God's Blog

Happy (Chinese) New Year!

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse L. Teshara) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:51:00 +0000

It's the year of the dragon

Put some fire in your belly!
Don't let things "drag on"...Don't smoke! Break from the past. Start anew.

Boars don't get along with dragons (maritally), the chinese restaurant placemat says.
Dragons fight, and slither, and have sharp claws, and wings

"do not pick fights with dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!"
the bumper sticker says.

maybe you can tame a dragon, and ride the dragon, like in the movie Avatar
a dragoon is an armed cavalryman

what number year is it for the chinese, you ask?
4710,4709, or 4649 (because scholars can't agree)

Politics

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse L. Teshara) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:05:00 +0000

why I'm disappointed with Barack

He sent me an email titled 'what would you ask Barack?', but there was no method for sending your questions...it was rhetorical. ugh. So I'm going to use my blog as my question forum. That was disappointment #1. Also, he had an online apparatus to submit recommendations during the 2008 election, but it was discontinued. That pissed me off, although I know anyone can just send him an email...anyway:

-Have you used your status to find out if space aliens exist? Do they? Have you seen one (or a cadaver of one)? That would be one of the first things I would do!

-Why do we have (any) nuclear weapons? Is it for a potential retaliation? Or is it for threats from space (e.g. asteroids/comets, or space alien invasion?) Isn't it hypocritical to have them, and then attack other countries for developing them?

-what are we doing to help the less developed countries meet the Millenium Development Goals?

-Can you dunk (a basketball)? I looked on youtube, but didn't find any video.

-Did you quit smoking? I think you should have publicized it, and made it a public process (i.e. quit with me!)

-Another disappointment is that he is not pro-life. He should at least go public to support a preference for adoption, in my opinion. Why not?

- In a related vein, the U.S. should join the ranks of other progressive nations who have abolished the death penalty. We all have the right to live, in liberty, and pursue happiness. No? Which brings me to my third point regarding life and quality of life:

-prisoners should have access to libraries, or maybe kindle-type readers with a pre-approved corpus of literature available to them. Prisoners should not be slaves, as the constitution says, but rather the constitution should be changed. You're the constitutional law expert; git 'r done! Just do it! Yes we can! (or are we saying prisoners just can't?)

aside
wikipedia says about Obama on religion, "Obama stated: "I am a Christian, and I am a devout Christian. I believe in the redemptive death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. I believe that that faith gives me a path to be cleansed of sin and have eternal life."

I want to say that I'm fairly certain that Jesus is dead, and sin is virtual (aside from deviating from one's own morality), and eternal life is just a pipe dream, and I suspect (and actually hope) that this is merely rhetoric and not a truly held conviction of the "leader of the free world."

But that's just me.

I feel for Barack (and Mitt). Poor deluded souls.
Show some spine, profess your belief is jessology!
in which case, you should say "poor deluded minds"
(I don't believe in souls)

greed, hatred, and delusion

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse L. Teshara) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:04:00 +0000

aka craving, aversion, and ignorance

attachments
(positive)craving-passion, hunger, thirst for what is pleasant,
and seeking the causes of happiness

(negative)aversion-hatred for what is unpleasant, i.e. dukkha or suffering,
and severing oneself from its causes (e.g. sadists)

enlightenment, lasting happiness and contentment, nirvana
from right thoughts, words, and deeds
or just deeds (your thoughts and words are themselves actions), as is your job/career
with a view toward loving-kindness and compassion
(actions are karma...what comes around goes around)
i.e. helping others overcome suffering and find happiness
and knowing (from experience or instruction or meditation) what the causes of suffering are, and also what the causes of happiness are (what floats your boat, and also extinguishing gh&d)

buddhism is itself conditioned by attachment to peace, tranquility, wisdom, discernment, equanimity
(all part of Happiness)

although there are different strokes for different folks...

Personally, I don't buy the whole package.
I don't believe in rebirth/reincarnation (except as hypnosis for the cyclical nature of days and years...we can be reborn, psychologically. Even if you don't believe in the christian born again business. You can always start fresh, or as led zeppelin says, there's still time to change the road your on) Tomorrow is...another day!

Also, I'm skeptical of the reality of karma. Things can be random. Good things happen to less deserving people, and bad things happen to good people.

speaking of boats, Buddha said the tears from suffering in our past lives is greater than all the water of all the oceans..

and that cruise ship just went down off the coast of Italy

and people get dunked in rivers in the symbolism of being born again

we are mostly water..

anyway,
severing yourself from attachments (rather than relying on good relationships, or money, or things, like food/drink or "toys" i.e. computers, cars, books, music) is the only sure way to avoid the suffering that comes with their inevitable impermanence), but don't deny yourself simple pleasures! Create your own world! Be happy!

We are just blips in eternity, bubbles that pop in the froth of reality, all of us destined to cease/die, and decay back into the matter that is the food we eat, that comprises us, without consciousness or afterlife.

We are 99.999999999999% empty, already. And we were dead for an eternity before we were conceived and will be dead for another eternity after. Enjoy your substance and fleeting time. Be glad you're alive.

My philosophy is a bit different from buddism & other religions.
Am I creating a new religion, like L Ron Hubbard? jessology

Basic Needs

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse L. Teshara) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:27:00 +0000

what every human being on earth should have

life, liberty, pursuit of happiness
health, strength, wealth (enough for survival and comfort)
food, shelter, clothing, clean water, sanitation
safety, security, peace
equality, human rights

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights

(from the american constitution):
-things like the rights to speech, petition, assembly, religion, and press (sparp)
-to not have slavery or involuntary servitude..
-no cruel punishment (e.g. torture)

I, personally, appreciate education and the access to a library and the internet...

I also think it should be a fundamental human right to refuse to kill; i.e. to be a conscientious objector.
Likewise, there shouldn't be a death penalty.

Sopa and Pipa are bad!

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse L. Teshara) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:19:00 +0000

I uphold my right to share/produce content

Wikipedia has an (english language) blackout today, to protest this bad proposed legislation.
I watched the Ted lecture about it, too.
(not that I've actually read the legislation..)

Creativity feeds on other people's content, and we live in a hive mind, anyway.
Lawmakers shouldn't outlaw human nature.
And my name, too, is all about sharing (Teshara).
Go ahead, copy my blog...I want you to!

-Jesse

My latest reads

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse L. Teshara) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:23:00 +0000

some library books

they are:
1) A Blue So Dark, by Holly Schindler
2)Welcome, Silence,by Carol North, M.D.
3)The Cloud of Unknowing, by Thomas H. Cook
4)Me, Myself, and Ike, By K.L. Denman
5)Inside Out, by Terry Trueman
6)Cage of Stars, by Jacquelyn Mitchard
7)Crazy, by Pete Earley
8)Divided Minds, by Carolyn Spiro and Pamela Spiro Wagner

They all deal with schizophrenia, some way, some how.
good stuff!

Mirror in the sky, what is love

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse L. Teshara) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:12:00 +0000

I heard this on the radio, recently
it goes on to say, can the child in my heart rise above?

It's originally by Fleetwood Mac, but I heard it by Billy Corgan
Fits my theme, I think. I really like it.

Some other contrasts:
nogoola vs. elf:
No one gets out of life alive vs. everyone lives forever

"If I claim to be a wiseman, it surely means that I don't know"
-Kansas (carry on my wayward son)
which also says,
"surely heaven waits for you"

Transportation options

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse L. Teshara) — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:27:00 +0000

I've been here, and I've been there, and I've been in between
(hats off to King Crimson)

all the transportation options I can think of:

stroller, shoulders, piggyback
walking, jogging, sprinting (barefoot or shoed),
pogo, swim, rocketpack, hang glide, parachute
roller shoes, razor scooter, motorized scooter
skateboard, rollerskates, rollerblades
unicycle, bicycle, tricycle
big wheel, pedal-chain tricycle, motorized trike
segway, moped, atv (all-terrain vehicle)
motorcycle, car, truck, van, bus, motorhome
train, tram, trolley, tank
plane, glider, helicopter , dirigible, hot air balloon
boat, waterski, parasail, jetski, hovercraft
snowshoe, snowboard, ski, ice skate
snowmobile, sled, sleigh
surf, windsurf, boogie/bodyboard
rocket, space shuttle, rickshaw, chariot
motorized unicycle (they exist!)

this is my 666th post. I almost forgot the beasts.
like burros, horses, elephants (and dragons!)

and, if you want to get philosophical, there's also:
womb, casket, imagination

Buddhism

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse L. Teshara) — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:27:00 +0000

I'm trying to reduce, if not eliminate, my own personal dukkha

via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism

maybe it can help you, too.

Merry Christmas, all

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse L. Teshara) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:13:00 +0000

God Bless Us, Every One!

in the immortal words of Charles Dickens

(including the misanthropes)

We give thanks, again, for
health, happiness,
love, life, laughter
comfort, community, country, cheer
food, family, friends, fun
prosperity, peace, potential perfection,
and all our other blessings

or, in a less alliterative form:
-basic needs met
-life, health, strength,
-love, happiness, peace
-family, friends, community, country
-comfort, prosperity
-safety, security
-travel, diversity
-drugs/medications/pharmaceuticals/medicines
-technology like radio, computers, television, telephones
-transportation..
-stimulus:good taste, sound, sight, smell, touch:
-good food, music, movies, art, perfume, incense, massage, sex..
-books, magazines, blogs
-restaurants, libraries
-toys for all ages (e.g. bikes, cars)

Sorcery and Witchcraft

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse L. Teshara) — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:30:00 +0000

A Saudi woman is beheaded for this!?

I'm not sure I know what sorcery and witchcraft are...
In America, you can believe anything you want.
It sounds like something out of Buffy the vampire slayer.
It's all in good fun, no?
The word gospel is from God's spell...aren't spells a part of sorcery?

I am disturbed by both the punishment and the belief in the seriousness of the crime.

It seems very backward, if not stupid or silly, to me.

Love Everything

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse L. Teshara) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:36:00 +0000

and everything includes...

sorrow, apathy, pain, death, regret, resentment, anger, hatred, sin, crime, disappointment, failure, poverty, misery, illness, torture, war, murder, violence, obesity, unhealthiness, addiction, ignorance, stupidity, foolishness, boredom, breakup, discomfort, slavery, powerlessness...

but...
EGGHEAD stands for Even Good God Hates Evil And Death
but that might not be all it's cracked up to be.. :-)

here's a good quote: "If you're going through hell, keep going"

what's in the word Berkeley?

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse L. Teshara) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:58:00 +0000

yikes!

Berk or burk
means:
(british) a stupid person or fool,
shortened from Berkeley or Berkshire hunt,
rhyming slang for cunt

while berke (verb) means:
1.to murder, as by suffocation, to leave no or few marks of violence.
or
2.to suppress or get rid of by some indirect maneuver.

ley means law in spanish

lee means:
protective shelter (the lee of the rock gave us protection from the storm)

ley means:
a pewter made of 80%tin and 20%lead (from aley, obsolete of alloy)
or
a leu (literally, lion): the coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani

but wait, there's more:
ley also means, arable land put down to grass (grassland or pastureland)
or
used in "ley line", a line joining two prominent points in a landscape.

and of course don't forget URKEL!

kele means "to cool" (obsolete, from Chaucer). Brr. kele.

BER stands for Bit Error Rate, which means:
the fraction of a message or block of data which is wrong.
(such as, what is the BER of Christianity?)

So,
I like the meanings of Berkeley as
-shelter from stupidity
and
-shelter from cunning murderous violence

of course, there's also (George) Berkeley himself: link; (wikipedia)

video I like

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse L. Teshara) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:31:00 +0000

genius physicality

juggling
martial arts
dance
magic

(but not sports, so much, for some reason...)
...unless it's a dunking contest, hole in one, or other masterful/supreme athleticism, like olympic perfection, or a world record (or something no one else can do).
I used to watch gymnastics and basketball while at Davis. I still like those.

other things i like
books, music, movies (especially, documentaries and animation)
and, of course, tasty food (like sushi or thai)

i realize sex and porn are noticeably absent..
but I like them, too, of course.

some banality

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse L. Teshara) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:22:00 +0000

about evil, that is

sympathy for the devil
the killer in me is the killer in you
that's why I say hey man nice shot

I like this music.

evil roles
devil, satan, antichrist -from the bible
hannibal lecter -by anthony harris
kaiser soze -the usual suspects, christopher mcquarrie
sauron -j.r.r. tolkien, lord of the rings trilogy
the joker -batman (jerry robinson, bill finger, bob kane)
dracula -bram stoker
the emperor -star wars, george lucas
it -stephen king

oh, and don't forget Voldemort, a riddle, from J.K. Rowling
and Freddy Krueger, by Wes Craven
and The Terminator, by James Cameron

but God is good

as Charles Manson said
If God is one, how can I be evil?

aside
rhyme crime
hannibal the cannibal, cyrus the virus
evel knieval

yum
"on a kaiser role"

link; wikipedia list of AFI's (American Film Institute's) favorite heroes and villains

Note: I believe God/Devil are just historical antecedants to the modern comic book and movie folklore of good guys/badguys; or heroes and villains. It's all just fun. Cultural creations (and therefore only virtually real). It's all good? It's all good :-)

New Library Reads

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse L. Teshara) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:04:00 +0000

5 books on madness

I'm reading (from the library):
1) Madness: A brief history, by Roy Porter
2)The Center cannot hold, by Elyn R. Saks
3) Just like someone without mental illness, only more so, by Mark Vonnegut, M.D.
4)The Eden Express, by Mark Vonnegut
5)Anatomy of an Epidemic, by the author of Mad in America (which I have/have read), Robert Whitaker

also, Happy Birthday, Greg!

My opinion of football

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse L. Teshara) — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:07:00 +0000

Link; The Onion

Go Niners!

Happy Thanksgiving!

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse L. Teshara) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:44:00 +0000

Gratitude for blessings

a prayer
We celebrate today, Thanksgiving, to express gratitude for our blessings and everything good in our lives, like health, happiness, and love.

I would say, also, that we should be grateful for the not-so-good things in our lives, as well.
By this, I mean, the Opportunities hardships (and even Evil, itself) present to Make Good, or as the christian song says, to show we are christians by our love.

I'm celebrating today with the nuns in Oakland. Should be fun.
I like how the white house allowed two turkeys to live, (a pardoning?) named Freedom and Liberty. Have a great day, everyone!

other good things besides health, happiness, and love:
peace, friendship, community, comfort, prosperity...

Mercy Ships

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse L. Teshara) — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:23:00 +0000

Good News for healthcare in Africa

link

I learned about them from the christian science monitor (www.csmonitor.com)

schizophrenia

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse L. Teshara) — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:34:00 +0000

means "split" "mind"

like when you're reading more than one book at a time? no, not really

when you have your "own" thoughts as well as the "other's" ?
(a voice). Yes, lol.
"there's someone in my head, but it's not me" -Pink Floyd
maybe it 's telepathy...

Anyway,
I'm reading 4 novels that have crazy characters:
1)Raveling, by Peter Moore Smith (a mystery)
2)The Moment She was Gone, by Evan Hunter
3)The Minotaur, by Barbara Vine
4)Sullivan's Law, by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg

Here's some interesting facts about schizophrenia:
after 10 years (from a diagnosis of schizophrenia)
-25% recover completely
-25% are much improved, and relatively independent
-25% improved, but require an extensive support network
-15% hospitalized, unimproved
-10% dead (mostly suicide)

after 30 years:
-25% completely recover
-35% much improved, relatively independent
-15% improved, requiring an extensive support network
-10% hospitalized, unimproved
and
-15% dead (mostly suicide)

from schizophrenia.com
I believe they also said that 40% of (diagnosed) women attempt suicide at least once
and that, of men, 60% do. Not cool. Not cool at all.

I just realized that schizophrenics make up 1% of the population. Hope that doesn't exclude us with the Occupy Movement. I take about 68 bucks worth of medication, daily.

Why the ocean is blue

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse L. Teshara) — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:48:00 +0000

Blue Oyster Cult
and
Blue whales
blue is said to mean sad, like my eyes

like 20 whales beached themselves recently in Australia, I believe.

I really like
Don't Fear the Reaper, by Blue Oyster Cult

lyrics

the cia says around 155,000 people die every day (in the world)
also, the ocean is wet because it's made of water. thought you might like to know.
salty, like tears.

also, maybe the ocean is blue because the "supercommittee" failed miserably. Ha.
Or maybe because GOD stands for Grain Of Dust.

The CIA

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse L. Teshara) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:36:00 +0000

That's the Central Intelligence Agency (of the USA),
not The California Arts Institute,
or the Culinary Institute of America

In '96, a congressional report revealed that the CIA engages in breaking "extremely serious" laws easily 100,000 times a year. In fact, they are "directed" to commit crimes. Who knows what, now, right?

Which probably wouldn't be a very good excuse to tell a judge if you get arrested, although it's better than the dog ate my lawbook.

My book (100 things you're not supposed to know, by Russ Kick) says "no part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means...without the prior written permission of the publisher" ...which always makes me laugh because my head is a means of reproduction and transmission, right? So in this instance, I think the cia/mjf books should let it slide.
-Jesse

In God We Trust

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse L. Teshara) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:05:00 +0000

aka, Self-Reliance

After all, in the American tradition, according to Ben Franklin:
"God helps those who help themselves"

everyone knows that joke about there being a flood...the priest refuses the first boat, saying God will save him, and then again, twice more, then he drowns, and asks god why he didn't save him and God says, I sent you a boat 3 times. Ha.

Transforming evil to good

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse L. Teshara) — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:38:00 +0000

It's all a part of God's plan.

Not that evil IS good, exactly, but it provides the opportunity to shine.
If I'm God, it's said
I'm responsible for everything...

or, in other words, it's All My Fault
and "must be the most hated person alive" -LVR
which must be why I want to be the most loved...
i.e. God
in fact, if you don't love God, it's a sin, and they say you'll be punished.
You've got to love love!

anyway, I found a book by Andrew Delbanco, entitled
The Death of Satan: How Americans Have Lost the Sense of Evil

which I'll check out after my hour is up on the library computer-
I'm not guilty, as much as someone playing the devil might like me to be...
The bible says God is One, and satan is 19,1,20,1,14
or 1,1,2,1,5
or 10
or 1
so, if you put any credence to numerology, (which I don't, lol),
then maybe you believe Satan is God.
Jesse could be J-esse, or 10-being (esse in latin)
which is like forensics (4&6)
Satan, after all, is also a child of God, I imagine...if you believe in such things.
He runs hell for him..God's prison.
Speaking of which, I now have a CELL phone (I've joined modern humanity, finally)
ANYway,
speaking of SATan, (say, ten) I read about Korea's SAT tests, which everybody there goes buggy about. That reminds me, satan is seen as a principle of learning, I read somewhere...
But devil is d-evil, or 4 evil, or FOR evil, which makes sense..
if not scents (Poison, maybe?).

-plus, I'd like to say, to be topical, Jerry Sandusky is an a-hole.

-also, I'm abstaining from following the upcoming presidential election:
anybody that wants to be commander-in-chief is already corrupt, I think. I think I'm turning JW, lol. Or Japanese. I really think so. God may be "a man of war", but war is evil, as killing is a sin. If I am absolutely powerful, the saying goes, I must also be corrupted absolutely. ugh. maybe not. At least I don't think I am.. Would there be no peace if there were no war? People always seem to think opposites entail each other, but I can imagine no war.

I will only support a candidate that promises to dismantle/eradicate all our nuclear weapons- I'll just say that (although I'm more than a one-issue voter). Why can't Barack do that now, though?

-Happy Veteran's Day... and, since I'm late, Halloween, too.
all for now, peace out! -Jess
(tomorrow is Sunday...maybe I'll attend Mass, for a change)

P.s. I should note the Economist tongue-in-cheek referred to Gus O'Donnell as GOD.
and Gray Davis' middle name is NOT Oliver; In fact his name is Joseph Graham Davis, Jr.
And Geena Davis' middle name is Elizabeth.

p.p.s.
It's the 40th anniversary of Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin)
on npr with 7 covers, link
Only God knows why, by Kid Rock is a fun song.
(although the line "people get what they deserve" is only wishful thinking, in my opinion)
Who can say where the road goes, only time -Enya.
God=7,6,4=8. I was born in '71.
Harvard and History and Honda and Hospital are all H (8).
Neo=14,5,15=5,5,6=7
Jesus Christ=2,5=7. time=20,9,13,5=2,9,4,5=2
sorry, I am getting bored with myself. myself=8
it's not even summer, lol.
"love of 2 is 1" -Blue Oyster Cult

ppps- 2 modern Evils
-I heard about those thrill killing (dozen?) american soldiers in Afghanistan on the news.
-and Barack sending 100 soldiers, advisors, Army Special Forces, (to Uganda) to fight the Lord's Resistance Army, in Africa, led by Joseph Kony, who thinks he's special to me, the a-hole.
"The LRA is accused of widespread human rights violations, including murder, abduction, mutilation, sexual enslavement of women and children and forcing children to participate in hostilities.[18]" -Wikipedia. USA! Putting the 'defense' back in the DOD; that works for me. If only all our military actions were so noble..

(Barack's dad is from Kenya, and Barack's in Hawaii, on his way to Indonesia, all part of our president's personal history)

A new friend

noreply@blogger.com (Jesse L. Teshara) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:06:00 +0000

Here's to you, mrs. Robinson...

Hi, Veronica!
You're famous. You're on my blog. Congratulations.
-Jess