{"id":480,"date":"2008-10-12T11:46:21","date_gmt":"2008-10-12T11:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virtualchaos.co.uk\/blog\/?p=480"},"modified":"2008-10-12T11:46:21","modified_gmt":"2008-10-12T11:46:21","slug":"not-so-random-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtualchaos.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/10\/12\/not-so-random-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"Not so random thoughts …"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\r\nG'Quan wrote: 'There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. \r\nIt is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way. The war we fight \r\nis not against powers and principalities, it is against chaos and despair. \r\nGreater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the death of \r\ndreams. Against this peril we can never surrender. The future is all \r\naround us, waiting in moments of transition, to be born in moments \r\nof revelation. No one knows the shape of that future, or where it will \r\ntake us. We know only that it is always born in pain.'\r\n   -- G'Kar in Babylon 5:\"Z'ha'dum\"\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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\r\n\"Then I will tell you a great secret, Captain. Perhaps the \r\ngreatest of all time. The molecules of your body are the \r\nsame molecules that make up this station and the nebula \r\noutside, that burn inside the stars themselves. We are \r\nstarstuff, we are the universe made manifest, trying to \r\nfigure itself out. As we have both learned, sometimes the \r\nuniverse requires a change of perspective.\" \r\n   -- Delenn to Sheridan in Babylon 5:\"A Distant Star\"\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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\r\n\"We create the meaning in our lives. It does not exist \r\nindependently. Being Anla-shok does not mean worrying \r\nabout what others will think about us. It does not mean \r\ndeciding what to do based upon whether or not it serves our \r\nsense of ego or destiny. It means living each moment as if \r\nit were your last one. It means doing each right thing \r\nbecause it is the right thing. The scale doesn't matter. The \r\nwhere, the when, the how, or in what cause .. none of those \r\nthings matter. In my life, I've discovered very few truths. \r\nHere is the greatest truth I know: Your death, Rastenn, will \r\nhave a meaning if it comes while you're in fullest pursuit of \r\nyour heart.\"\r\n\r\n\t-- Sech Turval to Rastenn in Babylon 5:\"Learning Curve\"\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n … and finally for now …\n<\/p>\n
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\r\n\"What does the candle represent?\"\r\n\"Life.\"\r\n\"Whose life?\"\r\n\"All life, every life. We're all born as molecules in the hearts of a \r\nbillion stars, molecules that do not understand politics, policies and \r\ndifferences. In a billion years we, foolish molecules forget who we \r\nare and where we came from. Desperate acts of ego. We give \r\nourselves names, fight over lines on maps. And pretend our light is \r\nbetter than everyone else's. The flame reminds us of the piece of \r\nthose stars that live inside us. A spark that tells us: you should know \r\nbetter. The flame also reminds us that life is precious, as each flame \r\nis unique. When it goes out, it's gone forever. And there will never be \r\nanother quite like it. So many candles will go out tonight. I wonder \r\nsome days if we can see anything at all.\"\r\n\r\n    -- Sheridan and Delenn in Babylon 5:\"And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder\"\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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