Today,
Let Go
This week our cat, Emerson Adam Jones was struck by a car. This gave me an unique opportunity to practice detachment. Detachment, in the Buddhist sense, is not an expression of heartlessness or contempt. Detachment from life and death is the state of acknowledging that when a body or vessel dies, the being doesn't go anywhere. Ram Dass told an anecdote about a master of his. He said that when the master told the monks that he was going to die the students became sad. They said "No master! Don't leave us! " and the master replied, "But where will I go?" The monks then realized that their worry was needless for it was their relationship with the master that made the master what he was. When people, or cats, leave us they don't actually go anywhere. Things come and go, the tide ebbs in and out, but the beauty of the ocean is what matters. So, I will grieve for my cat friend, I will miss my cat friend; that is the human animal within me. However, I know that he hasn't gone anywhere. Yes, his body is buried and he won't be rubbing against my leg anymore but it's our relationship that matters, and that is timeless. Memories don't die as long as there is someone left to care.
-Eric St. Pierre
"People don't let you down when you don't build them up."
-J. Reid
The fool thinks one has won a battle
when one bullies with harsh speech,
but knowing how to be forbearing
alone makes one victorious
"If they can get you asking the wrong question, they don't have to
worry about the answers"
-- Thomas Pynchon
The good renounce (attachment for) everything.
The virtuous do not prattle with a yearning for pleasures.
The wise show no elation or depression
when touched by happiness or sorrow.
From Kat:
Discovery Communications -- the parent company of The Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, TLC and others, and known for their wildlife-focused programs -- is planning to produce an 8-part TV show on Sarah Palin’s Alaska. Discovery says it regards Palin as being “one of [Alaska’s] proudest daughters.” The former governor was an unabashed champion of Alaska’s brutal and bloody aerial wolf-slaughter program. According to reports, she’ll earn about $1 million per episode from the nature-focused series.
Send a powerful message to Discovery Communications expressing your outrage at their action and urging them to drop Sarah Palin’s new show from their programming schedule.
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The Post Script Society newsletter is a sometimes weekly newsletter that covers topics such as health, spirituality, technology, the monetary system, issues related to The Zeitgeist Movement, religion, esoteric knowledge, and general activism. Its purpose is to spread awareness and information and to serve as a platform for expression. As the maintainer of this newsletter, I hope to encourage others to be self explorative, inquisitive, and motivated to change the world for the better. I also extend an invitation to all readers to submit art, poetry, news articles, journal-like pieces, videos, or anything else for inclusion in the newsletter.
-Eric St. Pierre
Let Go
This week our cat, Emerson Adam Jones was struck by a car. This gave me an unique opportunity to practice detachment. Detachment, in the Buddhist sense, is not an expression of heartlessness or contempt. Detachment from life and death is the state of acknowledging that when a body or vessel dies, the being doesn't go anywhere. Ram Dass told an anecdote about a master of his. He said that when the master told the monks that he was going to die the students became sad. They said "No master! Don't leave us! " and the master replied, "But where will I go?" The monks then realized that their worry was needless for it was their relationship with the master that made the master what he was. When people, or cats, leave us they don't actually go anywhere. Things come and go, the tide ebbs in and out, but the beauty of the ocean is what matters. So, I will grieve for my cat friend, I will miss my cat friend; that is the human animal within me. However, I know that he hasn't gone anywhere. Yes, his body is buried and he won't be rubbing against my leg anymore but it's our relationship that matters, and that is timeless. Memories don't die as long as there is someone left to care.
-Eric St. Pierre
"People don't let you down when you don't build them up."
-J. Reid
The fool thinks one has won a battle
when one bullies with harsh speech,
but knowing how to be forbearing
alone makes one victorious
"If they can get you asking the wrong question, they don't have to
worry about the answers"
-- Thomas Pynchon
The good renounce (attachment for) everything.
The virtuous do not prattle with a yearning for pleasures.
The wise show no elation or depression
when touched by happiness or sorrow.
From Kat:
Discovery Communications -- the parent company of The Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, TLC and others, and known for their wildlife-focused programs -- is planning to produce an 8-part TV show on Sarah Palin’s Alaska. Discovery says it regards Palin as being “one of [Alaska’s] proudest daughters.” The former governor was an unabashed champion of Alaska’s brutal and bloody aerial wolf-slaughter program. According to reports, she’ll earn about $1 million per episode from the nature-focused series.
Send a powerful message to Discovery Communications expressing your outrage at their action and urging them to drop Sarah Palin’s new show from their programming schedule.
Robots aid teachers in English Class
This is another example of technology relieving humanity of wage slavery.
From Energy Consumers to Energy Producers, the Future of Humanity's Energy Use
What is Healthy?
As the demand for healthy food rises, shady advertising practices get shadier. Can we believe everything we are told about our food? What is healthy?
The Post Script Society newsletter is a sometimes weekly newsletter that covers topics such as health, spirituality, technology, the monetary system, issues related to The Zeitgeist Movement, religion, esoteric knowledge, and general activism. Its purpose is to spread awareness and information and to serve as a platform for expression. As the maintainer of this newsletter, I hope to encourage others to be self explorative, inquisitive, and motivated to change the world for the better. I also extend an invitation to all readers to submit art, poetry, news articles, journal-like pieces, videos, or anything else for inclusion in the newsletter.
-Eric St. Pierre
