creeper - Spiritual Blogs - Ashtar Command - Spiritual Community2024-03-28T16:10:36Zhttps://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/creeperCreeper (part 2)https://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/profiles/blogs/creeper-part-22012-09-06T18:00:00.000Z2012-09-06T18:00:00.000ZChristopher Stewarthttps://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/members/ChristopherStewart<div><p style="text-align:center;"><img src="http://poligraf.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/444px-ryogen1.jpg?w=444" alt="" /><br /> <span style="font-size:x-small;">(« <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ryogen1.JPG">Two portraits of Ryogen</a> » - Author Unknown [Copyright Holder is Kiemon Tsuruya])</span><br /></p><div align="center"><object width="290" height="24" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data="http://kiwi6.com/swf/player.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" ></param><param name="allowNetworking" value="internal" ></param><param name="wmode" value="opaque" ></param><param name="movie" value="http://kiwi6.com/swf/player.swf" ></param><embed wmode="opaque" id="audioplayer" width="290" height="24" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://kiwi6.com/swf/player.swf" flashvars="playerID=audioplayer&soundFile=http://k005.kiwi6.com/uploads/hotlink/i8td05f6r1&titles=poligraf.creeper.2008.clip.2.mp3" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal"></embed> </object></div><p></p><p>« Creeper » is an allegory wherein destructive mental processes are compared to creeping plants. It depicts a confrontation between creeper and host in four stages : introduction, growth, conquest, and extinction.</p><p>Although the piece was not constructed as a suite, but rather as one long song, I present it here in two parts. The second part comprises the main instrumental section, the bridge, and the finale. This corresponds to the stages of conquest and extinction of the sabotaging parasitical vine.</p><p>Having won the final confrontation, the host confirms their triumph by revealing the modus operandi and nature of his opponent : <br /> <br /> <br /> <em>Paradise awaiting / Because your constant voice<br /> (All your doom scenarios never come to pass)<br /> Always analyzing / Undermines every choice<br /> (Expected catastrophes never come to life)<br /> <br /> Creeper now I can see / You sabotage my dream<br /> (All your doom scenarios never come to pass)<br /> Yet share its quality / Thus ends your little scheme<br /> (Expected catastrophes never come to life)</em><br /></p><p>While the lead singer plays the part of the host, the backing vocalists repeat a victorious mantra.</p><p>The plant then makes a few attempts to rise from its ashes, but all are short-lived as they are rapidly recognized and subdued by the conqueror.</p></div>Creeper (part 1)https://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/profiles/blogs/creeper-part-12012-08-30T18:00:00.000Z2012-08-30T18:00:00.000ZChristopher Stewarthttps://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/members/ChristopherStewart<div><p style="text-align:center;"><img src="http://poligraf.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/444px-black_and_white_branch.jpg?w=444" alt="" /><br /> <span style="font-size:x-small;">(« <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_and_white_branch.jpg">Climbing Plant</a> » by <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Popperipopp">Popperipopp</a>)</span><br /></p><div align="center"><object width="290" height="24" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data="http://kiwi6.com/swf/player.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" ></param><param name="allowNetworking" value="internal" ></param><param name="wmode" value="opaque" ></param><param name="movie" value="http://kiwi6.com/swf/player.swf" ></param><embed wmode="opaque" id="audioplayer" width="290" height="24" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://kiwi6.com/swf/player.swf" flashvars="playerID=audioplayer&soundFile=http://k005.kiwi6.com/uploads/hotlink/52l6k64dl5&titles=poligraf.creeper.2008.clip.1.mp3" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal"></embed> </object></div><p></p><p>« Creeper » is directly inspired by the following aphorism from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhammapada">Dhammapada</a> :</p><blockquote style="font-style:italic;">The streams flow everywhere; the creeper, having sprung up, becomes established. When you see that creeper sprout, sever its root by intense insight. – (XXIV. Craving, #7)</blockquote><p>and its accompanying translator's note :</p><blockquote style="font-style:italic;">The « creeper » is insidious suggestion, rooted in ignorance and craving, developing into bondage, aggression, and folly. To sever it the moment it sprouts is what the Tao Te Ching refers to as doing what is difficult when it is still easy. This is the purpose of vigilance, so highly recommended by Buddha.</blockquote><p>The composition forms an allegory wherein destructive mental processes are compared to creeping plants, and depicts a confrontation between creeper and host in four stages : introduction, growth, conquest, and extinction.</p><p>Although the piece was not constructed as a suite, but rather as one long song, I present it here in two parts. The first part comprises the introduction and verses, which correspond to the first two stages.</p><p>As the lyrics suggest, the creeper represents worry, negativity, or doubt, which are generally rooted in ignorance or craving, and can act as magnets to undesirable and weird experiences when pursued intently. <br /> <br /> <em>Insidious suggestion<br /> Difficult to contain<br /> Tendency to worry<br /> Threatening to bloom in pain<br /> <br /> Stemming up from a doubt<br /> Burgeoning from a no<br /> Better sever the sprout<br /> Or a vine could follow<br /> <br /> Creative energy – Unleashed upon itself<br /> Subtle adversary – Not yet under control<br /> Creative energy – Cynical of itself<br /> Unforeseen enemy - Between here and the goal<br /> <br /> Coming back from the past<br /> Sinister memory<br /> Craving for attention<br /> The voice of gravity<br /> <br /> Surely as it will rise<br /> Before long, paralyse<br /> Surely as it will grow<br /> In a spiral, down you go<br /> <br /> Creative energy – Unleashed upon itself<br /> Subtle adversary – Not yet under control<br /> Creative energy – Cynical of itself<br /> Unforeseen enemy – Between here and the goal</em></p></div>