The House of the Golden Lion: December 2005

Oblivion Gained

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Originally uploaded by The Stranger.

Comes a time when your drifting
comes a time when you settle down.

This whole world keeps spinning around.

Happy New Year

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Originally uploaded by The Stranger.

I become more calm and brave and will continue my concentration.

As for me all I know is that I know nothing.

The Sanctuary

Now I've hiked further down the beach and Im staying in the dorm of this place called the Sanctuary. It's a sort-of resort that has shamans and yogi's and reiki people and all those kind of people here. The grounds are pretty idealic with little paths everywhere with pools and bhudas and krisjnas and hanumans and in every nook and cranny there's a little shine with candles and insence and flowers. There s a restaurant on the beach dimly lit where you sit on cushions on the ground or hang around in hammocks and people are reading books and playing chess and eating. There's lots of really good food it's mostly vegetarian thai and indian dishes. Special menus for people coming and going into fasts. Cleansing foods. Apparently there's lots of people here fasting. People all ages children old people every race. Good music.

Everyone's just wearing their bathing suits and bright sarongs around their necks or waist or head. There's some people walking around with crazy dreads or mohawks. People covered in tatoos.

There's a shaman walking around. He's a younger sort of guy. I noticed he's the first to get up after dinner to start dancing and then after a while some more come in and then there's a whole mob of girls and boys sort of trance dancing while everyone else is eating their desserts.

Thai dudes play this game over a net during the day. Three to each side. The ball is small woven bamboo. They play like volleyball but can only kick the ball like hacky sack. Pretty gnarly. These dudes are really healthy.

I saw a thai boxing match and when the fighters enter the ring they go to the middle and bow down and do this weird dance and music comes on droning electric guitar feedback. Trance music. No notes just sort of droning. Like meditation. Then after they do the dance and bow to the four corners they fight and the music keeps going. It adds this really odd atmosphere to the whole thing. Apparently it has something to do with the spirit realm.

Somehow this place has a more obvious link to the spirit world than any other place ive ever been. Every house has a spirit house outside to leave offerings.

The more you begin to see the world as imaginary, the more things from your imagination begin to fuse with reality. That's why I desire to have a childlike imagination.

The Tower

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Originally uploaded by The Stranger.

I watch listen
don't listen
follow
lead
stare sit
stretch
crystals
old hippy wizards
fairies
butterflies
my possesions
my body
my home

Here I am

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Originally uploaded by The Stranger.

Here I am at the top of a high white tower. I live on the second tip. Can you see?

My house

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Originally uploaded by The Stranger.

Here's my house.

the never ending story

Once there was a stranger who lived in a world of distastefull law
Helped by a book given to him by Jah, the stranger fell in love with a mysterious woman.
Together they built a Machine of Chaos that destroyed the Law.
They fell asleep in a lover's embrace and dreamed seven dreams forever.

Until the stranger woke up at the bottom of the Ocean.
Swimming to the surface he found that he was a ghost.
The Skelaton King Noman and his cherub squire rescued the Strange ghost from the Ocean.
Together the sailed to Heaven.

Noman returned amid great jubilation bearing the Holy Stone of philosophy to his Queen.
Entering the chamber he found the Queen making love with Maxwell the Barbarian
Drawing weapons, the two great warriors engaged in deathly combat
By chance, the Smoky Tiger Rises from the Ocean intent on devouring all

Meanwhile the Stone has fallen to the ground and the Stranger picks it up and becomes whole
The Stone has opened to reveal the Ruby of love, and the Queen is the Mysterious Lady
She kisses the stranger and sends him off in a hot air balloon
and the Deadly Tiger devours Heaven

The Queen becomes a Siamese cat and subdues the Tiger
The Stranger sails to Mars governed by a Tyrant Dragon King
The Stranger becomes Strong and forges a sword
He subdues the Dragon and rides it back to Heaven intent on revenge

Returning to Heaven the Stranger riding the Dragon Battles the Smoky Tiger
The tiger is slain, The Stranger is mortally wounded
At this time the Mysterious Lady Queen engages the Stranger in lustfull copulation.
The stranger dies. Twins are concieved.

Heaven is restored.
But look how heaven is dull.
Law needs Chaos.
Where are we now?