GODSLAUGH.ME

Sep 16

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“The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.” — Albert Einstein

Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

— Franz Kafka

Aug 11

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“When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.” ― Dale Carnegie

IN THE BEGINNING
GOOD EARTH’S FIRST FRUITFUL GARDEN
GAVE US NO LEMONS

If life gives you lemons, make apple juice and make people wonder how the hell you did it.

― Gurbaksh Chahal

Jul 10

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“Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration.” –Lucius Apuleius

Welcome to our second flight of Priceless Ads. As in the first flight, every Priceless ad in this series delivers a familiar massage. In your priceless comment(s) about the massage that you receive, again and again, please don’t hold back your true feelings.

“Contempt is a terrible thing to waste.” *–Max Im**

Max Im is the pun name of a pen name with a case of aphorism, which causes one to shoot its mouth off. The rest of the Max Im* quotes in this post go without citation, lest familiarity with a pun name breed groans beneath contempt.

Jun 14

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“I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.” — Franz Kafka

This medium inserts ads selling exactly what AI thinks you need that money can buy. Those ads redeem themselves by **picking up the tab for our media massage.**

“The Medium is the Massage” —Marshall McLuhan

Our Priceless Ads clear the air of buyer’s remorse. They are destined to become collector’s items. Satisfaction guaranteed, or dissatisfaction cheerfully refunded.

May 22

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“The Cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.” — Carl Sagan

Effing words, from a mad Yank in a Brit madhouse, pervade the premier edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.*

Small wonder that effing words skew the lens through which we view, upside-down and inside-out, the ineffable being in us.

Cosmic Selfies, by contrast, render a madman’s inner being effable, as few effing words can.

Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself. — Rumi

May 6

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“I was lost in a wave’s embrace, now I am found amazing Grace.” — Translated from a note in a bottle

The quotes in this post are from a note in a bottle on a wave, translated from pictological Zenish by the editor. –Ed.

Apr 18

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Happy International Haiku Day

Melting snow showers
Crocus pops near tulip spears
A spring fever breaks

Half of this haiku’s meaning is clear in the writer’s mind. The other half may mean something else. On International Haiku Day, that could make the haiku mean anything and everything the world needs now.

“Meaning lies as much in the mind of he reader as in the haiku.” – Douglas R. Hofstadter

Apr 12

6 Comments

“Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of their narcissism.” ― Sigmund Freud

Would it be narcissistic to imagine a love story of creation that’s all about Me?

If so, would I be just another personal pronoun?

It it possible that I my Self could care less about Me than Yours truly?

Curiosity regarding I my Self and Me weaves through this creator’s dreams.

In a multi-verse love story created, as it were, of whole cloth, one might dream up infinite answers, perchance to love and deem one good.

Self-awareness is not self-centeredness, and spirituality is not narcissism. ‘Know thyself’ is not a narcissistic pursuit.

— Marianne Williamson

Mar 9

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“The female always overcomes the male by her stillness” — Lao Tzu

This continuation of our previous post permits us to believe that International Women’s Day has come a long way.

In 2026, IWD was celebrated by the United Nations and many other nations around the world.

In the Ancient Chinese philosophy of the Tao, the feminine principle in creation is the fundamental, ineffable force of the universe.

So one day isn’t enough to celebrate the mother of humanity. Not if Lady Justice prevails. In our picture-poetic take on Yang’s better half, the epic in progress has legs.

The dance between darkness and light will always remain— the stars and the moon will always need the darkness to be seen, the darkness will just not be worth having without the moon and the stars.

— C. JoyBell C.

Mar 7

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“Women hold up half the sky.” ― Mao Zedong

She’s tilted the panache of chivalry off its high horse.

She’s outstripped the wolf in emperor’s clothes.

She’s outfoxed la femme private eyes cherchez.

She’s accomplished more fabulous feats than the morals of fables.

Through the curtain of illusions and the looking glass of wonder, She’s literally led marching bands to victory, sinners to salvation, and sacrificed mortality to glow in the dark.

Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

— Franz Kafka

IN THE BEGINNING GOOD EARTH’S FIRST FRUITFUL GARDEN GAVE US NO LEMONS

If life gives you lemons, make apple juice and make people wonder how the hell you did it.

― Gurbaksh Chahal

Welcome to our second flight of Priceless Ads. As in the first flight, every Priceless ad in this series delivers a familiar massage. In your priceless comment(s) about the massage that you receive, again and again, please don’t hold back your true feelings.

“Contempt is a terrible thing to waste.” –Max Im*

*Max Im is the pun name of a pen name with a case of aphorism, which causes one to shoot its mouth off. The rest of the Max Im quotes in this post go without citation, lest familiarity with a pun name breed groans beneath contempt.

This medium inserts ads selling exactly what AI thinks you need that money can buy. Those ads redeem themselves by picking up the tab for our media massage.

“The Medium is the Massage” —Marshall McLuhan

Our Priceless Ads clear the air of buyer’s remorse. They are destined to become collector’s items. Satisfaction guaranteed, or dissatisfaction cheerfully refunded.

Effing words, from a mad Yank in a Brit madhouse, pervade the premier edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.*

Small wonder that effing words skew the lens through which we view, upside-down and inside-out, the ineffable being in us.

Cosmic Selfies, by contrast, render a madman’s inner being effable, as few effing words can.

Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself. — Rumi

The quotes in this post are from a note in a bottle on a wave, translated from pictological Zenish by the editor. –Ed.

Melting snow showers Crocus pops near tulip spears A spring fever breaks

Half of this haiku’s meaning is clear in the writer’s mind. The other half may mean something else. On International Haiku Day, that could make the haiku mean anything and everything the world needs now.

“Meaning lies as much in the mind of he reader as in the haiku.” – Douglas R. Hofstadter

Would it be narcissistic to imagine a love story of creation that’s all about Me?

If so, would I be just another personal pronoun?

It it possible that I my Self could care less about Me than Yours truly?

Curiosity regarding I my Self and Me weaves through this creator’s dreams.

In a multi-verse love story created, as it were, of whole cloth, one might dream up infinite answers, perchance to love and deem one good.

Self-awareness is not self-centeredness, and spirituality is not narcissism. ‘Know thyself’ is not a narcissistic pursuit.

— Marianne Williamson

This continuation of our previous post permits us to believe that International Women’s Day has come a long way.

In 2026, IWD was celebrated by the United Nations and many other nations around the world.

In the Ancient Chinese philosophy of the Tao, the feminine principle in creation is the fundamental, ineffable force of the universe.

So one day isn’t enough to celebrate the mother of humanity. Not if Lady Justice prevails. In our picture-poetic take on Yang’s better half, the epic in progress has legs.

The dance between darkness and light will always remain— the stars and the moon will always need the darkness to be seen, the darkness will just not be worth having without the moon and the stars.

— C. JoyBell C.

She’s tilted the panache of chivalry off its high horse.

She’s outstripped the wolf in emperor’s clothes.

She’s outfoxed la femme private eyes cherchez.

She’s accomplished more fabulous feats than the morals of fables.

Through the curtain of illusions and the looking glass of wonder, She’s literally led marching bands to victory, sinners to salvation, and sacrificed mortality to glow in the dark.

Inspired by the feminine principle in creation, this epic in progress is dedicated to She knows who She is so better than we do.

Alas, on this International Women’s Day, the larger part of humanity’s matriarchal opus yet unfolds under a patriarchal habit.

Be that as it may, by carrying a torch for liberty, dignity, and sorority in the human pageant, it’s fair to say, She’s come a long way.

You say that you are my judge; I do not know if you are; but take good heed not to judge me ill, because you would put yourself in great peril.

— Joan of Arc

IN THE BEGINNING
GOOD EARTH’S FIRST FRUITFUL GARDEN
GAVE US NO LEMONS

“Contempt is a terrible thing to waste.” *–Max Im**

Max Im is the pun name of a pen name with a case of aphorism, which causes one to shoot its mouth off. The rest of the Max Im* quotes in this post go without citation, lest familiarity with a pun name breed groans beneath contempt.

This medium inserts ads selling exactly what AI thinks you need that money can buy. Those ads redeem themselves by **picking up the tab for our media massage.**

Melting snow showers
Crocus pops near tulip spears
A spring fever breaks