America - Horse with No Name

On the first part of the journey - I was looking at all the life - There were plants and birds and rocks and things - There was sand and hills and rings - The first thing I met was a fly with a buzz - And the sky with no clouds - The heat was hot and the ground was dry - But the air was full of sound

I've been through the desert on a horse with no name - It felt good to be out of the rain - In the desert you can remember your name - 'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain - La, la ...

After two days in the desert sun - My skin began to turn red - After three days in the desert fun - I was looking at a river bed - And the story it told of a river that flowed - Made me sad to think it was dead

You see I've been through the desert on a horse with no name - It felt good to be out of the rain - In the desert you can remember your name - 'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain - La, la ...

After nine days I let the horse run free - 'Cause the desert had turned to sea - There were plants and birds and rocks and things - there was sand and hills and rings - The ocean is a desert with it's life  - underground - And a perfect disguise above - Under the cities lies a heart made of ground - But the humans will give no love

You see I've been through the desert on a horse with no name - It felt good to be out of the rain - In the desert you can remember your name - 'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain - La, la ...

the Works of Dionysius the Areopagite - On Divine Names - Chapter 01 - Section 4

4. These mysteries we learn from the Divine Scriptures, and thou wilt find that in well-nigh all the utterances of the Sacred Writers the Divine Names refer in a Symbolical Revelation to Its beneficent Emanations Wherefore, in almost all consideration of Divine things we see the Supreme Godhead celebrated with holy praises as One and an Unity, through the simplicity and unity of Its supernatural indivisibility, from whence (as from an unifying power) we attain to unity, and through the supernal conjunction of our diverse and separate qualities are knit together each into a Godlike Oneness, and all together into a mutual Godly union And It is called the Trinity because Its supernatural fecundity is revealed in a Threefold Personality, wherefrom all Fatherhood in heaven and on earth exists and draws Its name. And It is called the Universal Cause since all things came into being through Its bounty, whence all being springs; and It is called Wise and Fair because all things which keep their own nature uncorrupted are full of all Divine harmony and holy Beauty; and especially It is called Benevolent because, in one of Its Persons, It verily and wholly shared in our human lot, calling unto Itself and uplifting the low estate of man, wherefrom, in an ineffable manner, the simple Being of Jesus assumed a compound state, and the Eternal hath taken a temporal existence, and He who supernaturally transcends all the order of all the natural world was born in our Human Nature without any change or confusion of His ultimate properties. And in all the other Divine enlightenments which the occult Tradition of our inspired teachers hath, by mystic Interpretation, accordant with the Scriptures, bestowed upon us, we also have been initiated: apprehending these things in the present life (according to our powers), through the sacred veils of that loving kindness which in the Scriptures and the Hierarchical Traditions, enwrappeth spiritual truths in terms drawn from the world of sense, and super-essential truths in terms drawn from Being, clothing with shapes and forms things which are shapeless and formless, and by a variety of separable symbols, fashioning manifold attributes of the imageless and supernatural Simplicity. But hereafter, when we are corruptible and immortal and attain the blessed lot of being like unto Christ, then (as the Scripture saith), we shall be for ever with the Lord, fulfilled with His visible Theophany in holy contemplations, the which shall shine about us with radiant beams of glory (even as once of old it shone around the Disciples at the Divine Transfiguration); and so shall we, with our mind made passionless and spiritual, participate in a spiritual illumination from Him, and in an union transcending our mental faculties, and there, amidst the blinding blissful impulsions of His dazzling rays, we shall, in a diviner manner than at present, be like unto the heavenly Intelligences. For, as the infallible Scripture saith, we shall be equal to the angels and shall be the Sons of God, being Sons of the Resurrection. But at present we employ (so far as in us lies), appropriate symbols for things Divine; and then from these we press on upwards according to our powers to behold in simple unity the Truth perceived by spiritual contemplations, and leaving behind us all human notions of godlike things, we still the activities of our minds, and reach (so far as this may be) into the Super-Essential Ray, wherein all kinds of knowledge so have their pre-existent limits (in a transcendently inexpressible manner), that we cannot conceive nor utter It, nor in any wise contemplate the same, seeing that It surpasseth all things, and wholly exceeds our knowledge, and super-essentially contains beforehand (all conjoined within Itself) the bounds of all natural sciences and forces (while yet Its force is not circumscribed by any), and so possesses, beyond the celestial Intelligences, Its firmly fixed abode. For if all the branches of knowledge belong to things that have being, and if their limits have reference to the existing world, then that which is beyond all Being must also be transcendent above all knowledge.

Dionysius the Areopagite: On the Divine Names and the Mystical Theology. by C.E. Rolt Christian Classics Ethereal Library 

it's in the dictionary

look for 'glorious evening' in the dictionary and you will get a picture of us enjoying the first grill (bbq) of the year. blue sky, no clouds, warm weather, grilled chicken, delicious salad, and naturally a bottle of wine. tonight, we enjoyed a bottle of the Steffisburger Regent Rosé 2010!! delicious. soo fruity...

noted and understood

Spirit of Lust - John Dowson

the vile spirit of lust in me is jealous of the love i have for my wife. it flings its images, thoughts, and desires at me.
i note this presence in my life.
i watch for signs of its coming.
i stand ready to stave off its onslaught.
i pray for strength and willpower.

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of GOD, have mercy on me, a sinner.

on Watchfulness and Holiness 06

Watchfulness is a continual fixing and halting of thought at the entrance to the heart. In this way predatory and murderous thoughts are marked down as they approach and what they say and do is noted; and we can see in what specious and delusive form the demons are trying to deceive the intellect. If we are conscientious in this, we gain much experience and knowledge of spiritual warfare.

St Hesychios the Priest, On Watchfulness and Holiness, Vol. 1 pg. 162

Major Arcana: Realization (Labyrinth Tarot)

Luis Royo

i have the tools, but i don't know how to use them. i like to stand, prepared, with my tools, but i don't know how to use them. i know the predatory thoughts as they come. i can see them bearing down, but the tools they sit useless on the table in front of me.

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of GOD, have mercy on me, a sinner.