There is a story in the Bible (also referred to in the Book of Mormon) that tells of Syria and Ephraim joining forces to conquer King Ahaz in Judah.  They planned to take over, dethrone the king and put one of their own in his place.  Scary stuff!  But the Lord sends Isaiah with a message to King Ahaz.  What’s the message?  What could possibly assuage the terror in Judah’s soul?!?  And could it possibly be of any benefit to us in today’s world???

Quite simply, the Lord told King Ahaz to, “Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be faint-hearted” (Isaiah 7:4)  for the 2 would-be conquerors will not be successful, because the Lord would fight Judah’s battle for them.

Wow.  Let’s look at this a little closer.

Take heed – or be careful, pay attention to what’s going on.

Be quiet – calm down, be quiet.  What’s the normal reaction when we hear about something that really concerns us?  We start to panic, to be all over the place trying to figure out how to get through this.  But when we Desire Higher we realize that there is Someone who can help us and who, in fact, WANTS to help us.  But we can only hear His voice if we listen, so……..calm down, be quiet.

Fear not – it’s interesting how often the Lord tells people to fear not.  Why?  Again, the natural reaction to the unknown is fear.  We worry, we fret, we resign ourselves to the inevitable, etc.  But who is really in charge?  God, of course.  So if we will put ourselves on His side, we have nothing to fear.  He is not the author of fear.  He is the author of love, of peace, of harmony, of good-will.  He desires what is best for us.  We do not need to be afraid of Him or of His plan for us.

Neither be faint-hearted – have you ever felt “faint-hearted”?  Like you could easily give up, go with the status quo, fearful, weak, lacking courage?  You don’t need to feel that way.  In fact, God doesn’t want you to feel that way.  He tells us not to feel that way.

How can we possibly not fear?  Especially when all seems lost?  When the enemy seems to surround us, when we have trials we don’t know how to endure, when people around us are suffering so badly, how can we not fear?  Is it possible to be strong-hearted, to have no fear, to be confident?

All things are possible to those who believe.  Yes, God stand ready to help, ready to relieve the suffering, ready to guide and direct us, ready to fight our battles for us!  If we do the steps listed above: take heed, calm down, be quiet, fear not but trust God, and are not faint-hearted but have courage that He will help us and will make everything OK in the end (remember the saying, “if it isn’t OK, it isn’t the end”!), then His promise (see Isaiah 8:14 and 2 Nephi 18:14) is that He will be our sanctuary and He will fight our battles for us.

This can be a challenging Desire Higher path.  It can be difficult to let go, to trust God, to calm down so we can hear His words to us, and then to courageously do, or not do, what He tells us.  But when we do, things work out better than we can imagine!  He loves you and wants what is best for you!  He will help you as much as you let Him.  Trust God!

When have you trusted the Lord and had things work out better for you than you’d imagined?

It’s All About Jesus!

Spirit of Prophecy Bulletin

THE TRUMPET by Bill Burns — December 7, 2009:

I want you, My people, to receive the gift of My love. Knowing My love will set you free and position you to receive the blessing of the new year. So, set yourself to pursue My love. Set yourself to know My presence, for in blessing I will bless you. The season of blessing is upon you. Come and enjoy. Come and receive, says the Lord.

SMALL STRAWS IN A SOFT WIND by Marsha Burns — Dec. 7, 2009:

Beloved, if you are willing and open to My direction, I will re-establish some old, foundational truths on a higher level so they will come alive in you and become fresh bread. Distractions abound, and you could miss this opportunity if you don’t make yourself available to Me. You must come aside be quiet enough in your soul so that you can hear Me, says the Lord.

John 4:32 But He said to them, “I have food to eat of which you do not know. Therefore the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?” Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.”

One may have awakened to the alarm going off at 3:00 AM.  One may have lain there for a few minutes.  One may have decided to do a few things before heading to one’s prayer closet.

One may have read the Spirit of Prophecy Bulletin.  One may have been blessed.  The prophecy given by Marsha Burns reminded one of the Spirit of Prophecy Bulletin message one had received on June 11, 2009, that came to pass on June 12, 2009.

One may wonder how this prophecy will manifest itself.  One may be cautious, watching for distractions and trying to still one’s spirit.  One may not want to miss this opportunity.

One may have begun praising the Lord at 3:30 AM with song.  One confessed one’s sins, thanked the Lord, prayed for the sick and ended one’s prayer time with a song.

At 4:30 AM, one left one’s prayer closet and logged onto the website to pray for outstanding prayer requests.

This is me. Just make the noise go away! Quiet, peace, and serenity...I know it's out there somewhere.

Relationships are required in our human lives. In one form or another, each of us must have a relationship, or more than one, if we are to exist “normally” on planet earth.

Not only are relationships required, we are also obligated to make a success out of one or more. I think that is a strange thing. Apparently we as humans obligate ourselves to a ton of these relationships throughout the history of our individual lifetimes. Why must we socialize? Why must we communicate with others – particularly to the myriad of people surrounding our space who we sometimes really don’t like?

Now that I think about it… some relationships are with individuals who we absolutely detest. A few people I’ve met in the past 40 odd years have had relationships with those whom they detest. We seem to be remarkably busy creating noise and being adept at the “art of socialization.” Even to our own individual detriment.

Not to be rude…but, in the past several years I have found that I really value time spent alone. Quiet, completely alone, absolutely peaceful; time alone. Note the description: peaceful time alone.

I believe that if we were able to spend more time solo the human race would become stronger and more intelligent. Why must we be constantly moving about, making noise, leaving tracks, talking, shouting, needling, conversing, arguing, and communicating with others?

Are we afraid to be alone?

As the years pile on, I think more and more about peace and happiness. Those two desires are more important to me than anything else (other than a really good pepperoni pizza).

Is not the need for peace and happiness universal among humans? Yet, we continue to flap our human wings – toot our horns, yak up a storm, share our opinions, bond with those who could care less, and create heavy prints all over the land that we have trod. Does all this activity help create harmony and peace?

And why the heck do we need to twitter?

Sometimes I worry that I will arrive at the pearly gates of social security and 1) not be able to partake because the  SOBs took that money away from me, and 2) be a cranky ole’ woman who spent the last 10 years of my life not speaking to a darned person…and my voice will be completely gone because of the lack of trying to use it for a decade. Nope. Anyone who knows me believes that me not expressing my opinion aloud is impossibility!

But, wait!…I’m not so sure.

Upon second glance, I believe that if I could get away without communicating with others, I would be rather content.

Contentment comes from many water faucets. The one I’m thinking about right now (after a weekend of communication hell) is the water faucet of quietness. We take it for granted that we will always have that remarkable skill of communication in one form or another. And, this leads me to question myself: Will I always have the ability to communicate? And, another darker thought: will I always want to communicate?

Think about the person in that hospital bed in a coma. Unable to speak – or even listen. Perhaps it’s a bad thing. Or – is it?

After all, quiet and peace could be a rewarding experience.

The whole world has something very loud to say to us! Please?! ...JUST SHUSH UP FOR ONE MINUTE!

I write this after a weekend of over-communicating, constant bombardment of noise and opinions, and the general jittery display of the human need to communicate…yes, “reach out to the other person.”

Right now I would give you ten thousand dollars for just one eight-hour period of peace and quiet.

I live with a man who cannot sit still longer than 20 minutes at a time. He must have noise or movement around him 100% of the time. The only time he doesn’t move, talk, press a button, make a noise, touch something that will make a noise, or contribute to that movement or noise is when he is unconscious.

I love him deeply and dearly. …even when I just want to be left alone. But, love and hugs aside…I know that I’m not living alone in this peace-shattering abyss. (As I lay here on my bed hearing the thumping of the I-Tunes speakers from 100 yards away).

There are many of us who feel the same way. In fact, those numbers are probably in the millions. Where must we go to get away from this insanity?

…probably a mental health clinic somewhere in Wyoming.

Seriously, when someone invented the ADD syndrome – they were thinking about these types of people. They are everywhere. God bless them, everyone. But, dam it, someone must discover a pill to make hyperactive people stop it!

The medications on the market now obviously do not work adequately. Another offer: Make a little pill. Make it work effectively. I will pay you huge, huge, huge money to do this.

And, there are a few hundred thousand people (not counting the French) out there who will join me. What are you waiting for? Get to it.

Darling Farah est un producteur/remixeur de 17ans qui vient des Emirats Arabes. Il a commencé par produire du son hip-hop pour enfin produire du son plus nu-rave. Voici donc une de ses tracks, “Suicidal Tendencies” et son edit de “Warp”:

Darling Farah – Suicidal Tendencies

The Bloody Beetroots Ft. Steve Aoki – Warp 1.9 (Darling Farah Edit)

Ensuite, je mets la toute dernière production des Snob Electro Sounds, duo déjà sur le blog ici :

Snob Electro Sounds – Be Quiet

BONUS :

Comme il n’y a pas eu de posts depuis 2-3 jours (problême internet) je mets un petit bonus.

All Leather – I Don’t Hate Fags, God Does (Congorock Remix)

Myspace Darling Farah

Myspace Snob Electro Sounds

Myspace Congorock

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TIME’s Joe Klein had some good advice for John McCain in an appearance on Larry King Live Tuesday night. Advice that also applies to Lindsey Graham, Fred Thompson and the rest of the Republican chorus of bluster and bravado urging President Obama to “do more” about the situation in Iran.

“Be quiet.”

Whatever happened to “politics stops at the waters edge?” I recall not too long ago Republicans saying that criticizing the President’s foreign policy in a time of war amounted to treason. Does that only apply when a Republican is in the Oval Office? Apparently so.

Klein added:

“You don’t need to do this…. What you’re doing is a self-indulgence at this point. Senator McCain, if he’s going to talk about this, should also talk about the fact that the United States supported Saddam Hussein in the Iran/Iraq war for eight years. Every one of those protesters out in the streets, every last one of them believes the United States supplied Saddam Hussein with the poison gas that has debilitated tens of thousands of Iranian men…. They blame us for identifying them as part of the Axis of Evil, with two countries that they disdain, the Iraqis and the North Koreans.“

To go back even further, Iranians also know that it was our CIA who overthrew their democratically elected government in 1953 and put the Shah in power. It was also American presidents who supported the Shah for the next 26 years while his secret police brutalized and terrorized the Iranian people leading up to the 1979 revolution.

And try as McCain might to make the situation in Iran analogous to Hungary in 1956, Czechoslovakia in 1968, and the fall of the Soviet Union, it just isn’t the same.

“Obama’s shades-of-gray approach rejects comparison to an era when Communist bloc dissidents had virtually no access to the Western media and the world was more neatly divided between a pair of superpowers, not complicated by the set of ambitious regional powers such as Iran that the Obama administration is seeking to manage.”

The day following his remarks on Larry King, Klein posted this at Swampland:

“I’ve been receiving a steady stream of favorable emails from Iranian-Americans regarding my appearance on Larry King last night. They’re delighted that I made it clear that Iran is different from the other countries in the region–better educated, more sophisticated, with far greater rights for women (although not nearly enough). And they also appreciated the fact that when King asked me what John McCain should do right now, I said, “Be quiet.”

To put it as simply as possible, McCain–and his cohorts–are trying to score political points against the President in the midst of an international crisis. It is the sort of behavior that Republicans routinely call “unpatriotic” when Democrats are doing it. I would never question John McCain’s patriotism, no matter how misguided his sense of the country’s best interests sometimes seems. His behavior has nothing to do with love of country; it has everything to do with love of self.”

I have some advice of my own for Sen. McCain and his cohorts, join Governor Sanford on the Appalachian Trail. In other words, take a hike.

From the book God Calling (www.twolisteners.org )

April 23 – Too Much Talk

Guidance you are bound to have as you live more and more with Me. It follows without doubt.

But these times are not times when you ask to be shown and led, they are times of feeling and realizing My Presence. Does the branch continually ask the Vine to supply it with sap, to show it in what direction to grow? No, that comes naturally from the very union with the Vine, and I said, “I am the true vine, ye are the branches.”

From the branches hand the choice grapes, giving joy and nourishment to all, but no branch could think that the fruit, the grapes, were of its shaping and making.

No! the grapes are the fruit of the Vine, the Parent-Plant.  The work of the branch is to provide a channel for the life-flow.

So, My children, union with Me is the one great overwhelming necessity. All else follows so naturally, and union with Me may be the result of just consciousness of My Presence. Be not too ready to speak to others.  Never make yourselves do this.

Pray always that the need may be apparent, if you are to do this, and the guidance very plain. My Spirit has been driven out by the words of men.  Words, words, words.  Many have called Me Lord, Lord, who have not done the things that I said.

Discourage too much talk. Deeds live, and re-echo down the ages — words perish. As Paul: Though I speak with tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, . . . And have not charity, I am nothing….

Remember that rarely to the human heart do I speak in words. Man will see Me in My works done through you, meet Me in the atmosphere of Love and self-effacement.  Do not feel that you have to speak

When man ceased to commune with his God simply and naturally, he took refuge in words—words.  Babel resulted.  Then God wanted to do away with man from the earth.  Rely less on words.  Always remember that speech is of the senses.  So make it your servant, never your Master.

“And that ye study to be quiet.” 1 Thessalonians 4:11

“Keep your mouth shut.  Just watch… and see what I’m going to do.”

That’s what I felt like God spoke into my heart last Friday night.  Now, let me explain to you why He said that.

Basketball is my favorite sport, yet I never got to play.  It was one of the heartbreaking moments of my life, when I finally got up the courage to go to the coach and ask him about playing for my high school team, and he told me that I would never have the chance to get on the court… that he just had too many other girls that were just too good.  That was truly one of the most spirit-crushing moments of my life.  But life goes on…

When I began teaching at a local Christian school three years ago, I became very interested in the school’s basketball team.  I attended every game I could, and cheered them on as loudly as I could.  I lost my voice over more than one ballgame, I can tell you that.  They were a great bunch of kids, and were quite talented in the sport.  I told quite a few of them that I knew they could make it as a college player because they were just that good.  They knew how to handle the ball, plus they knew how to handle themselves on the court.  That, nowadays, is as important as ball-handling skills.  If you’ve watched any basketball games on TV, then you know what I’m talking about.

Well, due to my love for the game and my admiration of the boys on our school’s team, I considered it my responsibility to be at every game.  I saw myself as more than just a loyal fan; I was a “guardian,” if you will, of the team.  I felt like I needed to be there, not only to cheer and enjoy the game, but also to watch every move, and shout out particular messages to whoever had the ball.  And I would get wound up, so wound up, if our boys weren’t playing their best, or doing what I knew coach wanted them to do. 

I tell you, if they would have given me a place on the bench, right next to coach, I would have been there in a heartbeat.

So I was surprised when the Lord said, “keep your mouth shut,” but I figured He had good reason.  So I kept my mouth shut.  The entire game.  I did not say ONE word.  Not a single word.  And a lot of the kids looked at me as if to say, “What’s up with you? You’re usually one of the loudest people in the stands!” 

Well, the opposing team made the first basket.  And I bit my lip.  Then I watched as our team brought the ball down the court.  Suddenly, I felt the words rise up within me: “Set it up! Come on, guys! Fast passes! Make it count! Put it up! You can do this!”  But I didn’t say a word.  Instead, I watched… very quietly… because the Lord had said, “watch and see what I will do.”

It was an excruciating hour and so many minutes.  But I made it, all the way through the game.

The funny thing is, a light began to dawn inside of me.  See, I’m a “fixer.”  A “rescuer,” and though I don’t like to admit it, a wannabe “hero.”  I love to help people, and I love to be there for people, to help them out of their troubles.  I love taking care of people.  I probably would have made a good nurse, but I didn’t want the responsibility.  Still, I love “being there” for someone else.  And all too often, I will take on a responsibility that is not mine.  I will shoulder a burden that the Lord doesn’t want me to carry.

A friend of mine recently asked me a question, that stung and dug down deep.  The question was, “are you helping because you want to help, or are you helping because you have a need to be helpful?” In other words, “Cookie Lady, are you helping because it helps you feel better about yourself?”

OUCH.

As I sat there quietly, watching our boys win against a team they haven’t beat in years, I suddenly realized: they don’t need my help. They don’t need my coaching from the stands. They don’t need my extra comments, and they don’t need me protecting them from the ugliness of the fans or the team they are playing.  God can handle this.  He can take care of them, and He doesn’t need my assistance.

It was a very humbling experience.  And to top it all off, it happened again, this past Monday.  Our team played their biggest rival, and to get the point across, the Lord told me again, “Keep your mouth shut.” So I did it again, and saw the same thing happen.  A team that our boys had not been able to beat in years, was declared the loser in overtime. 

And on top of that, I was not in the gym at the end of the game.  Instead, I was in the hallway of the building, talking on my cell phone, when the buzzer sounded.  And wouldn’t you know, the opposing team members rushed our stands in anger, trying to pick a fight with some of our fans.  And they were in our stands at the very spot where I would have been sitting.  So if I had been there, I would have had to fight off the urge to go into “hero” mode, and show these kids just who they were trying to pick a fight with.

And I typically don’t leave a game during overtime.  That’s just not something that I do, so it must have been God’s wish for me to not be in that position.  Once again, very humbling to realize, I don’t need to stand up for my team.  God has them, in His hands, and He can handle the situation when it gets ugly.  He doesn’t need my help with this!

So, I still have my voice, since I didn’t lose it by shouting at two basketball games in the last week, PLUS I have a deeper understanding of my place in Christ.  I see that there is a big difference between helping because God has called me to help (which is something that all of us should do without question), and helping because I have a need to be needed (which is something I need to lay down and walk away from).

May God help me to always remember these two basketball games, and what He showed me He could do, and what He showed me about myself.

Today’s Cookie  Crumb:

“Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.” I Peter 5:6

I voted today. I was in the downtown area and I decided to brave the maze of government buildings to exercise my duty as an upstanding American citizen. For some reason I was overly excited about the idea of voting early. I hate lines. I am that person who will stand in line for twenty minutes, become frustrated and get out of line. I do think there will be record turn out, and I would hate not to participate in the process this year because of my impatience. It would be highly unacceptable and I didn’t want to chance it. This is the most important election in my twenty some odd years on earth.

I managed to find my way to the right floor and the right room, once there I had to stand in line to fill out a form. While standing in this line, I noticed that there was a wet paint sign on the railing near where we stood. I avoided the railing because of the sign. Less than two minutes later, a woman walked up and leaned against it. A woman standing next to her pointed to the sign, but she responded that she saw it. She moved away from the rail and of course there was paint on her shirt. She started cursing, so this caught the attention of one of the security guards. He walks over to her and she says “I got paint on my shirt, who is going to pay my dry cleaning bill?” First she had on a regular cotton t-shirt. Second the sign was clearly posted in plain view. So he looks at her then at the sign and says “Ma’am there’s a sign right there that reads wet paint, the paint is wet what did you expect?” She leans back as she crosses her arms then says “I didn’t smell no paint when I walked over here so I assumed that was an old sign.” She is clearly offended by his question, so there is an exchange between her and the guard. She says some other colorful things, but it’s not necessary to share them here. The point is she spoke English, she could read the sign and she decided to lean up against the railing anyway.

The form we had to fill out was to collect basic information. It was simple to follow and all areas we needed to fill out were highlighted. I get to the desk and the woman in front of me is fussing with the clerk telling her that one of the questions didn’t make any sense. There was a section on the form that requested that you check either absentee or advanced voting. Advanced voting stated that this only applied the week before the election. Absentee was highlighted, so it was clearly the box to check. The woman didn’t want to check absentee because she feels that it doesn’t apply to the situation because she isn’t going to be absent she just wants to vote early. The clerk tells her that although she may not think it applies it is the box that she must check if she wants to vote. They go back and forth, and the clerk keeps telling her if she wants to vote she has to check that box. Another guard comes over and tells the woman to stand to the side until they can resolve the problem. Lady, there are only two boxes, pick one.

After signing in, I sat down. For the most part everyone was pretty quite, but there were some loud ones in the bunch. So much so that the person reading off names, stops and says “In order for people to hear their names when they are called, we ask that you keep your voices down. Please keep your conversations to a minimum and I need for you to use your inside voices like you are in a library. Thank you.” After making her announcement she goes back to reading off names. Not even five seconds after this, one of the loud ones, a woman sitting directly behind me resumes her conversation using her outside voice. I couldn’t help, but turn around and look at her. Did she not just hear what was said? Clearly she understood it because she was speaking English, but she completely ignored it.

These people voted with me today and I am very concerned.

People get some really funny ideas in their little ol’ heads.  Then most of us just listen to what they say and just nod our little ol’ heads back at them, never really questioning what they say.  We just assume they have their reasons and we either dismiss them, or we receive what they say, and sort of file it away and assimilate it into our own opinion making processes to use at a later date.

The problem with that is that we have no idea where these folks got their information, or even if they have any valid information at all.  If you don’t think that’s true, just look at how many bogus emails are passed along as fact by ignorant or gullible people who just believe whatever someone tells them, and then go check it at Snopes or some place like that, and find out it’s not true.  It’s sad, but you just can’t Snope people,  Wow!  Wouldn’t that be fun!  That would solve a whole lot of problems.  Now, there’s a blog for another day!

I’m sure there are a few people out there who think things through, study them out, and do their research before they run their mouths, but I think it’s safe to say they are in the minority.  For everyone else, when are we going to start checking out our sources?

People will talk about almost anything as if they knew what they were talking about.  Radical politics is good example.  There are some who have understanding, but for the most part the ones who are out front making the most noise about it, are the ill informed and unaware.  It’s totally emotionally driven.  Smarts go right out the window.  The ones with a reasonable amount of understanding just have to shake their heads at it all.

There are people like that everywhere, and the subjects they bloviate about are certainly not limited to politics.  They can get out there and act like idiots concerning absolutely anything.  Maybe they just don’t want to appear ignorant, and so they chime in and think no one can tell. Maybe they think they have enough information to be able to speak on a subject.  They typically think they sound okay, maybe even good.  They surely wouldn’t carry on so if they didn’t.  When people with a bit more understanding are listening to them, it’s obvious to them, they don’t know what they’re talking about.

Samuel Clemens and Abraham Lincoln have both been attributed with this quote: “Better to be silent and thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.”  We’d be wise to take a lesson from this, and from all the people we have listened to and thought they sounded childish, and all the blogs we have read and seen the ignorance in.  What’s the lesson?  Shhh.  Hush.  Quiet. Silence. Don’t talk.  Sometimes just because you are quiet, you are not thought a fool at all, but maybe you are thought contemplative, or mysterious.  Whatever they think, fool or not, save yourself some future embarrassment.  Wiser people are probably looking in, thinking, “Bunch of babies.  They don’t know what they’re talking about.”

“All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room.” Blaise Pascal

I learned what I call “the art of silence” from my father. He was completely comfortable with silence, and he taught me to be comfortable with it as well. It is a necessity for me to sit in silence for at least fifteen minutes every day, and I will do whatever I have to in order to accomplish it.

Silence is a necessary element to a peaceful and serene lifestyle. It is restorative and relaxing, and it gives me an opportunity to reflect on what is good in my life and what needs to be changed. It gives me a chance concentrate on all that I have to be grateful for, helps keep me centered, and provides a chance to simply let my mind wander. When the chaos of everyday life begins to make me feel edgy and irritable, silence is the perfect antidote.

In addition, being quiet also provides time for prayer and meditation. Silence is the best condition in which to communicate with God because His voice is subtle and sometimes difficult to hear amid the chaos. If I will just sit quietly and listen, He will always tell me what to do in times of struggle or hardship, and in the silence He will give me the comfort to cope with it.

Sadly, many folks do not know how to be silent, and many do not like silence at all. They are uncomfortable when it gets too quiet, and they feel that they have to erase it with mindless chatter, noise from the television, or anything else that will fill the void. Of course, there are always those chosen few with whom we feel more comfortable sharing silence. For example, when we first meet someone, it is quite uncomfortable and awkward when the conversation lags. Both parties are quickly trying to think of something to talk about. But, it shouldn’t be this way with our family or close friends. We should be able to comfortably share quiet times with them.

There are also those people who are uncomfortable with silence when they are alone. Maybe they don’t like it because there is nothing to focus on except for their own thoughts. Self-reflection is difficult for some, especially when they have problems they do not want to face or feelings of guilt that they do not want to admit. Silence sometimes forces us to hear the noise going on in our own minds, and it is not always pleasant. But in order to grow, we must hear that noise and resolve it.

“Put your hands down, you ain’t ready for the riot!” 

I read about this track a while ago, but the article just said that they’re going to make a remix and not when they would release it. I still don’t know if it’s officially released but i found this on the internet so i though why not put it up. The original is dope but the remix is smoking! Everyone does a great job and ADL shows why he’s still one of swedens greatest MC’s and it was a long time i heard Timbuktu rap like this in english!

Klick here to download “Be Quiet”

 Update 2008-03-25: According to P.O.P.E records this version is in fact an unfinished version that has leaked, it’s not mastered and the mixing is incomplete. Since this track already been widely spread I’m going to keep it on the site but you should be aware that this do not represent how the finished version will sound. Hopefully the real version will be released soon!

“If you don’t know what to do, it might be best to do nothing” and “If you don’t know what to say, say nothing” are two of the most helpful nuggets of wisdom ever shared.

In today’s world where everyone is encouraged to CHANGE THINGS, IMPROVE THINGS, FIX THINGS, UNDERSTAND THINGS, SAY THINGS, it is hard to reconcile that inaction and silence are acceptable choices in any situation.  However, in many cases they are the best choices.

People often rush into choices without thinking them through.  Outside pressure, along with impatience and the feeling that one must always be doing something about every little problem are definite enemies when one is trying to make a decision about what to do in a particular situation.  Many times, if a person can simply pray about the decision, then be still, be quiet, and keep an open mind, the answer will come to them without much trouble or waiting.  This can be difficult in this hurry-up society, but any time spent waiting for the right answer is time well spent.  It is much easier to ponder the decision for a while than it is to clean up the mess when the wrong decision is acted on.

For example, it never fails that when someone is looking for a job, they get an offer from today’s interview, but would really rather have the job that they interviewed for yesterday.  On one hand, they need a job, but on the other hand, they don’t feel that today’s offer was right for them.  There is fear involved in not taking the offer, but there is a feeling of dread about taking it.  This is a situation in which one should say a quick prayer for guidance, then be still and quiet and listen for the answer.  Making a quick decision to take the job based on fear is going to cause regret.

Equally important is not saying anything when one doesn’t know what to say.  Silence is uncomfortable for most, but words spoken in haste can never be taken back.  They hang in the air like black clouds.  So many times, people get angry and say things that they do not mean.  These words can end relationships, cause untold amounts of pain, and haunt everyone involved for long periods of time.

However, this advice does not just pertain to saying things in anger.  It is a good rule to live by for other reasons as well.  For example, that feeling that everyone gets when attending a funeral that they need to say something to make the grieving family feel better, but they aren’t sure what they should say – it’s best to say nothing.  A hug and silence is better than some trite cliché.

Other examples, such a friend needing someone to talk to about problems her husband, or a friend wanting to vent about financial problems, they are not looking for someone to tell them what to do, or fix their problem, or say anything for that matter.  They simply need someone to listen.

It’s not easy, but just try to remember – inaction and silence are often great choices.

He aqui el final de mi odisea.
El listado de los componentes y sus respectivos precios.

- Carcasa TACENS SIGNUM…..40,20€
- Fuente de alimentación Be-Quiet Dark Power PRO 530W…..114€
- Placa base Gigabyte X38-DS5…..140€
- Microprocesador Intel QUAD CoreQ6600…..189€
- Ventilador Zalman 9700…..49,40€
- Memoria DDR2 1066 Kingston HyperX 4×1GB…..124,50€
- Grabadora DVD NEC 7203 SATA…..23€
- Lector DVD LG H20N SATA…..16€
- Disco duro Western Digital Raptor X 74Gb 10.000rpm…..69,60€
- Tarjeta Gráfica XFX 8800 8800 GTS 512M DDR3…..280€

TOTAL…..1045,70€

Finalmente se ha subido un poco más de precio por la gráfica y por la fuente, pero era lo que había disponible.

Las primeras impresiones muy positivas, tanto a la hora de instalar como de overclockear o mismamente en Windows. La rapidez que tiene es asombrosa.
Si hay alguien que se pregunte qué sistema operativo lleva puesto, de momento ha ganado el Windows VISTA en su versión ULTIMATE. Y digo de momento, porque tengo que ver como se desenvuelve cuando empiece a darle cañita de la buena.

Llegados a este punto tengo que dar las gracias a todos los que con sus comentarios y sugerencias hicieron que éste equipo haya sido posible, y como no, a los compis de VK INFORMÁTICA sin los cuales no hubiese podido hacer el montaje, ni conseguir los buenos precios en los componentes que me buscaron.
Gracias y como se dice en estos casos, a disfrutarlo!

PD : Está en preparación el making off fotográfico de como fué el montaje paso a paso. En cuanto esté lista os lo haré saber para que a quien le interese pueda descargársela.