In order for life to have appeared spontaneously on earth, there first had to be hundreds of millions of protein molecules of the Ninth Configuration. But given the size of the Planet Earth, Do you know how long it would take for just one of these protein molecules to appear entirely by chance? Roughly 10 to the 243rd power; Billions of years. I find that far far more fantastic than simply believing in a god.
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The Universe is the Practical Joke of the General at the Expense of the Particular, quoth FRATER PERDURABO, and laughed.
But those disciples nearest to him wept, seeing the Universal Sorrow. Those next to them laughed, seeing the Universal Joke. Below these certain disciples wept. Then certain laughed. Others next wept. Others next laughed. Next others wept. Next others laughed.
Last came those that wept because they could not see the Joke, and those that laughed lest they should be thought not to see the Joke, and thought it safe to act like FRATER PERDURABO. But though FRATER PERDURABO laughed openly, He also at the same time wept secretly; and in Himself He neither laughed nor wept. Nor did He mean what He said.
Aleister Crowley
Taken from "The Book Of Lies" by Aleister Crowley.
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"One of the most
remarkable characteristics of human nature," writes Lotze," is,
alongside so much selfishness in specific instances, the freedom from envy
which the past displays toward the future. "Reflection shows us that our
image of happiness is thoroughly coloured by the time to which the course of
our own existence has assigned us. The kind of happiness that could arouse envy
in us exists only in the air we have breathed. Among people we could have
talked to, women or men who could have given themselves to us. In other
words, our image of happiness is indissolubly bound up with the image of
redemption. The same applies to our view of the past, which is the concern of
history. The past carries with it a temporal index by which it is referred to
redemption. There is a secret agreement between past generations and the
present one. Our coming was expected on earth. Like every generation that
preceded us, we have been endowed with a weak Messianic power to which the past
has a claim. That claim cannot be settled cheaply. Historical materialists are
aware of that.
W I T H O U T L
O V E B E A U T Y A N D D A N G E R
I T W O U
L D A L M O S T B E E A S Y T O
L I V E
The news item's role is
probably that of preserving within contemporary society the ambiguity of the
rational and the irrational, the comprehensible and unfathomable, and this
ambiguity is historically necessary as man still needs signs (which reassure
him) but also signs which are uncertain in content (which make him
irresponsible......) This is a twilight condition of consciousness: neither
high noon nor tender night. And precisely for this reason our relationship with
mass culture is itself interminable. There can be no conclusion or
certainty, where the very structure of communication has founded the reign of perplexity,
of dissociation, of procrastination "The consumers relation with the real
world, with politics, history and culture is not one of interest, investment or
engaged responsibility - rather, it is one of curiosity....One must try
everything in fact man in consumer society is tormented by the fear of missing
something, any enjoyment whatsoever. It is no longer desire or even taste or
specific inclination that is in play. It is a generalized curiosity motivated
by a widespread anxiety - the all pervasive anxiety of Riesman's radar-man,
always ready to pick up signals from the outside world and, especially, always
uncertain as regards their decipherment. This is no longer the anxiety
described in 'Beyond the Pleasure Principle', which was motivated by the fear of
trauma, that is, by the conviction that the outside world is fundamentally
hostile to the individual. It is no longer the state of mind of one who lives
in the constant expectation of danger: it is the anxiety of always
feeling on the verge of - but only the verge of - finally grasping the object
of desire, the meaning of life, the rules of the game.
"the most merciful
thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate
all its contents"
"the imagination
is like an engine that can work on many different fuels: but it must be
powered, and sex, properly used, is a fuel of high potency"
"the greater an
individual's power over others, the greater the evil that might possibly
originate with him"
"reliance on
powers of reason does not come easily: it is opposed to our basic animal
instinct"
".....the idea of
crime is able always to ignite the senses and lead us the lubricity"
"the dark
religions are departed and sweet science reigns"
"the
contemplation of the world independently of the principle of reason"
".....always two
strangers uniting in the interests of torment"
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LIFE FORCES YOU BUILD A DREAM IN THE CLOUDS FLOATING OVER YOU THE WIND JUST BLOWS IT AWAY SO MANY SINS FROM THE PAST CATCHING UP WITH YOU YOU CAN'T AVOID JUDGEMENT DAY LIFE FORCES ACT ON YOU, LIFE FORCES YOUR HAND SO MANY OMENS THAT TELL OF YOUR FUTURE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY CONVEY LIFE FORCES YOU TO CHOOSE, LIFE FORCES AT PLAY LIFE FORCES - NATURES TOOLS, LIFE FORCES YOU TO OBEY YOU THINK YOU'LL FEEL LOVE BY TRYING TO FIND IT BUT LOVE COMES LOOKING FOR YOU THAT POWER WHICH ERRING MEN CALL ONLY CHANCE YOU FEEL IT WORKING ON YOU - TALKIN' 'BOUT LIFE FORCES RULE THE WORLD, LIFE FORCES AT WORK LIFE FORCES YOU INSTINCTIVELY, LIFE FORCES YOU ON LIFE FORCES ACT ON YOU, LIFE FORCES YOUR HAND LIFE FORCES YOU TO GO ON, LIFE FORCES COMMAND JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOU'VE A GRIP ON YOUR FUTURE DESTINY CHANGES YOUR PLANS - (Power Station) |
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The Bottom Line Like a cat dragged in from the rain who goes straight back out to do it all over again I'll be back for more it's something that is out of our hands something we will never understand it's a hidden law the apple falls destiny calls I follow you Like a pawn on the eternal board who's never quite sure what he's moved towards I walk blindly on and heaven is in front of me your heaven beckons me enticingly when I arrive it's gone the river flows the wise man knows I follow you I'm yearning I'm burning I feel love's wheels turning Like a moth on love's bright light I will get burned each and every night I'm dying to(o) the sun will shine the bottom line I follow you (Depeche Mode) |
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Heartbeat ·
I need to feel your heartbeat ·
so close, feels like mine ·
all mine ·
I need to feel your heartbeat
heartbeat ·
so close it feels like mine ·
all mine..... ·
I remember the feeling ·
my hands in your hair ·
I remember the feeling ·
of the rhythm we made ·
the rhythm we made ·
I need to land sometime ·
right next to you ·
feel your heartbeat heartbeat ·
right next to me... (King Crimson) |
Impressed Romeo
and Juliet Louis
and Ms. Antoinette Napoleon
and the Rodent Queen Antony
and Cleopatra Nicholas
and Alexandra Ken
and Barbie, Dick and Jane Superman
and Lois Lane Impressed I am
not impressed I love
you the best I am
not impressed It’s a
bunch of losers A lot
of fools A list
of victims Not
all that cool And we’ve
got nothing in this world To
live up to I’ll
never kill you this I swear Then
kill myself just to be fair I’ll
never need another queen We’ll
never face the guillotine Because
love is gentle love is kind Doesn’t
poison baby’s wine Isn’t
jealous or provoked Doesn’t
quit or give up hope Impressed I am
not impressed Forget
all the rest I am
not impressed It’s
just a bunch of losers It’s a
lot of fools It’s a
list of victims It’s
got nothing to do with me and you Et
cetera (Tonio K.) |
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The More We Live YOU AND I CAN CHANGE THE WORLD THE MORE WE LIVE, THE MORE WE LEARN, THE MORE WE KNOW FROM THIS MOMENT ON, WE SHARE THE WORLD, THE MORE WE GIVE, THE MORE WE LOVE, THE MORE WE GROW THE SPIRIT OF IMAGINATION WILL LEAD US THROUGH THE DARK THE MORE WE SEE, THE MORE WE TRY, THE MORE WE SHOW THE EVIDENCE OF OUR CONFUSION WHEN LIFE HAS LEFT ITS MARK THE MORE WE FEAR, THE MORE WE LIE, THE MORE WE HIDE AS WE WALK INTO TOMORROW TURNING AWAY FROM THE PATH WE KNOW HOLDING THE FUTURE IN OUR HANDS WE CARRY THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD WE KNOW IT'S UP TO YOU AND I; WE HOLD THE KEY, WE HOLD THE ANSWERS ALL MY THOUGHTS OF DOUBT AND FEAR ARE LEAVING ONE BY ONE THE MORE WE LIVE, THE MORE WE LEARN, THE MORE WE KNOW FOR EACH OF US THE ROAD IS CLEAR WHEN LIFE HAS JUST BEGUN THE MORE WE GIVE, THE MORE WE LOVE, THE MORE WE GROW IT'S TIME TO REACH THE GOALS WE SET FOR OURSELVES THE MORE WE FEAR, THE MORE WE LIE, THE MORE WE HIDE ALL WE NEED IS JUST TO BELIEVE IN OURSELVES WE FACE THE TRUTH, WE SEE IT CLEAR WITH NO DISGUISE CAST AWAY ALL DOUBT AND SORROW TURNING AWAY FROM THE PATHS WE KNOW THE UNIVERSAL FEELINGS WE SHARE SHARING THE FATE OF THE WORLD WE KNOW... TOGETHER YOU AND I HOLD THE KEY TO ALL THE ANSWERS... (Yes) |
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Twelve-Eight Angel Midnight & Autumn leaves are turning brown, night light I look to find you not around & the wind blows scorn into the face of fools; who break hearts & turn their back on love that's true....But I didn't want to forget little things you do, god knows, I never meant to be untrue, now I'm waiting for the day you'll be back in my arms to stay. As an angel of mercy falls from above they get torn apart by the things they love god knows look at where I've ended up....In a pack of wild sinners searching for a holly cup. Horoscope, I read it in the evening news as morning broke I pulled it from the refuse on my way home and in the great grey city dawn a warning rung in my head with a fire alarm, it said "Alright you've been treating this as a dress rehearsal for life" the time for a complete reversal is tonight. I put away childish things and telephoned long distance and it rings rings rings...As an angel of mercy falls from above they get torn apart by the things they love. God knows look at where I've ended up....In a pack of wild sinners searching for a holly cup. (The Dream Academy) |
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CAPSIZED Like a dream, I’m falling, I’m realing because I can’t live without you. Love is the water over my head, I capsized over you, and now my world is And time, never moving, There’s a pain, when I think about you. I capsized over you, and now my world is (Kissing the Pink aka KTP) |
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Adorations Courage and Cowards move heroes to ecstasy, Welcomes of
war and wounds, vigil and victory. Structures of atoms dance, sugar
towards the taster, Prey to the predator, love as we're falling down. Through light and laughter flow, to dirge and death we go.
Mindless processions move, lanterns of burning towns. Welcome to
fray and feast, bliss in all sorrows found. Rhythm and random moves and
waves of revelations. Patterns I'm finding, As pain and joy and sorrow mingle.
Patterns we're finding, Our faces raised in adorations. Deserts are paradise, awake to genocides. Delight and
suffering, these roles that we have found. Nourished by food we eat, hungered
by waste excrete, From apes or sons of god, let every act be sacred. Patterns I'm finding, As pain and joy and sorrow mingle.
Patterns we're finding , Our faces raised in adorations. (Killing Joke) |
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Iris I’d simply give up forever just to
touch you ‘Cause I know that you feel me and
feel the same You’re the closest thing to heaven that I’ll ever beAnd I don’t wanna go home right now All I can taste is this moment with
you All I can breathe is your life into
mine But sooner or later it’s over And I just don’t wanna miss you
tonight And I don’t want the world to see us ‘Cause I don’t think that they’d
understand When everything’s made to be broken I just want you to know who I am And you can’t fight the tears that
aint coming Or the moment of truth in my lies When everything feels like the
movies And I bleed just to know I’m alive (Goo Goo Dolls) |
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Watch Me Bleed Heaven comes to he who waits But I know I'm getting nowhere And all the deeds of yesterday Have really helped to pave my way Though there's no one near me now How come everyone can touch me You see the torture on my brow Relates to neither here nor now Watch me bleed Bleed forever Although my face is straight , it lies My body feels the Pain and cries Here the table is not bare I am full but feeling empty For all the warmth it feels so cold For one so young I feel so old Watch me bleed Bleed forever It's not allowed to be unkind But still the hate lives in my mind I'll make no noise I'll hide my Pain I'll close my eyes I won't complain I'll lie right back and take the blame And try to tell myself I'm living And when it's all been said or done Where do I go? Where do I run? What's left of me or anyone when we've denied THE HURTING? (Tears For Fears) |
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I BELIEVE I believe that when the hurting and the pain has gone We will be strong, oh yes we will be strong And I believe that if I'm crying while I write these words Is it absurd? Or am I being REAL? I believe that if you knew what these tears were for They would just pour like every drop of rain That's why I believe it is too late for anyone to believe I believe that if you thought for a moment, took your time You would not resign yourself to your fate And I believe that if it's written in the stars, that's fine I can't deny that I'm a VIRGO too I believe that if you're bristling while you hear this song I could be wrong or have I hit a nerve? That's why I believe it is too late for anyone to believe I believe that maybe somewhere in the darkness In the nighttime, in the storm In the casino Casino Spanish eyes I believe, no I can't believe that every time you hear a newborn scream You just can't see the shaping of a life. (Tears For Fears) |
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DIVE Please don't be afraid * Believe in what you see * Whisper it
a hundred times * A lesson soon to be forgotten
If you feel that life has passed you by (Dive) Come with me we'll flow into tomorrow * (Dive) We can
close our eyes and disappear * (Dive) Just below the threshold of detection *
Is something you can't touch, taste, see or .... Here it is - The great escape * Slip with me into the shadows
* What would life be without me? * Master of your fate between two worlds Don't you see that time is slipping by? (Dive) Come with me we'll flow into tomorrow * (Dive) We can
close our eyes and disappear * (Dive) Just below the threshold of detection *
Is something you can touch, taste, see or hear
Come to me be my inspiration * We've got to rise above *
You've got to dive for love * You've got to dive for love Come to me and we can touch the sky (Dive) Come with me we'll flow into tomorrow * (Dive) We can
close our eyes and disappear * (Dive) Just below the threshold of detection *
Is something you can touch, taste, see or hear
(Dive) You know love can pull you under * (Dive) They say the
time for miracles is past * (Dive) Hold my hand and dive into the future *
The time for us to rise is here at last Rise * Dive (Heaven 17) |
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Me And My BIG IDEAS Me and my big ideas Won't
wash away your tears No one else seems to mind That
I'm not that kind Go get a volunteer We'll
pay him well my dear He will see inside your
mind Because
he is that kind It's a southern kind of heat The
shadows crack and start to creep Conversation drags its feet I wish
we'd both been more discreet Like light that is caught
between night and day You're
stuck between me and my Me and my big ideas Won't
wash away your tears No one else seems to mind That
I'm not that kind Well they love you when you're
weak Bet
they hate to see that winning streak It's that thing we call control There's
a deep frustration in their soul Black thoughts That
are stuck between someone's ears Like me and my big ideas So
many strings to your bow Why not let one go In a
way this dream is over Blown away our four leaf clover There's
no reason why There's just me and my Me and
my big ideas Won't wash away your tears
No one
else seems to mind That I'm not that kind (Tears for Fears) |