View from the Mountain

[Dialectic]

I spent the last four days on the mountain seeking to nurture clarity away from the chaos of the ordinary world.

In my meditations, a realization came upon me in a flash: The Fighting44s were sent down here to kick ass and save people.

In a conversation I had today with Lopan as he met me at the base of the mountain and we walked the forest road back to the burbs, he wholeheartedly agreed: we're fucking SUPERMAN.

There's no "savior complex" working here: we ARE your saviors. I mean, let's take Peril as an example: over the last few months, we've watched him grow and develop into a semi-stable semi-young man. He's never been less unhappy or suicidal: what more can you ask?

Yet you always ask for more, and we always give more, 'cause we're kinda like Mother Theresa too, only hotter and more sarcastic.

There are at least three new sections of the website in various stages of development on their way. We're also close to producing our first piece of merchandise and we're in contact with Snackychan's camp.

There's no better number in the world than 44.

[Yellow_Peril]

I spent the last four days on the mountain seeking to nurture clarity away from the chaos of the ordinary world.
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what exact philiosphy are you in to? you're a buddist right?

[Dialectic]

My "philosophy," if you wish to call it this, is "integral," a concept which I have beaten to death on this site and which I will continue to beat until I die (unless something "more integral" comes along).

Understanding "Integral" theory and practice requires open-mindedness, flexibility in thought and deed, and the ability to see deeply (and thus, compassionately) into all phenomena which arise in awareness: that is, all manifest and unmanifest phenomena.

I have a small amount of Zen Buddhist training, but am not presently comfortable with being called a "Zen Buddhist," as Zen Buddhism is, at its root, NOT a religion, and NOT a philosophy, and NOT a worldview, but a concrete practice. I do not practice the formal component (zazen and kinhin) as much as "being" a Zen Buddhist requires.

But I do love the mountain.