JUST DUST

2012-02-02T10:51:00.003+08:00

''It's best to be alone than keep

bad company.''

2012-02-01T09:53:00.000+08:00

''We have some say in how we live

and others have a say in how they die

but we have no say in what happens after death.''

2012-01-31T11:06:00.000+08:00

''The worst situation to find yourself in

at any given time is the situation you can

do nothing about.''

2012-01-30T10:33:00.000+08:00

''Your mind is so powerful it could kill you.''

2012-01-29T11:19:00.000+08:00

''An Artist should know no borders and not to fear what others may think of his or her work.''

2012-01-28T11:25:00.000+08:00

''If you are sitting back and feeling content in your life, don't get too comfortable,

destiny will find you.''

2012-01-27T11:28:00.000+08:00

''It takes a strong will just to get through life but keep in mind, there is no such thing as a free ride.''

2012-01-26T11:43:00.003+08:00

''When I want to get in touch with myself I
make my sculpture but then I realize
how little I know of myself and so
the sculpture can become the

mirror of the self in thought.''

www.deedaf.blogspot.com

2012-01-25T11:19:00.000+08:00

''The chances are that when you die there is no coming back, [and do you want too],

so live each day as it comes,

this one might be your very last.''

2012-01-24T12:51:00.000+08:00

''Why worry about seeing yourself as not being 'perfect', if you think that's how others see you you get another day to prove them wrong.''

2012-01-23T11:54:00.000+08:00

''It is better to try to bring into reality your dreams than to live in your dreams.''

2012-01-22T11:10:00.000+08:00

''What ever I do takes time

and yet it is always in the now.''

2012-01-21T13:14:00.000+08:00

''If it walks on all fours

and it's back is facing the skies,

it will be eaten.''

2012-01-20T11:21:00.006+08:00

''You have already failed in life if you sit back and do nothing in thinking you have
something to lose ...
sooner or later we all die so what have you
got to lose.''

2012-01-19T10:51:00.000+08:00

''Artists of any merit are always individualists.''

2012-01-18T11:30:00.000+08:00

''There is no running away from the fact that in our life time we will have to accept the consequence's for every thought and action we have and do ...

but don't let fear stop you, life is too short to let an emotion get in the way.''

2012-01-17T11:01:00.000+08:00

''A man's belief is not for another man to judge for man has the freewill to chose his own god and if a man dies for his beliefs he may be wrong in that choice, but, I feel the real courage is in living in a world where all men are accepted as equal in their beliefs and I speak as a freethinker.''

2012-01-16T11:41:00.003+08:00

''If you are walking the thin line always try to keep looking forward, never down and certainly
not over your shoulder,
because it is guaranteed others might
be trying to push you off.''

2012-01-15T11:58:00.006+08:00

Speaking as an artist;

''Art is essentially a personal response to the visual world that the artist, and most do I feel try always to look from a deeper involvement as in trying to get into the soul of all things but it ends up as only the essence of things in imitating the exterior surface and then that deepens the mystery even more as to what's real ...

but without Art there would be no joy or torment in being alive for my Art has been my voice, otherwise I would not have spoken.''

www.deedaf.blogspot.com

2012-01-14T11:38:00.000+08:00

''Why do you want to piss on life before you have even lived it ... me, I have earned it.''

2012-01-11T10:59:00.000+08:00

''Life is a give and take situation ...

breathe in, breathe out.''

2012-01-10T10:39:00.000+08:00

''You want people to listen to what you have
to say,
hit them with a sledgehammer and then
you'll notice you have got their strict and undivided attention, maybe even with a smile on their face too.''

2012-01-09T10:54:00.000+08:00

''Look on life as living inside

a pin-ball machine.''

2012-01-08T11:29:00.000+08:00

''If you are happy in what you are doing you will have an inner peace and if you are not,

you will always be in conflict with yourself.''

2012-01-07T10:32:00.000+08:00

''If I was a dog I would be very happy in wagging my tail non-stop in thinking I would have no worries for my future with all the

'yes' people around.''

2012-01-06T10:47:00.003+08:00

''My art and the process of making it saved me from bah bah black sheep ...''

2012-01-05T13:24:00.000+08:00

Just a thought;

''When you stop seeing things in your life as being the way to show you the things in your life then don't start to wobble ...

now this can happen if you are wearing a yellow, blue, red

zig-zag striped jumpsuit with the words

''SUCH IS LIFE''

printed in red on the back and doing the world tour of

'the worlds highest bungee jumps wish I was some place else sites'

in a 1950's school bus painted black, my good-self driving and Jack the 'Diablo' reading out loud the map of his mind

with the author and director taking notes for the movie

'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest'

and all singing ...

''and if that mocking bird won't sing, Mama's going to buy you a diamond ring''...

now this only happens when you stop seeing things in your life as the way to show you the things in your life

for eyes fail to see it and ears cannot hear it but the Mind

can discriminate itself from the very things that appear to

be outside itself without realising that it created these things and therefore all delusions become a state of the Mind

and firmly fixed and so we are no more than the activities of our Mind and fell into the Cuckoo's Nest ...

There you are Jack .. thought I might find you here ..

move over, the cuckoo calls ...''

2012-01-04T10:42:00.000+08:00

''The imagination is the Matrix in which all mind-games are played out, it's how far we ourselves want to get involved that brings the reality into play ...

still, all thoughts will come into reality

sooner or later.''

2012-01-03T11:51:00.000+08:00

''When I die I hope it will be another adventure I go on but nobody has come back here to tell, so it must be some bloody adventure or maybe they are in some kind of
h[e]aven and it's possible this must
be hell[uva].''

2012-01-02T11:39:00.009+08:00

''It is a curious mind that opens the way for creativity to be set free and a closed mind
to stay in ignorance in it's own
self-made prison.''

2012-01-01T12:13:00.000+08:00

''Today is the first day of my life and it very well could be the last day of my life ...

it is a 'groundhog' day.''

2011-12-31T11:58:00.000+08:00

''Today is the first day of my life and it very well could be the last day of my life ...

but it is a 'groundhog' day.''

2011-12-30T10:56:00.000+08:00

''It's stupidity at it's best and madness at it's worst

to try to save one lost sheep and leave the whole

flock vulnerable.''

2011-12-29T11:53:00.000+08:00

''Somehow I feel as human beings we are breaking all the moral principles as being human beings.''

2011-12-28T12:25:00.011+08:00

Just a thought:

If helping others gives a meaning to your life
then you depend on others to be worse off
than yourself so that your life can be meaningful
to you, you then have a purpose to your life as others have a purpose too ...
the ego being human that can only boost your ego,
but if you are coming from an

'inner purpose' you are then coming from

awareness where the ego cannot survive and this applies to all we do in life.''

2011-12-27T14:38:00.004+08:00

Speaking as an artist;
''In the process of creativity be it in mind

or action you will discover yourself

for creativity allows the soul to

connect to your humanness.''

2011-12-26T17:09:00.000+08:00

''Pay no attention to the one who wants to control your life, they are the ones who are insecure in their own life.''

2011-12-25T17:27:00.003+08:00

''I have being preparing for this day

or any given day and I am still not prepared but life begins at the end of your ...

hell-loooooooooo.''

2011-12-24T11:44:00.000+08:00

''Watch out for the fools,
they are everywhere on the road ..

including yourself.''

2011-12-23T11:07:00.000+08:00

''Emotion and Reason, it's a delicate balance if you were to lose either one or both
there's no telling what's going to happen.''

2011-12-22T10:48:00.000+08:00

''Drop your ego and your relationships will become more meaningful and loving.''

2011-12-21T10:45:00.000+08:00

''The one who can play the fool in front

of the King is the wise one.''

2011-12-20T10:24:00.000+08:00

''When you enter deep waters be prepared

to get wet.''

2011-12-19T10:50:00.000+08:00

''Life is what you choose to make it,

but it is also what makes you.''

2011-12-18T12:44:00.000+08:00

''To die in knowing yourself is to die in bliss
and to die in ignorance is to die in fear
but there is a greater loss and that is,
what dies inside of you when
you are still alive.''

2011-12-17T10:22:00.000+08:00

''If you have one bad apple in the barrel it's best to remove it, unless you want cider.''

2011-12-16T10:49:00.000+08:00

''Without silence there could be no sound.''

2011-12-14T12:11:00.000+08:00

''Anger acting-out is like as if it's on a Ferris Wheel pissing against the wind, it all comes back on you sooner than later.''

2011-12-13T12:35:00.006+08:00

Just a thought ..

''A man's belief is not for another man to judge for all men have freewill to choose and besides, some things are worth believing in whether they are true or false, it can be very easy to believe than to have doubt that can turn into pain but it's also a matter of a self-worth and comfort in life for most to have their belief and so in my ability as a human being and as a free-thinker that in accepting others as having a freewill for their belief's is moral sensibility and if those in their belief do like-wise then we can call ourselves brothers.''

2011-12-12T11:56:00.000+08:00

''It don't matter what yellow-brick-road you

skip-along through out life so long as it's yours

for every turn brings a new moment

a new opportunity that is precious only to you ...

the child in side you which is always there

knows this better than you which is

not always there.''

2011-12-11T11:29:00.000+08:00

''The person who feels they can find the answers outside of themselves is looking

in the wrong place because,

if you go into the depths of your heart,

listen to your intuition and not

the 'voice' [ego] in your head you can

and in time find yourself.''

2011-12-10T11:23:00.000+08:00

''The one thing about egoists is that they want to take control of the conversation and won't talk about anybody else because nobody else can get to say anything for them to listen to repeat it later word for word .. but it's still gossip.''

2011-12-06T10:08:00.000+08:00

Just A Thought;

''I was born and have lived the most of my life on a small island in the West called Ireland and there it rained quite abit that locally we called it 'a soft day' because the rain fell like drizzle. Now I live on a bigger island in the East called Borneo and here we have the monsoon season and when the rain falls I can call it 'a hard day' because it rains heavy .. but there are two things I have learned today from both of these experience's. The first is, I will always be an Island Man and the second one is that every drop of rain that falls and irrelevant of where I am,

is in it's right place.''

2011-12-05T09:15:00.003+08:00

''We all need Ego, in a way it helps to motivate us to achieve and survive but 'All Ego' in a man of power or the 'Collective Ego' of a group or country could be the death of us all, it is in this awareness we can be better human beings.''

2011-12-04T12:56:00.000+08:00

''Human beings have destroyed each other through-out history in war, genocide and religious persecution and killing on personal emotions and are more capable of doing so now and in the future than natural disasters that nature will throw at us.''

2011-12-03T11:22:00.009+08:00

''The imagination is the matrix but also the sight into the soul in which all great
things of the spirit are born
that expresses one's own self.''

www.deedaf.blogspot.com

2011-12-02T11:15:00.000+08:00

''I stand on my own mentally and physically fighting my own inner devils along with the ones outside of myself.''

2011-12-01T00:38:00.000+08:00

''Yesterdays are memories that can live

on forever with us,

but it depends on what we want
to hold on to.''

2011-11-27T09:52:00.003+08:00

''Creativity

allows

for

PaRaDoX ...
is that sculpture looking at me?.''

http://www.deedaf.blogspot.com/

2011-11-26T10:30:00.000+08:00

''Behind every act of kindness

there is always some kind of motive,

be it spiritual or otherwise.''

2011-11-25T10:25:00.000+08:00

''In growing old it is said you become wiser and that maybe true for some but others die before they 'wise up' in how to put it to use.''

2011-11-24T09:28:00.002+08:00

''Nothing lasts but death and death endures all ... it is the equalizer to all things living.''

2011-11-23T11:20:00.003+08:00

''The best way to get attention is by

being quiet.''

2011-11-22T08:52:00.000+08:00

''A time when you can call yourself rich is when you are able to pay off your bills.''

2011-11-21T12:02:00.000+08:00

''Mistakes can only be the result of ignorance

but from mistakes we can learn ... but,

ignorance breeds uncertainty and fear

into people that they can keep repeating

the same mistakes throughout history

and that in itself can show how deep rooted ignorance can get into people ... and,

as human beings we tend to admire

what we don't understand ...

which can also stem from fear of any kind,

the way of ignorance.''

2011-11-20T11:11:00.005+08:00

''We should cherish the diverse cultures in what is now becoming an overcrowded

and selfish world and learn tolerance and respect and then put it into practice for life is too short to carry history's pain into the future.''

2011-11-19T11:17:00.004+08:00

''Self expression is the mirror of the
inner spirit and is another name I can call

'creativity's play in reality'.''

2011-11-18T11:17:00.000+08:00

''Memories are kept alive by thought
and thought is kept alive by memories
and you can in time remember everything
but it can be at the 'wrong time' ..
that the more time you give to your memories
the less time you give to the present.''

2011-11-17T09:59:00.000+08:00

''A woman can turn a boy into a man or a man into a boy.''

2011-11-16T01:42:00.007+08:00

'Go live your life you are free to do that' ...
''That's bullshit, you are free only if you believe you are free and feeling free is in the knowing you are not listening to your ego ..
that little voice in your head that cries out for attention ...
you are free you are free ....
No ... I am free when I live in the present time .... Now...
OK, if you think something like this than maybe you have a chance ... as for me I am all over the place that's why I write this stuff.''

2011-11-15T11:38:00.000+08:00

''Loss is inevitable ...
everything, as you know it, from keys to aging to money to relationships to inheritance to war to dogma to life ... but a greater personal loss can be going through life in knowing and then eventually admitting to yourself that you have been fucked.''

2011-11-14T11:21:00.000+08:00

''Cruelty and fear in the name of a religious belief is motivated by the need for power, which in turn is control which motivates the
madness in the name of religious and ideological beliefs in mass exterminations and genocide for a god or gods that we may have created in our own minds.''

2011-11-13T14:22:00.000+08:00

''Each time that you wake up from sleep or the start of a new day you have the chance to make a new start if you knew what it is that is wrong .. and there is always something wrong as we keep reminding ourselves.''

2011-11-12T12:05:00.000+08:00

''To go through life in the fast lane and trying to pay attention to the small details is like passing an elephant through the

eye of a needle.''

2011-11-11T10:20:00.000+08:00

''The greatest loss of all is not just that of life, but of the 'innocence' of the living ...

that is, in believing what is said by those who ego's do the talking.''

2011-11-10T11:29:00.000+08:00

''To love is to recognize yourself in another human being ...
if you refuse to acknowledge it for
fear of hurt or disappointment
then you as a human being will be empty
and you are at the greater loss.''

2011-11-09T11:44:00.006+08:00

Think about this;
     ''Dictator or king, religious or freethinker, rich or poor, adult or child. Every human being that is born into this energy will at some time of their lives experience suffering of some kind, be it mental or physical, self imposed or imposed by others.
     Suffering has a purpose ... human beings would not evolve as human beings in regarding the ego, for the majority of suffering, but not all, is caused by the ego, but here is the paradox ... suffering is brought on by the identification with form, attachment, but suffering can also erode the identification with form, detachment.
     When you accept suffering consciously, awareness, then and only then there can be an acceleration of the process of suffering and therefore the ego will let go and then you can transcend it.
     Suffer consciously and the ego lets go, detachment, suffer unconsciously and the ego creates more suffering, attachment.''

2011-11-08T10:52:00.000+08:00

Just a thought;

''Analyzing yourself through the process of thought is a cover-up to who you truly are because thought is limiting yourself to your true potential that is, you are listening to your ego.''

2011-11-07T00:19:00.000+08:00

''It's better smelling sweat then over

rated perfume.''

2011-11-06T04:24:00.000+08:00

''For me the making of my Art is my true reason for being and been and after that

I am just here for the ride ..

but it is bumpy.''

2011-11-05T11:56:00.003+08:00

''Don't you think there should be lots more 'happy people' in the world if ignorance is bliss.''

2011-10-28T14:52:00.046+08:00

Just a thought;

''I do not want to be one of those people who talk about or write about ''my cancer'' but just humor me on this thought ...

I now truly believe that the ego and the unconscious mind walk hand-in-hand ... picture this ... you, [I] receive a great deal of attention from doctors who's main aim is to cure you as a patient, but they still have to be in detachment, and by then your illness is programed into your identity which becomes ..
''this is me now'' .. which is the ego ... or from other people, which in turn will constantly confirm in your thoughts to identify you as a 'sufferer', and that's the attachment, you then consciously and with the help of the ego hold onto the 'illness' both physically and mentally because right now it has got your attention as to who you think and feel yourself to be. Without any warning the 'illness' and the thoughts become the most important part of you, your mind and your ego and therefore you have given the ego a new thought to which it can and will identify itself with and it don't-want to let go, because now the ego is getting what it wants, attention and as for the unconscious thought, it will rise into the very active consciousness where the ego now is in control of it's new identity.

It has been said that the ego will create illnesses just to strengthen it's identity and just to have more of what it wants, attention-control. So if I feel this way about it how come I let this happen. Well the unconscious mind brought 'alive' the thought that moved into the conscious mind for the ego to keep the whole thing 'alive' and that's why I say the ego and the unconscious mind are just waiting for the opportunity to walk hand-in-hand.

I am not making out cancer to be just like a cold symptom or to be taken lightly for we are all born with cancer cells in our body but what I feel might work for me is to approach it from the ego and therefore I think that if I try to generate 'good thoughts' about it, then and only then the ego will lose interest and let go, and as for the cancer itself .. well that's where the doctor comes into the play, as in my case, to cut it out or I can let nature take it's course .. freewill.

No matter how you perceive what your body looks like on the outside is irrelevant, because within, and I include the mind here there is an energy that is intensely alive that is the playground for the ego and the unconscious mind and having said that I believe both the cancer and the ego are very 'stupid'. For them to be 'alive' they both need a host to 'feed' on, and ... that's me, [you]. Now both have the capability on their own terms to kill off the host ... that's me, [you] ... but that's only if they get the better of me and take total control but I too can play this game, because I feel I have the advantage of being in the awareness [consciousness] of the game and the rules [Life]
Me, as in my awareness in trying to keep it all in the present time I would feel can only help to change the game rules and therefore creating another thought form where by the ego has no more attention and then the cancer itself cannot grow which in turn strengthens the mind, body and the immune system on the physical side and on the energy side creates a new shift.

So how do I try to keep it all together ... by trying not to give it any thought [detachment] and by not feeding into others ego [attachment] .. easy said but not so easy to do, because there are days and there will be days, and I have had them, when your own awareness will come down and then the ego slips in to regain it's identity. Now two things can happen here, you can sit with the ego and let all the negative thoughts take over or you can move yourself into the awareness [consciousness] of what's happening and put positive thoughts into play, both of these actions take a lot of energy on your part to play out their part because both feel they have the right to you [I] ... and they do, but it comes down as to how you [I] see yourself in the new shift in your life.
So how do I try to keep it all together ... by staying in the present moment with myself through peace and anger and to look at this 'cancer' as a new shift into my energy and my creativity and
maybe I too can transform.
I .. you .. choose to be positive because all of us has and had misfortunes just as everyone has and had happiness. Life as it is,
is not a matter of chance but a matter of choice ... freewill
and there is nothing to search for that what is called Nirvana,
because birth and death are nirvana and in between ... living out old and making new Karma and if this was realised all worry about being 'perfect' will go and the mind is set free ...
but there is Karma that has yet to set itself free.''

....

Keep a look-out on my blog http://www.deedaf.blogspot.com for my life size sculpture in clay, titled .. 'I wish I was Transformer'

2011-10-26T11:19:00.000+08:00

''As human beings our mind is highly intelligent beyond what we truly understand and yet that very same intelligence is home to madness ...

Think about wars and abuse to fellow human beings as in torture, slavery
and just being pure evil.''

2011-10-25T09:41:00.000+08:00

''Who ever you are and who ever you are with, wherever you go and whatever you do in life you will encounter pain, grief, suffering and happiness it will all come into play some time sooner or later, you cannot run from it because it's inherent in the human condition.''

2011-10-24T10:29:00.000+08:00

''If we leave things as they are, I feel man is doing a very fine job in destroying himself and the planet for future generations to clean up.''

2011-10-23T10:49:00.004+08:00

''When two people are gossiping they will justify it by passing it off as sharing.''

2011-10-22T09:57:00.000+08:00

''Take life with a pinch of salt ...

but you will need lot's of spice as well.''

2011-10-21T09:11:00.000+08:00

''Do not take to heart what other people say, do or impose on you, at first it will affect you but let it pass through you and let them bleed in their own ignorance because their ignorance is also their pain.''

2011-10-20T11:49:00.000+08:00

''I pay-as-I-go but I did not expect to be going all the way now ...

{said in expectation of the bills I will be paying out to cure my cancer ... see my quotes on 'money'}.''

2011-10-19T17:27:00.000+08:00

''When you take something on outside of creativity you try to bring it to a logical conclusion ...

but if you are in 'creative mood'

logic has no place,

for creativity is a paradox.''

2011-10-18T13:42:00.003+08:00

''Marriage is one easy contract to enter into,

please sign on the dotted line,

and one minefield to get out of,

please sign on All pages marked X.''

2011-10-17T13:04:00.000+08:00

''The man who travels the road on his own is the man who can live with himself.''

2011-10-16T11:28:00.000+08:00

''Those who do not believe in magic will never find. The magic I talk about is the awareness we can reach in our lifetime,
we can come from low to the high,
now that's real magic.''

2011-10-14T11:27:00.000+08:00

''The world is as it is ...

I am just passing through

but the imprint I leave behind

helps to make the world as it is.''

2011-10-13T12:46:00.003+08:00

Just a thought ...

''Up until now I have written quite a few quotes on Freewill and now would like to add my own thoughts on it.

Freewill put into action determines our life and character. It came with us when we were born into this energy in order for us to, put it simply live out our life, but I also think it's all about Destiny with a capital 'D'. As human beings we are given the choice by nature to use what we call the 'freewill', the animal kingdom is already doing so. If we feel we are using our 'freewill', even by 50% then we are full-filling our Destiny and it leaves us believing we are in control of our own destiny and I feel that is o.k. for it allows Destiny to play a greater part in our life as it opens the way for more opportunities to happen ... so Destiny and Freewill go hand in hand, but say we do not use our freewill, then I think Destiny will feel we are content in our ways and leave us to ourselves, stuck in time and in our mind and if this happens then we might miss that 'golden opportunity'. There is the point too that we could also become ill in our body or mind or both ... it's a 'Catch 22' situation but remember this, that in using your freewill you take sole responsibility for your actions. There is no point on bended knees in asking an unseen 'god' to intervene on your behalf , for your 'god' could very well tell you on that 'last day' .. but I gave you freewill .. You cannot pass blame on to remove a guilt ... if you feel you want to blame something or someone else or a 'god' for your actions of the outcome, you are wasting your time for you yourself most take full credit as if things are the way that you feel they should be and then maybe Destiny will 'run' with you in the knowing that you are not afraid to take a chance in your life ... Freewill.''

Just on an after thought ....

''You have 'freedom' in your thoughts which can be brought into reality through the use of the freewill and this action, good or bad brought into reality can be irreversible but remember this, it is impossible to exercise freewill 100% as long as we are operating from within the system of a structured society, so in order for freewill to act 100% we must step outside of the structured system to find our selves and to make the right choices that reflect what we truly feel and believe is right for us, at least it is better than what we have been taught to feel and believe as being right for us .. these are the freewill actions of others which were right for them in their time and then we will be living out their 'actions' which is not our choice. We should be looking at the world through our own eyes and feelings and not through the feelings and experiences of others. It should be said that if a human beings have the freedom to do good they also have the freedom to do bad and freewill put into use is what has made evil things possible and also good things and I will say this again ... Freewill, though it makes evil possible is also the only thing that makes possible the experience of love or goodness or joy worth having in our life. We have the freewill to use in our life time the freedom to decide through the reasoning mind to be saint or sinner.

I chose to be an Artist which I would like to think is both a saint and a sinner.''

www.deedaf.blogspot.com

2011-10-11T11:10:00.000+08:00

''Look on life as a stage play and you are the lead actor,

as events crop up in your life you may change your 'character' to suit the situation or you can sit with it, this is Freewill in action ... in life and death we have our 'lead role' to play-out but do you want to write your own script or play-out someone else's interpretation of what life should be ...

it's all about Freewill and in knowing

your Freewill is the motivation for you to be the

'lead actor'.''

2011-10-09T11:42:00.000+08:00

''In being original means you go beyond the

accepted norms.''

2011-10-08T15:49:00.000+08:00

''You have got to like yourself before you

love yourself.''

2011-10-07T11:20:00.000+08:00

''Sculpture, besides it's overall context as to what it is and the making process is a way of life for me that's more devotional than a religious belief.''

http://www.deedaf.blogspot.com/

2011-10-06T09:19:00.000+08:00

''I would fear human beings more than

I fear 'God'.''