NAME THAT QUOTE!

If you can name exactly where it came from, I’ll have to think of a really good prize for you, as this one is pretty hard (I’m still thinking about your prize Anna).

——Chinese Philosophy and Dreaming——

I’d like to start this post off with a little scholarship by tying in some Eastern Philosophy to the last post. Here are some very thought filled words from the father of Taoism, Chuang Tzu:

‘Chang Wu-tzu said, “How do I know that the dead do not wonder why they ever longed for life?
“He who dreams of drinking wine may weep when morning comes; he who dreams of weeping may in the morning go off to hunt. While he is dreaming he does not know it is a dream, and in his dream he may even try to interpret a dream. Only after he wakes does he know it was a dream. And someday there will be a great awakening when we know that this is all a great dream. Yet the stupid believe they are awake, busily and brightly assuming they understand things, calling this man ruler, that one herdsman–how dense! Confucius and you are both dreaming! And when I say you are dreaming, I am dreaming too.”‘

Also from Chuang Tzu, I’m going to add the butterfly quote I alluded to last post:

“Once Chuang Chou dreamt he was a butterfly, a butterfly flitting and fluttering around, happy with himself and doing as he pleased. He didn’t know he was Chuang Chou. Suddenly he woke up and there he was, solid and unmistakable Chuang Chou. But he didn’t know if he was Chuang Chou who had dreamt he was a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming he was Chuang Chou. Between Chuang Chou and the butterfly there must be some distinction! This is called the Transfomation of Things.”

It always amazes me how what we think is real, we don’t really know is real. Everything we experience is but an electrical impulse that travels to our brain where it is interpretted. All the five senses are are impulses understood. Our brain is just a giant computer, taking in external stimuli and then responding appropriately to that function of life. There is no difference between the brain and my laptop, other than the fact that my laptop has a far inferior brain. So how do we know what is real is real? The world could be a lie. We only know what our senses tell us. This is why dreams are so real, because they work on the exact same principle as being awake, only more so. Everything hightened there. But how are we to say this is real, and dreams are not, since they both fun on the same principle? For all we know, as Chuang Tzu saw it, everything is fake, and the real is something else, like Plato’s images in the cave. I like to think there is something beyond our understanding, like how our understanding is far beyond that of a computer’s.

Here is one more quote, this one from the grand pappy of the Tao, from the Tao Te Ching: Lao Tzu.

“The whole world says that my way is vast and resembles nothing. It is because it is vast that it resembles nothing. If it resesmbled anything, it would, long before now, have become small.”

I think that sums up well everything I’ve said before.

——Cupid——

I watched this last night. I have to say to all of the ladies out there, on behalf of all men, that I am deeply sorry for what you have to go through. I thought men had it bad, but after seeing some of the losers on this show, I realize you are the ones that really got it bad.

Another thing I learned (or re-learned): Don’t fuck with a hairdresser.

——New CD Day——

I got the two Afterclub disks from Deep Dish’s Global Underground set in Toronto today. In a lot of ways, these afterclub sets are better than the regular Global Underground two disk set they put out a month ago. Sharam’s disk is really good, but Dubfire’s knocks it out of the park. His kicks some major booty. I can’t wait to listen to these two CDs a couple more times.

Best remix of the set: the new Deep Dish Remix of Timo Maas feat. Kelis – Help Me. It sounds like a 30’s horror movie soundtrack disguised as a thumping party track. Very cool, very fun.

Most disappointing remix of the set: the Underworld remix of St. Etienne – Cool Kids of Death. Is this even a remix? It sounds just like the album version. What did they do different? I can’t fucking tell.