More Zen

Feeling thoughtful, and still in a very odd mood, so I thought I'd get some more philosophy things down...been reading some more Zen koans recently, and I thought I'd share.

A monk asked Kegon, "How does an enligthtened one return to the ordinary world?" Kegon replied, "A broken mirror never reflects again; fallen flowers never go back to the old branches."

I sometimes feel that way- I can't go back to the way things were.

This one again...

I took this a while back, but have been through a lot personality-wise recently, so, when a friend of mine took it, I thought I'd try again and see if anything had changed.

Disorder	Rating
Paranoid:	Low
Schizoid:	Low
Schizotypal:	High
Antisocial:	Low
Borderline:	Low
Histrionic:	Low
Narcissistic:	Low
Avoidant:	Moderate
Dependent:	Moderate
Obsessive-Compulsive:	Low
-- Personality Disorder Test - Take It! --

Well, I'm less Dependant and Avoidant than before, which can only be a good thing. I figure I'm pretty much stuck with the Schizotypal though. Also, as they say, this is not a "real" test (although it is more professional than the normal run of Quizilla ones), so it doesn't really count for anything. Still fun though...

Sandman! Woo!

Just heard that the first new Sandman is coming out on September the 17th. It's called Endless Nights. And I shall be purchasing it as soon as possible.

Remember...

SRI SYADASTI SYADAVAKTAVYA SYADASTI SYANNASTI SYADASTI CAVAKTAVYASCA SYADASTI SYANNASTI SYADAVATAVYASCA SYADASTI SYANNASTI SYADAVAKTAVYASCA

Which may or may not mean:

All affirmations are true in some sense, false in some sense, meaningless in some sense, true and false in some sense, true and meaningless in some sense, false and meaningless in some sense, and true and false and meaningless in some sense.

This is important for you all to remember, as long as you remember not to believe anything that is written down.

There is, perhaps, a lesson here.

For joysilence

A bloke keeps ringing me at work and singing "Prince Charming" and "Stand and Deliver" at me down the phone.

I tell him to go away, but he's adamant....