Never give in, never give up...

Torquato Tasso

"Therefore, my son, take my advice. Avoid 

The places where thou seest much drapery,

Colors, and gold, and plumes, and heraldries,

And such new-fanglements. But, above all,

Take care how evil chance or youthful wandering

Bring thee upon the house of Idle Babble."

Editors - Smokers Outside... (Live Acoustic at QOOB 2007)

Lyrics

Pull the blindfold down
So your eyes can't see
Now run as fast as you can
Through this field of trees

Say goodbye to everyone
You have ever known
You are not gonna see them
Ever again

I can't shake this feeling I've got
My dirty hands, have I been in the wars?
The saddest thing that I'd ever seen
Were smokers outside the hospital doors

Someone turn me around
Can I start this again?

How can we wear our smiles
With our mouths wide shut
'Cause you stopped us from singin'

I can't shake this feeling I've got
My dirty hands, have I been in the wars?
The saddest thing that I'd ever seen
Were smokers outside the hospital doors

Someone turn me around
Can I start this again?
Now someone turn us around
Can we start this again?

We've all been changed from what we were
Our broken parts left smashed off the floor

I can't believe you
If I can't hear you
I can't believe you
If I can't hear you

(We've all been changed
From what we were
Our broken parts
Smashed off the floor
We've all been changed
From what we were
Our broken parts
Smashed off the floor)

Someone turn me around
(We've all been changed
From what we were)
Can I start this again?
(Our broken parts
Smashed off the floor)
Now someone turn us around
(We've all been changed
from what we were)
Can we start this again?
(Our broken parts
Smashed off the floor)

Songwriters: Christopher Dominic Urbanowicz / Edward Owen Lay / Russell Leetch / Thomas Michael Smith
Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

“God?” WHAT? “jeez, no reason to be so touchy” …

As a Henotheist it’s difficult for me at times to separate the metaphysical from the idea of gods and deities that make their presence felt through human and environmental agents. Metaphysics seeks to answer the two big questions that both find a creator or god at their core.

Ultimately, what is there?
What is it like?

If I had never felt the influence of a power greater than I could comprehend, seen that power work through other people and watched as that power was subverted by another I might feel different. How can I answer the ultimate questions without tackling my own issue of who I am, where I came from and where I’m going?

Of course, it’s also very easy to distance myself from the idea of a greater influence and look at it as a man of science and philosophy. I believe that asking the big questions, exploring ideas of what we are and why we exist in a deep and searching way are keys to our evolutionary progress.

But looking deeper still, I’m left with the questions of what gave birth to human existence and for what end.

“There is a time coming when the Pantheon will once again be visible for all to see. Great tides of opposition will be met with greater ranks of the faithful, resolute and true.” ~TLS

Words spring from my imagination and tumble from my mind to my mouth. Is this GOD or just my own chemical brain giving me delusions? The only one who really knows is Ganesha and he’s still grinning and winking as he nods to the hidden corners where words spill forth with secrets waiting to be deciphered.