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September 2009
Chapter 1 Chapter 2
The Universe that can be described is not the real Universe; When the people of the world all know Order as Order,
the name that can be given is not an accurate name. there arises the recognition of Disorder.
Nameless, it is the source of order and disorder; When they all know there is such a thing as Illusion,
Named... Well, we pretty much covered that, yeah? there arises the idea of Reality.
Whoever is disordered, sees that patterns do not exist Therefore Order and Disorder produce each other,
Whoever is ordered, sees every pattern. Reality and Illusion trick each other,
These two are the same, Authority and Freedom define each other,
but what is produced has names. Love and Hate fuck each other.
They both may be called Illusion.
From the comic to the tragic, So the wise spags look for the balance,
this is the door to the essence of all life. And stick their wrench into the Machine™.
Chaos never ends! Eris is not the kind of Goddess you pray to by the way.
Even its vacuum has a presence. Solve your problems yourself.
To struggle against it, She’s always there,
Is like pissing in the wind. She's just not that into you.
SUGGESTION BY BURNS:
Chaos is to vast to be named,
but we did anyway. We call her Eris.
If you can see her inside yourself,
you're probably getting penetrated.
So the wise Spags look outside their own brains, As they live,
And grasp the surrounding minds. And as they travel,
They see the Bars of their Black Iron Prison, They see the world as others would see Illusion.
And so are able to see around them. Be the Illusion Eristic,
Because isn't the other way Or be it Aneristic,
Tatamount to masturbation? They strive to complete the balance.
It's not their fault that the Aneristic has no sense of humor.
Chapter 9 Chapter 10
Write the longest, most wise essay Can you laugh so hard
and no one will have time to read it. that it sounds like screaming?
Temper the truth to its very sharpest, Can you snicker like a venerable fogey
and you will cut both friend and foe. while giggling like a newborn baby?
Can you look with eyes that will actually see?
Mo' money, mo' problems. Can you lead a cabal without dominating them?
Mo' everything, mo' problems. Can you understand, without using your mind?
'Tis better to be able to disappear
in a puff of smoke. To create and destroy
with no sense of self
to act without obligation
to lead without tyranny
that is an awesome super power.
Chapter 11 Chapter 12
The mandlebrot grows in infinite complexity What is Seen distracts from what Is Not;
based on the empty space at it's center. What is Heard diverts from what Can Not;
Knowledge is built of facts: What is Believed subverts what Should Not.
a scaffolding to support ignorance. The Cell walls we have built
comfort us into ignorance.
The lines in a coloring book give the page form
but crayons give it life, But the wise spag does confuse the meal with the menu,
not staying constrained inside the lines, Nor the map with the territory;
nor reducing the pattern to scribbles. Both are approximations.
But a traffic jam does not last all morning, All these things are balanced in Chaos,
nor does a bad day last a lifetime. And so do not succeed.
Likewise, a good mood is often fleeting, Therefore the followers of Eris like to poke them with sticks.
and fortune does not always smile.
All of this is found in The Machine™.
Those who follow the Chao think they are one with the Chao.
Those who follow power think they are one with power.
Those who follow laughter think they are one with laughter.
Those who are bored we think are boring.
Those who are one with the Chao create the Chao.
Those who are one with power create power.
Those who are one with laughter create laughter.
Those who are one with boredom bore the hell out of me, man.
Those who lack humor? The joke's on them.
Chapter 25 Chapter 26
There is something that exists, Serious is the root of hilarious.
Beyond the Illusions of Order and Disorder. Laughter can be very serious.
It is all things, and unknowable in full.
We only see small parts of it, The wise spag laughs all day
and convince us what we see is the entire Universe. and has no need of jokes.
For lack of a better name, I call it Chaos. Don't let other people tell you what's funny.
At dinner parties, I claim it is everything Possible and Impossible. Actually, now that I think about it,
When asked why not call it "god", your face is pretty funny.
I point out that his head is too fucking small.
BURNS SUGGESTION:
Because we create the Illusions in which we live, Serious is the root of hillarious.
we are more creative than Chaos. Laughter can be very serious.
Because we believe in the Illusions we create,
our heads are too fucking small. The wise spag laughs all day
In this way, we reflect our creations. without the need for jokes.
BURNS SUGGESTION:
The sacred chao includes both order and disorder.
In the same way, the Self includes the inside and the outside.
To emphasize the inside is to pollute the outside with a grid.
To emphasize the outside is to lose your center.
While it's fun to toy with both,
forgetting that they go together plants the seed of a cabbage.
Chapter 39 Chapter 40
Riding waves of Chaos, Incomprehensible Totality is the nature of Chaos.
sea is salty & warm. The absence of Illusion is the state of Chaos.
All beings are permeable All spags in the world create their own Illusions,
to the pull of its flow, and then spend the rest of their lives bound by them.
undertow seduces,
ebbing, surging,
give receiving.
BURNS SUGGESTION
One of the funniest tricks Eris pulled on the world
Was making us think we ever DO things.
So we tense our muscles, furrow our brows and plug away at life.
Meanwhile, our lady laughs at the silly cabbages TRYING to be
spontaneous.
Chapter 49 Chapter 50
The wise have more than two options. Coming to an argument,
They see beyond True and False; the ways to win seem clear;
They recognize a Maybe. the ways to lose look distant;
This is what is meant by "there is no box". but the losses come swiftly.
They understand that a man who does not see their Cell
is eternally trapped by it. How did this happen?
This is the freedom of limitations. Because the mind held one side too strongly.
The wise spags see more of the Universe
by understanding how little of it they see. It's said that those who are curious
explore myriad aspects of life without making attachments
and in arguments are not affected by fallacy.
They can identify the pitfalls;
and recognize valid points;
all while staying true to their goal.
BURNS SUGGESTION
All beings are expressions of Eris.
This Sets the stage for ages of laughter.
All you need is a banana peel and an audience.
After all, laughter is even better when it's shared.
Chapter 53 Chapter 54
Those who even partially understand Whoever is slackened by the Chao
admit that they do not know everything. will not be tied back down!
What is unknown is vast, (unless of course you like that sort of thing?)
but people like blinding themselves. Do what you desire to do!
Eris is always honored by instinct,
When Authority bangs the podium, awaiting convolution.
the people say, "my country, right or wrong."
When the holy man thumps his scripture,
the people embrace Faith over Facts.
So some people revel
in their abandonment of responsibility.
They have given up their humanity.
This is fucking stupid.
Chapter 55 Chapter 56
Those who understand Chaos can pierce any illusion. Those that create, also destroy.
Disorder does not trouble them. Those who destroy, also create.
Order does not placate them. Creative Disorder; Orderly Creation.
They see around the bars of their Cell, Destructive Order; Disorderly Destruction.
and always look just a little bit further. Ordered Disorder; Disorderly Order.
They can freely create, knowing no boundries, These are all lies.
but coloring inside the lines when they must. Those believing them can do anything.
They can wear ideas like masks, but remove them at will, Those who disbelieve are fools.
and are not bound by chains of Faith. Do you believe that?
To know Chaos is to always be in doubt.
To know doubt is to always seek an answer.