THE BLACKLIGHT QUOTES are some phrases and pages from THE BOOK OF BLACKLIGHTS, and some of the other "practical spirituality and philosophy" books done in the Samurai Ruach collection of writings (outside of the "fiction" sci-fi series). No punches pulled in some of these. It's all opinion (of course), based on life and living it, here in this "reality" or Matrix, or whatever you want to call it. They're things about BEING, some keys to freedom, and principles of the BLACKLIGHT PATH. You can check out more about that whole philosophy on the WAY OF THE SAMURAI RUACH page. While writing this, i noticed it got long. Just a heads up.

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         PEARLS BEFORE SWINE is a thing, also, in Samurai Ruach. Don't waste your currency (self). There's a lot of sarcasm here, mainly because of the degree of honesty in the thoughts shared. The sarcasm takes the edge off of that whole "pearls before swine" thing. Of all of the wisdom and understanding there is to gain, have, ands share in this "reality", what is the point of it? How much of what you learned in all of your years in schooling, being "educated" for your future-- how much is used, and how much is wasted? What are you doing with it and why? Now, take that answer, and remove economics (survival because you're buying things to live, and procreation... which is survival-- continuing your line), and what would you come up with? A lot of it you only use when you have kids, trying to remember it to help them with their programming and induction into the system that's draining you now.

         Wisdom and understanding... great to have, but why? It's like having a yard for most people. Not a flower or tree in it, no food, nothing to relax, no family members buried in it so they can't take "your land", no clothes lines (no use of it's many functions)... you don't stand barefoot in it to ground yourself or recharge... usually it's just a bathroom for dogs we use to amuse us and call it "support animals" which is just de-stress from the torture we're going to go back to animals, or you have a grill in it, covered up, and some storage stuff rotting in a pile housing bugs, until summer when you have to deal with it. This glorious, bountiful yard is just this annoying thing you have, that you may use to impress others, but it's mostly just a hassle you figure is just something that comes with the territory. Wisdom and understanding are the same, largely. They could do a lot, but most of this living, rooted in distraction and division, most of it we do on autopilot. Very seldom are we fully, wildly, unsuppressed in our BEING, and that BEING passionate. Very rarely does the light shine brightly. You're driven to use them. They're really survival tactics. When everything is fine, how much wisdom do you need? When you're at peace, in your fullest most sabbath state, how much wisdom do you have, want, or need to apply? For what? There's nothing to do but BE. If not for survival, or lost in just purely being, then it's some party trick, or something to do to amuse yourself-- just a thing you want because you're conscious and that leaves you prone to want things. SO, on a t-shirt or product is a nice place to put things-- like in books. If someone is serious about it, they'll get it and use it. Everyone else will pick up the trend, get what they want, but not have what they have, and run to another portion of the loop. Either way, I did my part.

         C'est le jeu (that's the game, that's the play). BUT, here we are in this game. OR... SO here we've come to this game. You'll not have it when you come here, even though you do... and then you'll gain it (which you already have), and then you'll leave it all behind to play the game again, or opt out and then pick it up later. Added to that, some of the main things in this "reality" are the "D"s: Distraction, Deception, Division, Diversion, Delusion... things of that nature. It's getting ONE to be more than that so that there is a vibration. Given all of that, what you end up with, is infinite beings, with all of the knowing and awareness, which become conscious, and in that... want something to do. And they'll want everything eventually, and once they get it, then what? Start over. For eternity. So, since part of the point of this dream we're in, is BEING asleep, the opposite of awakened, to awaken folks would be counterproductive, and telling them liberating things, as honest as it is, would be more rejected because people are here for the lie and deception, distraction, division--especially from their full self. Those who distract and divide know this, which is why it works so well here. If i told you that, it wouldn't be received well. Reading it is half received well... but on a t-shirt, it's free, quirky, funny, amusing... acceptable, especially since you pay for it, then you have power over it, and ownership. For some reason think things they pay for are more valuable, even though rarely do they want to pay what it's worth. You fill the wanted lack with another want, something fulfilling, so you can want something else. The illusion of lack gives you space to chase and fill, which creates purpose. In your wholly complete full state, there's nothing left. In a sense, "At the top, there's nowhere to go but nowhere, down, in circles, or further up because the top is an illusion." Yes, that's one of the designs, lol. 

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         THE DESIGNS are usually all text. Keeping true to the "this is a quote from a book" theme, it just makes sense to keep them as based on text/typography as possible. The BLACKLIGHT design talks about working with text designs, but basically, when all you have is letters, it's a cool challenge. You're limited to the character of the characters. After that, it's you vision of the layout of those letters-- what can you build with it. How do you paint the picture. Some just play it straight, with one font, which seems more bold and impacting because its so direct.

         Yeah, technology's making things interesting, but I don't have that yet. I dreamed to have one of those cloth tv screens as a shirt fabric for jackets, front panels of hats (or the whole thing), and especially t-shirts, so then the typography would be that kinetic typography. TIME, MIND, and RESOURCES-- everything in creation and manifestation comes down to that. Everything in conscious being comes down to that. IF YOU HAVE THE TIME, MIND, AND RESOURCES, and how you apply them. I'll have some of those, here and there, but they don't line up usually. The resources part is lacking. But this reality is about lack, so, along with how it's allowed, it's also a part of the game. C'est la vie, la guerre, et le jeu. You honestly have all three (TIME, MIND, and RESOURCES) but the game gets you to play by rooting you in one, and getting you to sacrifice the second to gain the third. You can look at the "YOU STILL HAVE TIME"  and the "TryAngles" designs to see a bit more on that. They're kind of a part of this group. In fact, I'll list a few other ones which are a part of this group of BLACKLIGHT QUOTES. I'll toss in some samples of all of that if I can find it.

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SOME OTHER DESIGNS WITH BLACKLIGHT QUOTES/Themes:​