Wee Wisdom (34)

aphorisms and short reflections

no one cares if you only do one of anything.




every "ancient tradition" was invented in the nineteenth century. now it's time for us to do it.





that i know, there are no Guenon fan girls. but there are plenty of Steiner fan girls. (someone told me since that this was the case from the beginning). so the latter is likely closer to the truth. this is as good a way to decide as any, and honestly better than most.




sit down and do it, then stand up and make it




if someone was to build a fully functioning mcdonalds (or a tax office, or any other storefront of the system) in the middle of a forest next to a stream, through some kind of black magic, the greenery would fade, then wilt, then die. and it would spread from there until the forest was destroyed and the water dried. i'm serious. if you don't know in your heart that this is true, you should really try to find it and keep it. it's later than you think. there are spirits in these places that are so tired by now that they just run away or let themselves die. they won't fight anymore.




hardening one's heart, like other forms of bodily hardening, is sometimes needed, but only temporarily. perpetual hardness, not good at all.




i'm not always retarded. that's better than most.





wisdom. you can't teach it, or show it, it's there, visible, just some see it some don't. little to do with age. but the easiest thing to happen is to see it and then allow ourselves to become blind. an old wise man has resisted the blindness more times. that's noble and extremely valuable. and also rare.





i think if you have an apocalyptic sixth sense, let's call it,  it goes a long way. an incredible layer of spiritual protection. of course it can be overdone, like anything. but still.




in heaven, space will matter less, and time and memory will matter more. and i use the word matter with all meaning.




envy and the machine are my names for Sorath and Ahriman, respectively. more easily understood than persian names (i believe that's what they are) who also are not really names, but descriptive titles (which is often the case). technically the machine is 'satan', as in, the person officially in charge. but he's not really, ultimately. envy runs the show from the shadows. i think this kind of false political equilibrium, this ruse, will stay like this almost to the end. because it covers all the bases, not only allowing for purposeful destruction at all levels due to the mechanical grip over everything, but it also succeeds in tying up resources, and politically and socially and economically discourage creation. it will last until that moment when it won't matter anymore.


envy hates loose coalitions even more than the machine. they both hate them. but the machine wants all coalitions to be official and controlled. envy wants them all destroyed. 




i have a certain allergic reaction to the idea of business. i just do.



the endless reboot sequel prequel mashup cycle in mainstream entertainment is pointing towards a much larger exhaustion of old myths. but for there to be new ones there have to be people telling them, and ideally people listening.



i wonder if there is some thing analogous to the weather for gods. some forces that just overwhelm them sometimes. thinking of gods suffering through a heatwave. maybe being a god includes the ability to go underwater when it's too hot.




i love Guenon the family man. the few pictures of him in later life, with his wife and his children and his cats in Cairo are heart warming. and these were taken when he was writing his most important books. so he was clearly at peace, and had found something, some way to live and serve, to accomplish his cosmic goal without disturbing the natural order of things. it's also amazing how he came to be so middle eastern. you can see it in the pictures. the neighbors had no idea he was french, or that he was a writer. he was just some guy to them, though a very religious one. they were very surprised when mr. abdul or whatever it was his islamic name, died and suddenly there was a big stir around. regardless of what you think of his ideas, or his choice of religion, his last years really are a testament to taking spirituality seriously, and how transformative to one's life it can and should be.




aesthetics have consequences





some nights ago i went outside to look at the sky, and there were dozens of satellites all coming from the same place and moving in the same direction, very mechanical and coordinated. it was already going on when i looked and it lasted at least ten minutes. ominous.





a world without women is deader somehow than a world without men. a man could emerge from a world of only women. and from a world of only men, not even men can emerge. think of the Virgin Mary and Jesus.




don't confuse Acedia with Sloth. very different people with different personalities and allegiances, and of different sexes too.



another talent i don't have is research




the rain is already gathering in the heavens, ready to dissolve our sand castles




sowing dissension, stirring enmity, casting suspicion, these are great and frequent sins among the envious





this softness about hell that i see in so many, especially esoteric types, is really something. if you agree with separating criminals from the general population (you should), then it makes sense to apply an even stricter rule to more serious cosmic and supernatural crimes. or justice means nothing.





noticing it is more than half the battle




in the resurrection water and oil do mix, we can have both renewal and preservation



the ends of the earth
on the coast of death
a real place



the ancients had a thought and called it a god, the moderns met a god and called it a thought



everything is matter. everything is spirit. nothing is one thing alone.



the word animal is akin to the word movie. same pattern of evolution. as an aside, it probably would make more sense to call animals movies. and use animal for everything that is, well, animate, whether it moves or not.



suffering does not give us a license to be assholes. maybe that is one of the lessons we are meant to learn from it.



finnis terrae
mare nostrum
alea iacta est




by definition, salvation implies exclusion. if all could be saved there would be no need for salvation. some parts of us cannot be saved. they will have to be discarded. and the more parts like that one has, the less there is to be saved, until there's a point after which salvation is a complete misnomer. salvation is extended to all, as a courtesy to and out of respect for the uncreatable seed that lies at the core of every living being. but it is still, in the end, an exclusionary act, a work of separation. beyond salvation there is exaltation, and here the call is only made to the many and not the all, with the knowledge that only a few are chosen. what is innate is beyond damnation or salvation in a way. it will always remain. but what is built upon it out of free will can be anything, and be saved, or damned.




iq is so limited a measure of intelligence that it only really works at the lowest levels, and the higher the level the less it works




sometimes during a project you want to step back a bit, let yourself be lazy, see how things play out. maybe God is doing this now. waiting to see if we do something. anything really. maybe our apathy contaminated God. we need to get his attention



i write whenever the muses have their way with me. i'm weak




in the current year of our lord i am for the separation of church and state from me





the mob cannot speak, it lacks the word, can only growl




we've been conditioned to regard innate ability or disability as an accident, and then as a sin. and the first step towards it was omnigodism.




keep it in mind and never forget it, spot the early signs



it may be less inaccurate to speak of heaven or hell as states of being rather than places (maybe). but the latter is better for navigation.




God spoke to Saul, Saul became Paul, then Paul spoke to the churches.




for an institution to last it cannot be liberal on everything. extreme polytheism requires a caste system like in india. a loose political structure requires solidity in doctrine, like in the eastern church. space for individual mysticism and new doctrine requires a pope. etc




these times are strange and require strange adaptations.




we cannot outsmart the machine, but we can definitely outwit it




can we enchant our own lives




the christ may have redeemed the pagan world, but who's going to redeem the christian one




the most misunderstood thing about christianity is its death




mourn death less than you enjoy life. pine for the lost world less than you dream of finding a new one.



either it's possible for there to be more anointed ones after Jesus, or Jesus failed



even purely physical machines have psychic consequences, now imagine what the stuff we're on now does to the mass psyche. grim



i was born to be the jester, but where's the king.




day dreaming
sleep acting
twilight speaking




life never made of death an honest woman, so she married ressurrection




life abundantly sounds pretty good. first time he told me i was immediately on board. sign me up Jesus.



it really does feel like a new season has begun