{"id":19,"date":"2018-05-04T15:32:04","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T15:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/?p=19"},"modified":"2019-08-07T13:22:06","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T13:22:06","slug":"accidentally-on-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/index.php\/2018\/05\/04\/accidentally-on-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>A Beautiful Thing<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ACCIDENTALLY-ON-PURPOSE.pdf\">ACCIDENTALLY-ON-PURPOSE.PDF<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ACCIDENTALLY-ON-PURPOSE.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ACCIDENTALLY-ON-PURPOSE.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Accidentally-on-purpose-photo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34\" width=\"246\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Accidentally-on-purpose-photo.png 330w, http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Accidentally-on-purpose-photo-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201cAccident\u201d is an unfortunate word.<br> It defines a concept that is an illusion.                             <br> And we live as if it were real.<br> &nbsp;<br> Far too easy to holler \u201caccident!\u201d and pass it off<br> Without analysis, without looking for cause, responsibility, outcome,<br> Or what good might come from the \u201caccident.\u201d<br> &nbsp;<br> \u201cAccidents\u201d make good martyrs.<br> Victims roll with glee in a pile of accident,<br> Then shelter in <em>faux <\/em>self-pity,<br> Absorbing all the sympathy,<br> Watching carefully for the next pile to roll in.<br> &nbsp;<br> Strike the word from all vocabulary!<br> Bury the concept!<br> Banish the thought!<br> Never, ever, even go there,<br> And <em>voil\u00e0<\/em>!<br> &nbsp;<br> That way, there are no accidents.<br> &nbsp;<br> That way, you look for the good in all events.<br> &nbsp;<br> That way, you can live in the real world<br> And dabble in the illusion-if you must.<br> &nbsp;<br> Soon you will see patterns emerge, and your behaviors shift,<br> And the cause of your living become purposeful.<br> &nbsp;<br> A life without accident is a beautiful thing,<br> But there are no excuses,<br> Can\u2019t rely on sympathy,<br> Have to learn the lesson and move on into the Light.<br> &nbsp;<br> Oh, darn. That\u2019s hard.<br> &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>05\/24\/18<br> &nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Beautiful Thing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accidental-myths"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":498,"href":"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions\/498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}