There are some mornings when you decide things can not be left to chance and everything must be planned to the smallest degree. There are others where you acknowledge the randomness of the world and embrace the chaos which is you know is out there waiting for you. This morning feels like a chaos day so we must act accordingly.
Stichomancy is a kind of fortune telling that seeks to know the future by randomly selecting a passage from a book. A such I have picked a book, “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values,” by Robert M. Pirsig. Now I will open it at random and thus see what might fate will be today:
“(What makes his world so hard to see clearly is not its strangeness but its usualness). Familiarity can blind you too.”
I see then the Gods are directing me to do something different with my day. As such I am headed out now, to wander through a new and different part of the City and embrace my destiny at random. Hopefully the Gods will show a little kindness and there will be beer and super-models at the end of the road.
20 comments:
you lost me at "super models." Pity too, because I was so inspired by the rest!
Karen, who better to have a deep conversation with than a super-model?
Wow. There's a word for how I read the Bible for most of my adolescence ...
Is there a word for staving off the urge to read too much into personalized license plates and bumper stickers ... ?
That is sooooooo deep!
What's it all mean?
Suze, I can't think of one so you should indulge yourself.
Sym, existence precedes essence.
Great word.
Good luck with your day, and let us know just how kind the gods were, ok?
Snap!
I can't believe it, but I totally agree with you...
super models being MALE of course...
Seven hours later, and you're not back yet? huh.
Inspired, opened an art book:
"his nightmarish visions of claustrophobic space".
I'm staying in bed tomorrow.
kerry, the Gods were kid enough. I still live.
nsss, why is that hard to believe?
ac, a fine choice most days.
Coincidence Theory. Was it totally random or meant to be? I hope you enjoyed your adventure.
meg, since time is not linear everything that will happen has already happened. That makes the question of fate pretty tricky.
meg for another view, you can listen to a podcast in the philosophy bites series on fate, here: http://philosophybites.com/2010/12/paul-russell-on-fate.html
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Thank you Laoch. I saved the site and will listen to it soon.
A lot would depend on your choice of book to use for your stichomantic predictions.
I suppose if you picked "Les 120 journées de Sodome, ou l'École du libertinage"
or even
History of the Necronomicon
You may get some guidance which is a tad strange.
'existence precedes essence.'
Does it?
ro, nice
meg, it is pretty well done.
tsb, if only I had chosen the Satanic Bible! What fun ...
suze, as an existentialist I would answer your question with a yes.
I had NO idea this had a word. Knowing this word would make my lofty Spirit-coaching advise to people sound a lot more legit. It makes me wonder how many other random things I do to keep sane (or flirt with insanity) that are actually very impressive sounding legitimate concepts/nouns...(e.g I am now being "verbose" NOT rambling) ;p
p.s My fave books of stichomancy are the Bible (when I'm very desperate) or Be Here Now (when I'm feeling pretty chill with the world anyhow).
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