Flight of the Monarchs

Alone

Posted on August 31st, 2008 by Brian.
Categories: Music.

 

 Alone [3:53m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Sylvia

Posted on August 22nd, 2008 by admin.
Categories: Music.

 

 Sylvia [3:06m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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My thoughts on libertarianism and anarchism…

Posted on August 19th, 2008 by Brian.
Categories: Writing.

If you know what the words in the title of this post mean (and God bless you if you don’t) then you might want to read what I wrote here. It’s in response to a weblog that I came across in which a person who was giving away a certain thing (I won’t go into the details of what the thing was) had written something of his political or life’s philosophy, of which many of my friends in the past have believed something similar. Anyway, I wrote a response to what he had written because I felt compelled to. Maybe it will benefit someone else to read it, so I’m posting it here.

In response to http://an-archos.com/about:

“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” -John 8:32

Nice WP plugin. Interesting but (and forgive me) naive social philosophy. I don’t know if I have it in me to start a debate right now… not sure if I should — well — I suppose I could say that there is no such thing as true freedom in a material sense of the word. We can only approximate it, and even then it’s deceptive because it’s like a double-edged sword. On one side it plays into a libertine ideal with human creation and accomplishment as its seeming end, the other side leads to complete depravity and a loss of the will to the lusts of the senses and flesh. Ultimately the flesh wins out, because “freedom’s” ultimate goal is truly nothing more than to satisfy the desires of the flesh — which can never be accomplished. It simply enslaves the human spirit and soul into a never-ending battle with material and sensual need, which is something you are currently witnessing as your philosophy plays itself out as the political mantra of today’s culture and society.

Freedom has come to represent the human “right” to carry on selfishly and without any regard to morality or decency. Oddly enough, the worldly pursuit of it ends as a negation of the human will, the assertion of which was actually the goal it had initially set out for itself. At its best it will leave you living like a backwoods transcendentalist, which is a selfish and Godless pursuit if ever there was one. Humans are invariably a fallen and devolving creature, and without the intervention of God Himself, will ultimately lead themselves to doom — with, or “without” the influence of decent political leaders. True freedom — or the lack thereof — is a spiritual matter at its core. Liberty and “happiness” can and will only be found in having a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ, the messiah, The Saviour — however offensive that may seem to one’s intellectual sense.

Regardless, may God bless you in your search and I truly hope and pray that you eventually come to know what it is you are looking for. Thanks again for the cool plug-in.

Humbly and earnestly,

Brian

p.s. You truly cannot serve two masters at once, and to believe you are serving none at all is to be serving the devil, whether you believe it or not. Only God knows what is best for humanity and unless you know (and obey) His will, then you are simply shooting in the dark, no matter how good you believe your intentions and understanding to be.

p.p.s. Not that it matters, but I considered myself to be a libertarian and an anarchist in the past. I did study a fair amount of political philosophy and I remember it was disputed as to whether or not true anarchy, like true democracy, was even possible. It appears as if no matter how much society attempts to beset itself of leadership, leaders (or tyrants) just keep popping up out of the woodwork… like flowers or weeds I suppose…

p.p.p.s. “In terms of libertarian anarchism that would require every individual taking full responsibility for their own well being whilst always recognising a mutual benefit in the well being of others.” – Interesting statement, but communism shows us that humans in their natural state will often fail to recognize the mutual benefit in the well being of others when the self is seemingly put at risk. I say seemingly because perceived risk is a subjective thing, whereas most humans consistently see themselves as being “at risk”, we have this (although well-intentioned) objective rarely being realized in actuality. On the other hand, acting in an effort to realize some mutual benefit to oneself seems rather loveless to me. I understand the logic behind collective action, but it requires certain environmental conditions to be constantly met. In the absence of coercion, and in terms of game theory, the cheating individual always wins in a game where the winning strategy benefits the whole to some extent, yet the cheater to a slightly greater extent. Honestly, I’ll give you the fact that people appear to be “selfless” in this way when most, if not all of their basic needs are being met, but strip them of those comforts (or the possibility that they may never be realized in this lifetime) and the system breaks down entirely, and becomes one in which individuals are coerced into acting accordingly. …anyway, I’d rather not take any of these up as talking points… unfortunately, your ideals are based on a significant misrepresentation of whom and what we are as human beings, unless you assert that some of us are in fact “demigods” and are somehow exceptions to the rule… in which case I will tell you that you need to re-read what I wrote above (in my first postscript) a few times at least…. anyway, that’s a lot of p.s., and I feel like I’ve said a lot here. If you’ve made it this far, I appreciate you taking the time to read it. God bless you and forgive me if I’ve misspoken in some way.

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One Heartbreak Away

Posted on August 13th, 2008 by admin.
Categories: Music, Writing.

This is an outtake, but I figured it was worth putting here anyway…

 

 One Heartbreak Away (Outtake) [4:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Here are the lyrics:

Put your sorry head upon my shoulders
sometimes you gotta let things go.
I’ll be coming home when you get older
the devil never will catch me. No.
And I’ll store up all your tears
into a safe deposit box yeah where God keeps
those things
and the taste of salt will be on my mouth for years.
I love you like a drowning man.
And on holidays I’ll send you all
of your favorite things
like a pair of new running shoes,
so you can run your little feet on back to me.
I’m only one heartbreak away from you
and it ain’t that far it’s true
maybe a thousand miles.
Maybe love is like a bird
that’s been set out from a boat to find land on a
raging sea
where I’ll know you’re alright if you never come back to me
I’ll still help you find your way on home
’cause for forty days and nights I’ll be sending up flares.
I’m only one heartbreak away from you
and it ain’t that far it’s true
maybe a thousand miles.
And my loneliness is a weekend’s drive.
Maybe love is like a book
written especially for you in the blood of the prophets who’ve died
and as long as you read it you know you will be kept alive
and though you’d hate me I’d still want you to know
’cause you think of true love as a stamp on a mother’s day card
when your mom really wanted a call.
She’s only one heartbreak away from you
and that ain’t far it’s true
maybe a thousand miles.
Maybe love is like a Sunday service
that ends with a prayer where I find myself
speaking in tounges
and the Lord talks to me and I finally say: “I am here.”
You’ll always be my closest friend.
And I know that someday You’ll come back and wipe dry
all my tears.
I’m only one heartbreak away from You
and it ain’t that far it’s true,
maybe a thousand miles.
Maybe.

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New Website Happens

Posted on August 11th, 2008 by admin.
Categories: News & Events.

For anyone that happens across this website, I recently put it together (that is me, Brian). I’ll be posting stuff that I make and find here, so you can subscribe to it as a podcast or a feed (whatever that is) or check back every now and then to see what’s new. Feel free the leave any questions and/or comments and thanks for checking it out. God bless you. -Brian

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