I must not fear.

[everythingsxen]

Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.

[chknltl]

1. F. Herbert?????

[ikri]

2. Personally I prefer the Litany of Coffee

It is by caffeine alone that I set my mind in motion.
It is by the beans of java that thoughts acquire speed.
Hands acquire shaking. The shaking becomes a warning.
It is by caffeine alone that I set my mind in motion.

I wonder what Frank Herbert would have made of the war in Iraq.

Hostile land - Arrakis/Iraq
Highly Prized resource - Spice/Oil
Hostile Natives - Fremen/Iraqis
Mad family in charge - Harkonen/Bush

Which kind of begs the question, where are the Atreides?

[everythingsxen]

3. Ah...

But we (the US) are the Atreides, at least under the reign of Alia the Abomination.

Now what we need is a Leto II to come along and lead us upon the Golden Path.

[jpgray]

8. At what point does a giant worm creature with a human head take charge?

:o

[Taverner]

6. Herbert has said Dune was a metaphor for the Oil wars

of his time...

[Chovexani]

7. I've been calling Chimpy the Beast Rabban for ages

And BFEE is setting Jeb up to be Feyd-Rautha.

[SlowDownFast]

4. more mushrooms...

that's all i have to say...

[everythingsxen]

5. Plans within plans within plans.

Feints within feints within feints.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Good afternoon to you, my dear everythingsxen....

Long ago, when I was having professional difficulties....

This little poem was my mantra...it helped me out a lot...

Thank you for posting it today...

It is so beautifully true, IMHO...


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