..."Tell it slant'... ~Emily Dickinson
"And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."~Anais Nin
Now you know. The next time you go into the basement wear a helmet. ~Eve
"In extremity, states of mind become objective, metaphors tend to actualize, the word becomes flesh.(1977,205) -Terence Des Pres, 'The Survivor'
“I decided to go in search of the shaking woman.” Siri Hustvedt
A hundred times a day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving. ~Albert Einstein
As Christians and Jews, following the example of the faith of Abraham, we are called to be a blessing to the world. (cf. Gen. 12:2ff). This is the common task awaiting us. It is therefore necessary for us Christians and Jews, to be first a blessing to one another. (L'Osservatore Romano, Aug. 17, 1993) ~John Paul II
"...there is need for acknowledgment of the common roots linking Christianity and the Jewish people, who are called by God to a covenant which remains irrevocable (cf. Rom.11:29) and has attained definitive fullness in Jesus Christ." ~John Paul II
...a consistent contempt for Nazism(condemning it as early as 1930...as 'demonic' and 'wedded to Satan') and Communism as virulent atheism...he referred to them as "Gog and Magog"... ~on Claudel

Today, it seems, most were born ‘left-handed.’ Every one I see walking is ‘hinged at the hips’, in-sync’ and glued to metallic boxes. ~Chelé
"A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death - the huge[illusory] solace of thinking that for our betrayals, greed, cowardice, murders we are not going to be judged." - Czeslaw Milosz
*A writer is dear and necessary for us only in the measure of which he reveals to us the inner workings of his very soul*. Tolstoy
I will not let thee go except thou be blessed. Now wouldn’t it be a magnificent world if we all lived that way with each other or even with ourselves?
"I, Sister Faustina, by the order of God, have visited the abysses of hell so that I might tell souls about it and testify to its existence...But I noticed one thing: that most of the souls there are those who disbelieved that there is a hell." -Saint Faustina
Do you hear what I hear? A child, a child crying in the night.

"Every time you dance, what you do must be sprayed with your blood. ~Rudolf Nureyev
Why would someone who looked God in the face ever suppose that there could be something better? ~Matthew Likona

We cannot know what we would do in order to survive unless we are tested. For those of us tested to the extremes the answer is succinct: anything

…”The Stoics throned Fate, the Epicureans Chance, while the Skeptics left a vacant space where the gods had been –[nihilism]—but all agreed in the confession of despair;...and...Oriental schemes of thought contributed a share to the deepening gloom..." ~Gwatkin

"...notes to the committee...why do you invite cows to analyze the milk?" -Peter de Vries

"I run because it gives Him pleasure." ~Eric, Chariots of Fire

“God’s truth is life,” as Patrick Kavanagh says, “even the grotesque shapes of its foulest fire.” What is the difference between a cry of pain that is also a cry of praise and a cry of pain that is merely an articulation of despair? Faith? The cry of a believer, even if it is a cry against God, moves toward God, has its meaning in God, as in the cries of Job. ~Christian Wiman

"Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage." - Ray Bradbury

As for what concerns our relations with our fellow men, the anguish in our neighbor's soul must break all precept. All that we do is an end in itself, because God is Love. ~Edith Stein, St. Benedicta of the Cross.

“Lastly, and most of all. Who turns his back upon the fallen and disfigured of his kind; abandons them as vile…; does wrong to Heaven and man, to time and to eternity. And you have done that wrong!” ~Dickens, The Chimes, 1844

Dieu me pardonnera. C'est son métier . ~Heinrich Heine.

Remember the 'toe-pick' and you won't get swallowed by the whale or eaten by the polar bear.

Someone else needs to become the bad example in our group
But you wear shame so well ~James Goldman, Eve [Or, tired of being the scapegoat yet? ~Sue]

There is a point where the unfortunate and the infamous unite and are confounded in a single word, miserable; whose fault is this? And then should not the charity be all the more profound, in proportion as the fall is great? -[Jesus Christ said so.] -- Br. Humbert Kilanowski, O.P.

The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime. -Sir Edward Grey

We are still fighting to use the tools we have to grapple with the unknown.

“We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.” ~Joan Didion"

When I fall into the abyss, I go straight into it, head down and heels up, and I'm even pleased that I'm falling in just such a humiliating position, and for me I find it beautiful. And so in that very shame I suddenly begin a hymn.
—Fyodor Dostoevsky

" ...wie geht es zu, daß ich alles so anders sehe ...?"

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”― Maya Angelou

'Have you ever noticed that the meanest, most misogynist, and dangerous people tend to be activists who claim to be for freedom and love?'

"For others of us, the most loving thing we can do for our abusers is to keep them from having opportunity to abuse ever again." (Dawn Eden) My Peace I Give You, Ch. 1)

No child is ever responsible for abuse perpetrated on them by ANYONE. I understand that others may not "get it" and that's fine. Blaming the victim is never right or just under any circumstances.

Stay In Touch -Have I not proven to you that I Am in the saving sinners business? -Jesus


HOPE: Hold on to the great truths of the Faith...Own your challenging affliction...Persevere...Expect God's providence and intervention... ~Johnette Benkovich, Woman of Grace
O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls to heaven, help those especially in need of thy mercy. - OL of Fatima
Prescription #1: Give God the greatest possible glory and honor Him with your whole soul. If you have a sin on your conscience, remove it as soon as possible by means of a good Confession. ~St. John Bosco
Prescription #2: In thankful tenderness offer Reparation for the horrible mockery and blasphemies constantly uttered against the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; against the Blessed Virgin Mary; the saints and angels; His Church; His priests and religious; His children; and His loving Heart by reciting the Golden Arrow which delightfully wounds Him:
'May the most holy, most sacred, most adorable and ineffable Name of God be forever praised, blessed, loved, and honored by all the creatures of God in heaven, on earth and in the hells through the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the most Blessed Sacrament of the altar. Amen.
Prescription #3: So, let us go out to Him outside the camp, bearing His reproach. ~Heb.13:13
Prescription #4: "Do whatever He tells you." ~John 2:5
Prescription #5: Sometimes when I am in such a state of spiritual dryness that not a single good thought occurs to me, I say very slowly the "Our Father" or the "Hail Mary"and these prayers suffice to take me out of myself. ~St. Therese of Lisieux
Prescription #6: Have confidence in God's Love, Justice, and Mercy: ...as for me, O my God, in my very confidence lies all my HOPE. For Thou, O Lord, singularly has settled me in hope." -St. Claude de la Colombiere SJ

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

Socialism's diagnosis of "social parasitism"...Joseph Brodsky knew about that...

...hundreds of hungry...
China, petition, complaint, Beijing black jail, police officials, radio, center insulator
Petitioners Ms. Chen Bisyan (left) and Ms. Yu Hong in Beijing "black" prison in January 2012. Photo courtesy theepochtimes.com

Петиционеры вырвались из чёрной тюрьмы в Пекине

Дата: 06-02-2014 18:21
Hundreds of hungry, exhausted and miscarrying petitioners broke out of the "black" Quarantine in Beijing on Friday, January 31.
02/06/2014 18:21
Carol VIKENKAMP. Epoch (The Epoch Times)
http://www.epochtimes.ru/content/view/83806/4/
Petitioners Ms. Chen Bisyan (left) and Ms. Yu Hong in Beijing "black" prison in January 2012. Photo courtesy theepochtimes.com
About 600 disgruntled complainants standing near the detention center, blocking traffic in protest against maltreatment. They claimed that during the celebration of the Chinese New Year of poorly fed, did not give no water, no blankets, according to Radio Free Asia (RFA). At least 1,000 asylum for several days were arrested and sent to the "Help and Support Center Matszyalou ", as reported by the applicant Ying Ligang from Jiangxi RFA reporter. "They shouted slogans calling Chinese leader Xi Jinping eradicate corruption and uphold human rights, - said Mr. Ying. - They even blocked traffic for several hours. " Petitioners come to Beijing during the Chinese New Year, hoping that the government will listen to their requests, but were caught and sent to Matszyalou, "black" prison in suburban Fengtai district. "We were given a little food, and then permanently locked, - said one of the escaped asylum Wang Yan correspondent RFA. - We did not survive. We are all very angry and been forced to seek a way out of the situation - she continued. - There was no water, no blankets, and the air is so terrible that we could not sleep. " "'''' Interceptors came and beat some petitioners - said Ms. Wang. - Yesterday one petitioner punched a hole in the head. ""Interceptors" - a bully who are hired by local officials. Their mission - to catch people from my area, so they do not have time to file a complaint or protest. She told the reporter, RFA, that the applicants were surrounded by police and government officials who tried to drive them back to the camera. "We were told that suffered a lot of injustice and if will scoff at us again, we will have only one option - to death" - warned officials petitioners, according to RFA. "black" prison Matszyalou - a complex of seven buildings, which supposedly is social center that helps the homeless. Center exists outside the judicial system and serves as an unofficial place of detention of the applicants or the protesters.applicants in most cases can not exercise their constitutional right to appeal to the leadership of the country. Catch them "hooks" and sent back under police surveillance. Although the Chinese regime announced reforms in the social system, human rights activists remain skeptical that the applicants will find justice. English Version
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Ah, so...
Socialism's diagnosis of "social parasitism"...Brodsky knew about that...as Sabina Spielrein and her brothers learned..the hardest way...and, of course, Solzhenitsyn...

...actual dialogue transcribed during the 1964 trial:

Judge: And what is your profession in general?
Brodsky: Poet translator.
Judge: Who recognized you as a poet? Who enrolled you in the ranks of poets?
Brodsky: No one. And who enrolled me in the ranks of humanity?
Judge: Did you study this?
Brodsky: This?
Judge: To become a poet. You did not try to finish high school where they prepare, where they teach?
Brodsky: I didn't think you could get this from school.
Judge: How then?
Brodsky: I think that it . . . comes from God.
Brodsky is forced to leave the city he knows and loves—"A city whose color was fossilized vodka,"—and finds himself in America, where, 23 years later, he would win the Nobel Prize for Literature, and where, four years after that, he would become Poet Laureate of the United States. In the midst of his glory, however, he is perpetually haunted by memories of a home to which he will never return; a home from which his parents watch him on the news and wait for his infrequent calls, wishing only to see him once more before their death.
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