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March 04, 2005 - The Chaos of Potential
Recently, Tina asked me about my ethics. Kinda, what should a person do, what code should they follow, in order to lead a happy/good life. I'm not totally clear on why she asked, and it doesn't really care, but I was amused that it made me slightly uncomfortable to tell her about it.
I dropped her this:
Generally, I've started sticking to ADF's nine virtues:
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wisdom
piety
vision
courage
integrity
perseverance
moderation
hospitality
fertility
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No hard and fast rules. Just a sliding scale. They play together nicely.
Otherwise, there's the Discordian Pentabarf, or Five Commandments:
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I - There is no Goddess but Goddess and She is Your Goddess. There is no Erisian Movement but The Erisian Movement and it is The Erisian Movement. And every Golden Apple Corps is the beloved home of a Golden Worm.
II - A Discordian Shall Always use the Official Discordian Document Numbering System.
III - A Discordian is Required during his early Illumination to Go Off Alone & Partake Joyously of a Hot Dog on a Friday; this Devotive Ceremony to Remonstrate against the popular Paganisms of the Day: of Catholic Christendom (no meat on Friday), of Judaism (no meat of Pork), of Hindic Peoples (no meat of Beef), of Buddhists (no meat of animal), and of Discordians (no Hot Dog Buns).
IV - A Discordian shall Partake of No Hot Dog Buns, for Such was the Solace of Our Goddess when She was Confronted with The Original Snub.
V - A Discordian is Prohibited of Believing what he reads.
IT IS SO WRITTEN! SO BE IT. HAIL DISCORDIA! PROSECUTORS WILL BE TRANSGRESSICUTED.
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But the most important thing, of course, is to never stop laughing. At yourself, others, the Gods, and yourself again (for good measure).
Fertility, of course, stood out to her. In fact, her whole response was this:
fertility?
I laughed when I read that. I knew it would be her response. And I had already thought
about my response:
haha. I thought you might ask that :)
It has a wide range of meanings, generally, when I look at it, I see the chaos of potential. In other words, creativity. The creation aspect of seeing new things in an unformed state that doesn't yet have shape, but can be given such shape.
Not children. :) I already have two boys and a girl. I don't need any more.
And that's true.
But now, I'm thinking about this Chaos, and just how I can use it. And, if you'll forgive the wording, the potential is amazing.
Perhaps tomorrow, I will describe my meditations on sandwiches. They have been remarkable.
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