prophet jimi

so beautifully succinct:

''Blue are the life-giving waters taken for granted,
They quietly understand"

-- Jimi Hendrix, "Axis: Bold As Love"

they understand, but i wonder if they forgive...

the warrior next to you

"Be kind. For every one you meet is fighting a great battle."

-- Philo of Alexandria, (20 B.C.E.-50 C.E.) bio, writings

poison control

"According to Buddhist psychology, most of our troubles are due to our passionate desire for, attachment to things that we misapprehend as enduring entities. The pursuit of the objects of our desire and attachment involves the use of aggression and competitiveness…These mental processes easily translate into actions, breeding belligerence. Such processes have been going on in the human mind since time immemorial, but their execution has become more effective under modern conditions. What can we do to control and regulate these ''poisons'' -- delusion, greed and aggression? For it is these poisons that are behind almost every trouble in the world."

-His Holiness the Dalai Lama