Euphrosene Labon

Emmaus has been and gone and I´d like to think I´ve gained more space, except it still looks way too cluttered everywhere.

They wouldn´t take the VHS tapes (no-one buys them it seems) or the exercise equipment (no instructions). Even the sofabed was inspected for a fire hazard label (in the palaver, the protective cover was left behind). And I thought giving away nice things would be a cinch!

It was a real challenge to get to sleep last night. It was like I was majorly caffeinated. Except I never drink coffee in the evening unless I am going out for dinner. On the plus side, I was out before 2am - not like the other week, when I kept waking up in the early hours.

Am off to stretch my legs and get some Tamari. Then it´s back to struggling with the TIFF for the new business card, and trying to get some order into my chaos painting.

Meanwhile: I got a thoughtful email from someone which I can´t actually reply to without creating a potentially unwanted situation. Sigh.

Later: Business cards sorted for the London Book Fair. They are not by any means perfect as I erred on being memorable instead. I will have to go for much better quality for my art postcards though.

A guy at the greetings card seminar said people preferred opening up something, and to have words inside, but these are meant to be collectables. And I can still sell them as `proper´ cards via the likes of Zazzle.

Health is much better today although I am waiting for the hit from not getting to sleep that easily.

Have also made great progress on two further paintings - both related to chaos, creation and order. I also made a much bigger mess than normal and hope any hidden bits dry before I put on any smart clothes. Picking up the shopping, I noticed orange paint all over my cardigan. I´ve kind of forgotten what it´s like to wear nice things! And makeup.

Euphrosene Labon Mind Body Spirit Artist Author Writer

Euphrosene´s Gallery of Contemporary Spiritual Art & Cartoons

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Cause and effect - an interesting metaphysical principle. What we say and do causes effects. Agreed. But what if the things we say and do are the effects of another´s actions (ie cause)?

Presumably that´s why Jesus advocated turning the other cheek - to stop the endless loop.

Yet sometimes turning the other cheek or forgiving the prodigal can create situations that damage the whole in unintended ways.

We live in times when bad behaviour is rewarded. Vile murderers rarely work out their sentences. The younger killers, and they seem to be increasing rather frighteningly, even get changed lives, funded for life by the taxpayer. They are granted anonymity and security, paid for by the taxpayer.

Some cause and effect!

These people cause mayhem and grief and in return enjoy resurrection through the grace and funds of others who reap only their effects - ie increased cynicism, decreasing compassion and so forth.

I do not hold with capital punishment, yet life in prison should be exactly that. A life for a life. Killing them only kills off any chance of remorse. Plus, of course, retaining rather too strongly that last evil cellular memory.

Giving up their life outside for one permanently behind bars should, theoretically, give them time to repent. And it´s not as if UK prisons are akin to Devil´s Island.

Nowadays, there is a tendency to mollycoddle in the name of rehabilitation. No wonder so many go on to re-offend. There is no real deterrent.

This train of thought came from reading Rod Liddle´s throwaway baiting piece in The Spectator. Perhaps he couldn´t be bothered to explain further, but he´s getting Twit-roasted for his sloppiness.

Multi-culturalism is a kind of guilt payback, in my view. The guilt of colonialism presumably weighs heavy, hence being prepared to lose indigenous culture, such as it is, for a more free-form one where ultimately the strongest will win. And I doubt it would be the original one.

Multi-racial is what makes Britain wonderful.

Multi-cultures, on the other hand, will most likely lead to tribalism of the worst kind, because people want to belong. A mishmash of tribal cultures would appear to make that impossible.

So that `cause´ too will result in `effect´ - horrible ones, like the BNP. And, sadly, it is people with obvious ethnic differences who will suffer. Unlike Miliband, Mandelson, Shane et al, my skin colour cannot hide my ethnic inheritance.

Another metaphysical idea also resurrected itself last night: that of positive thinking and thoughts creating. I even wrote how to do this in Profit From Unlimited Thinking.

Yet this too is not clear cut.

Think of all those thoughts that did not want the UK to illegally invade another country. It still happened. Think of all those who want MPs to develop moral fibre and self-awareness. Still hasn´t happened.

Even the many of us wanting Tony Blair to face a war crimes tribunal might be advised to keep breathing.

Profit From Unlimited Thinking was and is only meant as a primer, so I doubt I went into too much detail about payback, often in an unidentified point of time and space. But the subject, along with cause and effect is on my mind a lot these days.

For those who cared about Dr David Kelly, it may come soon. These are strange times.

Euphrosene Labon Mind Body Spirit Artist Author Writer
Euphrosene´s Gallery of Contemporary Spiritual Art & Cartoons

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Because of yesterday´s depressing drama, I had a warm bath, meditated and was in bed, bone weary, relatively early. At around 5 to midnight, the witch started calling for her familiar again. Cue ire and return of disharmony.

Why can´t the stupid woman just leave the mangy mog to come in through a cat flap? Could there be any more inconsiderate behaviour than calling out late at night when voices carry? Oh yes. The neighbour who rings me early and then rings off.

No sooner had I fallen asleep again, than the heavens opened vehemently, furiously - raging rain again. Where is it all coming from?

Overslept to 08:15. Heard loud-ish car. Looked out window and saw blue van driving off circa 08:20.. Took Cancer Research charity bag outside, to be told by a passing woman that I had just missed him. It was the blue van. Why so early?

Meanwhile, as with the Iraq and Afghanistan invasions, there is more than likely some other dubious reason for blaming this climate change cycle on humans. They were to do with oil in some way and this may also be related.

Finally finished first log of topics for Wise El book. More than 133 to streamline and figure out how to illustrate.

Euphrosene Labon Mind Body Spirit Artist Author Writer
Euphrosene´s Gallery of Contemporary Spiritual Art & Cartoons

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