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Life Moves On
Life Loves Light
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Life Moves On
Principles in Focus
Tr ut h and Beaut y
Loving Life
Night be LightIdeals made Real
Phi losophy of Enl ight enm ent
Human Being Becom ing Her oicLif e Loves Light
Lover s of Life
Love t o Love
St ar ship Being Light
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Life Moves On … Light
by
Monar t Pon
2005
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An AynRand100 Tr ibute
( 2 / 2 / 05 )
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Principles in Focus
“ Wor ds are a lens t o f ocus one's m ind.”
“ Realit y … Reason … Right s … Rom ance”
“ To t he Glor y of Man”
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Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
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The Philosopher Hero
A teacher , a leader , a pr ot ect or ,a sim ple m an of calm in t ensit y;
A gent leman of Tr ut h , Cour age, and Honor ;
A man in t ouch and at peace,
wit h h imself and t he wor ld;
A poet who speaks of
Har m ony, Wholeness, In t egr it y, Just ice, Fr eedom;
No one who m eet s him r em ain s unchanged.
He m oves people t o r ise
above t he cir cum st ance t hat t r aps t hem…
And r egain t he vision of li fe as
Benevolence, Enchant m ent , and Advent ur e.
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The pr eceding por t r ait was extr act ed fr om a post t o an int er net
for um in a t h r ead t hat was discussin g t he 19 70 s series, "Kun g Fu"
(about a Chinese-Amer ican Shaoli n pr iest , Kwai Chang Caine, movin g
t hr ough t he lives of people in west er n f r on t ier Ameri ca). A r eader was encour aged by t he wor ds t o creat e f r om t hem what she called “ a
t ext ual obj ect ” , because she saw it as “ a por t r ait of a very f in e
hu man being” . She want ed t o f r ame t he wor ds in such a way t hat
she could f ocus on t hem and dr aw fr om t hem “ a mo t ivat ion, an
encour agement , and a st atement of i dealism ” .
What follows is a ser ies of fr ames of ar t ist ic ph ilo soph y: set t ings of
principles in focus, portraits of fine human be-ing —movements of
lif e in love wit h lo gic and light .
The wor ds are sim ple and bold, but in t heir sim pli cit y and bo ldness,
when read slowly and carefully —t he t r ut h is shar p and clear : easier
t o t hink about —put t ing th e mind in focus and t he hear t in
harmony…
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Truth and Beauty
From: The Orat or by Peter Zarlenga
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Speak t he t r ut h in h ar m ony wit h beaut y
m oving humanit y t o fr eedom .
Fr eedom is t he ch ild of beaut y in love wit h t r ut h.
The love of t r ut h is t he spir i t of m an.
Just ice is t r u t h in act ion cr eat ing beaut y.
Beaut y is being in har m ony wit h what you are.
To be beaut iful , be t r ue t o your self .
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We ar e f r ee. Our f r eedom is t o move at will, t o beef fect ive, t o li ve, t o cr eat e or der f r om chaos, t o achieve
perfection, to conceive and create, to imagine and
enact , t o dream and t o fu lf il l ou r dr eam s, t o be and
become what we want t o be.
The way t o achieve t his great aim is t o concent r ate t he
m agnificent power of your mind on the fu lfi l lm ent of
t he love of your spir it . When you do t hi s you will
cr eat e an in t ense beam of power so pu r e it will r each
t he fu r t hest st ar .*
The pur pose of lif e is t o be what you are and t o
becom e what you could be. To seek t o create excellence
in what ever you choose t o do. To do what is r ight . Topr act ice pr inciples. To cr eate or der f r om chaos. To
t hink and act upon your t hought . To be r eal, r ight ,
good, and t r ue. To choose t o cause your own change.
To ident if y, sim pli fy , concent r at e, and move. To f ight
for f r eedom, just ice, t r u t h, beaut y, achievem ent , and
joy.
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Hold your gr ound defending your self , living for
yourself, respecting yourself, being yourself. Set fire toyour spir it , soar alof t , become what you could be.
Put your will int o act ion and r ealize t he realit y of
r ealit y. Br ing t he value of your spir it int o being. Have
t he cour age t o cr eat e your self f r om your own t hought
and act ion. Tr ust your own m ind t o ident it y what is
t r ue. Act upon t he t r ut h.
Act upon t he t r ut h and you will cr eat e order . Your
or der will cr eat e ener gy. Your energy wil l cr eat e
m ovement . Your m ovem ent will cr eat e achievement .
Your achievem ent will cr eate joy. Your joy will cr eat e
love. Your love will create goodwill. Your goodwill will
cr eat e just ice, fr eedom, t r u t h, and beaut y. I t can be
done. You can do it .*
The Orat or
Peter Nivio Zarlenga
1977, BOOKS IN FOCUS, New York
Excerpt ed and comp iled by Monar t Pon, who wor ked wit h
Pet er Zarl enga in t he Flight Organizatio n of Achievem ent
in Edmont on, Albert a, 197 7-79.
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Being Mor n ing
I woke up t his Mor ningI m et t he Golden Dawn
I saw t he Pur e Light
I did t he New Thing
I felt t he Next Day
I gr ew Up
I feel you around me
m oving wit h me
coming wit h me
loving wit h m e
being wit h m e
becoming We
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Being Light
Making LoveLoving lif e
Will ing in loving
t he feeling of m aking
t he beaut y of t r ut hin being t he light
of becoming real.
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To be Love Making Light Being Felt
To become light
To be
Lovin g t he Feelingof Making t he Doing
of Knowing t he Seeing
of Being Becoming
t he Beaut y of Tr ut h in
Being t he Light .
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Loving Life
Being Love
Being Life
Being Becoming
To Be ... To Be Com e Mor e …
To be ...
t o f ind to f ixt o give t o get
t o wi l l to do
t o see t o know
t o m ake t o feel...
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To becom e ...
t o laugh t o cr y
t o sing t o moant o shout t o sigh
t o sm ile t o fr own
t o bear t o ki ll
t o gr ow t o shr ink
t o win t o lose
t o love t o hat e
t o l ive t o die
t o go t o st op
t o r ise t o fall …t o be t o be not
t o become t o begone
To be Light t o be Night ...
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Night, Be Light
Night …
To see yet not t o know
To know yet not t o make
To m ake yet not t o feelTo feel yet not be r eal
I s r eally not t o be.
Night , be light …
Be hopefu l, bu t
Hope gr ows f r om deed, not need.
I f you don't do t he deed,
you're hopeless and in need.
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Make it , don't fake it .
Make it with honesty, justice, and courage.
Honest y is being t r ue t o r ealit y.Just ice is being good t o t r ut h.
Cour age is being real t o beaut y.
Be real. Ach ieve and enjoy.
Achievem ent is beaut y made f r om t r ut h.
Joy is love m ade fr om being r eal good.
Get just ice.
For justice measures the wealth of creation
m ir r or s t he void of dest r uct ion
guar ding t he f r eedom t o
discover t r ut h
cr eat e beaut y
exchange joybr ing l ight .
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Night, be Light.
Forgive yourself:
For … give …
For Change
Give Chance
Give chance.
It 's har der t han you t hink,
but easier t han you f eel,
and easier when you do t h ink.
Think.
Th ink clear ly t o feel deeply.
Feel deeply t o t h ink clear ly.
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Th ink and do.
Ther e ar e t hin gs t hat can only be t hought about ,
t hin gs t hat can only be t alked about ,
and t hings t hat can on ly be wr it t en about , but
t her e ar e t hings t hat can only be done.
Deed t r um ps fear .
Let fear be found and felt , but not be loved.
Let deeds be loved.
Let your mind be in f ocus.
Let your hear t be f r ee.
St r engt hen your wil l.
Raise you r desir e.
Make t he light .
Think l ight
Make light .Be shiny.
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Be inf ormed
To per for m and t r ansfor m .
Be light or be night .
Dr ift on in dar knessOr l ight up your l i fe.
Life is cosmos out of chaos,
m ovement aimed at it self —
Happiness forever growing.
To l ive, be t r ue, all t hr ough.
Make love.
Love li fe, love logic, love light .
Make light .
Night, be Light.
Light , be loved.
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Ideals Made Real
The inf init y of ideals made f ini t e and r eal.
The
Aim of WillThe
Act ion of Mind
The
Achievement of Body.
The
Dignif ied Honor of Tr ut h
The
Concent r at ed Power of GoodnessThe
Radiated Glory of Beauty.
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The inf init e all of glor y
in one f in it e shapein one int egr at ed body
in one un if ied soul
in one clear wor d
in one shin ing love
in one t em plein One.
In
m aking t he feeling
of seeing t he beaut y
of t r ut h in being
one light .
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One
in having
fi nit ude t o t he infinit y of ideals
shape t o t he for mlessness of dr eam ssingular it y t o t he plur alit y of values
unit y t o t he m ult iplicit y of desir es
concr et eness t o t he abst r act ness of t hought
dir ect ion t o t he r andom ness of m ovem ent
for t i t ude t o t he har dships of l i f ecer t aint y t o t he chances of vict or y
in having
a concerto of deliverance
inbeing enlight ened.
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Philosophy of Enlightenment
The Love of Tr ut h and t he Being of Light
The
Phi losophy o f Light
Knowing of Tr ut h
Doin g of Goodness
Making of Beaut y
The The The
Knowing of Tr ut h Doing of Goodn ess Making of Beaut y
Being of Being Being of Knowin g Being of Doin g
Knowing of Bein g Knowing of Doing Knowing of Making
Feeling of Being Feeling of Makin g Feeling of Becom in g
The
Being of Light
Feeling of Beaut y
Loving of Tr ut h
Being the Ligh t
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Loving Being Loving LightLoving Being Making Light
Loving li fe loving light
Loving logic loving lif e
Love Makin g Light Being Felt
Loving
Seeing Willing Knowing
Doing Making Feeling
Loving Becoming Light
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Human Being Becoming Heroic
The Light of Being
The
Knowing and Seeing
Knowing and Feeling
Knowing and Making
The Being of Light
The
Making and KnowingMaking and Doing
Making and Being
Her oic Becom in g Bein g Hum an
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Her oic Hum an Being
Feeling t he Making of Kn owing Being
Becoming t he Knowing of Making Feeling
Being fr ee t o know t r ut h
Being r at ional t o do good
Being joyous t o love beaut y
Being the Light
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Life loves light~ * ~ ~ * ~
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Lif e moves on
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The Lovers of Life
The lovers who seek sacr ed rom ance,
The lover s who year n for ecst asy, ecst asy cr eated by
the united, relentless striving for mutual recognition,for r ecipr ocit y, r elease, and r ejuvenat ion.
The lover s who seek synchr onized, in t egr at ed movement ,
who seek t o penet r ate and envelope t he sublim e:
t o char ge up t he polar ized ener gy ...
t o r each t he thr eshold of t r anscendence ...
t o unleash t he lif e-r enewing, li fe-expanding power
that re-unites and re-centers
t he holy being of t r ue love.
The t r ue love of life.
The t r ue lover s.
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Love to Love
I , love to love, you .
I love to love you, see you , know you, t ouch you .
I love t o have you, kiss you, fu ll in t he flesh.
I love t o hold you t ight and spr ead you wide, open,
wit hout fear or pain or sham e.
I love going deep, deep in t o you ,
wit h wonder and year nin g,
m oving hard and fast , sm ooth and st r aight ,
st r aight int o your soul.
I love t o dr ive you wild,
t o t he ends of your endur ance and beyond,
wher e you bur st apar t , t r em bling,
swept over by r elent less waves of
unending joy and ir r esist ib le ecst asy.
I love t o love you, now, her e, all ways, for ever .
I love t o love you.
I , You
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You love t o love me.
You love t o love me, see me, know me, t ouch m e.
You love to have m e, kiss me, fu ll in t he flesh.
You love t o hold m e t ight and, wide open, let m e in ,
wit hout fear or pain or sham e.
You love m e coming deep, deep in t o you ,wit h wonder and year nin g,
m oving hard and fast , sm ooth and st r aight ,
m y soul t o your soul.
You love m e dr iving you wild,t o t he ends of our endur ance and beyond,
wher e I bur st for t h, unst oppable,
power ed by r elent less waves of
unending joy and ir r esist ib le ecst asy.
You love t o love me, now, here, all ways, for ever .
You love t o love me.
You
I
I love t o love you.
We
We love t o love.
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Religious Philosophy
I ’ve r ead a few books r elat ed t o t he “ phi losophy of r eligion” , such as
Religion wit hou t Revelat ion by Julian Huxley, Hero wit h a Thousand
Faces by Joseph Campbell, and The Rom ant ic Manif est o by Ayn Rand.
I ’ve given as mu ch t hou ght t o t he essence of r eligion as I have t o t he
essence of ph ilosoph y, in t he 30 + years sin ce I fi r st r ead Rand ’s The Fountainhead.
I didn’t know it t hen, but r eading The Fountainhead was an intense
and l if e-changing, “ r eli gious” exper ience for me, as well as on e of
phi losoph ical enl ight enm ent . The catalyst was t he har mony o f t he
r om ant ic ar t and r ati onal, object ivis phi losophy in Rand’s novels.
Ever since t hen, m y li fe’s jour ney can be descr ibed m ost ly as a
r eligious object ivist ” one, alt hou gh I ’ve never belon ged t o any
par t icular r el igion o r chu r ch.
Those of you who h ave r ead The Foun t ainhead may r ecall t h e scene
where a client (coached and manipulated by Toohey), when
per suading Roark t o bui ld a religious t emple, r emar ked t hat Roark,
who d idn ’t believe in God, was “ a deeply r eli gious man—in hi s own
way” (par aph r ased). I would say t hat I , t oo, am r eligious sim ilar t o
t he same way Roark was. I do not believe in “ God” , “ fait h” or an
“ aft er lif e” , as t hose ideas are com monly defined—but I do believe ina “ per fect being” , a st ate or qu alit y of pu r it y, un it y, and who leness—
of consecr ati ng and at t aining th e hi ghest ideals of l if e.
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For me, it ’s not “ God” who is t he sup r eme being, laying down t he
law, lor din g over m e and t o whom I must give obedience. The
ult im ate absolu t e for me is r ealit y: all t hat which is, is what i t is; t he
being of all beings is being it self . And t o live by t hi s absolu t e being,
t his obj ect ive r ealit y, is m y ult im ate pur pose. Thus, t he highest ,sacr ed value for lif e is obj ect ive t r ut h—bein g t r ue to what i s r eal—
wit h t he cor ollar ies of honest y, ju st ice, and cour age, of achievement ,
beaut y, and joy.
I r egard “ r eligion” as if i t wer e t he emot ional-mot ivat ional
coun t er par t t o t he int ellect ual-validation al aspect of l i f e whi ch isone’s philosophy. Like philosophy, religion also serves to integrate
one’s lif e int o a consist ent and m eaningfu l whole. The wor d
“ r eligion” et ymologically r elat es t o t he idea “ t o bind t oget her” .
“ Holy” r elat es t o t he “ whole” . “ Wor ship” r elat es t o a st at e of
wort hin ess, of h aving wor t h. I n sho r t , t o be r eligious, for me, is t o
ho ld one’s lif e as being ho ly, bein g sacr ed—t o be wor shipped as t heult imat e value sought —t o l ive t hat whole l ife wit h dedicat ion, t r ut h,
int egr it y, and pur pose.
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WorShip
The
Loving of Being
The
Way of Facing Tr u t h
St at e of Making Value
Ship of Having Wor t h
The
Qualit y of Showing Beaut y
Act of Giving Love
Cer em ony Br inging Joy
Being Becoming Light Light Being St ar Ship
Starship being light
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Monart Pon
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