Greed and Generosity

Certainly with respect to other demons it must be greed - who we can certainly view
as distinctive.   And why would that be?  Look over time and it is pretty evident
that greed has taken down and ravaged mankind and his civilizations throughout
recorded time.  It would be good to examine this demon clearly I believe.

So, dogmas about greed.  Most interesting.  Civilization does in part (??) involve
itself with the creation of some times extensive works on the issue of
greed, and most of the dogma would suggest that greed only happens to whatever
group you do not belong to.  So whatever race, nationality or religious or work ethic
you might ascribe to it is the ===> other groups ( other nationalities, religions or
affiliations which you do not belong to ) which has these pernicious behaviors.
And you could even generalize beyond that to --- ANYBODY except YOURSELF.

Now observe that in relation to generosity - greed is not so much a thing as an absence
of something - the absence of generosity.  So then examined closely - at any given
time - greed is simply our desires and you might view them as needs ==> not to be
generous.

And from this we see humanity and civilization ravaged throughout time ==>
in almost every part of this (round thing) we inhabit.

A Demon, Dogma and Angel

But just a man.

So I was listening to Nick Spitzer, American Routes, and sort of a tribute to John
Coltrane who has been in my life in some ways both a demon and a dogma,
and yet I've spent a good deal of time in enjoyment of, and often wish for
more.  And also just learned a few things more, that he was in the band with
Dizzy Gillespie, and performed with Duke which I did not know. But throw
in a little Jerry and Monk then ....

But where is this going?  The twilight in the garden of good and evil?  I guess,
it's just knowing something, about these men and those times that ring and
resonate back to us -  so here it is 0 - a tribute : that might not (bear up)
via Bob and Frodo ... ( as we all have our demons and dogmas and angels )

That we see along the way .....

- the road goes - ( and on )

and what it is is in front of me,
I left,
was left and long behind,

and so and which to, wish to,
follow me,
before it seems so far behind ...

and yes and yes and
so,  oh, as we be wondering, then,
we are sure it is, and, as that we find,

and now I know (it is) in front of me,
and so and so I go, I go and yet behind ....

and only and if, I know, I know
was left and,
I know it is,
I know it and so I find.



 

Geography?

So, what is this about? Geography should have to do with the earth, but I guess it can
also be used for regions of space beyond earth, if they are local ( meaning within our
known solar system ).  So we might also call it astronomy.

I recently learned some stuff or at least relearned it, about our relatively near
neighbor --- most commonly known as Mars. It is the focus of a good deal of attention.
It's seems there is a good deal of interest in going to Mars.

Mars of course is a word coming to us mostly from Roman times, as Mars was
very significant throughout both ancient and more modern Roman culture.
Please note this interesting chart with names from different languages.
link: < language chart >.  Now, Mars was considered a god in that culture,
so god and demon are of course different.  I would like to know who is
in charge of that distinction.   I would not be surprised to know that one man's
demon could be another man's god, but this is a matter I am not too clear on.

Anyway, one of the more fascinating aspects of this is that Mars has two
moons : Deimos and Phobos.  The following site contains images of Deimos
on the shield of Leonidas, King of Sparta: link: < aphrodite-hoplismene >,
Aphrodite is the mother of Deimos and Phobos ( outside of wedlock? ) with
Mars.

Now, I think we need to make a few things clear. When we say we are going
to Mars, does it not mean in some sense we are going to war? I mean jumble
it around in your mind a bit. God of war - < well, I hope the guys who are
working on these plans, have given it a thought >.

So back to Phobos and Deimos, apparently people have kept fairly quiet about
their goings on s. When you translate you get - fear and terror. Phobos - fear,
and Deimos - terror. So on that topic, think about the idea - War on Terror -
could mean - War on Deimos ( very small place, by the way ), and also could
mean war on the god of war's, son. (????????)

I'm not sure how to untangle all this, but it does allow some room for cogitation.