Jeffrey Munro

I’ve done a little bit of web design work in the past for a few different people and enjoyed doing it quite a bit. In the last little while I’ve been given the opportunity to work on a couple of projects related to getting businesses and organizations up on the web. I decided that since I would be doing this work, there should be a name behind it. JM Media & Design seems to be the name of choice for the time being. I’ve registed JMmedia.ca and should have that up and running in the next few days.

Not to many more details on things right now but I will continue posting updates.

If there are any designers out there who would be interested in designing a logo for me then please feel free to contact me (e-mail, facebook)

A little while back Coldplay released a new album, Viva la Vida, and I finally got my hands on a copy last night. From my first impression (listening the album through once) I’m really impressed with what Chris and the band have done with the new album. I was a little worried that it might not live up to X&Y with the choice not to include Chris on piano but they have more than made up for it with a blend of acoustic and rock with the uniqueness of Coldplay all mixed in. A must have *cough* download *cough*

Here is one of my current favorites, Cemeteries of London.

We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren’t old enough and we’ll be more content when they are. After that we’re frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage. We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, are able to go on a nice vacation, when we retire.
The truth is, there’s no better time to be happy than right now. If not now, when? Your life will always be filled with challenges. It’s best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway. One of my favorite quotes comes from Alfred D Souza.
He said, “For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.”
This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So, treasure every moment that you have. And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time…and remember that time waits for no one.
So stop waiting until you finish school, until you go back to school, until you lose ten pounds, until you gain ten pounds, until you have kids, until your kids leave the house, until you start work, until you retire, until you get married, until you get divorced, until Friday night, until Sunday morning, until you get a new car or home, until your car or home is paid off, until spring, until summer, until fall, until winter, until you are off welfare, until the first or fifteenth, until your song comes on, until you’ve had a drink, until you’ve sobered up, until you die, until you are born again to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy…

Happiness is a journey, not a destination.

Thought for the day: “Work like you don’t need money, Love like you’ve never been hurt, And dance like no one’s watching.”

Just a little update for anyone who doesn’t know I post most of my photos to the best photo sharing website, Flickr.com. You can find most of my photos organized here or keep up to date with my latest photos here.

I heard this today and thought I would share it. Sounds a bit sappy, me recommending a piano song but its actually pretty amazing. Its called Struggle for Pleasure by Wim Mertens.

This was a fight that happened at my old high school, Glengarry District High School a couple of weeks before school finished for the summer. Apparently the fight was for acceptance into some little gang they have organized. hahaha what a joke. Enjoy.

My friend and I saw the kid who got knocked out walking on the street a couple of days ago and we got the chance to have a little chat with him, I’ll put that video up sometime soon.

Oh ya, I HAVE HIGH SPEED NOW. Thanks Xplornet

So some of you may remember back in March when there was a video posted on youtube showing a marine throwing a puppy of a cliff. I made a post about the video (here) and it got considerable attention within the first few days of the incident. Now, 3 months later, it looks like our little friend is being processed for separation by the Marines. Karma bud. CNN article

Although this was one of the most popular posts on my blog, I don’t really see the need for it and it actually makes me laugh. Its interesting to see that people will lobby more for a dead dog than they will for a dead soldier. A good look at the direction this so called ‘war on terror’ has gone. What a joke.

I recommend you read Newt Gingrich’s reply to an invitation made by Barack Obama for an open, honest discussion on poverty, mainly in the United States. He brings up some good points such as the failed welfare system, the demise of adolescence, the need for a redesign of culture and radical change to government (size and policies).

“Real change requires facing reality. I think it will be very hard to go around this country and find anyone willing to stand up and suggest that the current system is working for the poorest of Americans. The tragic truth is that the current system is not working because of two topics we don’t like to talk about: bad culture and bad government.” Continue Reading…

If you have never heard of Immortal Technique before then I recommend you check out some of his songs; Industrial Revolution, Peruvian Cocaine, Internally Bleeding, Speak Your Mind & Revolutionary. If you listen to Immortal Technique recommend some songs in the comments.

[Talking]
Yeah… It’s that real this time around
Immortal Technique… Revolutionary Vol. 2
It’s on now mother fucker..
Lock and load!

[Verse 1]
This is the point of no return I could never go back
Life without parol up state shackled and trapped
Living in the hole, lookin’ at the world through a crack
But fuck that, I’d rather shoot it out and get clapped
I’ve gone too far, there ain’t no coming back for me
Auschwitz gas chamber full of Zyklon-B
Just like the spanish exterminating Tynos
Raping the black and Indian women, creating Latinos
Mother fuckers made me out of self richeous hatered
And you got yourself a virus, stuck in the Matrix
A suicide bomer strapped and ready to blow
Lethal injection strapped down ready to go
Don’t you understand they’ll never let me live out in peace
Concreate jungle, guerilla war out in the streets
Nat Turner with the sickle pitch fork and ma chatte
The end of the world, mother fucker you not ready
This is the point of no return and nobody can stop it
Malcolm little running up before Elijah Muhammad
The commedent killed the dinosaurs, changing the earth
They love to criticize they always say I change for the worse
Like prescription pills when you miss using them nigga
The temple of nights when they took Jerusalem nigga
And figured out what was buried under Soloman’s temple
Al Aksa the name is no coincidental
I know too much to government is trying to murder me
No coming back like cutting your writs open vertically
How could the serpant be purposely put in charge of the country
Genetic engineered sickness spread amongst me
My people are so hungry that they attack without reason
Like a fuckin’ dog ripping off the hand that feeds him
Immortal Technique is treason to the patriot act
So come and get me mother fucker cause I’m not coming back

[Hook]
This is the point from which I could never return
And if I back down now then forever I burn
This is the point from which I could never retreat
Cause If I turn back now there can never be peace
This is the point from which I will die and succeed
Living the struggle, I know I’m alive when I bleed
From now on it can never be the same as before
Cause the place I’m from doesn’t exist anymore

[Verse 2]
This is the point of no return nigga you better believe this
Mary Magdalen giving birth to the children of Jesus
The evolution of the world, bloody and dramatic
Human beings killing monkeys to conquer the planet
The kingdoms of Africa and Mesopotamia
Machine gunnin’ your body with depleated uranium
This is the age of micro chips and titanium
The dark side of the moon and contact with aliens
I started out like Australians, criminal minded
Broke into hell, tore it down, and built and city behind it
South Paul, murderous, methadology nigga
Remember that I’m just a man don’t follow me nigga
Cause once you past the point you can never go home
You’ve got to face the possibility of dying alone
So tell me mother fucker, how could you die for the throne?
When you don’t even got the fuckin’ heart to die for your own
It rains acid, one day the earth will cry from a stone
And you’ll be lookin’ at the world livin’ inside of a dome
Comperized humanity living inside of a clone
This is the place where the unknown is living and real
Worm went to planet X and the seventh seal
Universal truth is not measure in mass appeal
This is the last time that I kneel and pray to the sky
Cause almost everything that I was always ever told was a lie

[Hook]
This is the point from which I could never return
And if I back down now then forever I burn
This is the point from which I could never retreat
Cause If I turn back now there can never be peace
This is the point from which I will die and succeed
Living the struggle, I know I’m alive when I bleed
From now on it can never be the same as before
Cause the place I’m from doesn’t exist anymore

This is from a lecture written by Charlie Lutes in 1977 on the nature of consciousness. For whoever is interested in the spiritual adventure we all find ourselves on then I’m sure you will find this pretty refreshing and humbling.

Consciousness is said to be that state where you are aware of that which another is aware of. The Universe consists of myriad levels of consciousness. The consciousness of the human is tied to the body and the level of consciousness the individual experiences is according to how much purity there exists in the body. This runs the gamut from a low, low level of consciousness to Cosmic Consciousness. Intuition is a higher form of cognition where there exists a true appreciation of value. The human mandate is to strive to reach higher and higher levels of consciousness. Sometime, someplace, we as humans, must eventually come to the awareness of ourselves as living sentient beings - sparks from the Divine Flame.

Our purpose for being human beings is for us to learn all we are meant to learn at ascending levels of consciousness. This is the reason that this world is referred to as the lesson world. We are here to learn and absorb the lessons of life until, as humans, we outlive life, and we become cosmic graduates. To outlive life, means to gain mastery over ourselves; to transmute ourselves from the lowest human consciousness to the highest consciousness, from extreme selfishness to selflessness, from ignorance to enlightenment, and from hate, anger, and destructiveness to the Divine expression of love.

Each lifetime we spend on Earth, we are graded on how well or on how poorly we have done. If we have failed to learn the lessons given to us, we must return and again take up these same lessons plus some new ones. This goes on and on until we have mastered the lessons of life. A master is one who has done just this, and now devotes his time to helping others do the same thing. If we produce misery for those around us, we produce the same misery for ourselves. As the motivation in any school is to teach, so all can learn, so is the motivation of human life. Anything done in this life is only the physical operation of a larger universal plan, also operating on a larger and larger scale. We are little by little evolving into higher levels of consciousness, and slowly we are becoming aware of our own Divine Nature, and our Divine destiny. We are becoming spiritual in the unfolding and revelation of the hidden mysteries of life. We are slowly becoming aware of the fact that we are aware; furthermore, that we are awareness itself.

The word human means to become humane and the word Divine means that state when we have outgrown all error. It truly means that we are no longer running at cross purposes with life. It means that we have now come into conformity with the Divine plan of life, which is to transmute humanity to Divinity; to transmute the heart of lead to the heart of pure gold.

Woven through the tapestry of life is understanding; to understand where we are in relation to where others are, to have such an understanding and then act accordingly. The code of life long written in the history of mankind is, love ye one another. This is practiced by humanity to the degree of the consciousness of humanity, individually and collectively. When the sun rises, it dispels the darkness of the night. Uncertainty and ignorance also vanish as the light of increased consciousness envelops the human. So it is that as we evolve, we go from ignorance to enlightenment. When we finally understand ourselves, we will also understand the whole universe. Then, when we have gained full enlightenment, we will have full knowledge of all universes. Then, instead of being in the light, we will be the light.

Our long journey through time and space is now over, and we have returned to our source having gained Divine Mind. The spark has now become one with the flame. Incorporated into our awareness now are all levels of consciousness, for truly we have now for eternity transcended time, space, and causation. We now know that there is no past, present, or future. We have gained the true and eternal status. We now live in the now. [source]