write a manifesto

Some of it is already there… ( http://pachanka.org/?redir+manifesto ) The only problem is that it’s been there since im 15. So, yes, changes will be involved. Maybe it’s just a life long thing to do?

I decided to write my manifesto in quotes rather than my own words. Is this ironic?

Most of the principles of good living that I wish to adhere to are embraced by many…others more eloquent than me have written inspiring and uplifting words about life’s truths…

I think it will be fun searching for just the right things said to encapsulate how I want to live. It will be wonderful to collect them together and maybe make a photo project out of it…

no manifesto for jack. We’re just going to concentrate on being consistently honest and acting with integrity.

This is a long-term goal. The subject will be atheism.

JACKS’ MANIFESTO:

The way it is, second draft.

I. Speak loud enough to be heard. If you do nothing else with your life do this at least. It is demeaning to mumble.

II. lose at something. This is about pushing yourself beyond what you are capable of achieving. It is about reaching and doing. It’s tough to lose but losing makes you tougher. Just because you are not the best at something, or even very good at something does not mean you shouldn’t do it. Doing is an essential life skill.

III. Gaurd your integrity. It is finite in quality and you can surrender it entirely by degree.

_{as an aside:‘Those who have a why can endure any how.’}

_{Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche}

_{I will add more as it occurs to me}

point IX: don’t swear around people who are bothered by it. It’s not nice. No body needs more agrevation in life – OK to swear at people bothered by swearing if situation warrents, but don’t swear around them mindlessly. Give offense only with intention.

VII: We all take shit. We like to pretend we don’t but we do. It’s vanity to imagine we can hold to some standard where when challeged we come out swinging. We only imagine we will be able to get in the last word. It’s a fact of life that people will challege you. This being said – you can take shit without being obsequious.

Point VIII: pride is good for you. It is good to be proud. Pride can make you do things you would lack the courage, conviction or strength to undertake otherwise. Be careful though to consider from time to time if your pride is helping or hindering your life.

VI: Truth: you will recognize truth by how it brings everything together in a cohesive plan. The truth works together, it fits. your personal agrandizement, wealth or satisfaction is not the truth. Truth is what’s good for the earth and the community. The truth is sustainable. the truth will make you healthy, it will clothe the poor, it will make the water clean and it will be just and equal and fair for all. The truth is: you will have less that you can touch and more that you can hold on to.

it’s what it is

point V Bob Dylan is the greatest poet/rock-star of the twentieth century.

edit – manifesto’s are serious jack, be serious

here it is – for all of you who have been asking yourself: “how would jack do it?” – the manifesto. In little pieces as he makes it up and tries to make sence of it all

-point I – Sex is good. You should try to have as much sex as you can and regret as little of it as possible.-

I – No Crying. No one ever got anywhere by crying so show some steel and save the tears. sometimes I think if I started crying I’d never stop.

-point II – Sex is like pizza, even when cold it’s still pretty good. It really isn’t possible to have bad sex but it is possible to have sex with bad people and this should be managed in such a way that you can have as little to do with them as possible afterward.-

II – be strong. You have been made with the strength to shoulder what ever hardship the world sees fit to lay on you. Your struggles are prescibed by nature, they are the remedy for a condition you may not even be aware you face so carry on.

Point III – You should not cheat on any one you have made a commitment to. That is just low and it’s sneaky. Being sneaky is weak. It is better celibate than to be a weak and sneaky cheater.could let this one stand as is but it needs some tweaking

III – Be brave. do not be silent. speak up. All you can lose by being brave is life. By being a coward you lose your self.

-Point IV – Manifesto’s should use roman numerals only if they will not exceed the number of points that can be expressed with two digits.-

IV – Live truthfully. This is not the same as tell the truth. To live truthfully is to live concious of your purpose. Your purpose is to do good for people and put up with them. To speak the truth allways is an ideal, do not let ideals supercede the needs of greater good. Lie to the death squads.

more to follow…