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Do
Do
If, today, you will do
what others will not,
tomorrow, you can do
what others can not.
Sure,
I could say it-
lay it all out for you,
but that shouldn't be necessary.
I don't want that to be necessary.

Who would do such a thing?
Where is the fun in that-
unable or unwilling
to discover it
for yourself?
You must do it for You.
No one can do it for You,
and you are alive for You.

You are not endebted to anyone
by virtue of existing;
except perhaps your Mother and Father,
but that's another story.

You owe it to no one to be a certain way
to look a certain way
to talk a certain way;
You owe it to yourself to be who you are,
to express yourself truly,
to come to terms with yourself.

You must do it for You
not because you are arrogant, selfish, or even hubristic,
but because it is you who suffers
when you fail to do it for yourself.
(As a result, those around you suffer, as well.)

You must be there for yourself
for you are stuck with you
in a far more than personal sense;
You must do it for you,
not because you are all that matters,
but because you are all you can control
if only you knew how:

Meditate.
Observe yourself as objectively as you can
though be not harsh to yourself
except when you need to be.

You are an extra-dimensional being
looking through a looking glass
that happens to be trapped in the Third Dimension.
Your prism is of a higher power than we can perceive;
perhaps that is why it is so elusive and "ineffable".

So, again,
Do it for yourself.
You'll thank me later.
Or, maybe not. Maybe this is only true for me;
either way I feel a need to express it, so there you have it.
What will it take
to finally get it through
that thick-*** Skull and Ego of yours
that I want absolutely nothing to do with you?

Haven't the bountiful "*******"s been indicative enough?
The very fact, for instance, that I didn't stop to give you the time of day
when we bumped into each other a few times at my show
yet I hugged and chatted with the friend of yours
with whom you were there?
All the **** you told me not to post that I posted anyway?
All the pieces I've written just to get your torment off my mind
long enough to be able to fall asleep?

You just don't get it, do you?
Well, sorry,
I'm not another forsaken minion
caught under your spell anymore;
I am not One who can comply and abide by
your blatant disregard for those closest to you,
nor your corrosive patterns of narcissistic and selfish behavior.

Here, let me spell it out for you:
I want nothing more to do with you;
I'm quite happy that you're out of my Life;
you're so much more beautiful of a person
when I don't ever experience you.

That may eventually change,
but, like I have said before:
don't hold your breath.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot;
Happy Birthday!
Apparently I wrote for you a Birthday poem,
though far from intentionally, and it's far from flattering.
I did sketch quite a few tattoo ideas, as well,
but the simple fact remains:
*******.
Never have I been so inspired by the word "hey"
https://soundcloud.com/apexparadigm/dont-hold-your-breath
Seek not to impress others:
such affirmation is mercurial at best.

Seek self-fulfillment instead:
a life well-lived is a life coveted.

Compromising One's true Self
is the truest form of selling out.
This is ground control to Major Tom:

We're really gonna miss you.
Thank you for all that you've done.
There will never be anyone quite like you.


Rock on in the aether,
you beautiful creature.
When men walk all over women, it's chauvinism;
when women walk all over men, it's chivalry.
I hate double standards-
unless they're mine.
Then they're okay.
This supposed to be satirical and humourous.
The same acts done by Saviors
all those Mythic Years ago
would be seen as or said to be
acts of Terrorism andTreachery today:

Conciser the proverbial situations of
Flipping the Tax Collector's Tables
Sacking the Evil cities, like Jericho
Questioning the Dogma of Antiquity
Resisting the Tyranny that Is
The C.I.A. reads Five Million (5,000,000) tweets a day?
http://news.yahoo.com/cia-actively-monitors-5-million-tweets-every-day-162010882.html
New guitar-only instrumental song:

https://soundcloud.com/apexparadigm/dream

The "A" sections are 4/4, with a progression of:
| : Cm---Ab---Gb---Eb-Db-Cm---Ab---F---G--Db : |, or
| : i VI bV III bII i VI iv v bII : | (as I like to think of it)
The "B" sections are a measure of 15/8 alternating with a measure of 7/4.
The guitars play either 5 3s or 3 5s for the 15, and then a groove in 7/4 in between.
The guitars trade off which is playing the 3s and 5s.
Harmonically, the compound time section is just a static Cm.

Written in a few moments, and then recorded in the course of half an hour as a sketch.
The title is somewhat arbitrary, but I do have my reasons.
Enjoy!

Questions and comments welcome.
I used to feel like
I live in a dream in a dream,
but at the moment it's more like
a dream in a nightmare in a dream.

The nightmare stalks me
even outside the realm of Sleep.

Things will pass,
time and this pain,
but the Storm before the Calm
is almost too much to bear.
If you meet people in your dreams,
ask them their names and
favorite color, favorite number, birthday, etc.
and also try to take note
of the names of the places you encounter.

For they are all parts of your Mind;
figments of your imagination
or, perchance,
genuine astral experiences.

I wonder what could be learned
from such mysterious rendezvous.
I know I've written music that I heard in a dream. I like it. It pushes my bounds of familiarity while still being wholly of my own creation.
"Never give up on a dream because of the time it will take to accomplish it. Time will pass anyways."
Not much is more frustrating than a dull Compass
when you really wanna draw a ****-ton of intricately interconnected circles.

:/
Dwelling on the negative
negates the positive.
Truly,
everyone dies;
so few seem
truly alive.
With good Music on the Speakers,
sipping Black Cherry Cider, eating 4 scrambled Eggs fried with butter
with Basil, Marjoram, Garlic, Onion, organic Milk, Oregano, Cholula hot sauce, Salt and Pepper
and reading from a list of fresh poems on this site from some of my favorite writers of all time;

Breakfast of Champions.
Twenty-two Push-ups, T'ai Chi, and Death Metal:
A great way to greet the day;
Some spiritual and physical calibration
and then some cathartic rocking out.
As of when I clocked out last night (at 0.30),
I had worked 19 of the last 36 hours.
I go back in at 17.30 PST tonight for at least 7 more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8qBfQEvdrk <- to Forgive is to Suffer - Death
My band's new album "Just the Tip" went on sale today!
All guitar is played by me. Inquire further if you wish!

It is available at a 95% discount if you use the promo code "rectify"!

Copy and paste the following URL to preview/buy it!
Much love, and blessings upon thy paths, friends.
https://earwrecked.bandcamp.com/album/just-the-tip-ep
"... i have a strange feeling
that when you ask
if I want to get some food,
to 'eat out,'
i have something
entirely different
in mind, and
t'is a **** shame
if it's not on the menu-
Yet, I digress,
nevertheless,
and correct me if i'm wrong,
my answer is yes
especially if you're thinking
what i am."
With more than just 'due respect.'
Wait a second: does
'eat your heart out'
mean
'perform *******
on your heart?'
The echos of Chi
reverberate off the walls:
The Chi of my friends.

The echos of Chi:
After the vessel has passed,
the wake is still felt.

The echos of Chi
are as ripples in water.
Ricochet, Echo.
A series of Haiku style poems inspired by the echos of chi of my friends the day after hanging out with them.
The primary defining feature
of modern American diplomacy
is that we can somehow afford
to ensure the total concealment
of any unflattering information,
and, moreover, we can afford
the concealment of said concealment.
For the most part.

That aside,
whether through misaction or inaction,
we're still ruthless and unhumanitarian;
it's almost as if
we just want to eliminate
any and all
healthy competition.

Es *******es gibt nichts neu unter der Sonne.
It seems there's nothing new under the Sun.
The US Gov't is talking **** on Turkey for imprisoning 73 Journalists. Maybe they're upset because it isn't we who are breaking our rules.
The US Gov't is talking **** on China for "suppressing the voice of the people," not so dissimilar from Occupy Wall Street's paramilitary welcoming committee.

Strange how that works...
What we need is mass edification.
is a personal choice.
It is well within One's realm of power
to rise above what One has been
to learn from One's own mistakes
and to augment and amend the standards of quality
to which One chooses to hold One's Self.

Edification is not simply a lofty pipe dream
achieved only by perhaps a few past geniuses;
it is the perpetual act of active mental cultivation,
taming One's Mind that One may lead it
that in turn it may propel One upon the Path
rather than One merely being dragged along
for the ride of a lifetime.

Edification is a personal choice.
Begrudge not they who seem to choose to overlook it,
though they may well begrudge you your vernacular;
for it is they who cheat themselves
with some grandiose mass-produced delusion of comfort
and they thereby **** themselves
to forever wallow in their own putrid and vile irk and ire.
And, in the self-absorbed yet self-nihilistic process,
do they cheat us all of an edified society!

Even so, perhaps even more so, with that withstanding,
it is of utmost importance not to begrudge them their disedified state,
for pray they wallow not in malice, but in ignorance;
for all it takes is perseverance and knowing One's Self.

Aye, there's the rub.
Edification: n.
Intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement; enlightenment.
An endless, subjective, and, I argue, self-directed process of self-cultivation.
Edification is salvation.

"Law dictates action for the lesser men;
right conduct dictates action for the Sage."
-Tao Te Ching
I wish
schooling nurtured natural creativity
and personal skill
rather than
mere curriculum;

I understand
a sense of direction,
but I understand that everyone's path is unique
and that perhaps North to one
is South to another,
or vice-versa;
not to instill a hierarchy of preference,
but that it may lead to finding oneself very much lost
by following what genuinely worked for another.
(That is, assuming a lack of manipulation,
which seems to assume a nonhuman subject.)

Nurture thy own skill;
therein is thy salvation.
Speaking One's mind
isn't always the best idea.
Sometimes, One is much better off
keeping it to One's self.

Try doing what I do:
carry a pen and notebook all the time
and write down those thoughts;
transmute thy darkness into a muse.

Make it constructive
rather than destructive,
lest it poison your life
as opposed to enriching it.
Try to think of just one compliment
for every person or thing that you experience;
you may just be amazed with the effectuousness
brought about by just a slight redirection of conscious Energy.
"Effectuous" is no archaic word; it's truly more like "forgotten."
It's perfectly okay to be boring, uninspired, and vapid;
just don't get all jealous when someone who's fun and interesting shows up.
Ich suche immer mein Deutsch zu verbessern.
Deutsch ist nicht meine Muttersprache, doch mag ich es ja sehr.
Wenn man mir damit helfen würde, würde ich sehr dankbar sein.
Danke für ihre Zeit.
A humble Request

I seek always to improve my German.
German is not my mother tongue, but I do like it a lot.
Were One to help me with it, I would be very grateful.
Thanks for your Time.
Eines kaltes und schwach beleuchtetes Morgens,
wachte ich, oder so ich dachte,
zu nur einem neue unverfängliche Tag.

In Verlauf des Tages
wurde es mir schwer zu unterscheiden
zwischen Wach und Traum.
Eigentlich, jetzt dass ich dran denke,
mir scheinen sie noch die gleiche zu sein...

Die am beide
beginnen und enden
sind grenzlos und begrenzt
sind echt und Illusion
sind ganz und gar im Kopf.

In der Zwischenzeit dieses Traums
hatte ich irgendwie gelernt dass vor allem,
man muss lieben, was macht man froh.

Dann,
als ob 'ne Stimme
von hinten meinem Kopf:
"Mach schon, Junge; mach mehr davon!"

Dieser Morgen war heute Morgen.
Tja, vielleicht nicht wörtlich,
doch wahrlich sinnbildlich;

ich weiß es ist wahr
die Sonne hat noch zu setzen
auf meinem traumähnliche Tag
A familiar Dream

One cold and dimly lit morning,
I woke, or so I thought,
to just another unsuspecting day.

In the course of the day
it became difficult for me to differentiate
between waking and dream.
Actually, now that I think about it,
they still seem to be the same to me...

They both
begin and end
are infinite and finite
are real and illusion
are entirely in the head.

In the meantime of this dream
I had somehow learned that before all else,
one must love what makes one happy.

Then,
as if a voice
in the back of my head:
"Come on, boy; make more of it!"

That morning was this morning,
Well, perhaps not literally,
but certainly symbolically;

I know it is true
the sun has yet to set
upon my dreamlike day.


--
Challenged myself to write in German, this is the result and my translation. Enjoy?
Life would be boring were it not so difficult.
Why are people so resistant
to just being people
with/to/around other people?!

People act like
you have to be in a relationship
to have any kind of relationship
and I'm ******* sick of it.

Does anyone else see how this is absurd?
Does anyone see what the **** we're doing?
Would we even ******* care if we did?

Likely not:
we're just a bunch of ******* doppelgangers:
complacent, Orwellian, pharmacological guinea pigs
with a fear of change and betrayal so deep
that we do nothing but betray and change
so rapidly that we can't even be sure
of which alliances are genuine
and which are malign.

Why can't people just ******* be people?
Why do we feel so compelled to be alien?
Why do we prove them right?
Why can't we just BE?!

I'll tell you ******* why:
it accommodates some people's POWER
and I'll say it again
POWER
here, once more
TO GET IT IN
THROUGH OUR THICK-***, NUMB, AND EMPTY SKULLS:


**POWER
I don't know where this came from, but call it empassioned.

Just so I know, upon further review, Lucy was here.
Be kind to unkind people;
you have your bad days too.
Of course* nice guys finish last:
we make **** sure our ladies finish first!
A fun slant on an old idiom.
I don't know if I saw this somewhere or if it came to me, but in any event, here you go.
Do not aspire to be the Ends,
for the Means are pivotal in determining the Ends,
though many would try to pass it off as being
that the Means are separate from the Ends.

How can one achieve enlightenment
without accommodating for the light?

Do you see what I mean?
"Should have"
and
"shouldn't have"
matter not
"right now,"
all that truly matters
is what's done
and what is.


Endure.


Learn.
Cope.
Learn.

Though,
take "should"
and "shouldn't"
into future consideration,
for that is when they shall truly matter.
https://soundcloud.com/apexparadigm/energy
Enjoy, if you dare.
Newest version, circa 6:45pm
https://soundcloud.com/apexparadigm/energy

3 Guitars and some Drums.
A song for my new album; I've still got some tweaking to do, but it's approaching completion :D

Feedback welcome; sought, even.

Tabs available.
Entheogens, such as:
Tetrahydrocannabinol, Lysergic Acid, Dimethyltryptamine, Mescaline and Psilocybin,
(of Cannabis, LSD, DMT, Peyote and Mushrooms, respectively)
(None of which Firefox thinks are spelled correctly, including 'Entheogen'..)
have many unfounded and illogical taboos about them
for the seemingly sole reasons that those who;
do not know themselves well enough,
and/or
do not realize the magnitude of what they are getting themselves into,
make themselves seem crazy or otherwise endangered or dangerous while having Revelations.

Heed not the Fear-Mongers:
(they generally fear for their own sake)

An Entheogen is a psychoactive substance that brings forth the Divine within one's self;
it is a temporary death of Ego
a temporary glimpse of Heaven
a brief window of Enlightenment.

An Entheogen is the basis for each major Religion on this planet.
Many established Religions have in turn proceeded to attempt to stamp them out
as if to eliminate healthy competition for their precious power hungry Dogmas
(similar to Wal-Mart, but in terms of Religion as opposed to Business, which is eerily similar)

Vines with DMT in them inspired early philosophers in Southeast Asia and South and Middle America.
Mushrooms crammed with Psilocybin were the basis of the monotheisms of the Middle East.
LSD has been a major pivotal factor in many mediums of art since it's 'accidental' synthesis in the 1930s.
Peyote has been a staple for North American shamen and mystics for thousands of years.
Cannabis, as well, has many mystical applications and medicinal properties used worldwide.

And yet,
all of these things are a massive no-no in commonplace Law worldwide
which is a detrimentally terrible turn
for the Spirituality, interconnectivity and thus Enlightenment
of Humanity.

The lack of unbiased, scientific, accurate and up-to-date information about Entheogens
is a tragedy paralleled only by the unnecessary loss of Rights, Freedom and Life,
not to mention the forgone personal lessons one can gain from Entheogens,
as a result of the censorship of sensible, reliable, consistent, fact-based Information.


Entheogens are only an inherently bad idea
if an individual is so ignorant of themselves as well as the nature of their Reality
that they wouldn't be able to handle the aspects of either
brought forth so abruptly by the Entheogens.


Entheogen: To make manifest the Inner Divine
Psychedelic: To make manifest the Mind


These two things are one in the same; yet one is far more stigmatized:

Entheogens/Psychedelics are vital
if we are ever to learn about the parts of ourselves and our Reality
which are too obscure to recognize in everyday life.

Entheogens make apparent the interconnectedness of the Universe;
They break down the superficial and illusory barriers 'twixt Self and Godself:

They are Death of Ego,
which is frightening to Egoslaves;
They are disillusionment,
temporary Enlightenment;
Mystic Teachers.
Shamen in Botanical form.

Entheogens are Divine gifts:
Terrestrial Shepherds for the Soul, Prisms of Divinity;
Ignored, excommunicated, exiled and squandered by Societies
in the supposed name of 'safety';

Safety for those wrongfully in Power, perhaps

We have truly crucified the Prophets.
It didn't just happen in Mythological history;
it has never stopped happening,
it's still happening right here and now.


What personal freedoms are we willing forgo in the name of totalitarianism?
None, I would hope.

To further illustrate the blinding absurdity:

Should we trade in our legs just so we wouldn't need to worry about stepping on pinecones?
I sure wouldn't.
Should we trade in our eyes to preclude seeing things we find uncomfortable?
I sure wouldn't
Should we trade in our voices in fear that we won't be heard?
I sure wouldn't
Should we lay down and accept Authoritarianism?
I sure won't

Would you, were it law?
though I would sure hope not,
many have
;

Law of this sort is an appeal to both Fear and Authority,
all of which are arbitrary
yet all of which mutually and relatively define each other.


Thus I implore of thee to heed these words:

*Civil Disobedience is a Virtue.
Reflections of cultural Biases are everywhere.
Culture like this tends to suffocate Humanity.
Culture is a Cult that 'ure' (you're) in.
http://hellopoetry.com/poem/psychedelia-1/
Celebrate your fictional, damnable Heathen-God
by shamelessly committing grievous acts of Gluttony in His fictitious Name:
--
Praise be to the Sun
As you return from your annual hibernation;
provide for us and our harvest
the nourishment of the Gods.
Retake equilibrium in your favor
Conquer the cold and the lifeless.
Return unto the land it's life once more.
Ēostre is the old English name for the Goddess of Spring and Fertility (of the Earth as well as people)
Seek to minimize thy excess,
but to optimize thy gain.

Seek thee Others who may well
opt to do the very same.
Life is too **** short and sad to chose to be a boring person.
Part of me hopes you find a new Love
and as you most earnestly love him
he cheats on you, too
as you've done to me
so you can know
how I feel
right now.

The rest of me hopes you never suffer like this at the hands of another.
Upon truly remembering,
One curses why and how long
One wanted truly to forget.

Then, let's joke about it!
The spiritual game of Amnesia
doth so revel in such incredulity!
"The only erroneous way
to expand one's Horizons
is not to."
It's good to be able
to realize the errors of your way,
but, if you fail to implement
those things you've picked up
and compensate for those you've lost,
then your life will become just that:
an erroneous way;
a counter-example at best.

Be humble enough
to reconcile your faults
to your potential
and never cease to grow
and never cease to make progress,
no matter the discomfort
no matter the criticism,
live your life as you see fit,
but try to bring more light
even if darkness is thy way.

There is a balance
we all must maintain,
for when we lose balance,
we come across
an erroneous way.
One
doesn't find
what One's looking for;
One finds
in terms of
what One's looking for.
Title translates roughly to 'Expectation'

One finds not
(necessarily)
that for which One looks,
One necessarily finds
in terms of
how one goes about looking
for that which One looks.
Within each and every one of us
is a unique culture:

Ethnocentrism
reaches just as far inward
as it does outward:

Just because
academia
has imposed it's own
fascist, totalitarian, absolute
definitions
does not mean
that it has final say:
i postulate
such adacemic-fetishism
is merely a byproduct of
propaganda
pushed by Big Money
rather than
a genuine insitution
of respectable edification:
that is
i see it as
a mere appeal
to authority;
a well-known logical fallacy
to those who are in the know.

Tread lightly.

Modern Academics
seems to be
yet another
corrupt branch
of Business;
little more.

Academic achievement
is not equivocal
to intellectual worth:

a graduate's degree
is moreso
a status symbol
than it is
a credential
anymore.

'T'is vile idolatry
in lieu of
an individual's personal philosophy;
that's not to say it's
absolutely worthless,
but it may as well be
in today's job market
(unless it's a business degree!)


Then again,
that's just my opinion.
i guess i oughtta shut up
before Edu-nazis shut me down.

Oops, did i type that out loud?
I'm so sorry, you see,
vhat i meant to say vas:
Heil Stanford!
Heil Harvord!
Heil Berkley!
Heil vhat i am told zu heil!
Heil zhe publishing companies!
Heil zhe holders of student loans!
Heil egredious student debt
in lieu of philosophical discourse,
let alone progress!

Heil vhat i see on TV!
Heil *******!
Heil alkohol!
Heil gasoline!

Do not qvestion zhe dogma;
go back zu sleep, you sheep!
Yet another write intended to be easily digestible by the masses, without any sort of difficult, contentious, or otherwise thought-provoking material so as to preclude any sort of discomfort or disagreement.
Written solely to be popular and to reinforce the status-quo.

Maybe I should stick to music. Y'know, something everyone can agree on. ;)


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