tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post6532604947435317436..comments2023-10-03T11:41:21.191+01:00Comments on The Truth About Lies: #624Jim Murdochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-16484172874463120442016-03-10T17:26:39.032+00:002016-03-10T17:26:39.032+00:00And murky, Kass. Don't forget murky.And murky, <b>Kass</b>. Don't forget murky.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-34949179969367694592016-03-10T15:14:03.951+00:002016-03-10T15:14:03.951+00:00You're so deep.You're so deep.Kasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233330248952156754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-59161749963902066432016-03-09T03:18:03.243+00:002016-03-09T03:18:03.243+00:00Do I believe in a power outside myself? Yes. There...Do I believe in a power outside myself? Yes. There are so many powers out there that I have no control over and that control or at least affect my life. Physics imposes limits on me as do governments. Hell, if my local supermarket stops stocking my favourite brand of fizzy water there’s not a hell I can do about it. None of these powers are interested in me personally though; they don’t even know I exist or care. My wife and daughter exert some influence over me. It’s arguable I granted them that power and could easily take it away but where emotions are involved there’s not much we can: they have the power to hurt me and that’s that. Hell, <i>you</i> have the power to hurt me, delicate wee soul that I am. But I don’t believe in a benevolent or malevolent force out there who has any vested interest in my wellbeing. I can tell you for a fact none of the light switches in this flat could care less if I lived or died. From what I’ve heard about addiction you can’t give up for anyone other than yourself. There is a part of me that exerts control over me that I have no access to, my subconscious. That’s the only external force I believe in. Odd to talk about something that’s clearly internal as if it was external but it does so often feel as if it’s apart from me even though it’s most definitely a part of me.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-43173427384738798412016-03-06T14:51:16.886+00:002016-03-06T14:51:16.886+00:00This seems like a simple poem, but it gives rise t...This seems like a simple poem, but it gives rise to a lot of questions for me. Do we damn ourselves based on our concept of God? Does it all go on in our minds? Even if we don't believe, can we still be zapped?<br /><br />My husband was a Recovered Alcoholic and used to talk about how important it was for addicts In A.A. to believe in a power outside of themselves. He would often say, "It doesn't matter if you believe that power is The Light Switch, you just have to believe." Are we all in some kind of recovery, needing outside influences to guide us to some kind of salvation?<br /><br />I ask these question, not invested in whether or not you have an answer, but just to point out the route I took reading and re-reading your poem.Kasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233330248952156754noreply@blogger.com