Small Talk (4)

aphorisms and short reflections

those who have disgust reflexes let them be disgusted

it’s not true that spirit is invisible, you can see it when it blows against trees

fungi are animals but mushrooms are plants.

the last time I was optimistic I ended up here.

it's not enough to have skin in the game. you have to have heart and mouth and eyes and nose and ears too. and balls.

when the self starts to germinate even the internal organs are felt as people we can have conversations with.

tea is a man. coffee is a woman.

the biggest casualty of the industrial revolution was the charm of regular people.

sure, no man is an island, but the best ones are peninsulas.

a tree is a powerful spiritual being. it can still be cut down by the most disgusting of idiots.

God became bread, not porridge, for a reason.

we need God more than He needs us. but it's also true He needed us first.

if you can't vibe, try marimba.

You say God just Is. I say He has His own story. and I intend to hear it directly from Him.

I never understood how the bigness of the universe and the smallness of the earth was supposed to make me feel sad or desperate or whatever. I like small towns. the smaller the better. it's those big places that give me the creeps.

I could never be a traditionalist because I was never an atheist.

Our Heavenly Father would never make nor use the Ring of Power.

if you're having trouble loving your neighbor, consider moving to a better neighborhood.

the seed and the gardener are partners in grime.

it was fine when they were merely out of touch. but then they became out of taste, and finally, out of scent. those who have noses to smell, let them smell.

there will come a time when we will have to count each other's fingers to make sure we are not AI generated.

Jesus did not cast the first stone, but don't read too much into it. I’m sure it doesn’t mean what you’re considering right now.

I don’t care for international women’s day. I prefer national women's twilight.

never forget that before He was God the Father, He was God the Husband.

trust the silence. follow the silence. i effing love silence.

Jesus is badly misunderstood. but Saint Paul, somehow, is much more so. that's what he gets for being a great writer.

lab grown 'food' should enlighten people about the necessity of death for true life. but i'm not holding my breath. I might die.

no god is an accountant. all devils are.

leaf buds are my buddies.

I wonder if God ever had writer's block.

I complexly don't care.

to say God is omnipresent is to say He is neither here nor there. insulting, to say the least.

swamp the drain is the only option on any ballot.

hell is not a prison where you get punished, it's a recruitment agency where you go do a job. become a god or a devil. the choice is yours.

if everyone could get to the heavens they would cease to be heavenly.

the predicament of the End Earth is much worse than that of the Middle one. Gandalf and co only had to deal with evil outside the gates. we have that, plus unbridled stupidity inside them.

an important part of reverence for what is good and true and beautiful is irreverence for what is evil and false and ugly.

you either have a moral compass or an amoral gps.

it's not enough to know what's going on, we need to know what's coming off.

Autumn and Spring are Women, Winter and Summer are Men.

only the abrasive can smooth things out.

a western buddhist and an eastern christian walk into a bar of soap. there is no punchline.

after the question mark comes the answer john.

i told my reverb to not delay but it came out with distortion so i had to make do with compression.

i am the wood that sets her on fire. there was a spark between us.

i have no idea what people mean by internal monologue. you mean you only hear one voice in your head? must be nice.

a pressure cooker is a time machine, inside it, time runs faster. this explains why time is moving so fast now.

'scientific studies' are like young children. they are always discovering things everyone knows and then running around excited to share the 'news'. so cute.

Shin up, Yahweh.

those who speak of transcending sense clearly have a very narrow view of sense. they think there are only five. Nonsense. I find they lack one in particular, that of humor.

sometimes I remember that there are christians, who i presume all have new testaments that include the gospel of john, very fond of a supposed wordless wisdom and fleshless destiny.

once upon a time they lived happily ever after.

christians (should) be like: henotheism is good, enotheism is better.

what came first was neither the chicken nor the egg, but the rooster and the hen.

are you an ephesian or a corinthian? perhaps a galatian or a colossian? do this quiz to find out!

time swims when you're making fun.

this one is from my wife: christians are supposed to be the anointed ones, not the annoying ones.

there is no invisible world, only blind people.

anglish is good for one thing. translating a 'philosophical' word jumble reveals immediately if it has any relation to reality or not. usually it does not.

ah, nothing like waking up to salt of the earth, god fearing country folk trampling the ground with heavy machinery and spraying pesticide on a sunday.

if it wasn't for death none of us would be alive.

next generation spiritual warfare, monks have smartphones

nine times out of ten it should be called uncreational drug use

what people think is what thoughts people

can't wait to smoke a pipe of dark brown tobacco and drink a glass of bright red wine with Joseph Smith

how is it that we call them rulers and yet they never take appropriate measures.

most question marks are useless. you certainly don't use them when speaking, or do you.

they want you permanently dying but not dead. there's a difference you know.

I am a veteran beginner and a professional amateur

sometimes a small step is all you need, especially when you're at the edge of a cliff.

this aphorism will go up in history

if I was a betting man I would bet on God for sure, not because I think he always wins, but because whoever bets against him is lost already.

there was a time when the odds were against God, but now it's the evens

ever since I was a child I've boycotted the company of imbeciles

to see a real cloud nowadays is such a joy. it teaches me not to take goodness for granted and not to despair because evil can be a good teacher by contrast.

I know eclipses are supposed to be scary and ominous but i am happy when the two lovers can finally get together.

He is the Light, that's why He casts so much shadow. He is the Truth, that's why they lie about Him. He is the Way, that's why they trample Him underfoot.

God would send another flood, but water is not enough this time.

my antichrist is better than yours: politics in the twenty first century

before you can stand up for your rights you must lay down for your wrongs.

our smallest fears tell the truth in anticipation.