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Wise Words from Dr Carl Jung--

The decisive question for man is: Is he related to something infinite or not? That is the telling question of his life. Only if we know that the thing which truly matters is the infinite can we avoid fixing our interest upon futilities, and upon all kinds of goals which are not of real importance. Thus we demand that the world grant us recognition for qualities which we regard as personal possessions: our talent or our beauty. The more a man lays stress on false possessions, and the less sensitivity he has for what is essential, the less satisfying is his life. He feels limited because he has limited aims, and the result is envy and jealousy. If we understand and feel that here in this life we already have a link with the infinite, desires and attitudes change. In the final analysis, we count for something only because of the essential we embody . . .
     — Carl Jung

So Many Books, So Little Time.....

I've received a huge booty of books over the past month or so.
I'd love to list them all here for ya'll, but I never seem to find 
the time to do it.  So here it is, 4a.m. ("it's 4a.m. in Texas..." Who
sings that?? 7 SECONDS, I believe?!)

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 "Let Fury Have the Hour: Joe Strummer, Punk & the Movement That Shook the World"
  -by A. D'Ambrosio

"Grey Wolf: The Escape of Adolf Hitler"
  -by S. Dunstan & Gerrard Williams

"A Terrible Revenge: The Ethnic Cleansing of the East European Germans"
  -by A. Maurice de Zayas

"A New History of Early Christianity"
  -by C. Freeman

"An Infinity of Little Hours: Five Young Men and Their Trial of Faith in the Western World's Most Austere Monastic Order"
  -by N.K. Maguire

"Occult America: White House Seances, Ouija Circles, Masons, & the Secret Mystic History of Our Nation"
  -by M. Horowitz

"Called Out of Darkness, a Spiritual Confession"
  -by Anne Rice

"Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw"
  -by Mark Bowden

"No Longer a Slumdog"
  -by K.P. Yohannan

"Beyond Doubt & Illusion"
  -by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

"A History of Catholic Antisemitism: The Dark Side of the Church"
  by R. Michael

"Food Genes & Culture: Eating Right for Your Origins"
  -by G.P. Nabhan

"Supreme Decisions: Great Constitutional Cases & Their Impact"
  -by Melvin I. Urofsky

"Secret Lives of the Dalai Lama: The Untold Story of the Holy Men Who Shaped Tibet, from Pre-History to the Present Day"
  -by A. Norman

"White Hand Society: The Psychedelic Partnership of Timothy Leary & Allan Ginsberg"
  -by P. Conners

"A Burning Desire: Dharma God & the Path to Recovery"
  -by K. Griffin

"Evolution - The Disguised Friend of Faith?" 
  -by Arthur Peacocke

"Sacred Desire: Growing in Compassionate Living"
  -by N.K. Morrison, M.D. & S.K. Severino

"Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions"
  -by C.R. Moss

"The Synchronicity Key: The Hidden Intelligence Guiding the Universe & You"
  -by David Wilcock

"The Gagging of God: Christianity Confronts Pluralism"
  -by D.A. Carson

"Religion and Spirituality in Psychotherapy: An Individual Psychology Perspective"
  -by Thor Johansen

"Shapers of Early Christianity: 52 Biographies. A.D. 100 - 400"
  -by R.H. Worth, Jr.

"Babylon's Banksters: The Alchemy of Deep Physics, High Finance and Ancient Religion"
  -by J.P. Farrell

"Genes, Giants, Monsters & Men: The Surviving Elites of the Cosmic War & Their Hidden Agenda"
 -by J.P. Farrell

New Books Received & Many More on the Way a.k.a. "Why I'm Always Broke"--

Got a shit ton of new reading material to keep me busy! Almost finished with "The Celestine Prophecy" & still balls-deep in "Ishmael." Plus, trying to navigate my way around two dozen other books that I continually revisit. 

" Beings & Things: The Story of Love " (a short film of wisdom) Excellent Food For Thought--

Word to the wise. 

An excellent short film made by a Hare Krishna devotee, ostensibly to teach a lesson on the harmful element of "attraction" that is in all of us.  "One man's trash is another man's treasure."  He teaches us how we go through this life using people to meet our needs, to make us feel better, or to try to solve our problems.  I like the idea behind this vignette, but I feel like the filmmaker is assuming that we are all just simply materialist's with no spirituality injected into our day to day lives. I know for me at least, that isn't the case.  I TRY to be conscious of who & what I am using. That at least is a beginning. Though I don't consider myself to be a spiritual beginner, I'm also not a spiritual giant. Perhaps I'm somewhere in-between.

Watch this. Learn from it, perhaps. And give yourself a break. 
Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, is THAT bad in your life. A problem shared with someone else is a problem split in half. That's what my spiritual teachers always tell me. And I've found it to be the truth.
Use love. ♥ m//r 

Currently Reading--

"Gnosticism: New Lights on the Ancient Tradition of Inner Knowing"  
   --by Stephen A. Hoeller

"Papa Dimitri Gagastathis, The Man of God (1902-1975)"
   --translated by Dimitrios N. Kagaris

"The Monks of Mount Athos"
   --translated by Rosemary Edmonds

What Have I Been Reading Lately?

....And what has been & IS on my bookshelves?
I have a limited amount of space where I live, and I would say my books, 
magazines, and journals take up the majority of my personal space.
So I have room for about forty books on my shelf.  The rest of my literature
is kept in large (and small) plastic totes & cardboard boxes.
I regularly rotate books from my shelf to my storage totes, and vice versa.
I am usually reading ten to fifteen different books at any one time.  No, not 
simultaneously silly.  A few pages from this one, a chapter from that one, etc etc.
I plan on making a series of posts on this blog, as to what I'm reading and links to
each book on Amazon or wherever else, if available. 
♥ Always Use Love ♥

Recovering Zinesters, Hardcore Kids, Punks, Skins, Mods, Skaters, etc...

Cindy, who does the great "Doris" fanzine, just put out a 'zine, all about and constructed by, recovering alcoholics / addicts.  I scanned the review in the new issue of MRR.  I'm gonna head over to microcosm.com and check if they've got it.  It looks interesting and I've always enjoyed Cindy's writing.  I'm always down to hear what other hardcore kids & punk rockers have to say about addiction, AA / NA, God, higher power, recovery, rehab centers, detox's, etc.  I'll mos def review it here when I get my hands on a copy.
  Oh yeah, she also sings in ASTRID OTO: