42 Buildings and Budddah

Gorilla Gardening with Fred - it's Evolving

As Buddha saw upon his Enlightenment, the Tree of Life, the connection between Heaven and Earth, is composed of these letters, letters that are the very principles of thought, and in both Tian Tien Buddhism and Tantra these forty two letters represent the forty two steps and stages on the path to enlightenment: the Bodhisattva Path. [Padma Prakesh]

The numbers of the Big Bang are 42 - coincidence?

#ReclaimFriday: For the War but Against the Troops Redux

Hearts Broken

Over five years have passed since the original post. It was always due a revisit. The original was inspired by Bill Hicks and was part of a 'what if' series. This time I hand the reigns over to the peacekeeping hippy Cosmetic Brain Surgery for his take.

Guest Sermon by Cosmetic Brains Surgery

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners. Albert Camus

From a facebook status doing the rounds in the US in July 2010

Lindsay Lohan, 24, is all over the news AGAIN because she's a celebrity drug addict. While Justin Allen 23, Brett Linley 29, Matthew Weikert 29, Justus Bartett 27, Dave Santos 21, Chase Stanley 21, Jesse Reed 26, Matthew Johnson 21, Zachary Fisher 24, Brandon King 23, Christopher Goeke 23, and Sheldon Tate 27 are all Marines that gave their lives this week, no media mention. Honor THEM by reposting!

11-11-11 The Old Lie

Guest post by Cosmetic Brain Surgery:

I always thought a war was for the courageous heroes to fight,

To take up arms for country, to fight on the side of God and Right,

To win the bloody battle to proclaim victory is at hand,

To never surrender this soil so sacred is this land.

But I always knew a war was fought by reluctant heroes of chance,

Sent by fearless men of words using pen instead of lance,

Told by these men of power, ignorant to the pain,

That we must beat the bastards now and kill ‘till all are slain,

That we must hate our fellow man for his race, colour and creed,

Because hate is what we want and hate is what we need,

And so with God upon our side, death we shall not dread,

Until we have built Jerusalem from the corpses of their dead.

Between Nations, Copyright © Craig Mitchell 1994

When the White Poppy was launched in 1933, after being proposed in 1926, it was started with these words: 

A Pledge to Peace that war must not happen again.