thenatureofmind

On The Nature of Mind

From: The Rain of Wisdom – The Vajra Songs of the Kagyü Gurus

Excerpt from: The Grand Songs of Lord Marpa

“NAMO Compassion and emptiness are inseparable.
This uninterrupted flowing innate mind
Is suchness, primordially pure.
Space is seen in intercourse with space.
Because the root resides at home,
Mind consciousness is imprisoned.
When I meditate on this, subsequent thoughts
Are not patched together in the mind.
Knowing the phenomenal world is the nature of mind,
Meditation requires no further antidote.
The nature of mind cannot be thought.
Rest in this natural state.
When you see this truth, you will be liberated.
Just as a child would, watch the behavior of barbarians.
Be carefree; eat flesh; be a madman.

The Second Republican Theft of an Election

or... The end of democracy as we know it

A roundup of articles about how the election was stolen by the Republicans .... again...

The blogging of the President: 2004

Election Fraud

"Black Box Voting has taken the position that fraud took place in the 2004 election through electronic voting machines. We base this on hard evidence, documents obtained in public records requests, inside information, and other data indicative of manipulation of electronic voting systems. What we do not know is the specific scope of the fraud. We are working now to compile the proof, based not on soft evidence -- red flags, exit polls -- but core documents obtained by Black Box Voting in the most massive Freedom of Information action in history."

Black Box Voting

Bird's Eye View

From The Collected Poems of Octavio Paz 1957-1987

For Guillermo Sucre

By Octavio Paz

Furiously
              it whirls around
over a reflection
                         falls
in a straight line
                         clear-cut
whiteness
                ascends
the beak now blood-red
scattered salt
                     scarcely a line
as it falls
              straight
your glance
                  over this page
dissolved

En Español...

An International Day of Mourning

This is a sad day indeed. It's ironic that yesterday was the Day of the dead in Mexico. I think it really was the day of the dead in the US. When I think of the number of innocent people who will have to die to feed the illusions of this deeply deluded group of people, my heart cries. The crazies have won. The damage done in the past 4 years is almost irreparable, another 4 years and nuclear war will be inevitable. The Americans who voted for these monsters will find neither safety nor refuge, and neither will the rest of us. I mourn for our children and our grandchildren unborn. I mourn for the endless innocents who will pay the ultimate price for their greed and naked hunger for power. If there was a god who answered prayers, I would pray to him/her. But we did this ourselves and once again history will record the fall of another civilization which failed to learn the way of peace.