Showing posts with label Way of The Warrior. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Way of The Warrior. Show all posts

Tuesday 27 July 2021

Warrior

“You are in Great Pain

aren't you?


You KNOW 

What Evil lurks in The Hearts of Men

for you have •seen• 

That Evil in Your OWN Heart. 


Every Man pays A Price for Redemption 

This is Yours.”


“I’m not lookin' for Redemption!”


“You Have 

NO CHOICE --


You WILL be redeemed, 

Because •I• will Teach you to 

USE Your Black Shadow 

to FIGHT Evil.”








“So, you know, I have felt that 
The Men have suffered a great deal 
in losing The Wild Man
which is a certain form of 
spontaneity connected with 
The Wilderness itself. 

And they’ve suffered a great deal 
since the Second World War 
in losing The Warrior. 
It’s very strange how this works.

We gave up the The King, that is, 
we founded our country 
with getting rid of The King. 

And you know, 
The King is weak in American Men also 
How can it be otherwise?

MOYERS: 
The King being–

BLY: 
The King [being] The Part of The Man 
that determines What He is Going to Do Now. 
What My Course is Going to Be.


“ On December 16, 1961, The World turned upside down and inside out, and I was born, screaming, in America.


It was the end of 
The American Dream, 
just before we lost our innocence irrevocably, 
and the TV Eye brought 
The Horror of Our Lives 
into our homes for all to see.

I was told when I grew up, 
I could be anything I wanted – 


A Fireman, 
A Policeman, 
A Doctor. 

Even President
it seemed. 
And for the first time in The History of Mankind, 
something new called 
An 'Astronaut.'

But like many kids growing up 
on a steady diet of Westerns, 
I always wanted to be 
The Cowboy Hero :– 


That Lone Voice in The Wilderness 
fighting Corruption and Evil, wherever I found it, 

and standing for 
Freedom, Truth and Justice.


And in my 
Heart of Hearts, 
I still track the remnants 
of That Dreamwherever I go, 
on my never-ending ride 
into The Setting Sun.


“.....Unbelievable. 

And you know what’s wild, people’s, er, 
attitudes in the States about it. 
Talking about Kennedy, people come up to me :

“Bill, quit talking about Kennedy, man. 
Let it •go•. It was a long •time• ago – 
just •forget• about it.”

And I’m like 
“Alright, then don’t bring up Jesus to me.”

Why….?
And Why 
The Hell Not….?

“Because you’re PISSING PEOPLE OFF, that’s •WHY• !!”

You bring up Kennedy, 
you alienate registered Republicans;
You bring up Jesus, 
you alienate atheists, liberals,
Movement Skeptics,
The Ron Paul People,
and 
ALL non-Christians —

•Nobody• has a problem with 
King Arthur....

The man didn’t even instigate A Crusade, for crying out loud....



“Bill, you know Jesus died for your si -”

Yeah, well it was 
long time ago
Forget about it!



How about this —
Get Pilate to release the fuckin’ files..!!
Quit washing your hands Pilate – Release The Goddam Files
Who else was on that grassy Golgotha that day?
“Bill, it was just, you know, hur, 
The Taking-over of Democracy
by a Totalitarian Government, 
let it go—”

" There is A Way of Bringing up The Child of a Samurai. 
From the time of infancy one should 
encourage bravery and avoid trivially frightening or teasing the child. 

If a person is affected by cowardice 
as A Child, it remains a lifetime scar. 

It is a mistake for parents to thoughtlessly make their children dread lightening, or to have them not go into dark places, or to tell them frightening things in order to stop them from crying.

Furthermore, A Child will become timid 
if he is scolded severely. 

One should not allow bad habits to form. 

After a bad habit is ingrained, 
although you admonish the child, 
he will not improve. 

As for such things as proper speaking and good manners, 
gradually make the child aware of them. 
Let him not know avarice. 

Other than that, if he is of a normal nature, 
he should develop well by the way he is brought up. 

Moreover, the child of parents who 
have a bad relationship will be unfilial. 

This is natural. Even the birds and beasts are affected 
by what they are used to seeing and hearing 
from the time they are born. 

Also, the relationship between Father and Child 
may deteriorate because of A Mother's Foolishness. 

A Mother loves Her Child above all things
and will be partial to The Child 
that is corrected by His Father. 

If she becomes The Child's Ally, 
there will be discord between Father and Son. 
Because of the shallowness of her mind, 
A Woman sees The Child as her support in old age. "






“So therefore, with My Father, I do not want or need to be shamed by him any longer. 
Well, that means that there has been some movement to get the doorknob on the inside of the door. 

That’s called A Warrior. A 
Warrior is NOT someone that goes off and kills. That’s the negative Warrior. 
That’s the one that’s without The King. 
But each of us needs our Warrior desperately.

Women have a very fierce Warrior in them, you know. They have a very fierce Warrior. And I would say that the women, in the last 20 years, have a much greater sense of their own boundaries than The Men do.

So, you know, I have felt that the men have suffered a great deal in losing THE WILD MAN, which is a certain form of spontaneity connected with The Wilderness ITSELF. 
And they’ve suffered a great deal since the Second World War in losing The Warrior. 
It’s very strange how this works.

We gave up The King, that is, we founded Our Country with getting rid of The King. And you know, The King is WEAK in American Men also; how can it be otherwise?”

MOYERS: 
The King being–

BLY: 
The King [being] the part of The Man that determines what he is going to do now. What my course is going to be.

MOYERS: 
The King can decide that for himself. That’s the whole image.

BLY: 
This is the inner King, the one who’s down there, who decides. And when he comes in “Follow your bliss,” is what Joe Campbell said. That means that the king decides that. You don’t join IBM and then do what your boss wants you to do. That means there’s only one king in the whole thing, and that’s the boss, and everybody else is a non-king.

MOYERS: 
It’s the way the world works.

BLY: 
Yeah, it’s the way it works. That’s the way it destroys inner kings in all of the men and in most of the women. So the king, then, is that part of you that can decide. And I mean it’s very private, too, because there are various kinds of kings.

Sunday 31 March 2019

The Klingon Face








Although Chinese writer Lin Yutang claimed “Face cannot be translated or defined”, compare these definitions:


• Face is an image of self, delineated in terms of approved social attributes.


• Face is the respectability and/or deference which a person can claim for himself or herself from others.

Face is something that is emotionally invested, and that can be lost, maintained, or enhanced, and must be constantly attended to in interaction.


• Face is a sense of worth that comes from knowing one’s status and reflecting concern with the congruence between one’s performance or appearance and one’s real worth.


• “Face” means “sociodynamic valuation”, a lexical hyponym of words meaning “prestige; dignity; honor; respect; status”.




“The term “face” keeps cropping up in our conversation, and it seems such a simple expression that I doubt whether many people give it much thought. Recently, however, we have heard this word on the lips of foreigners too, who seem to be studying it. They find it extremely hard to understand, but believe that “face” is the key to the Chinese spirit and that grasping it will be like grabbing a queue twenty-four years ago [when wearing a queue was compulsory] – everything else will follow.”


“Interesting as the Chinese physiological face is, the psychological face makes a still more fascinating study. It is not a face that can be washed or shaved, but a face that can be “granted” and “lost” and “fought for” and “presented as a gift”. Here we arrive at the most curious point of Chinese social psychology. Abstract and intangible, it is yet the most delicate standard by which Chinese social intercourse is regulated.”




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_%28sociological_concept%29



Miàn 面 “face; personal esteem;10countenance; surface; side” occurs in words like:


miànzi 面子 “face; side; reputation; self-respect; prestige, honor; social standing”


miànmù 面目 (“face and eyes”) “face; appearance; respect; social standing; prestige; honor(only used in ancient Chinese prose. Now it only means appearance)”


miànpí 面皮 (“face skin”) “facial skin; complexion; feelings; sensitivity; sense of shame


tǐmiàn 體面 (“body face”) “face; good looking; honor; dignity; prestige”


qíngmian 情面 (“feelings face”) “face; prestige; favor; kindness; partiality”


Hsien-chin Hu says,


“Can be borrowed, struggled for, added to, padded, — all terms indicating a gradual increase in volume. It is built up through initial high position, wealth, power, ability, through cleverly establishing social ties to a number of prominent people, as well as through avoidance of acts that would cause unfavorable comment.” (1944:61) 


Liǎn 臉 “face; countenance; respect; reputation; prestige” is seen in several “face” words:


liǎnshàng 臉上 (“face on/above”) “one’s face; honor; respect”

liǎnmiàn 臉面 (“face face”) “face; self-respect; prestige; influence”


liǎnpí 臉皮 (“face skin”) “face; sensitivity; compassion”

Hu (1944:51–52) contrasts méiyǒu liǎn 沒有臉 (“without face”) “audacious; wanton; shameless” as “the most severe condemnation that can be made of a person” and bùyào liǎn 不要臉 (“don’t want face”) “shameless; selfishly inconsiderate” as “a serious accusation meaning that ego does not care what society thinks of his character, that he is ready to obtain benefits for himself in defiance of moral standards”.


Yán 顏 “face; prestige; reputation; honor” occurs in the common expression diū yán 丟顏 and the words:


yánhòu 顏厚 (“face thick”) or hòuyán 厚顏 “thick-skinned; brazen; shameless; impudent”


yánmiàn 顏面 (“face face”) “face; honor; prestige”


Alexander, Son of Worf : Listen to me, Alexander. When a human looks at you, he does not see himself. He sees a Klingon.


Alexander Rozhenko, of No House : It doesn't matter what I look like.



Alexander, Son of Worf : It DOES.



Sunday 24 February 2019

Danny, The Pink Soldier


DANNY,
The Pink Soldier : 
There's a bit more to modern soldiering than just shooting people. 
I like to think there's a moral dimension. 

CLARA: 
Ah, you shoot people then cry about it afterwards? 






QUINTUS = ‘FIVE’ = GRACE




GRACE :
A People Should Know When They’re Conquered.

Maximus Decimus Meridius 
The Pink Soldier :
Would You, Quintus?
Would I?


Soil?

The Elder :
No, I’m fine, Ta.


Maximus Decimus Meridius 
The Pink Soldier :
Strength+Honour



SECRETARY
So, Mister Pink, did you have a good weekend? 

DANNY
The Pink Soldier : 
Yeah, I did, thanks. 

SECRETARY: 
Yeah, I'll bet you did. 
What did you get up to? 

DANNY
The Pink Soldier : 
Er, you know. 
A bit of reading. 

SECRETARY: 
Oh, I bet you were reading. 

DANNY
The Pink Soldier : 
I was, yeah. 

SECRETARY:
 Yeah, I bet you were. 

DANNY
The Pink Soldier : 
Well, yeah, I was. 

SECRETARY:
 I know your type. 

(A schoolgirl, The Damsel, is listening at the public counter.)

COURTNEY,
The Damsel : 
She wishes. 

SECRETARY: 
Be quiet, you. 

[Maths classroom]
DANNY: 
So that's all the questions on page 32, 
except the last one, and then everything on page 33. 
All that in for Thursday. Any questions? 


FLEMING: 
Sir? Have you ever killed a man? 

(Groans from the rest of the class.)

DANNY: 
I was a soldier. 
There were other soldiers 
and some of them weren't on our side. 
I shall leave the rest to your imagination. 
And, please, think of another question? 

FLEMING: 
Okay. Have you ever killed anyone who wasn't a soldier? 

DANNY: 
Just to repeat, that's all the questions on page 32, except the last one, and then everything on page 33. 
All that in for Thursday. Is everyone clear? 

CLASS: 
Yes, sir.
(The class watch a lone tear roll down Danny's cheek.)


[Staff room]


(The staff are putting on their coats to leave. Clara is discussing timetables with the headmaster.)

CLARA: 
Fine, I'll take that class and then, they can do some of the test. 

ARMITAGE: 
I know. Oh, Clara, you've not met Danny Pink yet? 
New fella, maths. Danny? 
Clara Oswald. 

CLARA: 
Hey.

ARMITAGE: 
English. 

DANNY: 
Hey, nice to meet you. 

CLARA: 
You too. 

ARMITAGE: 
Want to watch yourself around him. 
Bit of a lady-killer, but always denies it. 

DANNY: 
I am not a lady-killer. 

ARMITAGE: 
See what I mean?
Oh, Beth, can I have a word? 

BETH [OC]: 
Yeah, yeah, sure. 

CLARA: 
Er, was it you that I saw outside doing the soldiery thing? 

DANNY: 
Ah yeah, probably. 
The Coal Hill Cadets. Just a bit of fun. 

CLARA: 
What, teaching them how to shoot people? 

DANNY: 
There's a bit more to modern soldiering than just shooting people. 
I like to think there's a moral dimension. 

CLARA: 
Ah, you shoot people then cry about it afterwards? 

DANNY: 
Ah. 

CLARA: 
Something wrong? 

DANNY: 
Nothing, no. Sorry, no, nothing. 
I just. I didn't think they'd say anything, that's all. 

CLARA: 
Sorry? 

DANNY: 
Have they told everyone? 

CLARA: 
No, no, no. 
As far as I know, nobody has told anybody anything. 
What are you talking about? 

DANNY: 
Why did you just say the crying thing? 

CLARA: 
I was being funny. 

DANNY: 
Why? 

CLARA: 
I just do that. 

DANNY: 
Why? 

CLARA: 
I don't know. 

DANNY: 
Anyway I, er, 
I've left some stuff in my class. 

CLARA: 
Okay, see you. 

DANNY: 
See you. 

CLARA: 
Er, are you going to the, er, leaving thing tonight for Cathy? 

DANNY: 
Um. 


[Maths classroom]

DANNY: 
Yeah. I wasn't going, but I am now, because you're going to be there, and suddenly it seems like the best idea ever. 

[Staff room]


DANNY: 
No, I'm not. 

CLARA: 
Oh, okay, never mind. 

DANNY: 
Good night. 

CLARA: 
Change your mind. 

DANNY: 
Excuse me? 

CLARA: 
I'm going. Er, I'll give you a lift. 
Why not? 


[Maths classroom]


DANNY: 
Actually, now that you mention it, seems like the best plan ever.
 Thank you. 


[Staff room]


DANNY: 
No, I've got some reading. 

CLARA: 
Ah, okay. Maybe some other time, then? 


[Maths classroom]

DANNY: 
Thank you!

(He bangs his forehead on his desk.) 

CLARA: 
Ahem. 
Is the wooden sound you or or the desk? 

DANNY: 
How long have you been there? 

CLARA: 
Longer than you would like. 

DANNY: 
Okay. 

CLARA: 
Are you going to look that terrified when you take me out for a drink? 

DANNY: 
I, I absolutely promise I won't. 

CLARA: 
Play your cards right and you might.



Soldiers! Don't give yourselves to brutes — 
men who despise you — 
enslave you — who regiment your lives — 
tell you what to do — what to think or what to feel! 
Who drill you, diet you, 
treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder. 

Don't give yourselves to these unnatural men — 
machine-men with machine minds 
and machine hearts! 

You are not machines! 
You are not cattle! 
You are men! 

You have the love of humanity in your hearts. 
You don't hate! Only the unloved hate — 
The unloved and the unnatural! 


Soldiers! 
Don't fight for slavery! Fight for liberty! 

In the 17th Chapter of St. Luke it is written: 
"the Kingdom of God is within Man" — 
not one man nor a group of men, 
but in all men! In you! 

You, the people have the power — 
The power to create machines. 
The power to create happiness! 

You, the people, have the power 
to make this life free and beautiful, 
to make this life a wonderful adventure.