God Help Me, I'm not Zen!! Err...Buddha! Buddha Help Me! I'm not Zen!
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KillerMuffin
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The av is the metaphor for the line that hides within the signature of a soul's inner raciality in the pursuit of one's inner existence in the golden apple.
*sigh*
My boobs hurt.
*sigh*
My boobs hurt.
kotori
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KM, this could be you
"Suffice it to say that Eris is not hateful or malicious. But She is mischievous, and does get a little bitchy at times."
Actually, any number of the Lovelies Ladies of Lit. My kind of Goddess.
Okay, I already said goodnight, I'm going, I'm going.
"Suffice it to say that Eris is not hateful or malicious. But She is mischievous, and does get a little bitchy at times."
Actually, any number of the Lovelies Ladies of Lit. My kind of Goddess.
Okay, I already said goodnight, I'm going, I'm going.
Dillinger
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Eris and the Apple of Discord
Discordians worship Eris, Goddess of Chaos, Discord and Confusion.
It seems that Zeus was preparing a wedding banquet for Peleus and Thetis and did not want to invite Eris because of Her reputation as a trouble maker. This is known as the Original Snub and made Eris very angry. She then fashioned an apple of pure gold and inscribed upon it KALLISTI ("to the Prettiest One"). On the day of the Banquet, She rolled the apple in the hall and left to be alone and joyously partake of a hot dog.
The rest of the story is common knowledge: Athena, Hera and Aphrodite each claimed the apple belonged to herself because of the inscription. The banquet turned into a big fight and Zeus decided to calm things down by designing an arbitrator, a shepherd of Troy named Paris.
Each of the three Goddesses tried to bribe Paris. Athena offered him Heroic War Victories, Hera offered him Great Wealth, and Aphrodite offered him the Most Beautiful Woman on Earth. Since Paris was a horny little bastard, he choose Aphrodite as the Prettiest Goddess and he got screwed.
The Most Beautiful Women on Earth happened to be Helen, wife of Menelaus, the King of Sparta. Menelaus got really pissed off when Helen was taken away from him and he declared war on Troy. The Trojan War ensued and lasted for years. And so we suffer because of the Original Snub.
Principia Discordia (1965)
Discordians worship Eris, Goddess of Chaos, Discord and Confusion.
It seems that Zeus was preparing a wedding banquet for Peleus and Thetis and did not want to invite Eris because of Her reputation as a trouble maker. This is known as the Original Snub and made Eris very angry. She then fashioned an apple of pure gold and inscribed upon it KALLISTI ("to the Prettiest One"). On the day of the Banquet, She rolled the apple in the hall and left to be alone and joyously partake of a hot dog.
The rest of the story is common knowledge: Athena, Hera and Aphrodite each claimed the apple belonged to herself because of the inscription. The banquet turned into a big fight and Zeus decided to calm things down by designing an arbitrator, a shepherd of Troy named Paris.
Each of the three Goddesses tried to bribe Paris. Athena offered him Heroic War Victories, Hera offered him Great Wealth, and Aphrodite offered him the Most Beautiful Woman on Earth. Since Paris was a horny little bastard, he choose Aphrodite as the Prettiest Goddess and he got screwed.
The Most Beautiful Women on Earth happened to be Helen, wife of Menelaus, the King of Sparta. Menelaus got really pissed off when Helen was taken away from him and he declared war on Troy. The Trojan War ensued and lasted for years. And so we suffer because of the Original Snub.
Principia Discordia (1965)
I...*love*...the octagon thread. It is the somewhere at the top of my list of things I have found on the Lit. forums so far. Love.
Think of it as lyrical or mental gymnastics. How quickly can you get your head from over here to over there? And how many stops can you make along the way. And when you read someone elses words, can you follow their path? Doing this clears my mind. It's meditative, simply. And that's it. Zen implies a religious interpretation, of which I have none. Mental gymnastics. That is all.
-I
Think of it as lyrical or mental gymnastics. How quickly can you get your head from over here to over there? And how many stops can you make along the way. And when you read someone elses words, can you follow their path? Doing this clears my mind. It's meditative, simply. And that's it. Zen implies a religious interpretation, of which I have none. Mental gymnastics. That is all.
-I
cymbidia
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Hello Impetus. I went to college in San Luis Obispo.
Do you know if Pirate's Cove is still open? What about the Sycamore Hot Springs tubs? I have friends who still live there, people i'm overdo to visit.
You aren't a really really tall man, are you? Or one who's kept reptiles for many years? You didn't work at Cal Coop a million years ago, did you?
Geeze.
It would weird if i knew you.
SLO isn't that big a place.
Do you know if Pirate's Cove is still open? What about the Sycamore Hot Springs tubs? I have friends who still live there, people i'm overdo to visit.
You aren't a really really tall man, are you? Or one who's kept reptiles for many years? You didn't work at Cal Coop a million years ago, did you?
Geeze.
It would weird if i knew you.
SLO isn't that big a place.
Pirates cove? No idea.
Hot springs? Believe so.
I'm actually just a college guy down here. No reptiles, no coop, no tallness. Not that I'd mind getting to know a new friend, but no, I doubt we've met.
My theory is that everyone is connected to SLO via one degree of seperation. Everyone either lived here or knows someone that did...or wanted to...or something.
-I
Hot springs? Believe so.
I'm actually just a college guy down here. No reptiles, no coop, no tallness. Not that I'd mind getting to know a new friend, but no, I doubt we've met.
My theory is that everyone is connected to SLO via one degree of seperation. Everyone either lived here or knows someone that did...or wanted to...or something.
-I
cymbidia
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Pirate's Cove is -was- a clothing optional beach to the immediate south of Avila Beach.
~whew~ I'm sorta glad we've not met. I mean, i'lll eventually tell these friends about Lit, i think, and me in this place, but i'd rather tell them than have them just find me here, you know?
How about Bubblegum Alley?
~whew~ I'm sorta glad we've not met. I mean, i'lll eventually tell these friends about Lit, i think, and me in this place, but i'd rather tell them than have them just find me here, you know?
How about Bubblegum Alley?
cymbidia
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Weird impression? Hmmmm.
Not that. More like a shocking relevation, i think.
I'm one of the moderators on Lit's BDSM Forum, I. That's not a side of me that many in my everyday life know much about, to be honest, for all that i've been doing it for a very long time. If one of them found thier way here and recognized me (i'm pretty open with details about my life, too, so it wouldn't be that hard a thing to do), then they'd likely be kinda shocked. I'd simply rather tell them myself then for them to find out here. No big deal either way, though, just a little deal.
Not that. More like a shocking relevation, i think.
I'm one of the moderators on Lit's BDSM Forum, I. That's not a side of me that many in my everyday life know much about, to be honest, for all that i've been doing it for a very long time. If one of them found thier way here and recognized me (i'm pretty open with details about my life, too, so it wouldn't be that hard a thing to do), then they'd likely be kinda shocked. I'd simply rather tell them myself then for them to find out here. No big deal either way, though, just a little deal.
