Medicine Spells, you'll be building up your protection against the dangers named inside the contained space. You'll also get intuitions about how to dissolve the pop nihilistic toxins within you that resonate with those dangers.
Please click the link to see the medicine wheel...
http://freewillastrology.com/beauty/saints.shtml
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Homeopathic Medicine Spell #5
By : Rob Brezsny
(excerpted from the revised and expanded edition of Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia)
Here's a bit of explanation about the origins of the Homeopathic Medicine Spells, of which there are five in the book PRONOIA.
Being a devotee of pronoia doesn't mean you will never have another difficult or painful experience. It doesn't obligate you to pretend that everything is perfectly right with the world. You don't have to cover your eyes whenever you come into proximity to a daily newspaper.
On the other hand, we're not going to waste our valuable space or your precious energy by giving equal time to stories of tragedy, failure, and tumult. They get far more than their fair share of attention everywhere else. Future historians might even conclude that our age suffered from a collective obsessive-compulsive disorder: the pathological need to repetitively seek out reasons for how bad life is.
Still, we feel the need to push a bit further in our acknowledgment of all the confusing evils of the world. We realize that what we've said so far may not be sufficient to satisfy the paranoid cynics, who include among their number many well-respected thinkers. Unless we demonstrate that we have some mastery of their ideology, they'll dismiss us as intellectual pussies. They will need proof that we're familiar with the data they favor.
We've decided, therefore, to launch a preemptive strike that will make it harder for the paranoids to dismiss us pronoiacs as naive optimists. In five places in the book, we've created Homeopathic Medicine Spells. They're designed to recognize the evils of the world, but in a controlled manner that prevents them from poisoning you. In this way, we can also practice what we preach, subverting any tendencies we might have toward fanaticism and unilateralism.
Each Homeopathic Medicine Spell consists of a contained space within which lies a recitation of Very Bad Things. The border around each space is a magical seal that we consecrated during a ritual invocation of the Cackling Goddess Who Eternally Creates Us Anew. Inspired through communion with Her fierce jokes, we also surrounded each seal with good mojo in the form of word charms and talismanic symbols.
As you gaze at the Homeopathic Medicine Spells, you'll be building up your protection against the dangers named inside the contained space. You'll also get intuitions about how to dissolve the pop nihilistic toxins within you that resonate with those dangers.
Please click the link to see the medicine wheel... http://freewillastrology.com/beauty/saints.shtml
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"All I really need to know, I learned in kindergarten"
"I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death." — Robert Fulghum (All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten)
"Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all." — Emily Dickinson
I hope that your day is beautiful! hugs...
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Life is beautiful that way...
A smile cost nothing, yet it gives so much. It enriches those who receive it making poorer those who give. It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. None is so rich or mighty that he cannot get along without it and none is so poor that he cannot be made rich by it. Yet a smile cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is of no value to anyone until it is given away. Some people are too tired to give you a smile. Give them one of yours, as none needs a smile so much as he who has no more to give. ~Author Unknown {SMILE!!! Life is beautiful that way :-)} Namaste...
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So what gold has fallen from the sky...
It's been a very brilliant week in regards to much. Currently the warmth from the fire, along with my hot cup of coffee, is helping to make my listen to a lot of new music even more enjoyable. I'm finally getting the ghist charts. I swear...the talent available to our longing ears is superbly abundant.
I've spent a considerable amount of time during the past couple of years listening to internet radio (Last.fm, etc.), but I've only just found this site, and I'm told there are 'tons' of others similar to it. I've not gone out my way to look for 'friends' yet, but thus far, I have met some very fine individuals who are themselves lovers of creativity, and are full of talent. A quick view of my Favorites (cataloged via the site) will show just a very small smidgen of what I'm talking about.
My little angel (as I call her) is lying in wait for some love, and attention. So, I'll close here, pick her up for a cuddle, and we'll listen together for a while longer to that beautiful piece I found a moment ago.
Peace and light to whomever...Can't help wondering, do others do as I do, and read these blogs??? If so, namaste!
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What's New That Will Grab My Desire??
I've just opened my ReverbNation account, upon the urging of an old friend. Her talk of many great artists that she's discovered on her journey through this grand maze, has led me to search through her own "Favorite" list as well as the tackling the many charts. Since I've just begun, it may be a small while before determining whether I agree wholeheartedly with my dear friend...let's see.
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