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I found this swimming around in my office today… yeah, tons of work.

detesto la navidad

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:02:22 +0200

Hoy no quiero sonrisas monetarias, no quiero condolencias, no quiero muerte de dios, no quiero nacimiento de nadie, ni solsticios, ni ciclos. Me parece como el culo la navidad, en efecto me parece como el culo que se haga tanto revuelo.
Me siento envidioso y arrabiado,
y me siento incapaz de amar a nadie
y me siento incapaz de ser amado.
Me siento solo.

Pensamiento Binario Vs Pensamiento Esférico.

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:00:01 +0200

Comenzando a comezar el pensamiento Esférico en su plenitud es insotenible como teoría… Recuerdenlo, porque les va a hacer falta luego.

Pensamiento Binario, es el razonamiento común en el que existen solamente dos polaridades: i.e. ‘Pachanka es feo’, por tanto ‘Pachanka’ no puede ser bonito en la totalidad del razonamiento. Este tipo de pensamiento es económico y eficiente en el día a día porque todos usamos y entendemos lo que es un antónimo, blanco negro, hombre mujer, malo bueno, etc… pero no necesariamente es correcto.

El Pensamiento Esférico tiene un punto de vista (centro) que proyecta razónes u ideas hacia la superficie. En el pensamiento Esférico lo opuesto a un hombre no es una mujer, son cosas en común pero diferentes a la vez. Por lo tanto no pueden existir polaridades inversas porque lo opuesto denomina un total estático ideal… como muchos han experimentado ya, la realidad está lejos de ser estática. Pero por ahorrar pajas mentales se establece un absoluto finito. ie. $Numero_de_generos = 2;

Volviendo al comienzo, sostener infinitos rayos (conceptos) desde el centro de la esféra (ego), es virtualmente imposible, ya que nadie ha vivido lo suficiente para saberlo todo todavia, por lo tanto debemos ser concientes de estar equivocados con cada afirmación binaria y tolerar a aquellos seres feos que no son capaces de aceptar totalitarismos, probablemente por falta de cosas que hacer.

Por lo tanto se puede determinar que existen solo dos tipos de afirmaciónes en el quantium cósmico:

- La Incorrecta y la Mía. Amen.

Ofrezco chocolate caliente y galletas para aquellos que quieran acotar una determinación absolutista o un comentario fundado en incognitas e/o irregularidades sobre este texto. A los demás nada, ya que ‘algo’ probablemente me costaría una fortuna.

Death trap

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:55:30 +0200

As a Friend says: ‘Its easy getting in the nickers… the hard part is getting out.’

We Never quite know why we have that urge, to find out what a particular dress can do to us. And to explore a undiscovered world under her, and in her…

…Then again, they can’t explain why ether.

- Vagina Dentata.

Requiem Für Den Jäger

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:54:14 +0200

Nulius in Verba:

Habia una vez un mosquito, que maquinó un plan para conquistar el mundo poniendose una antena parabolica en la cabeza y viajando hasta el espacio en un cohete, (es cruzar la atmósfera lo que mata, y no vivir de un lado o otro como piensa la gente). Y de ahi mandar señales de control mental a todo el planeta y asi controlar a todos los mosquitos de la tierra en una sangrienta revolución que el comandaría desde los confines seguros y anónimos de la galaxia.

Entonces al llegar a la ionósfera comenzó a manipular al planeta azul, y justo entonces se dio cuenta de un grave error de calculo en su magnifica estrategia.
- ‘no puedo ver lo que pasa desde aqui arriba!’

Entonces hizo lo único que podía hacer, cerró los ojos y comenzó a controlar trabajosamente a todos los mosquitos de la tierra uno por uno. Y como las cosas viven para siempre en el espacio el mosquito todavía sigue ahi… trabajando por invadir las cabecitas a todos los mosquitos. Que seguramente no se han enterado que que hay un cosmosquito que tampoco se ha enterado de que yo no se quien controla a quién, porque no soy un mosquito.

La verdad cosmica.

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:52:37 +0200

Se ha comprovado atravez de macroscopios de efecto tunel y con el valioso aporte de la renombrada “Flat Earth Society” que en efecto la tierra se enuentra en asociación con el factor ‘reptil’ que al parecer establece un equilibrio cosmico habilitando el equilibrio en la tierra, como bién Newton habría predistpuesto, el factor reptil se encuentra sumido a la inegable gravedad y nosotros a ella.

Hablando con eruditos de varias universidades se ha decidido que de hecho la verdad absoluta es veridica e real, puesto a que divinidades varias lo han comunicado a ciertos pocos intelectuales iluminados, entre ellos abades, cardenales, shamanes y otros de multiples tiempos y disciplinas religiosas. Asi como también, el igremio de sombrereros londinenses, Michael Ende, G.W Bush (incluidos su esposa y el perro), y un tal Pachanka que afirma que no solo el factor reptil es veridico si no que marte esta sostenida por una monstruosa cantidad de hamsters, teoría que estamos trabajando en corroborar.

Preguntas al respecto porfavor dirigirse al las ofcinas de nuestra organización, ubicadas en el la esquina del fondo derecho del sotano de la congregación mundial de leprosos y bilingües mentalmente ‘challenged’.

The Sufi Enneagram

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:51:02 +0200

… or Sign of the Presence of God In the work of Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar Ph.D, the origins of the Enneagram symbol (see illustrations) are traced from within the Sufi Tradition of Central Asia. The Islamic Sufi tradition incorporated wisdom from past traditions including Pythagorean, Platonic, Jewish, Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist and Zoroastrian Religions as long as that knowledge did not contradict the principle of Unity or belief in the Oneness of God. The Sufi tradition inherited a sacred tradition of psychology which existed in the past but was the first to develop this psychological teaching into a system based on the nine points, particularly in the work of the 13th century Islamic scholar Nasir al-din Tusi. It was this same traditional psychology that G.I. Gurdjieff encountered through the Sufis in Central Asia which led to his use of the Enneagram symbol in his teaching during the 1920’s. The modern typological interpretation of the enneagram (by Riso, Ichazo, et.al.) does not originate from this primordial tradition and is in fact something quite different.

‘…Everything in nature but the human ‘self’ perfects its own nature, to the extent that life allows, by unconsciously submitting to the Will of God…the area with which we are concerned is the completion of nature in its mode of operation… God breathed His Spirit into human forms so that they gained the powers of consciousness of ‘self’, which includes consciously following one’s conscience and free will. The completion of the perfection of nature becomes a question of choice - to do or not to do…’

The Tong

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:49:11 +0200

by Hakim Bey

“The mandarins draw their power from the law;
the people, from the secret societies.”
(Chinese saying)

Last winter I read a book on the Chinese Tongs (*Primitive Revolutionaries of China: A Study of Secret Societies in the Late Nineteenth Century*, Fei- Ling Davis; Honolulu, 1971-77):—maybe the first ever written by someone who *wasn’t* a British Secret Service agent!—(in fact, she was a Chinese socialist who died young—this was her only book)—& for the first time I realized *why* I’ve always been attracted to the Tong: not just for the romanticism, the elegant decadent chinoiserie decor, as it were—but also for the form, the structure, the very essence of the thing.

Some time later in an excellent interview with William Burroughs in *Homocore* magazine I discovered that he too has become fascinated with Tongs & suggests the form as a perfect mode of organization for queers, particularly in this present era of shitheel moralism & hysteria. I’d agree, & extend the recommendation to *all* marginal groups, especially ones whose jouissance involves illegalism (potheads, sex heretics, insurrectionists) or extreme eccentricity (nudists, pagans, post-avant-garde artists, etc., etc.).

A Tong can perhaps be defined as a mutual benefit society for people with a common interest which is illegal or dangerously marginal—hence, the necessary *secrecy*. Many Chinese Tongs revolved around smuggling & tax- evasion, or clandestine self- control of certain trades (in opposition to State control), or insurrectionary political or religious aims (overthrow of the Manchus for example—several tongs collaborated with the Anarchists in the 1911 Revolution).

A common purpose of the tongs was to collect & invest membership dues & initiation fees in insurance funds for the indigent, unemployed, widows & orphans of deceased members, funeral expenses, etc. In an era like ours when the poor are caught between the cancerous Scylla of the Insurance Industry & the fast-evaporating Charybdis of welfare & public health services, this purpose of the Secret Society might well regain its appeal. (Masonic lodges were organized on this basis, as were the early & illegal trade unions & “chivalric orders” for laborers & artisans.) Another universal purpose for such societies was of course conviviality, especially banqueting—but even this apparently innocuous pastime can acquire insurrectionary implications. In the various French revolutions, for example, dining clubs frequently took on the role of radical organizations when all other forms of public meeting were banned.

Tao

Recently I talked about tongs with “P.M.,” author of *bolo’bolo* (Semiotext(e) Foreign Agents Series). I argued that secret societies are once again a valid possibility for groups seeking autonomy & individual realization. He disagreed, but not (as I expected) because of the “elitist” connotations of secrecy. He felt that such organizational forms work best for already-close-knit groups with strong economic, ethnic/regional, or religious ties— conditions which do not exist (or exist only embryonically) in today’s marginal scene. He proposed instead the establishment of multi-purpose neighborhood centers, with expenses to be shared by various special- interest groups & small-entrepreneurial concerns (craftspeople, coffeehouses, performance spaces, etc.). Such large centers would require official status (State recognition), but would obviously become foci for all sorts of non- official activity— black markets, temporary organization for “protest” or insurrectionary action, uncontrolled “leisure” & unmonitored conviviality, etc.

In response to “P.M.“‘s critique I have not abandoned but rather modified my concept of what a modern Tong might be. The intensely hierarchical structure of the traditional tong would obviously not work, although some of the forms could be saved & used in the same way titles & honors are used in our “free religions” (or “weird” religions, “joke” religions, anarcho-neo-pagan cults, etc.). Non-hierarchic organization appeals to us, but so too does ritual, incense, the delightful bombast of occult orders— “Tong Aesthetics” you might call it—so why shouldn’t we have our cake & eat it too?— (especially if it’s Moroccan *majoun* or *baba au absinthe*— something a bit *forbidden*!). Among other things, the Tong should be a work of art.

The strict traditional rule of secrecy also needs modification. Nowadays anything which evades the idiot gaze of publicity is already *virtually* secret. Most modern people seem unable to believe in the reality of something they never see on television—therefore to escape being televisualized is already to be quasi-invisible. Moreover, that which is *seen* through the mediation of the media becomes somehow unreal, & loses its power (I won’t bother to defend this thesis but simply refer the reader to a train of thought which leads from Nietzsche to Benjamin to Bataille to Barthes to Foucault to Baudrillard). By contrast, perhaps that which is *unseen* retains its reality, its rootedness in everyday life & therefore in the possibility of the marvelous.

So the modern Tong cannot be elitist—but there’s no reason it can’t be *choosy*. Many non-authoritarian organizations have foundered on the dubious principle of open membership, which frequently leads to a preponderance of assholes, yahoos, spoilers, whining neurotics, & police agents. If a Tong is organized around a special interest (especially an illegal or risky or marginal interest) it certainly has the right to compose itself according to the “affinity group” principle. If secrecy means (a) avoiding publicity & (b) vetting possible members, the “secret society” can scarcely be accused of violating anarchist principles. In fact, such societies have a long & honorable history in the anti-authoritarian movement, from Proudhon’s dream of re-animating the Holy Vehm as a kind of “People’s Justice,” to Bakunin’s various schemes, to Durutti’s “Wanderers.” We ought not to allow marxist historians to convince us that such expedients are “primitive” & have therefore been left behind by “History.” The absoluteness of “History” is at best a dubious proposition. We are not interested in a return to the primitive, but in a return OF the primitive, inasmuch as the primitive is the “repressed.”

Mono

In the old days secret societies would appear in times & spaces forbidden by the State, i.e. where & when people are *kept apart* by law. In our times people are usually not kept apart by law but by mediation & alienation (see Part 1, “Immediatism”). Secrecy therefore becomes an avoidance of mediation, while conviviality changes from a secondary to a primary purpose of the “secret society.” Simply to meet together face- to- face is already an action against the forces which oppress us by isolation, by loneliness, by the trance of media.

In a society which enforces a schizoid split between Work & Leisure, we have all experienced the trivialization of our “free time,” time which is organized neither as work nor as leisure. (“Vacation” once meant “empty” time—now it signifies time which is organized & filled by the industry of leisure.) The “secret” purpose of conviviality in the secret society then becomes the self-structuring & auto-valorization of free time. Most parties are devoted only to loud music & too much booze, not because we enjoy them but because the Empire of Work has imbued us with the feeling that empty time is wasted time. The idea of throwing a party to, say, make a quilt or sing madrigals together, seems hopelessly outdated. But the modern Tong will find it both necessary & enjoyable to seize back free time from the commodity world & devote it to shared creation, to *play*.

I know of several societies organized along these lines already, but I’m certainly not going to blow their secrecy by discussing them in print. There are *some* people who do not need fifteen seconds on the Evening News to validate their existence. Of course, the marginal press and radio (the only media in which this sermonette will appear) are practically invisible anyway— certainly still quite opaque to the gaze of Control. Nevertheless, there’s the principle of the thing: secrets should be respected. Not everyone needs to know everything! What the 20th century lacks most—& needs most—is *tact*. We wish to replace democratic epistemology with “dada epistemology” (Feyerabend). Either you’re on the bus or you’re not on the bus.

Some will call this an elitist attitude, but it is not—at least not in the C. Wright Mills sense of the word: that is, a small group which exercises power over non-insiders for its own aggrandizement. Immediatism does not concern itself with power-relations;— it desires neither to be ruled nor to rule. The contemporary Tong therefore finds no pleasure in the degeneration of institutions into conspiracies. It wants power for its own purposes of mutuality. It is a free association of individuals who have chosen each other as the subjects of the group’s generosity, its “expansiveness” (to use a sufi term). If this amounts to some kind of “elitism,” then so be it.

Secret

If Immediatism begins with groups of friends trying not just to overcome isolation but also to enhance each other’s lives, soon it will want to take a more complex shape:— nuclei of mutually-self-chosen allies, working (playing) to occupy more & more time & space outside all mediated structure & control. Then it will want to become a horizontal network of such autonomous groups—then, a “tendency”—then, a “movement”—& then, a kinetic web of “temporary autonomous zones.” At last it will strive to become the kernel of a new society, giving birth to itself within the corrupt shell of the old. For all these purposes the secret society promises to provide a useful framework of protective clandestinity—a cloak of invisibility that will have to be dropped only in the event of some final showdown with the Babylon of Mediation…

Prepare for the Tong Wars!

The trick & the trade. (II) Hunting the Unnamed.

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:44:00 +0200

This was the night it all started with, in black fire and starlight revealing in a weak scream the absent moon, that hadn’t been created yet.

The child was light, hope, love, courage, justice and he was loved by his mother the creator, and he had been sware’d love by all things now created and to be created, never to harm it, always to nourish and feed it, and to give it love that would fill the emptiness and create paradise. Where the chosen ones, ‘men’ where to reign and complete the circle.

The predator was hated and feared intensely by creation, but he was needed as well, because he was the old king, the one that ruled the nothingness and had lost it once to a dream that gave birth to desire. He no longer looked like a king or an immortal being at all, in fact he was dying, and the shadow of death frightened him. He was to take life from all creation, but he also knew that another immortal ‘thing’, was there, waiting to turn him in to what he was not. As the Death of Death.
His wisdom was his only difference, like a feral child abandoned in babylons library, he knew the potency of secrets, and within secrets he knew the key of all of those secrets:
“Gods and mortals see each other through the same eyes.”

He was the one who denied to respect the child, and the same who was looking for the mother with a red fang: We will call him the predator, although words do not work for that what has not been created. When It was near you could faintly smell ashes, until he was close and you couldn’t smell or hear at all. As a hungry beast he would spare all the creators toys from their existence, eating constantly to stay away from his own oblivion. He was searching for the child, to break him in to himself and make the world, if we may call it this, look him in the eye, the plan was quite simple. All created knows one day to be its last, and that’s when he would visit, but if he took light, hope, love, courage and justice from the sight of all, they soon would have to see him. He would be ‘something’ and not the absence of it. And then he could kill her, kill the mother.

The trick & the trade. (III) Absolute truth.

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:43:37 +0200

All gods are masters of their own secret art, to the very extent of mystery to those who know nothing, and lives are too short or minds too small to master any of the arts of the trick and the trade of being a god.

Immortal is what lives longer than we can remember.
Omnipotent is what can do more than we imagine.
Omniscient is what feels what we neglect to feel.

But Unequal is something far more complex, that gods never where, but ‘men’ cannot understand. And with this in mind, its clear that only the proportions change, the rest is all the same.

The Trick and the trade.

El Asilo

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:42:53 +0200

Asilo (Grie. sylao = sacar) Refugio, lugar donde enclaustra la gente para no ser sacados; se dice de los lugares de los ancianos. Alt. Se dice de ser protegído de una entidad; ej. Asilo Político.
Quienes trabajan en los asilos pueden comprobar cuan paralela es la vida de sus habitantes, cuan alternativos sus quehaceres. Sus habitantes suelen hincharse con recuerdos que pintan sus vidas del color desteñido de lo que quieren recordar. -El narrador saca una pipa, la llena de tabaco que saca de una caja de latón, y la enciende con mucho cuidado y la mirada perdida, pensando en quien sabe que tipo de recuerdos. Si tubieran que ser sinceros todos admitirían que no fueron heroes, o que sus hijos nunca fueron presidentes, pero en esa casa la realidad es otra, siendo que es mas fácil ser quien quieres ser que quien eres. Los ayudantes son verdaderos videntes, ellos ven el exterior, haciendo cumpleaños para cumpleañeros que han olvidado su edad, empeñados en la importancia de bañarse y comerse toda la remolacha que hay en el plato. Los ayudantes son angeles que diambulan de blanco por salas que no recuerdan a nada en un lugar donde lo que se hace es recordar. Quizá si existe un cielo, y es azul y blanco, insipido e impersonal, entonces es un asilo, donde nada nace y es imprescindible recordar lo que ha nacido fuera de sus paredes, para no olvidarse a uno mismo y pasar a ser una nube en el vasto azul.

Lux et Voluptas

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:41:15 +0200

Light and pleasure, for the ethereal spiritual being under a human existence. But were is this day to day train going with us? Does he think he can take us as far as we want to go? Remembering back to my first days of work, I was thinking: is this all?
Well here we go again, flasks of home made drugs, with ethyl methyl names that sound like the effect they provide. And a blast of cool and another blast of wonder, but suddenly its back to the work bench again, snore.
We try again. And off we blast to the nearest bar, disco, fest hall. Its winter solstice every Saturday. Where we behave like the awesome type of the time, lie about our style. And maybe take the prey home, or was I the one tattooed? After all the best trick the devil ever pulled was making you believe he didn’t exist.
And the pursue of pleasure is still there… Waiting.
But hey, not all is there and none is lost, we’ve got a style of our own, we’ve got the skills to make land shake and we belong to ourselves with great success.

Identidad, Pingüinos y Canguros.

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:31:04 +0200

Impuesta o asimilada. Adoptada o heredada.

Un pingüino llamado Gorki en un bar Irlandés tomando té de yerba buena con cardomomo, se le acerca un canguro fumando cohiba y le dice en perfecto Swahili.
- Perdone, no pude evitar notar que tus piertnas son muy cortas.
- Es usted muy observador.- Respondió el pingüino en Arameo.-Es de notar también que su madre debió ser una cangura adorable, pues tienes (si no le molesta que le tutee) unos ojos hermosos.
El canguro vacilante ante su primer encuentro con un pinguino ‘gay interespecie’ que habla una lengua pensada muerta, que casualmente es la lengua dicese habla el penúltimo enviado de Dios. Le contestó mordiendo el puro de la forma mas varoníl en que un marsupial macrópodo puede hacerlo.
- Grácias, no es el primero que lo nota, pero volviendo a lo de sus piernas, ¿cuando haces tus heces, no te manchas con tu propio excremento?
- ¡Brillante!- exclamó Gorki - tienes muchísima razón.
- ¿Y eso no le molesta?
- No, en lo mas mínimo.
Con esto, el canguro tomo por las aletas al pingüino y procedió a limpiarse la parte anterior con él.

Jenny Holzer: Truisms

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:31:00 +0200

a little knowledge can go a long way
a lot of professionals are crackpots
a man can’t know what it is to be a mother
a name means a lot just by itself

a positive attitude means all the difference in the world
a relaxed man is not necessarily a better man
a sense of timing is the mark of genius
a sincere effort is all you can ask
a single event can have infinitely many interpretations
a solid home base builds a sense of self
a strong sense of duty imprisons you
absolute submission can be a form of freedom
abstraction is a type of decadence

abuse of power comes as no surprise
action causes more trouble than thought
alienation produces eccentrics or revolutionaries
all things are delicately interconnected
ambition is just as dangerous as complacency
ambivalence can ruin your life
an elite is inevitable
anger or hate can be a useful motivating force
animalism is perfectly healthy

any surplus is immoral
anything is a legitimate area of investigation
artificial desires are despoiling the earth
at times inactivity is preferable to mindless functioning
at times your unconsciousness is truer than your conscious mind
automation is deadly
awful punishment awaits really bad people
bad intentions can yield good results
being alone with yourself is increasingly unpopular

being happy is more important than anything else
being judgmental is a sign of life
being sure of yourself means you’re a fool
believing in rebirth is the same as admitting defeat
boredom makes you do crazy things
calm is more conductive to creativity than is anxiety
categorizing fear is calming
change is valuable when the oppressed become tyrants
chasing the new is dangerous to society

children are the most cruel of all
children are the hope of the future
class action is a nice idea with no substance
class structure is as artificial as plastic
confusing yourself is a way to stay honest
crime against property is relatively unimportant
decadence can be an end in itself
decency is a relative thing
dependence can be a meal ticket

description is more important than metaphor
deviants are sacrificed to increase group solidarity
disgust is the appropriate response to most situations
disorganization is a kind of anesthesia
don’t place to much trust in experts
drama often obscures the real issues
dreaming while awake is a frightening contradiction
dying and coming back gives you considerable perspective
dying should be as easy as falling off a log

eating too much is criminal
elaboration is a form of pollution
emotional responses ar as valuable as intellectual responses
enjoy yourself because you can’t change anything anyway
ensure that your life stays in flux
even your family can betray you
every achievement requires a sacrifice
everyone’s work is equally important
everything that’s interesting is new
exceptional people deserve special concessions
expiring for love is beautiful but stupid
expressing anger is necessary
extreme behavior has its basis in pathological psychology
extreme self-consciousness leads to perversion
faithfulness is a social not a biological law
fake or real indifference is a powerful personal weapon
fathers often use too much force
fear is the greatest incapacitator

freedom is a luxury not a necessity
giving free rein to your emotions is an honest way to live
go all out in romance and let the chips fall where they may
going with the flow is soothing but risky
good deeds eventually are rewarded
government is a burden on the people
grass roots agitation is the only hope
guilt and self-laceration are indulgences
habitual contempt doesn’t reflect a finer sensibility

hiding your emotions is despicable
holding back protects your vital energies
humanism is obsolete
humor is a release
ideals are replaced by conventional goals at a certain age
if you aren’t political your personal life should be exemplary
if you can’t leave your mark give up
if you have many desires your life will be interesting
if you live simply there is nothing to worry about

ignoring enemies is the best way to fight
illness is a state of mind
imposing order is man’s vocation for chaos is hell
in some instances it’s better to die than to continue
inheritance must be abolished
it can be helpful to keep going no matter what
it is heroic to try to stop time
it is man’s fate to outsmart himself

it is a gift to the world not to have babies
it’s better to be a good person than a famous person
it’s better to be lonely than to be with inferior people
it’s better to be naive than jaded
it’s better to study the living fact than to analyze history
it’s crucial to have an active fantasy life
it’s good to give extra money to charity
it’s important to stay clean on all levels
it’s just an accident that your parents are your parents
it’s not good to hold too many absolutes

it’s not good to operate on credit
it’s vital to live in harmony with nature
just believing something can make it happen
keep something in reserve for emergencies
killing is unavoidable but nothing to be proud of
knowing yourself lets you understand others
knowledge should be advanced at all costs
labor is a life-destroying activity
lack of charisma can be fatal

leisure time is a gigantic smoke screen
listen when your body talks
looking back is the first sign of aging and decay
loving animals is a substitute activity
low expectations are good protection
manual labor can be refreshing and wholesome
men are not monogamous by nature
moderation kills the spirit
money creates taste

monomania is a prerequisite of success
morals are for little people
most people are not fit to rule themselves
mostly you should mind your own business
mothers shouldn’t make too many sacrifices
much was decided before you were born
murder has its sexual side
myth can make reality more intelligible
noise can be hostile
nothing upsets the balance of good and evil
occasionally principles are more valuable than people
offer very little information about yourself
often you should act like you are sexless
old friends are better left in the past
opacity is an irresistible challenge
pain can be a very positive thing
people are boring unless they are extremists
people are nuts if they think they are important
people are responsible for what they do unless they are insane
people who don’t work with their hands are parasites
people who go crazy are too sensitive
people won’t behave if they have nothing to lose
physical culture is second best
planning for the future is escapism
playing it safe can cause a lot of damage in the long run
politics is used for personal gain
potential counts for nothing until it’s realized

private property created crime
pursuing pleasure for the sake of pleasure will ruin you
push yourself to the limit as often as possible
raise boys and girls the same way
random mating is good for debunking sex myths
rechanneling destructive impulses is a sign of maturity
recluses always get weak
redistributing wealth is imperative
relativity is no boon to mankind

religion causes as many problems as it solves
remember you always have freedom of choice
repetition is the best way to learn
resolutions serve to ease our conscience
revolution begins with changes in the individual
romantic love was invented to manipulate women
routine is a link with the past
routine small excesses are worse than then the occasional debauch
sacrificing yourself for a bad cause is not a moral act

salvation can’t be bought and sold
self-awareness can be crippling
self-contempt can do more harm than good
selfishness is the most basic motivation
selflessness is the highest achievement
separatism is the way to a new beginning
sex differences are here to stay
sin is a means of social control
slipping into madness is good for the sake of comparison

sloppy thinking gets worse over time
solitude is enriching
sometimes science advances faster than it should
sometimes things seem to happen of their own accord
spending too much time on self-improvement is antisocial
starvation is nature’s way
stasis is a dream state
sterilization is a weapon of the rulers
strong emotional attachment stems from basic insecurity

stupid people shouldn’t breed
survival of the fittest applies to men and animals
symbols are more meaningful than things themselves
taking a strong stand publicizes the opposite position
talking is used to hide one’s inability to act
teasing people sexually can have ugly consequences
technology will make or break us
the cruelest disappointment is when you let yourself down

the desire to reproduce is a death wish
the family is living on borrowed time
the idea of revolution is an adolescent fantasy
the idea of transcendence is used to obscure oppression
the idiosyncratic has lost its authority
the most profound things are inexpressible
the mundane is to be cherished
the new is nothing but a restatement of the old
the only way to be pure is to stay by yourself
the sum of your actions determines what you are

the unattainable is invariable attractive
the world operates according to discoverable laws
there are too few immutable truths today
there’s nothing except what you sense
there’s nothing redeeming in toil
thinking too much can only cause problems
threatening someone sexually is a horrible act
timidity is laughable

to disagree presupposes moral integrity
to volunteer is reactionary
torture is barbaric
trading a life for a life is fair enough
true freedom is frightful
unique things must be the most valuable
unquestioning love demonstrates largesse of spirit
using force to stop force is absurd
violence is permissible even desirable occasionally

war is a purification rite
we must make sacrifices to maintain our quality of life
when something terrible happens people wake up
wishing things away is not effective
with perseverance you can discover any truth
words tend to be inadequate
worrying can help you prepare
you are a victim of the rules you live by
you are guileless in your dreams
you are responsible for constituting the meaning of things

you are the past present and future
you can live on through your descendants
you can’t expect people to be something they’re not
you can’t fool others if you’re fooling yourself
you don’t know what’s what until you support yourself
you have to hurt others to be extraordinary
you must be intimate with a token few
you must disagree with authority figures
you must have one grand passion

you must know where you stop and the world begins
you can understand someone of your sex only
you owe the world not the other way around
you should study as much as possible
your actions ae pointless if no one notices
your oldest fears are the worst ones

Approaching a life and death problem the right way

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:27:29 +0200

You know when you are dealing with a life and death problem (tsumego) if you ask yourself either one of the following questions:

Can I kill my opponent’s group?

Is there a way my opponent can kill my group?

In order to answer these questions, it is a good habit to work systematically through all the possible moves that may work. A Kobayashi Koichi book or article may have recommended the following order: Isolate the group from the center If the group still has access to the center, it has a possibility to link up to friendly forces. Reduce the eye space of the group under attack The classic example is a hane, hence the proverb that there is death in the hane. Look at the cuts If there is a defect remaining in the group under attack, it may become a good deal easier to kill it if you manage to divide it into separate pieces. (“Divide and conquer”.) Placements The rationale is that the placement will mess up the shape of the group under attack. However if you start with this technique, the group under attack may still have options of running to the center or becoming a bigger group, i.e. a group with more space to create eyes. This is why you should first look at isolating it and reducing the eye space. —Stefan (taken from senseis.xmp.net)