Heaven and earth and I are of the same root, the ten-thousand things and I are of
one substance.....Zen Master Seng-chao.

Author: Oberon

Brave new world……….

Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!……..Friedrich Nietzsche.

Tell the truth long enough……..and nobody will believe you.

Johnny got his gun and became a……..rude full-scale joke……..impossible to tell…….if he was awake or dreaming………what makes you so sure you’re not dreaming?

Let’s stop…….for a moment…….and smell the roses……..because we’re lost in the garden.

If life is so precious……why are 18,000 children dying each day…….from hunger?

Poverty is but the worst kind of violence…….Mahatma Gandhi.

Where is our sense of priority……when the words……..scrotum, in a child’s book…… and nigger, in Tom Sawyer……set off more outrage in our world than all those thousands of poor and helpless children who want only for a mouth full of food to keep them alive?

There’s no such thing as a bad word……there are no bad words……only bad deeds.

Our ignorance and over-inflated sense of entitlement……has blinded us to the rest of the world.

The needs of the many…….far outweigh the needs of the few……or the one……Spock.

We must not fight for war…….we must fight for peace……make love……not war.

I’m changing the world…….you can too……..you are only a part of the family…….remember your brothers and sisters.

We are all children of God…….we have more in common……than we have differences…….oh, God help me……I am afraid…….I am weak.

The surest way to corrupt a youth…….is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike…….than those who think differently……….Friedrich Nietzsche.

I am proud to be an American……do not mistake my love of peace for weakness……I am a Warrior for Peace.

Murder in Darfur……murder in Iraq……murder in Rwanda……murder in America……murder in your world……murder in the streets…….when will you stand up and say STOP?

I’ll tell you what’s dying…….the truth…………our ignorance is their power.

There are only two levels above death……acceptance and sharing.

I believe that putting resources into improving the lives of the poor people…….is a better strategy than spending it on guns…….poverty is a threat to peace…….Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohammad Yunus.

Brotherhood of Man……….

The only alternative to war……..is peace…….the only road to peace…….is negotiation……..Golda Meir.

If I don’t write something…….I’m gonna hurt somebody.

What is………….the most important thing?………..it is our Family of Man.

We are not opponents……..be one in the Brotherhood of Man………we all serve God in our own way……..God is not exclusive.

Why don’t you ask Travis Walton…….about the Family of Man……..about that fire in the sky.

Am I dreaming?……or am I awake?………who doesn’t know we’re all related?…….say hello cousin.

Upon entering high school in Texas, in 1969……I was asked, since I had come from California, if I was a nigger lover……after thinking a moment…….I said……well, yes, I guess I am.

I am…….an African…….don’t you get it?……..you’re an African too……you getting this?

Catholics kill Protestants…….Sunnis kill Shites……..Hindus kill Muslims……..Muslims kill Christians……..Hutus kill Tutsis……..English kill Indians……….Egyptians kill Spanish……..Hamas kills Fatah…….Arabs kill Americans………Americans kill, Germans kill, Italians kill, Japanese kill, Vietnamese kill, Loatians kill, Somalians kill, Chinese kill, Koreans kill, Russians kill, Serbs kill, Albanians kill, French kill, Spanish kill, Mexicans kill, Turks kill, Greeks kill, Romans kill, Aztec kill, Mayan kill, Hawaiians kill, Moari kill, Sioux kill, Apache kill, white men kill, colored men kill, mothers kill, sons kill, I kill, you kill, we kill, they kill……is this population control?

Remember Romans 12:19-21……..where we are admonished not to seek vengeance……..retribution is beyond the purview of Man.

I love you when you’re good…….I love you when you’re bad…….mostly I love you when you’re good.

Attitudes regarding poverty and wealth……..are one of the most talked about subjects in the Bible…….as Christians we have a responsibility to act in a generous manner…….God is a liberal.
It’s okay if we pollute our waters……..then we can $ell them clean water in a bottle.

Am I dreaming of a Star Trek world?………you bet, what’s so hard about that?

Let us never negotiate out of fear…….but let us never fear to negotiate…….John F. Kennedy.

Let us pray…….

What is more immoral…….than war?……..Marquis de Sade.

Let us pray…….for faith and patience.

Just like you…….I too……..am often outraged by the truth.

Let us pray………to understand…….agape…….selfless love…….God’s Love.

Liberal…….[fr.L liberalis, suitable for a freeman, generous, fr. liber free]:GENEROUS, BOUNTIFUL, not narrow in opinion or judgement:TOLERANT, also related to liberty and liberate……..maybe it’s not such a bad word after all.

Let us pray……..that our eyes be opened…….to all the truth…….and not just the parts that are comfortable.

Infinite time………infinite space………infinite possibilities……..what is not possible?

Let us pray……..for faith……..in God’s Love for us……….that God has not forsaken us.

Like you, I once was…….like me, you shall be……..put that on my tombstone.

Let us pray…….for patience…….to see God’s work unfold……..with acceptance……..without judgement.

Time is up……….own your own death.

Let us pray……….for a kinder world……..Amen.

Terrorism is the war of the poor………and war is the terrorism of the rich…….Sir Peter Ustinov.

Fear I’m afraid……….


If you’re not outraged…………you’re not paying attention……….Anonymous.

I’m afraid……..your worst nightmare will come true……you will die……everyone you know will die…….everyone you love will die……are you afraid?

This is your wake up call……..life is a banquet………and death is dessert.

It’s a fearful thing…….to love what death can touch………Rabbi Chaim Stern.

My religion is the only true religion……my God is the only true God……all the rest of you are going to Hell……..how ridiculous is that?

Tell me……..doctor…….am I crazy?……..or……..are you all nuts…….and I’m the only sane one?

What makes a man……..lie, cheat and kill?……….Fear I’m afraid.

Intolerance and extremism……..are the result of fear……..fear is the mind killer.

Terrorism has always been with us……..it comes in many forms……..but it always looks the same…….pushing and shoving…….extortion is its name……..from Wall Street to the alleyways…….using force and violence and self-righteous idealism, a place for the weak of mind to hide…….they are afraid, so they cheat their way in…….getting ahead on the backs of the innocent…….might makes right, or so they say…….but they’re all just bullies……..and we acquiesce to lighten our burden…….to fit in…….to feel safe.

It’s a big world…….will we ever be safe?…….no……..death stalks you……..all you can do is be there.

I know what’s happening…….that makes me a dangerous man…….if I make too much noise……they will come for me…….but they needn’t bother…….I’m killing myself slowly…….with cigarettes and double cheeseburgers.

I’m a monster……..a big fat rat…….a big fat dirty no good lousy rat……..I’m a selfish person……..a criminal……..a politician………C.E.O………money lover………Mafia……..what part of love thy enemy don’t you get?……..blessed be the peacemakers…….not warmongers…….were you confused?

If you put a frog in boiling water…….he’ll jump out……..if you put a frog in cold water……..and slowly turn up the heat, little by little…….he’ll stay in there till he’s cooked.

Don’t be confused by their outer shells…….they merely serve the system……..the system is the problem…….now you know what to do.

Sometimes a revolution is exactly what is needed to clean out the system…….one giant enema…….which just happens to be my area of expertise……..Johnny Depp.

I’m going to do something…….I don’t know what yet……..but I’m going to do something.

They call it the never-ending hatred…….but it is fear that is our enemy……..try as we might…….we never grow up, we are still children………..the opposite of hope is fear…….fear is the emptiness………will we ever be safe?

It’s all in your mind…….that’s where the battle is…….between the light and the dark…….the fight is in our soul…….the fight is between good and evil……..hope and fear…….love and hate.

Along come a sperm…….looking for mother nature…….who would have thought……I’d find you?

Google…….Frida Kahlo……..look deep and see Beauty and Truth.

So……….tell me my man………are you happy here in the Big World?……Ruby Rodd.

If I offend……….


Relax Maude…….the human wang is a beautiful thing…….Homer Simpson.

If I offend……..remember where you came from……..hot and sticky out of your mothers’ hole.

Acceptance does not require you……..you require acceptance.

If I offend…….watch the news tonight…….and see what true offense occurs daily.

I make a mess…….of almost everything I touch……..I’m a lazy, lazy man.

If I offend…….recall the stories of horror…….of rape and murder and mayhem.

I’m not a smart man but……..I’m sure I could do a lot better……..if the world would just do what I say…….I’m sure I couldn’t do much worse…….you’re all just making a big mess of it.

If I offend……..think back in your past…….and tell me you never gave offense.

I’m not afraid of God……why would I need to be afraid of God?…….what reason could there be?

If I offend…….think of all those bullets……..flying unaware……..where do they go?

People who are easily mocked…….should be mocked more often.

If I offend…….see how many heads……..fall to the sand……..where war takes place.

I’m not sorry……..if I tell the truth……..I’m not sorry……..if you’re offended by the truth.

If I offend……..remember all the abuse……..those children will suffer.

What is the most dangerous part of your body?………………..your mouth.

If I offend…….think of all the time we waste…….in selfish…….mental masturbation.

Just say…………………………………nothing.

If I offend…….accept responsibility for what we have done…….to produce a failed existence……we call our world……and accept responsibility for failing to change it.

The modern conservative……is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy…….that is…….the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness…….John Kenneth Galbraith.

You don’t say……….


No normal person is just one thing……most of us are somewhere in the middle…….when it comes to crime, I’m conservative……..when it comes to prostitution, I’m liberal…….Chris Rock.

Open your mind…….and shut your mouth.

Red leather…….yellow leather…….red leather……yellow leather…….red leather……yellow leather…….I was burned by the flame.

Holy war?…….no such thing……..What would Jesus bomb?

I.Q. test, read aloud…….I am sofa king…….we Todd did…….I am sofa king…….we Todd did…….I am sofa king…….we Todd did.

Suicide note from God…….everything is not going to be okay………it’s up to you now.

These are the things I don’t say…….don’t read this…….these are the things I only think silently……I’m afraid you can’t say that.

How to stop?…….kill the killers?…..the never ending hatred…….each side is failing……how to stop.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Fear, greed, evil……in that order……..fear of loss leads to anger……anger leads to hate……hate leads to suffering……greed comes from fear……evil is the fear.

I don’t know what I’m doing…….it’s obsessive…….it’s compulsive……I don’t know what I’m doing…….repeat.

Walking meditation…….take each step in peace……..walk the path of Peace.

You should be made to see……..how bloody awful……..things really are……..you don’t seem to understand……..we’re making a bloody awful mess of it.

The best way to destroy an enemy…….is to make him your friend……Abraham Lincoln.

Welcome to earth……..


I am not an animal……I am a human…….I am a man……..John Merrick.

You were squeezed……from twixt your mother’s loins……like all the animals…….some say we are the only divine animal…….I look around and see……not much divine about it……lying and cheating and killing……oh my….in the image of God?…..I think not……more like something else……more like a hot steaming poo poo platter.

How about a nice hot cup of shut the hell up…….note to self……shut the hell up.

My sin is pride……my original sin…….is my ignorance……..God…….Lights the Way……illuminated……I see God’s Truth…..aware…..I feel God’s Love.

Life is but a dream……….in my dream…….I am the would be king…….who failed his duty.

You’re just a worm……..I know what happened…….Cash became your God and……..now you’re just second rate fodder.

When fascism comes to America……it will be wrapped in a flag, carrying a cross…..Sinclair Lewis

You never appreciated your mother enough…….am I a good man…….or am I a bad man?

I traveled the speed of thought…….I am three hours younger…….than the day I was born.

What’s it all about Alfie?………it’s not about fault and blame……..it’s about what works.

Looking for reason…….I think of Lysistrata…….life reduced to the essential.

Yu suk…….i’m purfict………I deposit my thoughts to remind myself I’m an idiot……so are you……note to self…….shut the hell up.

I am naked man…….forgive me if I offend……..everything they say about me is true.

I am……just like you…….a putz, a schmuck…….just like you…….I’m gonna die, just like you……beating the odds, just like you……I’m just trying to make you laugh…….laugh it up funny boy.

I crack myself……consistantly……up……………….what!?

Life is messy…….go ahead and get dirty…….It’ll wash off.

Space is the empty void……the power of nothing………from nothing…….something is pulled……patience……..something from nothing…..voila.

A hero……is one who is willing…….to pay the price…….that life exacts for peace……..Unknown.

Ruminate and Illuminate……….


Truth is the offspring…..of silence and unbroken meditation…..Sir Isaac Newton.

Eschew obfuscation…..be honest…..how much do you really know?

You can lead Don Quixote’s horse to water…..but you can’t make it think.

When you’ve hit the bottom…..the only direction left…..is up.

You make me wanna be a better man…..Melvin Udall.

If I could…..I would never sleep…..If I could…..I would never speak…..If I could…..I would change the world…..I can…..I am.

View the Mandelbrot set…..see the fingerprint of God.

Do no evil…..cultivate goodness…..purify one’s mind…..strive on with awareness…..Buddha.

Easy peasy…..lemon squeezy…..the twin pillars of sunshine are…..faith and patience.

My logic is undeniable…..you are a human…..being.

Remember…..you don’t hate people…..you hate what they do.

What are you so upset about?…..they’re only words…..laugh it up funny boy.

Now and Zen…..you have to be crazy…..to live in an insane world.

You and I could rule the world…..and make every dream come true.

In the time it takes for you to read this…..I have had brief control of your mind.

We have met the enemy…..and they are us…..Pogo.

The human condition……..


Life is the only game……….in which the object of the game………..is to learn the rules………Ashleigh Brilliant.

Warm in your mother’s womb………….you have no…………expectations.

Heads you live…………tails you die……….am I so bad?……..Domino.

Without expectation………disappointment is not possible.

Life is short………and this pity party is over………attach all the labels you want……..they are still your kin……..would you forsake your brother?……..our weapons shall be Truth and Love…….the way of harmony……..the battle has begun………but who is the enemy?

I expect……..you expect………we expect……….they expect…………why expect?

Short, fat, and ugly………what you see………is what you get………who said you were ugly?

When we expect………we allow others………to determine the hour of our happiness.

So many mistakes……….that’s how we learn……….are you getting all of this?

There are realistic and unrealistic…………expectations………..I can realistically expect the sun to come up in the morning……….it is unrealistic to expect others to do what I want.

To err is human……….to forgive is divine………you are human……..can you be divine?

Instead of expecting………which relies on externals………replace “expect” with “want”………it’s okay to want……..it relies only on you.

I’m afraid……….I need you by my side……….I don’t want to be alone……..I’m afraid.

Our Father who art in Heaven………..forgive us our trespasses……….as we forgive those who trespass against us………Amen

Life is unfair……..


Life is hard……..it’s even harder if you’re stupid……….Anonymous.

Oh crap……….my baby’s dead!……….yeah, well, maybe you should lay off the drugs, eh?

I had to put my dog down……….she was old and wasn’t eating……….makes you realize it’ll happen to you too……….soon enough.

Life sucks………then you die………and it’s all you’ve got.

My mom and dad both………took their own lives………not at the same time………and still somehow……….it doesn’t surprise me.

The mine caved in……….we should have thought of them………before.

When you’re feeling sorry for yourself………remember………it could be worse.

He has a stroke…………Pat Robertson gets another chance……….to show his foolishness.

A little kitten got run over……..a vision of horror as I see……..so many die at this moment……..so much waste.

The suicide bomber went to Heaven……….and saw the Truth he had created………and thus was in Hell.

What I am………..I am a radical advocate for Peace……….Oberon.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act………it is a permanent attitude………Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.