Well, they have *finally* changed the platform here. It took many months longer than they said it would, my pictures have all been cast into oblivion, a tragic loss, and my links have been de-catagorized.
I opened a MySpace account, myspace.com/templedragon, which also has a blog function. I am not sure what I think about MySpace. I have met some really cool folks, and have made a few friends.
I find myself more isolated than I have ever been, with a larger and more intimidating workload, with more pressure and stress than ever, and fighting depression on several fronts.
I am an activist, a minister, a parent of grown children, a hippie living in a time that does not recognize my culture. I am surrounded by people, some tremendous souls and some hurtin' units, who mostly all love and respect me. Yet I have never been more lonely.
I am a Buddhist, with precious little time to really delve full tilt into it, yet I am certain I have found the proper and correct refuge for myself.
Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism is how I will immerse the rest of my life. I want so badly to do right in everything I do, to be loving and peaceful with all my thoughts. I have much work to do. I will attempt to create an actual blog about my inside life, not the outside I hide behind.
Wish me luck, I'll send it back to ya. Love, Viv,
This is my new blog platform. I apologize that my links are so randomly assembled... the catagories apparently went south with the new platform. I'll do my best to keep this thing alive...muahahahahaha!
Peace
I am now at MySpace, as these 20six people (I am actually paying for this site, can you believe that?) apparently at some point are actually going to institute a platform change and I expect to lose my links.
My Space sucks where the blog aspect is concerned, but it is free.
Find me at http://www.myspace.com/templedragon
I am a friend whore.
OK here's the deal. There is only so much time in one earth's rotation, and I have been busy as shit, smoking lots of pot, doing lots of stuff, with this really big work load, and I have no idea if and when 20six here is gonna change their whole format. If that happens and I lose my links section I am outta here for good immediately.
I am not at MySpace, http://www.myspace/Templedragon (what else?)
MySpace sucks, and I prefer this software, but as the Buddha teaches me Life Is Impermanence!
Check out these crazy links:
http://www.wimp.com/global/ This says it all.
http://www.wimp.com/dubai/ Before and after. No wonder Bushco wants in.
http://www.wimp.com/ghettobutt/ Beauty of booty, I can get behind that.
http://www.wimp.com/faith/ This gives me faith.
My myspace accout is at http://www.myspace.com/templedragon
Heads Up: They are about to overhaul 20six and I think I may be losing my links soon. If that happens I am gonna bail, and switch to myspace.
Peace, V-
"You're my survival, you're my living proof that my love is alive, and not dead"
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The fresh springtime sun is streaming in through the window, isolating particles of dust suspended in the air, illuminating them as the morning Prilosec goes down with a glass of filtered water. I didn't think I would make it until Spring. My higher-self is rescuing me from an ocean of my own despair. The enemy has been within, so to defeat him I must travel to the innermost corners of the foundation of my own being.
There are places inside my soul that the brightest, whitest, most healing light has not been able to penetrate. Corners and pockets, cracks and seams where the fear funk, the doubt dirt and the pure pain hide out, waiting for the right moment to surface and fire off a salacious salvo to the uppermost regions of my Spirit path. Until now.
- mass sippage of negative comments about war -

The girl above is about 5 or 6 years old. That is her family's blood on her, her mom and dad, her sister and brother, were killed next to her. She survived because bullets of the U.S. soldiers shooting at her parent's car went over her head because she is short. She is now all alone, traumatized.
We can change things. Together, united, with the principles of economic and social justice, peaceful diplomacy, sustainable and renewable energy and environmental preservation we can make a stand for that which truly matters against the yellowed hands of time. It is far better to fall for what you believe in than it is to stand for nothing. But by creating community we are building the support systems we will need to get by and survive anything that comes our way. That is what community offers.
We, the healers and the peacemakers, have to stick together. But to do that we have to come together first. We need to build our networks and share our heartsongs. We have to involve ourselves, and inspire our brothers and sisters to get active, to pitch in to make a difference. There is no one else to take our place, we are the only ones who can defend ourselves and our children.
This global corporate regime knows no conscience, it has no humanity, there are no unacceptable bounds based on any moral principles to stop it. There is only those of us all over the planet who see through its agenda of exploitation, dominion and profiteerism.
As we all ride shotgun through the Universe on this cosmic dustclod our actions are creating our very reasons for existence. Our destiny and purpose is created by ourselves in real time, and it is literally our choice who we are and what we will be. We have been granted that power by a force so much greater than us we cannot even comprehend it. But what we can comprehend is our duty to selves and others. That duty is to do that which we know is right, and we share in common the knowledge that life is sacred and peace and love are the highest principles of humankind.
If you think peace and love are cliché, then by all means, join the warmongers and the destroyers of life. But bear in mind, you will have to deal with us, and although we are pissed and angry we will not stoop to the lows of those we oppose. We will embody the principles we seek to defend. We will lead by example, and our end does not justify our means. We choose to live in hope rather than fear, and our destiny depends on our personal choices not someone else's. We will not stand by and watch the beauty of Creation get slashed and burned so that the top 5 percent of the world's population can live in splendor while the rest scrap to feed their bellies and breathe the air.
Heads up armchair generals, CEOs and Drugwar kingpins, if we don't overcome, we're coming over! There is no flag large enough to cover up your crimes of genocide and destruction. There is no document that can justify the persecution and exploitation of the world's poor and innocent populations.
We are peaceful, we are proud and we are coming to the defense of Mother Earth and all her inhabitants. We are invoking the spirit of truth and compassion, of real liberty and true justice. We are marching and chanting, we are building and teaching, we are speaking out and reaching up. We are coming out of our closets and into our element. We are the children of the light, the keepers of the torch, the bearers of the truth. We are the gentle but strong, peaceful but fearless, hopeful but aware. We are everywhere, we are multiplying rapidly, and we are coming together at the seams. We are the living spirit in the flesh, and future of this world. Anyone is welcome to join us, for we bear no grudge and forgive in advance. We simply want everyone to be nurtured and to live in peace, and we will stop at nothing. We won't take no for an answer. We are the victory of life and the conscience of humanity. We are walking, talking hope, and we greet every second of existence as an opportunity for goodness.
Join us, for there is nothing more rewarding than walking in the footsteps of love TOGETHER.
"I've been dropped out, burned up, fought my way back from the dead.
Tuned in, turned on, remembered the things that you said" - Edwin McCain

In the face of fear the true KNOWER smiles.