August fifth week

Editors at the prestigious UK medical journal “Lancet” have called for the legalization of LSD and other psychedelic drugs. They’re not envisioning a thousand totally buzzed freaks dancing deliriously at an outdoor festival, however. Rather, they want to make it possible for researchers to carefully explore the therapeutic benefits of altering consciousness. “The blanket ban on psychedelic drugs continues to hinder safe and controlled investigation of their potential benefits,” they said. Be inspired by their example, Virgo. What taboo is it high time for you to break in a discerning way? What inhibition no longer serves you, even though at one time it might have kept you safe and sane? What conventional wisdom based on fear has infected you, preventing you from experimenting with exciting possibilities?

August forth week

Philosopher George Gurdjieff declared that most of us are essentially asleep, even as we walk around in broad daylight. We’re ignorant about the higher levels of awareness we’re capable of; we’re blind to the continuous flow of life’s miraculous blessings. He said that in order to wake up and stay awake we need regular shocks. Some of these are uncomfortable, forcing us to face our own stupidity. But other shocks are delightful. They’re doses of sacred medicine that entice us to shake off our sleepiness and come to attention in pleasurable ways. I believe that in the coming weeks you’ll be offered a steady supply of the latter.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

生日快樂啊!!!

書

最近我發現，以往我無意識買下的書，都陸陸續續發揮它的作用。某一年一次我經過雜誌攤，看到一本叫<中國國家地理>的旅遊雜誌，那一期談柬埔寨，我被封面上的高棉微笑吸引著，買了。結果今年我真的去了。然後我記起，去年書展我買了一整套<逃出生天>系列，其中一本談到高爾夫球，到了今年，它發揮起意想不到的作用。又，我很快便會去俄羅斯了，有天我忽然記起，又是去年書展，我買了一本，就是俄羅斯的那期。
很多時無心插柳，卻理想得無話可說。此刻，我還在嘖嘖稱奇。

August third week

My old philosophy professor Norman O. Brown would periodically interrupt his lectures, tilt his head upward as if tuning into the whisper of some heavenly voice, and announce in a mischievous tone, “it’s time for your irregular reminder: we’re already living after the end of the world. No need to fret anymore.” The implication was that the worst has already happened. We had already lost most of the cultural riches that had given humans meaning for centuries. All that was going to be taken from us had already been taken. On the bright side, that meant we were utterly free to reinvent ourselves. Living amidst the emptiness, we had nowhere to go but up. What remained was alienating, but it was also fresh. Use these ideas as seeds for your meditations, Virgo. You can apply them to both your personal life and the world at large.

Watching The Wheels

by John Lennon

People say i'm crazy,
doing what i'm doing.
Well, they give me all kinds of warnings
to save me from ruin.
When i say that i'm okay,
well, they look at me king of strange.
Surely, you're not happy now you no longer play the game.

People say i'm lazy, dreaming my life away.
Well they give me all kinds of advice,
designed to enlighten me.
When i tell them that
I'm doing fine watching shadows on the wall.
Dont you miss the big time boy you're no longer on the ball.

Poeple asking questions,
lost in confusion.
Well, i tell them there's no problem,
only solutions.
Well, they shake their heads and
they look at me as if i've lost my mind.
I tell them there's no hurry i'm just sitting here doing time.

I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round,
I really love to watch them roll.
No longer riding on the merry-go-round.
I just had to let it go.

生日禮物

媽媽不說，我也想不起，今天是我的舊曆生日。早上她打電話來，著我回家吃飯，我還問，甚麼日子呀﹖之後便說，不行呀，要在公司做野，第日先。這時是早上九時多。之後有位不算好熟的同事，當我經過他的位子時，他說，唉都唔知係咪講得多就會記得。然後他送了一份禮物給我，是一個粉紅色的，Melody公仔的密碼鎖。他當然不會知我的舊曆生日，雖然那麼易記，而我也不特別喜歡Melody，只是每次我和另一位同事出發去做gym時，我們都會大嚷，鎖呢，鎖呀，又弄不見了。我們常常都把鎖弄掉，買都不知買了多少個。可能他聽見太多次了，逛街見到就想起我。這樣就成了我今年第一份生日禮物。這時是十一時多。別人對你好真不是必然的。於是我打了通電話給媽媽，說回家吃飯。晚上，除了雀巢檸檬茶，還有蛋糕在等我。

August second week

Of all the times in your life when you have been in captivity, this has to be one of the least arduous and frustrating ever. I'll go so far as to say that i have rarely seen a more beautiful prisoner than you; for a drudge in bondage, you're ravishing. As hard as it may be to contemplate, however, it's almost time to escape. Your dark though sexy night of the soul will soon come to an end. Don't you dare linger any longer than you have to.

Is it talking my work or my love life?

August first week

“If you are going through hell, keep going,” said Winston Churchill. Let that advice be your inspiration in the coming week, Virgo. But wait: Before you jump to conclusions about what I’m saying, know this: Your tests and trails will be far, far less hellish than the ordeals Churchill faced as he led England through WWII. It’s true that you may feel a bit tortured in the heat of the moment, though. So don't you dare slow down to feel sorry for yourself or scream at the chaos-makers. Keep plodding forward, secure in my assurance that you’ll cross the border and exit out of the infernal regions well before you're exhausted.