BABES IN THE ABYSS

topic posted Wed, May 27, 2009 - 6:24 PM by  offlinesherpa
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This is a shout out to those residing and/or visiting Chapel Perilous. We know who we are. We are the dispossessed, the outcasts and the outsiders, rebels with a cause who have upturned the mulch of our dead lives and seeded those fertile fields with incindiary visions of our future selves. Having already subverted the norm, we renunciate dominator culture’s status quo of everything and drift happy disconnected yet still wavering in the ambiguity fog of dislocation. Free-floating across the abyss between old worlds and the new, guided only by shining paths of mother evolution. We have passed over, we have passed the point of no-return and since there is no turning back, we celebrate the momentum lifting us on the wings of perception, grace and whatever skills we have earned from surviving the inevitable catastrophe of self.

Only when we are over, does our real life begin.
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sherpa
SF Bay Area
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  • The Next Big Freeze

    Wed, May 27, 2009 - 8:01 PM
    A friend of mine once remarked that water never looks the same once it has frozen.

    The fog of dislocation which you speak of,
    and which I peer through daily,
    resembles, to me, the intermediate state of water,
    not quite liquid, yet not quite frozen...

    In my life, a peculiar refreshing quality permeates this phase of 'living',
    yet I feel like a ghost, dispossessed by the cultural world,
    and increasingly more possessed by the equally if not more peculiar entity I refer to as 'I'.

    Fun and exciting times these are, when the notions of self once held
    crumble and melt,
    giving way to a new identity,
    new opportunities and challenges...

    The Next Big Freeze?

    • Re: The Next Big Freeze

      Wed, May 27, 2009 - 8:40 PM
      Sherpa your post sounds so outer planet inspired.
      Nept for the Abyss and dreamy quality of it.
      Uranus for Change, and the "I walk a different path of my own choosing"
      Pluto for the exposure of the souls needs to be recognized.
      A lot a fancy words for this laymen, but that's your style. I like it..
      Thanx...

      John- cool reverence, the water doesn't look the same, cause all the impurities all get pushed out, what freezes is pure H2O..with some trapped air bubbles...lol
      Check this out. This taken from inside of my van, looking out the windshield one morning, a few winters ago

      people.tribe.net/dragon-of...3f7eb1c5a8
      • Re: The Next Big Freeze

        Wed, May 27, 2009 - 9:32 PM
        Dragon

        <John- cool reverence, the water doesn't look the same, cause all the impurities all get pushed out, what freezes is pure H2O..with some trapped air bubbles...lol >

        Very cool picture. I cannot even tell its a windshield with the crystals. Looks like mountains.

        With regard to impurities in frozen water, I am not entirely convinced yet, although I enjoy the metaphor when applied to my experience with Chapel Perilous. I would like to believe that all 'impurities' are 'pushed out' when the self crumbles and melts, but experience has shown me something always gets trapped behind.

        You can freeze a lot of things in water....

        For example: fruit juice, flies, pebbles, 1965 American currency, and mud, can all be frozen in water.

        Can you be more specific what you mean when you say 'impurities' ?
        • Re: The Next Big Freeze

          Wed, May 27, 2009 - 9:39 PM
          ~~Can you be more specific what you mean when you say 'impurities' ? ~~

          Minerals and other compounds found in water don't freeze they can be trapped in pockets but are no longer mixed in the water.
          Some things will but most won't. Same with heat and evaporation, a way of purifying water.
          Ya I kinda like the metaphor too. Extremes kinda clean house of all the unwanted stuff..
  • Re: BABES IN THE ABYSS

    Tue, June 16, 2009 - 11:46 AM
    This is a great statement Sherpa. Perhaps you should add it to theC P intro. It is very apt for me today. Last night I dreamed of an old man moaning his last words on the toilet, "I don't regret a thing." (Yes, it was ugly) Then I dreamed I was all fresh and innocent and wanted to learn how to start a garden from the beginning. I love the beginners mind thing but by now I thought I would know. It does seem to be an awesome time to let go of that certainty.

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