Evaniel
01-19-07, 10:45 am
Despite the overtly narcissistic overtones, ours is a spiritual lifestyle. The only comparable lifestyle that I can think of is that of a monk.
Both the lifter and the monk live regimented lives, doling out time each day to accomplish the task at hand. To deviate would be to fail.
Both understand that work, and not words, reveal character.
Some monks, like the flagellants, would inflict pain upon themselves to transcend the physical confines of existance. To shape their wills. Lifters do this almost everyday.
Both shun the ceaseless panorama of materialism around them. They need only the tools to get their business done.
Both understand that there is a greater purpose in all of this, that greatness lies in small actions done with great love.
The next time you get treated like a meathead, like some oaf who happened to be born with this, when you get "the look," remember: you are the new mystics. You see past the shadows and dust of this world and choose to believe in truth through trial.
Fight hard.
Both the lifter and the monk live regimented lives, doling out time each day to accomplish the task at hand. To deviate would be to fail.
Both understand that work, and not words, reveal character.
Some monks, like the flagellants, would inflict pain upon themselves to transcend the physical confines of existance. To shape their wills. Lifters do this almost everyday.
Both shun the ceaseless panorama of materialism around them. They need only the tools to get their business done.
Both understand that there is a greater purpose in all of this, that greatness lies in small actions done with great love.
The next time you get treated like a meathead, like some oaf who happened to be born with this, when you get "the look," remember: you are the new mystics. You see past the shadows and dust of this world and choose to believe in truth through trial.
Fight hard.