The ultimate arcanity is the human incomprehension of the animating essence of life forms. Therefore, body death causes amnesia to those who do not comprehend the difference between the life source and the life form.
Old couples know it doesn’t matter what anyone thinks of our bodies.
We’re pleased to know that sex has nothing to do with happiness.
It’s good to know there’s is at least one person who needs our help.
We discovered that no sex is good sex. Being together is fine.
Love is the joy of listening to each other talk about nothing.
We know what we mean before we say it, but we listen anyway.
Our aches and pains are more interesting than the evening news.
There’s comfort in the sound of snoring. We’re both still here.
I know I’ll miss you and you’ll miss me when we’re gone.
Most of all, we know we’re always together no matter where we are.
The ageless Redwood forests in Northern California are the most serene place on Earth. More than 90% of the original trees — many more than 2,000 years old — where chopped down by private profiteers to satisfy the money lust of bankers. They used the stolen trees to build houses for ignorant European immigrants who murdered and plundered the land and legacy of 100 million Indigenous Natives who had lived in harmony with Nature for untold thousands of years. Alas, these immigrants are so selfish and stupid that when they die it is “illegal” to donate their dead body to be used as fertilizer for new growth in a timeless forest! The Indigenous Natives and Redwood Forests are virtually extinct only 500 years after the European immigrants “discovered” them. Soon, the banksters and private profiteers will slaughter the immigrants. Karma kills killers. Good riddance to death…. Time heals all.
The desire to be liked or admired by other people is a trap. The pain and tragedy caused by this desire for admiration or approval is painfully obvious in this final interview with Janis Joplin recorded 4 days before her death in 1970. Also, below, a performance of “Ball n Chain” by Janis Joplin.
(Janis Lyn Joplin — January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970 — was an American singer-songwriter who first rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of the psychedelic-acid rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company. She was one of the more popular acts at the Monterey Pop Festival and later became one of the major attractions to the Woodstock festival. Popular songs from her four-year solo career include “Down on Me”, “Summertime”, “Piece of My Heart”, “Ball ‘n’ Chain”, “Maybe”, “To Love Somebody”, “Kozmic Blues”, “Work Me, Lord”, “Cry Baby”, “Mercedes Benz”, and her only number one hit, “Me and Bobby McGee”. )
BALL N CHAIN, performed by Janis Joplin (after you listen to this song, you will understand why “love” is a “ball and chain”!)