Why this bane?
Why this chronic malady?
What have I slain; what great injustice have I arranged
To deserve this melancholic property,
That leaves me with no place to shine but in this marauded prosody?
When did I become so sullen?
So suddenly, so fallen?
So utterly sodden with tears;
When did my quixotic years give way to this nightmare,
This hopelessly downhearted and constant fight against this cruelest of mind snares?
And when I look towards the sun, why won't I find a light there?
Have I been blinded by the night's glare?
What happened to my life; why'd it become so hard to breathe and feel alive,
To heal my wounds,
To steal again the many rights that once adorned the hallways of my songs;
This feels so wrong.
I've never done a thing to god,
But now I've come to question if there's intervention after all--
For if a pestilence as this exists without a reason;
If an infection so horrendous as to render its infected dead/alive, and yet surrendered, has a place in mankind's thesis,
Then this is treason,
An unforgivable malfeasance;
And if a god can't wrest disease away from people that he keeps,
Then it is he that's held accountable to me.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Poems
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Rhymes
Just days ago wore my heart on my sleeve/
not the hardest thing ever but still took honesty/
cuz I humbled myself to this girl named lissette/
you know i let the feelings get advanced accelerated mistake number one made from the start/
idealized her but realized worth is earned not given free like natural water/
friendship is a beam of light but the breeze of time is in the end responsible not forcing your mind on them/
time does the understanding/
landing in a lake of smiles is always nice/
but if you take the time to fill up a lake/
it's more precise/
so I relayed to her how I feel/
put aside emotion sentiments cuz the deal/
was sweating like the sun/
and to be the only one original individual kat/
planned ahead/
want to cultivate a positive friend/
keyword accentuated/
cuz mistake number two made/
and hated myself in a small way/
tried to play the game/
you know you've gotta be up front be your own way/
face contorted in expression of pain/
distorted brain trying to sort the recorded aftermath/
once we spoke/
hope she won't act unnatural/
now the agenda's on the same page/
actual purpose of a smile/
of a filtered conversation is to dial/
the number to her heart right/
where the word friend resides/
alive in her mind/
not die like the rest/
convulsion of thoughts expressed in disarray/
cuz space has this gravity attracting me to l/
plain simple message told her 'I like you'/
so it's insane to tell tame a wild sensation/
to be friends is just the reflex of our relations/
I have this feeling she might not pursue/
the proposition to/
be for her the kat to be for her there when she needs me/
I hope she sees me/
as what I envision a seed for growth/
if not I'll learn to cope/
I've learned not to dive into the pool cuz minds must be scoped first/
then enticed to fill out the survey to show worth/
slow work into our friendship I fear/
but the ball's in her court now/
want to believe I'm wrong about what's thrown down here...
Rhymes
Humans are like antennas picking up channels/
tuning into stations full or empty but no perfect reception white noise turns up missing programs close up/
throw up precipitation in the form of disillusioned irritation/
but people need to realize/
whether it's the first or the last ten/
don't idealize/
the fact is some channels just won't show up/
don't give up the ghost don't stop showing love/
there's an average spread of negative attributes/
through all people on this planet we all hear the same flute/
ask your mind for the notes in the music spreadsheet/
watch as you compare the similarities/
printouts reached cuz the mind records the sounds of life the same way/
across the board the conscious thoughts end up with the same fate/
we all relate/
we're all the same replicated brains just a different name/
but check now your common ground/
sometimes heads don't look for it/
then say there are no common nouns/
well the verbs are equal/
the herbs we eat are equal/
the shirts we weave are equal/
one size fits all our people/
next time stop and wonder if you really think that kat across the table really has a different link/
whether asteroid or comet we rock the same effect/
when we blend all our flavors together we bust one style trend/
one wild gem/
one wilding/
one wild thing/
we're children/
of his reign/
his universe/
we all write the human verse/
let's unite/
I'll help you fight the struggle with my martial arts your Hip-Hop his hip-hop their slick tropical samba color the same horizon/
experience the same summer/
we've got more in common than in opposition/
with our brothers/
cells in one body/
the world/
I hope we break the clutter/
and free our minds/
I think we will in time...
Rhymes
I make my home out of rocks and boulders so I can adapt me genes to the rough surface of the earth/
texture not always round or always curved/
sometimes the tangent lines to my mind not perpendicular to my height/
time flows in irregular patterns/
just checked the warped box in the ice/
the rhyme's losing flavor/
no longer nice/
somebody add soy sauce to the rice...
Rhymes
Haven't you ever felt like you were drifting in the sands of time/
like your life is a distant series of chimes/
piano keys pressed to the rhythm of the melody the hear makes when it beats/
pattern scattered like the echoes in your mind when the next ghost rhymes/
sublime metaphoric twisted contortions when your face exists on the side of some mountain/
and you listen to the whispers of the crickets deep within the forest/
bamboo thickets/
rivet at the motion perpetual you exhibit/
feeling like the world is a book that you have written/
spirit driven through the 8-bit crust of this planet at one frame per second/
animation suspended leaving your magnet in the air frozen/
staring at the screen crashed/
you scream 'you must be joking!'/
damn the thesis lost train of thought in a collision/
failed the mission/
but you've got no quarters left in your pocket so this life leaves you wishing you'd go idle for a while/
turn to screen saver for a while/
not like you're sick of programs running but what's wrong with chilling for a while?/
style possessed by a demon while stress has you breathing/
filaments that don't exist like oxygen all in your dreams so the chest is really heaving/
seventeen already tired of so many things but still believing/
my vision will one day change the world binded by chains of blinded/
crimes in the city are just images signed autographed lyrical graf art of thieves in the night's climate/
simon says play chess so give me back my two knights forget to check my queen send your king back to the pawn shop/
trade it in for a new link/
what's missing in Hip-Hop is me...
Rhymes
I know this girl named lissette with a smile sweet like the honey honey pouring down from partitions in the sky/
I pick words nice to describe her worth/
finesse like gems/
excavated from the mine of sugarcane/
a plain simple girl with just enough delight to tame/
my complicated world and life/
original colombian I'm glad we're friends/
the clouds are written over with what flows from my pen/
inspiration when I look into those eyes/
which blind me momentarily like light/
reflected off white glaciers too bright/
sometimes melt the flavor in my heart/
you know/
like caramel drums sounding in the night/
mess with time's flow/
it has to stop for a second pause drop for a second all activity just to see your true beauty reflections/
if I was wind I would carry your scents in to the senses of all humans/
cuz it's aromatic essence got me coming back to your sands constantly like a tourist/
pleasant curious sentiments coming up into this corazón mÃo con tu luna llena siento el calor frio/
gracias al señor por dejarme ser un amigo de esta princesa bella/
sea como sea
with how god's stroke of the paintbrush makes the situation a colorful creation of the friendliest kind/
amiga mia always carry that sonrisa alright?
Poems
Cuantas noches haz pasado llorando a dios?
Cuantas lagrimas haz botado orándole a dios?
El océano de Tiempo se lleno de tu tristeza
Y las olas de tu conciencia sonaron como trompetas...
La canción de tu corazón rompido
Frio, encarcelado sin amigo
Con solo el señor como testigo
De todos los rÃos que tuviste que cruzar
Todas las calles que tuviste que navegar...
Todo lo que sacrificaste para darme
Un cariño puro de una madre...
Antes de nacer, yo oÃa tu voz
Antes de crecer, yo sentÃa tu calor
Antes de poder ver, yo sabia tu color
Y antes de saber hueler, yo aprendà tu olor...
No hay caramelo mas dulce, ni sueno mas lindo
Ni flor mas bella, ni espÃritu mas unido
Que tu, una madre como ángel para su hijo
Que brilla mas que mil estrellas de hilo amarillo...
Luz existe en infinito colores
Y tu existes en infinito amores...
Hay personas que dudan lo que hiciste por mÃ
Pero cuando tenÃas frio, me arropabas a mÃ
Cuando estebas sola, me cuidabas a mÃ
Cuando tenÃas hambre, me alimentabas a mÃ
Cuando tu corazón lloraba, me embullabas a mÃ
Y cuando yo gritaba, me contabas a mÃ
Por eso, si me dicen, “¿Que hizo ella por ti?”
Le diré lo que hiciste, sola, por mÅ
Songs
Mami quiero que tu
Sepas que te amo
Con todo mi amor
Con todo mi amor
Quiero que tu
Sepas que te amo amo amo
Con todo mi amor
Si las estrellas celestial fueran como la ideas dentro de mi cabeza, illumbrarian todo el mar con tus lagrimas, llo daria mi sol para ver tu flor crecer, ser feliz con tu voz, agua de dios en mi corazon, dolor lla no debe tener puesto en el tuyo ni en el mio, el pasado lla paso y el rio del amor va cambiar todo el futuro para tu y para mi, los dos en el cielo algun dia, mientras tanto en la tierra vamos a darle vida a las rosas de la vida, oceanos de tu amor y mi calor van asia dios, escucha las palabras de mis lavios, esta cansion es un beso, abrazo
Mami quiero que tu
Sepas que te amo
Con todo mi amor
Con todo mi amor
Quiero que tu
Sepas que te amo amo amo
Con todo mi amor
Rhymes
Ten days existed between two milleniums/
twisted the minutes to match the schematics of your smile/
cameras flashing in my mind slash heart/
as i recalled the last glances god allowed of your delightful face/
I trace my memories over the paper with you as the filament/
spaces in my head with lissette as more than 50% composition/
let the sweetness of her candied soul mend the affliction of my critical world/
distance from her didn't affect the physics/
still listened to the Dominican land with your name on its lips/
or was it me rhythmically chanting/
couldn't really tell the difference/
the feeling is a special lift/
spiritual wind calms the seas/
ocean mist turns to colorful breeze/
makes your fossilized grin within my M-I-N-D turn to the brightest coral reef/
weaving the thread of imagination into a kodak moment depicting your creation/
an archetype for all beauty/
the horizon must have turned to ruby/
when the most high first made you/
dawn shaded for the first time from the blue tears raining down from his eyes/
cried out of happiness until they turned crimson/
fate listened to god's greatest wishes as he made white light like egyptian ivory to shine fortune on a nice columbian family/
today they must be proud to have you as a daughter sister plus so many other nouns/
and even if life was soundproofed I'd still hear your melody loud and clear/
proof that your sound is unique/
so I invite you here to where my heart sleeps/
and promize to hold you dear for eternity
-Ao '01
Songs
Dame tu amor
Que te voy a dar
De mi pasion si me quieres amar
Dejame quererte como mas que un amigo
Si quieres que si
Dame una de tu sonrisas
Rhymes
I'm becoming a man/
slowly shapes are changing as I grow/
I'm becoming a man/
everything's a different color tone/
I'm becoming a man/
and as I transpire the wire fence I'm becoming a man/
no one would have ever thought/
I'm becoming a man...
Responsibilities becoming just more numerous/
while life used to be rough now I'm smoothing it/
like a lubricant/
making peace with my fellows/
meadows flow with water cuz now i show my mellow self/
pride is no longer a virtue/
instead I care about what's going on in the fam/
make it positive/
initiative taken to make it prosperous/
forget about the past let's acknowledge it/
but concentrate on what's ahead/
a future full of happiness/
I found a perfect definition to that adjective/
just the other day/
my flavor mixing with that of a Colombian magic gift/
sift through the faces in the crowd/
I picked the one smile that echoed loud up in my mind/
registered like a nine on the Richter scale/
stabilized myself/
then she became for me a Duracell/
raining down like hail/
so now I'm trying to tell y'all...
-Ao
Rhymes
Somebody check the intelligent prism/
a collision is evident with the pseudo-intellectualism/
prisons deep below the planet's surface where a magnet made of molten metal/
fragments the mind of these people/
demagnetizing master tapes/
now we live in blanknesss/
magic graphic displays/
schematics of dragons floating in space/
sketched by mages making blueprints of the haze/
there's a science to the art used to thaw the icy oceans we live in/
frozen by ignorance quotients/
the cold winds chill the factors/
the word play lashes semicolon slashes/
parenthesis/
this is just a demonstration of the archetype thesis for human animation/
raw conscience split into pieces like a nation/
where the creases lay down a foundation for the perforation/
like Jesus Christ/
spreading love through my holy water leaving seeds behind like the original father/
Adam made of dust ate apples made of lust/
grappled versus god/
Hip-Hop's outer crust feeling the draught of deluxe special effects/
everybody has the same damn dialect/
unoriginal styles come in the same damn packages/
12.99 sticker cover price/
make-up thicker than the sewage waste making its way into the rivers/
the ice makes me shiver/
unconsciously the liver stopped working/
now I can't process the alcoholic breath lurking all around me/
if my mind didn't have a floatation device/
Free Thinking/
I'd be drowning sinking into Fate faster than I can link my hate-love combinations against the unlimited haters bringing lethal radiation like they came from outer space/
straight predictable stone statue raps while my lyrics stay pivotal/
-Ao
Rhyms
I move mountains with my sound and my conscience/
have the echoes of my voice disintegrate nonsense/
cause friction on the haters' launches/
haunting their heads like the aftermath of a ghetto war/
battles leave you mentally sore/
even physically cuz the shockwaves penetrate the virtual space between us/
the screen won't save you/
my verbals take you/
into an alleyway/
rough you up/
you wake up in a fable imaginatino/
-ZHERO MBP
Rhymes
Got this game locked down into a crevice of my imagination/
asphyxiation of my effect/
not possible cuz I make my own oxygen/
register the composition/
I'm four-fifths of Hip-Hop like nitrogen gas in the atmosphere/
blast kats next to it/
where the ozone layer O3 forms a hole in the stratosphere/
too much radiation for the average MC to handle/
rivaled only by the radiance emanating from me/
so follow the lead like the CO2 from a candle/
-ZHERO MBP
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Ao Quotes
"Life is a breeze...that will carry us aimlessly through the skies of time, unless we hold on to something." -Ao
Ao Quotes
"To be overwhelmed is one thing...but no man deserves silence from his well or his spring." -Ao
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"It is better to preserve the virtuousness within your eyes than to sacrifice it for your honor in the eyes of the world." -Ao
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"A breath of fresh air from another world is often all it takes to make it through a day in this one..." -Ao
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"When the only thing you have is the dawn, your visions can still fuel the engine of your dreams." -Ao
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"If you pursue what you love, you will eventually succeed, if not by social standards, then by your own degree." -Ao
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"A memory you can't describe is like a monument you can't remember, for a memory without words is a monument without remembrance." -Ao
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"Forever gone are the connections to a man's soul once his words are long forgotten..." -Ao
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"Be not afraid of your reflection, for the soul is but a mystery your shadow alone cannot solve." -Ao
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"The extraction of symbolism from the fruits of existence, be they bitter or sweet, makes more bearable the flavors of life." -Ao
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"The line between emptiness and sadness is sometimes much too painful to distinguish." -Ao
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"It feels...so good to acknowledge one's own faults. It is then that we remember just how human we are." -Ao
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"You can look at a light directly, but it can be too bright. And yet...if you look at its reflection, it does not hurt so much...but it can never be true. What a shame, that filtering those rays through a squint is the only thing left to do..." -Ao
Ao Quotes
"You wish me the best in life, and attempt to safeguard my future...the path I choose for myself may not be the best, in your mind, but remember: you could be right, be so could I..." -Ao
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"It is important to project moderated modesty, but it is even more important to contain within oneself a great confidence." -Ao
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Ao Quotes
"Will we create the prosperous world that we dream of...or will the starlight of change fade quickly away? Lest we become slaves of our own freedom, let us carve now the destiny that lies before us..." -Ao
Monday, December 3, 2007
Ao Quotes
"A name etched in the sands of history lives forever alone, but a name forged into the hearts of your people will find love for all time..." -Ao
Ao Quotes
"If you place your expectations behind you and your retrospect ahead, you may recognize the lack of significance in an error." -Ao
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"I throw javelins with my mind, spears with my soul, but not a thing with my hands, for my hands make me a poor fighter, while my mind makes me a great warrior." -Ao
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"Even the surest of things in life can become uncertain in one second of thought, in one second of thought..." -Ao
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"One who is a slave to dreams must either make a great sacrifice to make them real or break those chains forever..." -Ao
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"Beware of the man who will smile at your anger, laugh at your cruelty, and find strength in your weakness...never discourage a dreamer who thrives off such a thing." -Ao
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"It is unwise to focus too long on another man's wrongdoings, for it makes it near impossible to notice your own." -Ao
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"The world can be a winter evening, but it can also be a pink summer dawn...if you draw the horizon yourself." -Ao
Ao Quotes
"It is such an interesting irony that we echo between us many of the same sentiments we pretend to despise in others..." -Ao
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"Why spend a life proving something you already know to be true, when you can spend that time admiring the beauty of that truth?" -Ao
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"A shore is a window, where true freedom begins. And yet, many see a shore and perceive a horizon...and end. Perhaps this is why very few men ever sail..." -Ao
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"Do not mistake my docility for fear or apprehension--it is ultimately my choice, my own will, that dictates the course of my fate." -Ao
Ao Quotes
"Life is replete with paradox and irony...imagine, Rosa Parks took a stand by sitting and refusing to rise..." -Ao
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"Sometimes, we fail to recognize the ripples we cause in the oceans of our fellow men..." -Ao
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"Always stop to feel the cool mist of a new situation, and your mind will be refreshed." -Ao
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"Even the gravest of mistakes should be embraced with pride, for they remind us of how human we are. Never feel shame for that." -Ao
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"To see disappointment in the faces of people who do not know you is a marvelous thing..." -Ao
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"The man that can see past the shadow and embrace the reflection will find true worth in life..." -Ao
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"When friends go astray, time spent criticizing their behavior is time spent pushing them away...but understanding and compassion will pull them closer to you, and closer to focus." -Ao
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"The worst punishment a beast with a conscience can endure...is to be forced to look at its reflection..." -Ao
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"We forget, and must be reminded, that relationships have much more value than individual actions do..." -Ao
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"Listen to the difference between reason and excuse and you will hear brand new melodies of understanding." -Ao
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"The man that has been too long a slave will sometimes realize how soon freedom brings him misery..." -Ao
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"Those who enjoy watching others fall suffer the most when life suddenly becomes cruel..." -Ao
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"It is better for the untrained heart to perceive an illusion of peace than to battle a reality of turmoil." -Ao
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"Can you look at pure darkness and feel perfect bliss? Very few understand the power harnessable from such a paradox..." -Ao
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"The goal of perfectionism is but a coat of paint, which gives texture to a wall that would otherwise feel desolate and bare." -Ao
Ao Quotes
"You will not listen to what I have to say, but will impose on me your own words...the sound of inequality will one day pierce your ears..." -Ao
Ao Quotes
"What to do...when every attempt to escape from a cage is misinterpreted as a sign of rebellion...what to do..." -Ao
Ao Quotes
"If you interpret a positive as an intended negative, is it not unfair to blame another for your own misjudgment? Or must the intent be made clear? It takes an open mind to understand both..." -Ao
Ao Quotes
"It is unfair to expect others to always voice their concern for you. If sympathy is what you desire, make known why you deserve it..." -Ao
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"How often do you look at another man? He is a window. You may look past and see into his soul, or see yourself in the reflection..." -Ao
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"The weakest links feel strongest when they can hold the illusion of power in their grasps..." -Ao
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"You never know what subtle miracles the tides of time will place before us...never look right past one. Never let one pass you by." -Ao
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"The soil of our hearts lies in wait for the flowers of our love to grow. When they do, mankind will truly blossom..." -Ao
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"If one can only reflect in the presence of light, can darkness not be absorbed? He who reflects also shines, but he who absorbs becomes that much darker..." -Ao
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"Respect goes to the man who swiftly points out a flaw in another, if his intent is to better it...admiration goes to the man who is even swifter at pointing out it his own, to grow." -Ao
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Poem: I Worry for Our Future
I spend my days
Heeding the sirens of my society,
Wailing as they consume my mind with thoughts of our decline;
Of decadence instead of rise,
A charmed despondence hanging in the air,
So nearly thick that you can touch,
Yet fleeting as the fog
That now so threatens to corrode what simple progress we have bought.
And all the while, I think:
Will we be able to avert our gaze much longer,
Or will we stop to wander in the light for long enough to find
A real and final, wise solution to our plight?
I worry for our future.
Ao Quotes
"We all change, but at different rates. Life is one road, and we are all vehicles. Regardless of how fast we 'change', will we all not travel the same path?" -Ao
Ao Quotes
"Some people change. Some stay the same. If I change for the better, and you keep your old ways, then why will you focus on my new flaws instead of your old ones?" -Ao
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"There are certain moments that belong not to us, but to others around us...and whence we must sacrifice our own wishes to give them 'their moment'..." -Ao
Ao Quotes
"My notions of decency conflict with yours...if I do not embrace mine and accept your own, you tell me that I care only for myself. But there is such a thing as a collective selfishness..." -Ao
Ao Quotes
"To exercise our freedom and choose for ourselves is...many times more to our benefit than to be chosen for by others, even if they make the right ones..." -Ao
Ao Quotes
"There are emotions that cannot be expressed, thoughts that cannot be given words, and sentiments that cannot be described...but then, they do not always need to, and perhaps cannot, be understood by others...so not a thing is lost..." -Ao
Ao Quotes
"The elders always have the answers...our problems never change; solutions never come. But they answer every question. They know all things...except what our children really want." -Ao
Ao Quotes
"There are so many things wrong with the world. So many things right. So much that will never change. So much that will. Will the eagle ever stop circling, and finally land?" -Ao
Ao Quotes
"Listen to the voices of our children. When we are long gone, they are the ones who will still remain, creating the melodies of man's future." -Ao
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"The earth allows its waters to be swayed by the moon, and the moon shines for the earth at night. There is such equilibrium and balance in nature, and yet man would rather receive than give..." -Ao
Ao Quotes
"When all other things calm down, it is always nice to have that one friend to just smile at you." -Ao
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"Why would anyone choose to detonate misery around them? Why would anyone want to be engulfed in anger or enflamed in bitterness? It saddens me to see those who ignore the melodies of harmony, and instead lie in wait for a moment to unleash wrath upon poor souls...upon their souls also..." -Ao
Ao Quotes
"Do not wish lightning upon our metallic Earth, for my heart is made of rubber, but your soul is a conductor. To wish me evil is to manifest it upon yourself." -Ao
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"Some people spend their entire lives giving everything but the one thing we need most...just a little bit of love...always wondering why the clouds won't smile upon them after 'all they've done'" -Ao
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"How long will an echo resound before it is attended to? How far does a thought have to travel to be understood? What is intelligence if the truly important questions are never given answers?" -Ao
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"Why can my own comfort never have more weight than dissatisfaction in others? A world in which I alone can decide the value of my thoughts...is it so impossible?" -Ao
Ao Quotes
"The importance of effort...is inconsequential of success or failure. It is the one thing that has value all on its own, whether or not it leads to one road or another." -Ao
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"Just because a style is different from our own does not make it better or worse. All that matters is that yours works for you or that theirs functions for them. Remember that thought, too, is a style." -Ao
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"If everything means nothing and nothing means everything, then what does something mean?" -Ao
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Ao Quotes
"Can a man exit a cave without the guidance of a light? Once he does, does the light get credit, or does he? Illumination of our paths by others does make it possible to progress, but the light is not the itself responsible...nor is our failure to find a way fully our fault." -Ao
Ao Quotes
"If someone you love leaves for a happier place, a happier life beyond this one...you should be content that the have found peace, not selfishly angry that they have left you. Focus on their happiness and not on your own pain. That is true love." -Ao
Ao Quotes
"You never know when a small gesture of kindness might save a life. Even your own. There are so many links between our actions..." -Ao
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"To those that demand unconditional gratitude for sacrifices made towards your growth, say: 'If you ask of me this, then surely you stop and thank your ancestors for every new success you attain?'" -Ao
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"When you succeed, the credit is dispersed among many others who claim it. When you fail, the blame is fully yours. How strange..." -Ao
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"The complexity of proving one is right is not always worth it for the exhausted mind, for the energy we save from the easy comfort of truth within oneself can be much too precious to expend." -Ao
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"Those with a twisted perception of reality will often twist life the other way--all for the twisted illusion that their judgment is not in fact twisted." -Ao
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"Love is fragile...like a glass rose. It it breaks, one can attempt to rejoin the pieces, but it is painful to look at something that was once so perfect. The last that can be done is to replace it--that fragile, glass rose." -Ao
Ao Quotes
"'I cannot force you to like who I am, nor can you force me to become who you would like me to be. The best that can be done is for each of us to accept the impossibility of the others' wish.' In life, sometimes this is the only compromise left to make." -Ao
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"To be normal is to be different enough from the rest of humanity as to contribute something unique to it." -Ao
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"There will always be people who will try to steer you one way or another. The best that you can do is to find a route that satisfies you and leads you towards cumulative happiness. After all, once we die, all that remains is a memory, and even those eventually fade." -Ao
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"It is so much simpler to overlook brilliance than it is to acknowledge when a thing lacks luster, a sad irony which...we see in our daily lives." -Ao
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"Is it...fair to expose a person's flaws by manipulating events that will bring them out? That a man will set the stage for the downfall of another...what a great flaw indeed." -Ao
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"Some say that actions speak louder than words...as if spoken words can be seen; as if actions can be heard. If you are blind to the motive or deaf to the reason...how can your judgment be true?" -Ao
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"A little darkness from time to time...it gives us time to see things as they are, for it forces us to focus on our surroundings." -Ao
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"'Let me be who I am and do as I will, and watch me flourish in a world that...is not yet ready for my kind.' These are the words that echo in the minds of great people." -Ao
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"The truth may at times be transparent, and we may see right through it, forever unaware of our oversight, forever content with the truth we perceive on the other side." -Ao
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"A life without sacrifice is fated to end in misery, for one cannot focus on the clouds and still see the land..." -Ao
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
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"Knowledge and understanding form the foundation for wisdom, which forms the foundation for life, which forms the foundation for love, which forms the foundation for eternity, which forms the foundation for time. Now, who would rather live in ignorance?" -Ao
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"The wisest man is able to turn the grime in the alleys of life into the gold that paves the streets he walks, for he understands: it is this road that will take him to his happiness." -Ao
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"Many of the Answers lie in one's own soul. Reflection in ourselves, and expression of our souls, yields reflections of those Answers from the external world." -Ao
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"Never pass up an opportunity, whether it is a memory, a smile, or a special moment, to forgive someone you love." -Ao
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"Love is...perhaps the most universal, indescribable, and pure concept mankind will ever know." -Ao
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
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"As we do not know where Eternity will take us, we must love those we cherish so dearly while we still have certainty." -Ao
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"Friendships are at times more complex than serious relationships. Many cycles are harder to break with a friend than with a partner, and many expectations cannot be expressed without a great loss to the dynamic." -Ao
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"Should a man that does not want to be alive be kept alive? Should a man that wants to be alive be kept in a tomb? If the soul desires to be free, should we incarcerate it 'for its own benefit'? Who should decide the fate of a man? Should it not be himself...?" -Ao
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"Why do others pretend to know you more than yourself? People make decisions for us constantly, never truly aware that destiny and fate are not complete until the individual pilots the mind himself..."
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"Do not fall prey to those who seek out arbitrary reasons to justify their injustice...not only does this expend energy, but it impedes happiness as well. Let a vile man have his misery." -Ao
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"Up to what point is your perceived readiness for life to others more important than your own?" -Ao
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"All cycles must be broken if we are to prove what is right and what is wrong with them." -Ao
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"That some men will have you choose between them and your happiness...what a horrible, selfish proposition. The home is especially vulnerable to such a thing, and is destroyed the quickest by it..." -Ao
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"It is never wise to meddle too long with any man's patience, for there is wrath within all men, even the docile ones..." -Ao
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"Revisiting your past is like returning to your place of origin--you may find an old friend, remember an old promise, or even rekindle an old flame of passion...memories should never be erased." -Ao
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"What happens when you have grand dreams of changing the world, and master plan schemes of making a swirl in the oceans with the motion of your love, your devotion? Even if you don't change the world or make those swirls, at least you keep the dream alive." -Ao
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"The good friend is a rare gem...cherish it like your own heart, and polish it until it shines bright, but always remember that you may one day lose it..." -Ao
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"The cool wind of friendship may turn to dry heat in a split second, over a trifle, or for no reason at all. Never forget that people often change as does that wind--in a split second, over a trifle, and sometimes...for no reason at all." -Ao
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"In the end, it won't matter what was done wrong or what could have been done better. All that will matter will be what was done right." -Ao
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"Why do some men think in hues of vengeance and retaliation, when the spectrum of humanity's color will forever contain the same ingredients?" -Ao
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"Do not be the victim of victimization--for your mind becomes its own obstacle, and the soul becomes its own enemy..." -Ao
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"Is there not more growth in error than in perfection? It is errancy that lets us add new gems to our collections, whereas perfection is but a dull jewel of which we would soon grow tired." -Ao
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"Money should never be the dream, but the vehicle in which your dreams should travel." -Ao
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"Those who have the most to gain by opening their minds often keep their eyes open the least and point their fingers the most." -Ao
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"Power is more a byproduct of the willingness of others to submit than of personal supremacy." -Ao
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"Do people truly rise to power...or are they allowed ascendancy by those with power to bestow?" -Ao
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"Do not be angered by those who claim power over your actions, for a king with unwilling pawns...cannot win." -Ao
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"There is light in every dream. Never allow a light to dwindle without first shining into the night. If enough dreams shine at once, the darkness will be gone." -Ao
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"Sweetness of character and kindness of heart...two lights in the night, two smiles to the soul, two colors in the art of mankind. With them, the dark is whiter, the soul is finer, and the mural of our happiness is indeed much brighter." -Ao
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"If your mind is the oxygen and your actions are the lungs, your dreams may eventually start breathing." -Ao
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"It is better to keep a dream alive than to not dream at all, even if it never becomes a reality." -Ao
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"The worst thing to do when you are wronged is to allow an opportunity to learn pass you by." -Ao
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"They say that we lose our dreams as we grow and become dominated by reality...but must we be slaves to that cycle?" -Ao
Monday, November 26, 2007
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"Poets weave stories with the fabric of rhyme and keep the soul warm through the magic of time." -Ao
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"Time changes and so do the tides...so when someone you knew to be so tender now drowns the village, give your respect and then move on." -Ao
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"Surely, there is nothing crueler than losing the love of an angel you still hold dear to your heart." -Ao
Sunday, November 25, 2007
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"Look into the eyes of your fellows from time to time, and remind yourself of the beauty reflected from their orbs." -Ao
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"Where will the wind take our dust, where will the wind take our love...will our tears be enough?" -Ao
Saturday, November 24, 2007
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"Ah, the tongue! This deadliest of weapons is so often the culprit of our own demise..." -Ao
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"Beware of becoming that which you call others...that is the cruelest of all ironies." -Ao
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"A life composed of only positives would not stimulate our minds enough to make it worthwhile." -Ao
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"I have things to accomplish and places to see, so I have no time for modesty, know what I mean? Let the truth be told and get it right: for modesty, I have no time..."
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"They say that mankind as a whole can achieve more than one man alone, that mankind is more important. But if the individual does not move, neither does the 'whole'". -Ao
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"Perhaps ignorance...is a thorough enough punishment for those who choose the wicked paths in life." -Ao
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"Hope lies with the man that can live, be, act, shine even amongst the societal stare." -Ao
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"The fables of man united, the myths of society as one, the illusions of love as the common force, will one day be real. The present state of man is the fable, the myth, the real illusion." -Ao
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"Happiness gained by taking it away from others is a paradox that creates another just as ironic--it widens the void it is supposed to fill." -Ao
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"To restrict the free thoughts and dreams of a man is to take away his growth, his freedom." -Ao
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"Every so often, there comes a man that scoffs at our concepts of limits, sneers at the word 'impossible', and mocks our attempts to preserve the boundaries we keep around ourselves. That man exists within us all, but only every so often do we free that man from our minds..." -Ao
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"Give thanks for both the beautiful and the negative things in life--for the beauty brings happiness to the heart, while the negative cultivates the mind." -Ao
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"As you were made out of love, to give of yourself to others is to share that love with mankind...what faster way to get There is there, than by giving, loving?"
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"Before we can break the chains that bind humanity, we first need to free our own locks, our own souls, ourselves..." -Ao
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"A man should not live in the 'Tomorrow' to a point where he neglects Today, nor should he live in the 'Today' to a point where 'Tomorrow' is neglected...a line must be drawn, for neither 'Today' nor 'Tomorrow' are certain." -Ao
Friday, November 23, 2007
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"Life is an ocean, love is the wind, and your heart is the sailboat...you can get to the other side of that ocean on your own, tired and hungry if you do...or you can let love take you there." -Ao
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"When the world asks you, 'How will thou change me?', reply, 'I will change your hatred into love, your many curses into blessings, your frowns into smiles...' That is how the world will change. That is how the world will love, feel blessed, and smile upon mankind." -Ao
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"True love never fades, True love is eternal, Emotions in the heart never dissipate, Because emotions in the heart are never merely external." -Ao
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"Somebody great once told me, 'Don't let those around you discourage you from the things you want to do...crusades end, but you can always be a crusader.' One must never give up the fight." -Ao
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"What's the use of crying when the dead can no longer hear you? Do not wait to help until help is too late." -Ao
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"It is easy to say, 'I am not part of the problem,' when a situation calls for help in our world. But I ask you: If you witness the poisoning of your brother's cup, and you let him drink from it, are you a part of the problem?" -Ao
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"If you listen to the silence, perhaps you will begin to hear the laughter of the children?" -Ao
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"How many more lives will it take for us to realize the heavy price we pay for not helping out our own people?" -Ao
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"If you can teach yourself to be a great learner, the tests of life become quite simple." -Ao
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"When someone says to you, 'You are flawed', tell them, 'I am neither more nor less flawed than any other man alive.' Is that not the truth?" -Ao
Theory of Balance
All things eventually balance out. Balance is an undeniable component of Life, and the scale will rise and fall with time, but at the twilight of existence, at the moment when the last star twinkles, the scale will know equilibrium.
The psychology of man struggles to find balance. The theories of Sigmund Freud point to an id and a superego, two opposing character components of the unconscious, that balance in the center as the Ego.
Balance exists in sociopsychological behavior. There are those who dislike us behind our backs, and those who admire us behind our backs. Some people offer negative feelings toward us publicly, while others shower us with positive ones privately. The world will scorn you once, revere you once; hate you twice, love you twice. But it will balance.
All men have strengths and flaws in their characters. When intense evil lies in the heart of one, there is no guarantee that affection, care, and goodness of the same caliber does not reside in the same one. We ignore some weaknesses and accept others.
If all men were created equal, then all men, and hence Life, were created with Balance in mind. It IS.
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"If you ever find yourself enveloped in oppression, or in emotional turmoil, and you feel as if you have no way out, remember--it takes heat to forge a sword." -Ao
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"A man that tries to strip us of our freedom, of our rights, by attempting to rule over our minds, will eventually cultivate the opposite of his intention: dissension for respect, enemy for ally, even hatred for love--men cannot be forced to feel." -Ao
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"True respect should stem from a mutual understanding that it exists equally on both sides, balanced...if demanded from only one side, then how can you expect it to be true?" -Ao
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"Why must man obsess over enforcing sometimes arbitrary laws, to a point where focus is lost, purpose is gone, and the noble idea is corrupted?" -Ao
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"The breath of your imagination is the same breath that can give life to your dreams." -Ao
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"Listen to life not only with your heart and your mind, but also with your soul as well...only then will you hear all the melodies man has created, taste all the good things God has promised, live all the dreams you have seen with your own eyes..." -Ao
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"The dagger that hurts us the most is also the one that gives us the most strength sometimes--disappointment by a loved one." -Ao
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"The freshest fruits can taste sweet to some people, bitter to others...so while the perception is a taste that depends on the individual, the reality depends on the fruit itself." -Ao
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"The glass of water when you are truly thirsty, or the cup of juice when you just want some flavor in your mouth...which is more important?" -Ao
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"Every type of self-expression has its method...the higher the mastery of that method, the higher the value of that self-expression." -Ao
Theory of Expression
The more venues for expression an individual has, the less manifestation of negativity occurs within them.
Expression is the depiction or conveyance of feelings, of emotion, of thoughts and ideas, all of which is what actually drives mankind, and man, forward. Those who express themselves find outlets for all types of negative energy, which exists within all humans.
Without this release of energy, the negativity is kept within the individual's heart, mind, and soul until they cannot cope with it. This may lead to destructive means of expression--crime, violence, scapegoating, or the projection of negative emotions onto others. It all goes back to expression.
Humans have a strong need to express themselves. Limits imposed by society may hinder this expression, however, and so the individual must take steps in seeking out venues they consider to be positive outlets. Although these venues may not be in accordance with social convention, and as such must be chosen with maturity and intelligence, they are integral in releasing negative energy.
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"Do not allow yourself to be blanketed solely by the fabric of other people, but weave your own fabric, your own cloth, to keep you confident in the face of cold." -Ao
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"Unique without you and you without unique...those two should never be alone, but combined into one word: younique". -Ao
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"Everyone's train of thought travels along a unique path...it all depends on the individual's mental track." -Ao
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"We live, we die, we smile, we cry. We laugh inside...but does the cycle end? Is man confined to live a life of time, of skies and nights, of darkness, then light...will the cycles ever end?" -Ao
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"What is it about man that impedes his growth, stifles his potential, shatters his dreams? Perhaps it is the neverending struggle between unlocking the chains that bind and locking the mind, both with the same hand..." -Ao
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"The only thing that guarantees true freedom is rising up against oppression, for that is in itself an act of freedom." -Ao
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"If the will is strong in its desire to fight, should individual paths be woven with the frown of man as thread, or should the flag of convention wave in the wind of acceptance? The individual loses the acceptance of common man, while the common man loses his individuality." -Ao
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"Where do all emotions go? Do they register in the mind, or has oppressed man developed the ability to deflect them? The misery eludes me..." -Ao
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"When I look at my brother and see crystallized sweat on his brow, the frozen expression of pain in his eyes, the nullified hunger in his body, I think of myself--what a horrible mistake we are making, carrying out this worst of holocausts against our fellow men..." -Ao
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"Once you amalgamate academia with creativity, you create a new standard for completeness of living." -Ao
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"There are times when we want to believe that we are so different from one another, when in reality, we're all reflections of each other. We make the same mistakes, feel the same emotions--and many times, we're all the same people..." -Ao
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"They say 'Dance to the rhythm that is played--Baila al ritmo que se toca.' Sometimes, that's all life really is--just a dance." -Ao
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"Stop looking at the land and check out the horizon--if you focus on what is directly in front of you instead of looking far off at where you can get to, you'll never find what you are looking for." -Ao
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"What happens once the pendulum of time stops swinging? Is time a function of the pendulum's swing, or does the pendulum swing to the rhythm of time?" -Ao
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"How is it that evil can unlock good? Is it possible that a spark of evil can incite holy fire?" -Ao
The Rule of Ultimatilality
Any intelligent organism that, through advanced technology or other means, extends its life or that if its species indefinitely, ultimately faces a loss of purpose for existence.
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"The pendulum that is Life swings left and right in one eternal motion...but imagine how boring that pendulum would be if it did not swing..." -Ao
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"An intelligent dreamer is both the greatest ally and the fiercest enemy the world can have, for intelligence challenges ignorance, and dreams disprove reality..." -Ao
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"Great men succeed because they are dreamers in a world that, for all its advocation of reality, does not even have enough control over it...to manifest its own dreams." -Ao
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"It is bad to lose the self in the sea of society, but to inhibit the flavor from dispersing in the waters...is to commit a crime against that society." -Ao
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"Don't be misled by the majestic fluidity of the shore and leave your mark in the sand, for it will wither away soon...instead challenge the mind to labor by the mountains, and your name will forever remain etched in the crag of society." -Ao
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"When you reflect your light back at yourself, you no longer need others to assure you of your own illuminescence..." -Ao
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"Why do we use the pace of our lives as an excuse for ignoring those that need...but a gentle smile to keep alive their hearts?" -Ao
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"You can concentrate on your flaws and be miserable, or focus on your strengths and find happiness....flaws are hard to fix, and doing so sometimes means losing some of the flavor that makes us original." -Ao
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"We are born great men and women...the problem is not achieving greatness, but convincing society that we are great..." -Ao
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"It matters very little to have a thousand allies, if when you look in the mirror you see an enemy..." -Ao
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"My greatest fear is that collective man may not be wise enough to handle a lack of ignorance..." -Ao
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"There is no reason for any man to place envy on his mind...envy should be reserved for those that can never physically attain that which they desire...and even then, those men have something that others do not..." -Ao
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"Without dreams, reality cannot take you many places...for reality is limited, but dreams...dreams are as real as you want them to be." -Ao
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"There are a lot of two-dimensional people walking around in a 3D world...or perhaps I am a 3d individual in a two-dimensional world?" -Ao
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"If you're thinking too hard about something, you probably shouldn't be thinking about it at all." -Ao
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"Society teaches not to question, not to challenge, not to argue, in order to preserve 'respect'...And yet, respect is not simply blind conformity or acceptance to authority. After all, if that conformity or acceptance is illusionary, is feigned, then so is that 'respect'..." -Ao
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"Sometimes, humanity tends to postpone certainty, and in doing so creates an illusion...to make reality bearable. But is that illusion really worth it?" -Ao
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"Find beauty in the eyes of your reflection, the true one, instead of settling for the illusionary beauty of your shadow on society." -Ao
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"If they tell you that unorthodoxy is a crime, tell them that in blind orthodoxy they are committing the real crime--they are robbing themselves of their humanity..." -Ao
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"What causes man to further alienate, to annihilate, the next, when we are all unbalanced and yet balanced, when we are all evil and yet good, when we are all different...and yet the same?" -Ao
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"Insanity, like sanity, does not hold strength in numbers; contrary to belief, neither does normality. For normality does not in fact exist as applies to the majority, but only as applies to the Individual. Yet normality is a false, but socially necessary, idea..." -Ao
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"Scholastic education is only truly important up to the point that a man realizes what will make him happy in Life...after that, the importance of scholastics is downplayed, and school becomes only as important as man makes it out to be..." -Ao
Thursday, November 22, 2007
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"The concept of Believing is independent of Universal Truth...for the person that is loyal to his belief is essentially as satisfied...as the person that is loyal to knowledge that disproves that belief...even though Universal Truth applies to both..." -Ao
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"Should correctness, grammatical or otherwise, be stressed to a point that...nullifies meaning?" -Ao
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"Living each day as if your last means living each day to the extent that makes you happiest means living by showing as much love as possible...Life is only one, but Happiness is eternal and Love is universal." -Ao
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"They tell us that mediocrity should never be striven for, that it is negative...but they neglect to say, and fail to think, that neither does "full potential"...guarantee Happiness." -Ao
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"We are all temporary soldiers in a brief war against time...but then victory, Heaven, lasts for all eternity." -Ao
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"Mentality arises from societal association...as mentality affects existence in itself, a society of uniform mentality would never function." -Ao
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"Sometimes you cannot hope to be accepted, befriended, or even liked. All you can do is just...be there...be there for the taking, because like with Love, you might not always receive it from those you would like to...but in the end, you always get it back." -Ao
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"We are living in a world in which we are surrounded by mist...there are those who choose to settle for what is immediately clear, and nothing more...and then there are those that squint their eyes and try to focus even what is blurry around them. These are the people who get the most out of Life; these are the people who see through the mist." Ao
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"Sometimes we can lose ourselves in the minds of others...but you can always find yourself again if you delve into your own." -Ao
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"Next time someone tells you to keep dreaming...tell them it's the nicest advice you've gotten all day." -Ao
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"Even as fair as we tend to believe life is, there are days when the plant withers even in the presence of perfect water, light, and soil..." -Ao
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"Success is a byproduct of the people that love you and care about you, and your ability to seek them out." -Ao
B-Boy Theory
As individuals grow as human beings, they develop characteristic traits that make them unique, along with interests that complement those traits. As I have evolved mentally for the past three years, one particular interest has allowed me to share my view on creativity with others, while enabling my intellect to expand as well: B-Boying.
Many people do not yet have a working understanding of what B-Boying signifies. To some, it is simply a dance, or even worse, a "street dance". To those that know and comprehend B-Boying, however, it is an artform in the Hip-Hop Culture, a craft that allows unlimited self-expression and creative freedom.
Through B-Boying, I am able to express to others that in order to attain a high level of achievement, people need to amplify not only their academic talents, but their creative talents as well. As I have progressed on my mission towards advancement of self, B-Boying has become a science of my mind, a science that I add on to daily. It defines and explains many of my thoughts, through the motion of art, on expression. It also fuses my philosophical and psychological personalities into one. B-Boying bridges the gap between my other interests to form one original concept of the self. I am a B-Boy.
The Theory of Mist
Life is composed of two types of mist: Dark Mist and White Mist. The world is generally made up mostly of Dark Mist. As people walk through Life, they are surrounded by this dark Mist, but have the ability to absorb mist, deflect mist, or do nothing at all.
The goal is to deflect the Dark Mist as much as possible. Unfortunately, the power is not unlimited, and will give out after some time. Doing nothing at all provides some protection from the Dark Mist, but after a limited time it becomes equivalent to absorbing it.
Dark Mist incorporates many of the most negative qualities in Life--hatred, oppression, ignorance, and so forth. After a certain amount of Dark Mist is absorbed, which is called the level of Tolerance, the person becomes Assimilated with it, acquires its negative qualities, and loses self--they are now part of the Dark Mist.
White Mist, on the other hand, exists in low quantities throughout the World. The White Mist is the opposite of the Dark Mist: it includes the positive qualities of Life, like love, peace, and happiness.
White Mist takes the form of loved ones, smiles, good times, and positive emotions. In order to protect oneself from being overcome by the Dark Mist, one must absorb the White Mist as frequently and as soon as possible. It provides temporary protection against 'Dark Mist Assimilation', while also replenishing Tolerance. Only through the long process of repeated White Mist absorption can the individual hope to ever reach the 'Dreampoint': the point at which Dark Mist is no longer effective in its attempts to Assimilate the body, mind, and soul, and at which the individual no longer needs to deflect it; 'White Mist Integration'.
Unfortunately, very few people ever reach the Dreampoint. The process of White Mist Integration is a long one that requires a powerful sense of self, patience, and the ability to efficiently deflect and recognize Dark Mist, which can only be accomplished by actively seeking out the White Mist.
The dominance of Dark Mist in the world is a byproduct of a failure in most people to seek out White Mist and absorbing it before Assimilation takes place. The power and abundance of Dark Mist is testament to the mental strength and determination needed to reach the Dreampoint. Unfortunately, Assimilation claims more souls daily, and the Dark Mist grows thicker, stronger, more determined. But there are those of us that can still see the Dreampoint in the Horizon. We WILL get there.
Caveat
One minor caveat, however: I won't pretend to guarantee that all of these poems, rhymes, songs, quotes, or "philosophical musings", as I call them, will be any good. However creative; however magical I've always tried to be in my poetry, all of these are mere musings into a part of my soul that maybe is not talented at all. And although I'll do my best, I also don't promise that the works will be transcribed chronologically in the order I originally wrote them (going back a decade). So read on with the knowledge that, if you happen to enjoy but a few of these, or find some nugget of insight into me or yourself as a result of reading, I will be content enough with that--even if you find the vast remainder of my work to be trite or unabashedly recondite. Just a caveat, that's all.
Finally, A Search
I've finally decided to begin looking inwards for answers. The title of this blog--"Meaning From Uncertainty..."--derives from a desire to find meaning in my life, through the poetry I've been writing for a decade now. That sounds almost scary--I have been a poet for a decade! Amazing, how time passes you by...since my early high school days, I have used poetic language to express myself, and yet, I have never given my talent a thorough enough sifting, a serious enough look to see if I might find or figure something out about myself that could give me a sense of purpose, peace, or solace.
Like so many other souls, I oftentimes wander through this life wishing that I had "the answers", wishing that I could "make sense of it all", wondering if amidst all that anxiety and uncertainty prevalent in this society and world, I'll be able to make meaning. I guess I've tried that through my dancing, my occasional foray into music, and other things of interest, but I've until now neglected one of my biggest treasures of self-knowledge: my collection of poetry (and, yes, rap lyrics are a form of poetry as well, so I may very well include those in this blog!) I've amassed in these past ten years as a poet.
And there it is: why haven't I yet transcribed my works, however rudimentary, however base and simple (particularly my earliest works) in a public well for all to find? And if poetry is a window into the soul, why not go ahead and look through that entire window, in the hopes of finding the meaning that eludes me?
It is for this reason that I've finally decided to look inwards, to find meaning from uncertainty. Enjoy--and wish me luck.
