Showing posts with label light. Show all posts
Showing posts with label light. Show all posts

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Pleasure and Pain

"It is said even constant orgasming can become agony. That's a risk I'm willing to take."
The masters said too much of anything could become painful and that we needed pain to know pleasure. That light couldn't exist without dark. And while this theory seemed to make a lot of sense on the surface, The Chemical Buddha believed they only used it to explain a particularly difficult and painful stretch a student was experiencing. Because really? Has anyone had too much pleasure? Fuck no! And there didn't seem to be any risk of that happening either. So when his teachers cautioned TCB about wishing for never-ending joy (like in today's insight) The Chemical Buddha wasn't worried at all. In fact, he would reply, "Like that’s ever going to happen dumb ass." As far as we know, The Chemical Buddha never did experience constant orgasming, although that didn’t keep him from trying every pill and ointment he could buy to make it happen.
What reasons do you use to explain why things happen in your life?
What do you spend your time wishing for?
Do you actually think it'll come true, or do you just wish for the sake of wishing?

Saturday, June 20, 2009

I Love the Dark

"Oftentimes, your lover's true beauty can only be found in total darkness. Or, at least, very dim lighting."
The Chemical Buddha always claimed to be a big believer in inner beauty. Of course he was also a believer in 'mood' lighting. We're not sure if that was so his sexual partners weren't repulsed/scared when they saw his bloated, pale body (picture the pallor and consistency of a saltine that has been left in a bowl of water and you get the idea) or if it was because he didn't want to see who he was actually sleeping with (or what he was doing to them). We have our guesses, but no working knowledge of TCB's motives. On the multiple times we saw The Chemical Buddha naked, we wished it was darker than dark. Because, even at an early age, TCB had the ass of a 95-year-old man.
How do you keep yourself and others 'in the dark'?
What's the benefit to you of not knowing/acknowledging things in your life?
What are you afraid you'll see if you turn on the 'harsh light' of reality?