Did Rumi need a shrink?
I had the most wonderfully condescending conversation with Audrey last night. I was on the receiving end of all the down-talking ofcourse, because I'm the one who predicts the future using "a random pack of cards that I picked up from MPH. Not even Borders (because for some reason, that would have given my tarot reading more validity), no no – from MPH (the bastion of poor quality reading, btw)". Audrey, on the other hand, works for O&M, is five years older than me (and consequentially much wiser – which is another issue altogether), has never subjected herself to "permanent body art" (your massage lady thought it was a CHICKEN, Neha) or (I'd love to see what parts of that stretch out when you're pregnant), doesn't think that animal-testing is wrong (so what if Loreal is buying up the Body Shop – animals dont have souls, haven't you read the Life of Pi ((which I did, incidentally – it says zoo animals don't have rights, it says nothing about killing rabbits to make lipstick)), you are SUCH an irredeemable romantic) and, most importantly – she's a Virgo. This is catastrophic to our relationship. You can't put a Gemini and a Virgo in a room together (or over telephonic waves as the case was) and expect them to agree on anything. Anything. By the way, all this started because she started singing that horrible Daniel Pewter "had a bad day" song and I offered her both my I-tunes library (there are better ways to sing a bad day to rest – Twisted Transistor, Vermillion 2, When Worlds Collide – the Poweman 5000 version) and a tarot reading. I said we could "center" her and really "define her issues". She flipped out in her sophisticated advertising way and said I was too dependant on "false probabilities". I think she also booked me an hour with her very expensive (very attractive) shrink. Which I would enjoy, for entirely non "attaining mental stability" reasons. So, all in all, a relatively pointless, accusatory, judgmental conversation. It was like a micro-cosm celebrity death match between a Rumi mystic and an investment banker. And she says animals dont have a soul. By the way, and because she will read this by this afternoon – I did pull cards for you, you got The Chariot, the Queen of Swords and the Eight of Cups. Go figure.
danesh said,
May 10, 2006 at 4:14 am
As discussed, these are SOME OF THE Bible references (there are more) with respect to divination. Of course, you should read this in context. The version of the Bible I have lifted this from is NASB.
Also you’ll find the story in Acts 16:15-20 very interesting as well.
Leviticus 19:26
‘You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor practice divination or soothsaying.
Deuteronomy 18:10-12 (New American Standard Bible)
10″There shall not be found among you anyone (A)who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one (B)who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,
11or one who casts a spell, (C)or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead.
12″For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD; and (D)because of these detestable things the LORD your God will drive them out before you.
2 Kings 17:16-18 (New American Standard Bible)
16They forsook all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves molten images, even (A)two calves, and (B)made an Asherah and (C)worshiped all the host of heaven and (D)served Baal.
17Then (E)they made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire, and (F)practiced divination and enchantments, and (G)sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him.
MMM said,
May 10, 2006 at 8:02 am
Life of Pi sucked. The image of Pi eating tiger shit is stuck in the back of my hippocampus just like the frog smell I’ve ranted about…..
nehasood said,
May 10, 2006 at 8:11 am
I couldn’t get through it. There was SO much hype, I thought I should at least try it out. It was incredibly painful – you should read A House of the Spirits by Isabelle Allende, its one of my fav books …
Wait, you smell frog too?
danesh said,
May 10, 2006 at 2:36 pm
I should have had video pictures of my live octopus i ate in korea… still moving on the plate… dip in sesame oil and soy and chew into it… if you are brave (like I was) leave it in your mouth and it sucks on the insides of your cheek… actually quite delicious.
shelly said,
January 22, 2007 at 10:01 pm
i love those walls!