Tomasound... in your earhole.

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47 seconds of poetic syllables poppin'... what more can ya ask! And it's free! (one) Great idea, too, i might add..

so here's the entire poem (written about 10 minutes ago)

atomsound poppin
granting blank checks for innovative missives
flowing through cellular membranes
cleaning the human machine

soul flow, in fact, building
massive wanton explosions
of music imploding stingy structures
that don't resonate the heavyweight nucleate

it's the essence of living
the ultimate meaning - to procreate
to give life and power and love
to impart ... to another ...

all you can

all you are

all you hope to be

and to see created before your eyes
in this blazing, wandering, hoping world
an end to lies - a beginning to hopes realized
the final frontier - human expression unexploited

by big business.

Thanks!

Today is such a rockin' holiday... (Mostly... Native Americans may have a hard time with it's historic significance... and that's very understandable and lamentable.) But just the act that is encouraged during this day is such a cool thing!

I think of Natalie Merchant's song when I think about thanksgiving. She says the beautiful words over and over in such a beautiful way...

And how often can we say thanks to God who made everything, who laments over the wrongdoings of people and their demons, and who sent His very Son to bear the evil of a world...

And how often can we say thanks to our parents... to our loved ones... to our friends who believe in us and in what we're doing (or attempting to do) with our breath and strength...

Lalalalalala...

You've been so kind and generous
I don't know why you keep on giving
For your kindness I'm in debt to you
For your selflessness--my admiration
For everything you've done
You know I'm bound--I'm bound to thank you for it

Lalalalalala...

Hey, hey
You've been so kind and generous
I don't know why you keep on giving
For your kindness I'm in debt to you
And I never could have gone this far without you
For everything you've done
You know I'm bound--I'm bound to thank you for it

Lalalalalala...

Oh I want to thank you for so many gifts
You gave me love and tenderness
I want to thank you
I want to thank you for your generosity,
The love, and the honesty that you gave to me
I want to thank you, show my gratitude,
My love and my respect for you
I want to thank you

Oh, I want to thank you, thank you,
Thank you, thank you,
Thank you, thank you
Thank you, thank you,
Thank you, thank you,
Thank you, thank you,
Thank you, thank you,
Thank you..

(Post-post thought: Michelle - my most beautiful wife for whom I am eternally grateful - sat down to read this just now and her eyes got big and she said - "That's SO WEIRD! Not even an hour ago, the chorus to this song was going through my head... and I thought to ask you about it, but I thought you wouldn't be able to figure it out... that's God!) and it is.

Robes of Light

Thinking tonight of how grand it would be if the lust of my youth gave way (died, shriveled up and blew away) to a holy reverence and (purely childlike) enjoyment of the people around me.

Reading this passage on my PocketPC bible makes me wonder how rich the fellowship of light can be...

Philippians 4:1-8 (From the God's Word version of the Hebrew scriptures.)

"So, brothers and sisters, I love you and miss you. You are my joy and my crown. Therefore, dear friends, keep your relationship with the Lord firm! I encourage both Euodia and Syntyche to have the attitude the Lord wants them to have. Yes, I also ask you, Syzugus, my true partner, to help these women. They fought beside me to spread the Good News along with Clement and the rest of my coworkers, whose names are in the Book of Life. Always be joyful in the Lord! I'll say it again: Be joyful! Let everyone know how considerate you are. The Lord is near.

"Never worry about anything. But in every situation let God know what you need in prayers and requests while giving thanks. Then God's peace, which goes beyond anything we can imagine, will guard your thoughts and emotions through Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers and sisters, keep your thoughts on whatever is right or deserves praise: things that are true, honorable, fair, pure, acceptable, or commendable."

So I had to write about the concept that we look at each other with MTV eyes most of the time... filled with selfish thoughts... and how cool it would be if we only saw the glory and potential for the paradigm shift into world peace and world joy - no more exploitation of the childlikeness! Childlike dance, childlike laughter, childlike humor, and, most of all, childlike wonder... are so precious... that's why MTV devours it all so.

What if we were all robed in light and only our faces and hands showed through... then, whether they were wrenched with grief... or lifted in praise... or moving intensely with anger... or passion... the baser (albeit necessary) emotions would be interpreted within the sanctity of our glorious potential.

And Compassion would call forth things that are not (developmentally) as though they were.

Because "it IS finished." Yeshua (Jesus) HAS won the battle against death and the grave.

We're just not looking for the light in each other. We're clinging to the shadows -

...where joy is only imitated.

Jacob's Ladder

Listening to BT's "Light Speed."

At church tonight, Mikey (Mike Bickle) was talkin' about Yeshua (Jesus) on the hill in Matthew 5, 6 & 7 - the infamous "sermon on the mount."

His point was that the church of the western world has moved SO far away from the principles of the King in this passage! He focused especially on service to the helpless (6:1-4), prayer (6:5-13), forgiving & blessing "enemies" (6:14-15) and fasting (6:16-18).

So that's giving, praying, forgiving and fasting.

I'm inclined to agree with Mike - these are fundamental to the true walk of the believer. These are things that Yeshua did... shouldn't we do the same (Matt. 5:48) by the power of His Spirit in us? (Philippians 4:11-13)

Even my CAT fasts when he's battling toxicity in his system!

Mike went as far as saying that churches and individuals who don't embrace and practice these fundamentals (often viewed as "radical" or "fanatical") won't be ready to discern the coming world-wide deception by the anti-christ.

I'm inclined to agree on that tip as well... Yeshua followed up by saying, "Therefore, everyone who hears what I say and obeys it will be like a wise person who built a house on rock. Rain poured, and floods came. Winds blew and beat against that house. But it did not collapse, because its foundation was on rock." Matthew 7:24-25

Whittlings

Making a studio, I get to cut a lot of wood. I get to use power tools. And because power tools cut and mangle things permanently, I get to scribble on the wood with a pencil to plan my cuts.

So I'm whittling on my pencil tonight to make a really sharp (satisfying) point of lead ... and I have a minor epiphany: whittling is fun!

It's also extremely wholesome and satisfying to work on your own home to make it better. I'm beginning to get the feeling that this room - atomsound studio - is gonna turn a mystical dial just so... that the arrangement will be a combination that sets tumblers and open a vault of satisfaction. It's like, "that throw rug, those beads, that lava lamp and this chair... are gonna just... flow."

Sidenote: Saw the Matrix III last night with my wife, Michelle. Great romance. Romance times 3, actually! Very cool special effects. Easily the best super-hero stuff EVER put on screen... and not bad writing and acting (tho that did suffer a little... but with all that flash and fanfare... WHO CARES!). :-D

There are also some pretty blatant and coersive references to Buddhist and Christian (particularly gnostic Christian) theology which we found passionate and thought-provoking. More on all that later!

The Matrix series DOES rock... so you might want to go see it before it is totally overshadowed and upstaged by the movie of the century about the REAL Messiah... "The Passion!"

Here's a bit of the buzz goin' on about it - put an ear to the ground.

So, altho Neo provides an interesting parable of a futuristic Messiah... I bid you peace in the one-n-only, real-deal Messiah, Yeshua (Jesus) from ancient Israel. Later.

Bringing back the bassline...

I've been happy to discover an interesting game online called, Armagetron. It's quite the hip thing... you use 2 buttons... you play with people from around the world... I like Armagetron... a LOT. In fact, my name online is "diggin" ... for how much I dig the game!

One person who goes by "Ozone" in the grid (Tron-speak) has challenged me quite thoroughly. He's a buddhist from New York city who is also a talented musician who is also quite adept at moving body limbs in an various body-limb-moving artforms (Capoeira, Le Coque, break-dancing, mime, etc.)... and, not just because he values self-expression, but because he is expressing with such style, I find myself hankerin' even more to get the studio done...

Ah, the studio... All the stuff in that pic on my site (and much more) will be nicely fitted into a room which I'm presently manufacturing out of our garage... Michelle's about to give birth to little Elijah, so I'm doing my part to "nest" for the little guy.

And that will bring back self-expression in a way that I've been longing for all my adult life (starting at about 18).

That will bring back the bassline.... and I'll feel like I have more to share with people like Ozone!

manic mechanic

This is my little boy... He's quite the zinger when it comes to expressive behavior... totally and completely inherited from me. Wow. What a handful... I feel sorrier and sorrier for what I put my Mom through EVERY DAY! (lol!)

If it isn't manic heights of joy and creativity, it's the smack-down opposite of poetic melancholy. Those valleys used to come fast and hard in my teens and 20s... (and 30s! crap!) but, boy, I'll tell ya, they sure don't zing me like they used to...

And with the children now, not only in my face (with the most magnificent graces), but in my consciousness and perception, the turnaround is just quicker... like theirs!

You get tripped by your brother or sister, and you cry and then you get back up and make the best of it (mostly - they're actually blessed with a sense of forgiveness and patience, thank God). And that works really well in adult life, actually.