I have said I am a believer in chaos. I wanted to expand on that.
In my eyes Chaos is similar to karma but different. Karma is like the Wiccan law of 3, everything you send out comes back to you threefold, therefor if you do good, it comes back triple, but if you do evil, the bad is three times as bad. In Chaos however, each action is sent out, in an ever expanding sphere, sort of like the rings of a pebble being thrown in a pond. If you skip a stone over the pond, there are multiple rings, each adding and subtracting from the next and the next ring, causing larger swells and falls, or even cancelling each other for that moment when they meet. As it goes, it is absorbed by the pond, never actually disappearing but joining with other forces until they coalesce into what again is a smooth, unbroken surface of the pond.
A thought or an opinion you have, resonates in your mind, and makes you act or react in a certain way. It can be absorbed into your unconscious, be let loose through your subconscious, or stay conscious and acted on. It can combine with other thoughts and opinions and be quieted and absorbed, or combined to make a swell in your opinions. You can block what another person says, not even considering it consciously while it build in your subconscious until it has to be acted on or rejected. You can spread your own conclusion, and action out, and have further reactions by others. If your action is small, it may have little or no affect, if it is large, it may have more far reaching affect. If it's doing a "random act of kindness" it may resonate in the recipient or someone who sees it, and start a chain reaction, or if it's an evil it may spread a fear or anger in others. Each reaction is dependent on how firm the resolve of the recipient or spectator is at blocking or allowing the action to expand. Each reaction is in it's own way chaotically spread out as a video on the internet that either sits unwatched or goes viral and everyone sees it.
Like Karma, Chaos gets reactions, but it never really returns except in chaotic ways. Every supposedly Karmic return is just Chaos taking it's turn and randomly allowing you to maybe win the lottery, get that better job/position, or negatively, put you in the path of that truck that missed a red light. Each may come after years of opposite luck, but are the result of the random actions of the powers and beings that are currently in force. Karma is just people wishing that the good they do comes back, or the evil others do hurts those who do evil, and noticing the good or evil that happened and giving it a reason. Chaos is saying that stuff happens.
Now I am going to post this, letting it go into the internet, and hoping that some people read it, and maybe get something from it. Either letting it swim around in your head, or sharing it with others, so that the internet, and Chaos, can let it take it's path to where ever it will go.
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Thursday, February 28, 2013
86,400 seconds
I just read a post on Google+ about time, about how to use it and not lose it. The post is at http://tinybuddha.com/blog/how-are-you-using-your-86400-seconds/ .
It is an interesting viewpoint of your life and your time, but it goes against how I think and look at things. Pretty much I have a chaotic Zen view of life. Not chaotic as in no structure, but chaotic as in the chaos butterfly, where every action causes other actions which affects everything around it and eventually in some way, the entire world. Now the flapping of the wings of a butterfly probably has no affect on a monsoon in China, but it does cause a reaction from a distraction of a passing creature, or the spread of pollen, or something else that causes a new cause and effect. It is one of Newton's Laws, and also can be seen in karma, and the law of 3, but mostly these reactions are either instantaneous, or long term effects. How long it takes can be quantified, but not limited by the clock.
Most of my life I have been in the food business. Most of that in pizza shops. Each day was different, although there are trends that you find when you have been doing it over a long period of time. You know that it will be busy over lunch time, and over traditional dinner time, but you don't know how busy until it happens. You know that Thursday and Friday are busy. You know that weekends follow a different “clock”. This is all reactions to outside sources from the work schedule, their payday, and external societal influences. If there is some sort of event scheduled near by, it may either bring people to you or take them away. You can make educated guesses, but you don't know until it actually happens. Working in this part of the business, you go with the flow, and learn to change course as needed to get the order out, although another part of the job is preparation, and stocking which both depends on past history, and future expectation, and is more structured and less spur of the moment.
As to time and the clock, I tend to live my life on a rolling schedule, put into the structured time frame of a job, and social and family interactions, but also flowing freely inside these constraints. I have times I sleep 3 hours, and times I sleep 12 hours. Depending on my work and what others are doing and when, I may have an entire day free to do what I want, or have only minutes for myself. But I've learned to take those minutes, and use them when I can. My entertainment tends to be on demand as even with tv and movies I tend to watch it either from my computer or online via Netflix or other video sites. I can even stop time in a show, go take care of business of the moment and then come back and continue from where I stopped.
An analogy that came to mind is baseball. You have each individual pitch, you don't know what the pitcher will throw or if it will be swung on or what the result will be. That may take a second or two. Then you have the plate appearance that may be a single pitch or theoretically an infinite number of pitches. That can take a couple of seconds up to minutes e(specially if the pitching coach or manager goes to the mound or there is a pitching change). Next is the inning. 3 outs per side, 6 outs if you count both teams chances at bat. Depending on the results of the plate appearances, and other occurrences, they may take mere minutes, or what may seem like hours. Then the game itself. In games with younger players it is usually a 6 inning game. In those with mid teens it may be 7 innings. In the games among older teens and adults it goes to 9 innings. Of course the game may go into extra innings if it is tied after the completion of each full inning, until one team or the other finally wins. That may be a quick game if low scoring, and may be 2, 3, or 4 hours, some have gone on further but that is rare. Each game can be part of a series or tournament, which can last a couple of days, or weeks like the play-offs of the MLB, or it can be part of the season, which in MLB is 6 months, and that doesn't include the couple months of spring training in preparation of the season. The analogy that I am brining up with this is that even with each of these parts has structure, the whole is a compilation of actions and reactions, that do not take time into consideration. Each game is pleasurable in it's own way, as a 1 to 0 pitcher dual or a 15 to 14 home run fest. If I am worried about how long it is taking, I lose out on the enjoyment.
I live each day and enjoy every second that I can, trying as best not to allow the outside influences affect me too much. But I don't worry about whether I was affected, except as to how it pertains to my next minute. For the most part I am even tempered because I live second to second, minute to minute, day to day, and try not to let anything but this moment in time affect me. Whether I have 1 day, or 12 hours or 720 minutes, or 86,400 seconds, it all flows, on into the next day, so that I don't worry about filling the next second or minute, or day. I just let it flow.
It is an interesting viewpoint of your life and your time, but it goes against how I think and look at things. Pretty much I have a chaotic Zen view of life. Not chaotic as in no structure, but chaotic as in the chaos butterfly, where every action causes other actions which affects everything around it and eventually in some way, the entire world. Now the flapping of the wings of a butterfly probably has no affect on a monsoon in China, but it does cause a reaction from a distraction of a passing creature, or the spread of pollen, or something else that causes a new cause and effect. It is one of Newton's Laws, and also can be seen in karma, and the law of 3, but mostly these reactions are either instantaneous, or long term effects. How long it takes can be quantified, but not limited by the clock.
Most of my life I have been in the food business. Most of that in pizza shops. Each day was different, although there are trends that you find when you have been doing it over a long period of time. You know that it will be busy over lunch time, and over traditional dinner time, but you don't know how busy until it happens. You know that Thursday and Friday are busy. You know that weekends follow a different “clock”. This is all reactions to outside sources from the work schedule, their payday, and external societal influences. If there is some sort of event scheduled near by, it may either bring people to you or take them away. You can make educated guesses, but you don't know until it actually happens. Working in this part of the business, you go with the flow, and learn to change course as needed to get the order out, although another part of the job is preparation, and stocking which both depends on past history, and future expectation, and is more structured and less spur of the moment.
As to time and the clock, I tend to live my life on a rolling schedule, put into the structured time frame of a job, and social and family interactions, but also flowing freely inside these constraints. I have times I sleep 3 hours, and times I sleep 12 hours. Depending on my work and what others are doing and when, I may have an entire day free to do what I want, or have only minutes for myself. But I've learned to take those minutes, and use them when I can. My entertainment tends to be on demand as even with tv and movies I tend to watch it either from my computer or online via Netflix or other video sites. I can even stop time in a show, go take care of business of the moment and then come back and continue from where I stopped.
An analogy that came to mind is baseball. You have each individual pitch, you don't know what the pitcher will throw or if it will be swung on or what the result will be. That may take a second or two. Then you have the plate appearance that may be a single pitch or theoretically an infinite number of pitches. That can take a couple of seconds up to minutes e(specially if the pitching coach or manager goes to the mound or there is a pitching change). Next is the inning. 3 outs per side, 6 outs if you count both teams chances at bat. Depending on the results of the plate appearances, and other occurrences, they may take mere minutes, or what may seem like hours. Then the game itself. In games with younger players it is usually a 6 inning game. In those with mid teens it may be 7 innings. In the games among older teens and adults it goes to 9 innings. Of course the game may go into extra innings if it is tied after the completion of each full inning, until one team or the other finally wins. That may be a quick game if low scoring, and may be 2, 3, or 4 hours, some have gone on further but that is rare. Each game can be part of a series or tournament, which can last a couple of days, or weeks like the play-offs of the MLB, or it can be part of the season, which in MLB is 6 months, and that doesn't include the couple months of spring training in preparation of the season. The analogy that I am brining up with this is that even with each of these parts has structure, the whole is a compilation of actions and reactions, that do not take time into consideration. Each game is pleasurable in it's own way, as a 1 to 0 pitcher dual or a 15 to 14 home run fest. If I am worried about how long it is taking, I lose out on the enjoyment.
I live each day and enjoy every second that I can, trying as best not to allow the outside influences affect me too much. But I don't worry about whether I was affected, except as to how it pertains to my next minute. For the most part I am even tempered because I live second to second, minute to minute, day to day, and try not to let anything but this moment in time affect me. Whether I have 1 day, or 12 hours or 720 minutes, or 86,400 seconds, it all flows, on into the next day, so that I don't worry about filling the next second or minute, or day. I just let it flow.
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. Thanksgiving is celebrated each year on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States and on the second Monday of October in Canada. Because of the longstanding traditions of the holiday, the celebration often extends to the weekend that falls closest to the day it is celebrated. Several other places around the world observe similar celebrations. Thanksgiving has its historical roots in religious traditions, but today is celebrated in a more secular manner. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is not a religious holiday, although it was started as a prayer of thanks by the Pilgrims and Puritans in New England. It is not restricted to one people, as it was a celebration shared by native Americans, and those of German, Dutch, and British back ground.
It is a day of giving thanks for making it to the holiday. It is a day of giving thanks for new and old friends. It's a day of giving thanks for those with us, and those distant, even if the distance is time as in those gone from the earth. It's a day of appreciation for all we have, and all we have to offer.
It is a day of feasting, and football (especially if the Cowboys lose). A day of Turkey and Pumpkin Pie. A day of family and friends. A day of giving and helping those less fortunate. It is a day of reflecting back on your blessings.
Give thanks, give a hug, lift a glass of your favorite beverage, and remember all you have to be thankful for.
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Recipes
About 20 years ago I got a book, 1000 classic recipes. It was hard covered, but about the size of a paperback book. Unlike many recipe books that have separate pages with pictures of each recipe, it was more for a professional cook, with similar recipes collected together on a page. It listed each recipe by the main ingredient, whether meat, poultry, fish, vegetable, dessert, or baked. Then it would divide it by method of cooking, dry cooking like grill or broil, moist cooking like saute', or wet cooking like stews and soups.
Except for the baking part, which is as much a science as anything, the recipes only listed the ingredients, not the amount. Baking you need to know exactly how much of items like yeast and baking soda and baking powder, how much flour and sugar, how much liquid and fat to make it rise and color how you want it to.
With most other recipes, you cook by taste, smell, touch, look, and even sound. You add the other ingredients by how you want it to end up. Some people like food more well done, or with more garlic, or hotter spices, or rarer, and milder.
Being as it was made with the professional in mind, it was written so they could adjust the taste to their kitchen's cuisine, or taste. Since the recipe started without an ingredient list it was easier to convert the recipe. I enjoyed this book much more then many other cookbooks as I am in control of the outcome. It wasn't just a by the numbers book, but a creative, DIY, cookbook.
For years I've been a cook, but never considered myself a chef. I was trained on the job, at times by those who created the recipes, or knew the science and art of cooking enough to adjust them to the tastes of their clientele. Now that I am working in a cafeteria, where the numbers and clock count rather then creativity, where you are making 100s of identical items, I can see how I was closer to a chef then just a cook, because I enjoyed making something different, creating my own recipes, working from my senses as much as from the book.
1%
I just finished watching the movie "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand. It was Ayn Rand's book, and eventually movie, that preceded "Atlas Shrugged". Last week I watched a documentary about the philosophy's of Ayn Rand. As proud as Ayn Rand was of her book, and the movie, she saw that people did not understand the concepts that she proposed. As she was born and lived her early years in Russia, from before it was the USSR, she saw how the government was pushing the people to not stand out, to put the good of the people first even if it stifled creativity. Both books showed how men of integrity were blocked and held back by those in power. Those in power didn't want anyone else to join them at the top unless they played by their rules.
Some outlaw motorcycle clubs can be distinguished by a 1% patch worn on the colors. This is claimed to be a reference to a comment made by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) in which they stated that 99% of motorcyclists were law-abiding citizens, implying that the last one percent were outlaws. As a result, some outlaw motorcycle clubs used it to unite or express themselves and are commonly referred to as "one percenters". The comment, supposedly a response to the Hollister riot in 1947,[22][23] is denied by the AMA—who claim to have no record of such a statement to the press, and that the story is a misquote. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlaw_motorcycle_club#One_percenterThe identifying with being the 1%er, being unique, is a strongly held American concept. It is something to strive for, not something or someone to fear or take offense to. Everyone of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence were 1%ers. Each a unique individual. Each with their beliefs in individual rights. Coming together to make a union of States to stand together against a ruler whose only desire to expand his empire. They knew that 1%, or even 1 person, could make a difference. They were opposed by those who didn't want things to change. Either those who had power and didn't want to lose it or those who would rather have safety and not freedom.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin This was written by Franklin, within quotation marks but is generally accepted as his original thought, sometime shortly before February 17, 1775 as part of his notes for a proposition at the PennsylvaniaNo matter what the Occupy Movement says, I want to be part of the 1%, if not financially then philosophically and spiritually, not, as I like to infer, one of the Sheople to be led to the slaughter.
Saturday, November 3, 2012
You can't take the sky from me
You know you enjoy something when you can listen, view, smell, taste, or feel it over and over again, and it still affects you like the first time.
Among some of the things that affect me that way are; Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd, I still get goosebumps when I hear Ronnie ask what song is it you want to hear; and when Riff Raff starts telling about Michael Rennie; when I smell the bubbling cheese and tomato sauce of a good lasagne; when I take that first sip of fine honey mead.
But this is about another of my true loves in life, Firefly and Serenity. I am starting to watch the series again for the I don't know how many times. I am a sci-fi and fantasy geek, enjoying where certain movies and books take me. Something about the Firefly class ship named Serenity just takes me further then any other. I think more then anything it is the freedom, being able to roam the galaxy, living by your wits. Life for most people is restricted. You live by the clock. Each day is the same thing over and over. Wake up in the morning, do what you are told and expected to do, go to bed early enough so you can do it again tomorrow. Waiting for the weekend, or if you have 2 or more jobs, just running one into the other. I have spent my whole life looking to the sky, wanting to run away, not looking back. Not to escape anything but to enjoy my life. To live, really live, with no shackles to hold me, free. Serenity is that freedom.
For now I'll just watch Firefly through to the end of the tv series, and then watch the movie Serenity, taking my freedom from the actions of Captain Mal, Zoe, Wash, Jane, Simon, River, Book, and Kaylee.
Ballad of Serenity
lyrics and music by Joss Whedon
sung by Sonny Rhodes
take my love
take my land
take me where I cannot stand
I don't care
I'm still free
you can't take the sky from me
take me out
to the black
tell 'em I ain't coming back
burn the land
and boil the sea
you can't take the sky from me
have no place
I can be
since I found Serenity
but you can't take the sky from me
Among some of the things that affect me that way are; Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd, I still get goosebumps when I hear Ronnie ask what song is it you want to hear; and when Riff Raff starts telling about Michael Rennie; when I smell the bubbling cheese and tomato sauce of a good lasagne; when I take that first sip of fine honey mead.
But this is about another of my true loves in life, Firefly and Serenity. I am starting to watch the series again for the I don't know how many times. I am a sci-fi and fantasy geek, enjoying where certain movies and books take me. Something about the Firefly class ship named Serenity just takes me further then any other. I think more then anything it is the freedom, being able to roam the galaxy, living by your wits. Life for most people is restricted. You live by the clock. Each day is the same thing over and over. Wake up in the morning, do what you are told and expected to do, go to bed early enough so you can do it again tomorrow. Waiting for the weekend, or if you have 2 or more jobs, just running one into the other. I have spent my whole life looking to the sky, wanting to run away, not looking back. Not to escape anything but to enjoy my life. To live, really live, with no shackles to hold me, free. Serenity is that freedom.
For now I'll just watch Firefly through to the end of the tv series, and then watch the movie Serenity, taking my freedom from the actions of Captain Mal, Zoe, Wash, Jane, Simon, River, Book, and Kaylee.
Ballad of Serenity
lyrics and music by Joss Whedon
sung by Sonny Rhodes
take my love
take my land
take me where I cannot stand
I don't care
I'm still free
you can't take the sky from me
take me out
to the black
tell 'em I ain't coming back
burn the land
and boil the sea
you can't take the sky from me
have no place
I can be
since I found Serenity
but you can't take the sky from me
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Things Change
Life is chaos, it is in a state of constant change, so therefor I have decided to change this Blog from a lotto blog to an all encompassing blog about anything and everything. I may make posts about the lotto, and I am sure that at times there will be some posts that have a commercial aspect to them, but this won't be a commercial blog, just a way to share things, and if I can make a few cents here and there, I won't argue.
I may make posts that are shared on other networks, and definitely will be sharing this post or at least link to it on most of my other social networks.
I hope what I write will interest you, making you laugh, or think, or take action. Come back often, leave your opinion in the comments, let me know if you have an interest that I might share.
Also check out my micro blog at http://tucksmobileblog.blogspot.com/, it's sort of like a personal twitter feed, especially since most posts are also shared on my twitter account. I post links and short one liners there, where here I share more extended writings.
Take care and safe travels.
Tuck
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