fred ressler's definitions

philosophy

Philosophy is really simple. If one has no excess energy one can do nothing. If one has any excess energy one can do one of five things with any external or internal thing.
1. Interact with it in the here and now.
2. Put it aside for potential future interaction.
3. Recycle it.
4. "Dispose" of it.
5. "Ignore it."
This is all there is to anything.

Philosophy is simply anything one can imagine or do, and one can only do one of the above five things.

by fred ressler September 21, 2008

ostrich-sheeple-lemmings

Ostrich-sheeple-lemmings are humans who figuratively bury their heads in the sand so they don't see, act like a herd of sheep, then herd themselves over a cliff like lemmings.

Jane called John an example of ostrich-sheeple-lemmings for refusing to face reality.

by fred ressler April 16, 2017

parafiltrum

Parafiltrum is the name of the skin between the nose and the upper lip. This is a newly coined term. The filtrum is the name of the verticle two grooves in the center of the parafiltrum.

The parafiltrum is the name of the skin covered by a mustache.

by fred ressler October 21, 2008

moneyeyestitis

Moneyeyestitis is a disease in which people can not see a thing if it is not respected by money and see things that are respected by money.

The common expression "Money walks, shit talks" can be replaced by the single word moneyeyestitis.

by fred ressler April 2, 2017

Gnosis

Gnosis is the first hand experience of what people have commonly called God.

Instead of believing in God because she was told about God, Jane felt the presence of God and had a visionary experience of God called Gnosis.

by fred ressler April 8, 2017

audiary

To hear in a unique, authentic, original, revelatory, transcendent, creative and/or enlightened manner; especially if one is also able to transmit this way of hearing to others by playing music, singing or elevating the consciousness of the listener by producing sounds. What a visionary, is to sight and images, an audiary, is to sounds and music.

Some examples of celebrites who have heard music and played in this manner are John Coltrane, Albert Ayler, Pharoah Sanders,(aka- The Father, Son and the Holy Spirit), Thelonious Monk, (aka- the High Priest), Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Eric Dolphy, and Charles Ives.
Although not strictly music as entertainment, Ayahuasca shamen of South America have been reported to elevate the consciousness of the listener, and transporting her/him to higher dimensions by singing in an audiary manner.

by fred ressler October 2, 2006

paraudolia

Paraudolia is the hearing of tunes, songs, and words where the are not found as usually defined. They are not created intentionally by man (or "aliens"). As in words heard on records played backwards. These are opposed to words, songs and tunes created intentionally by humans (or "aliens"). Also opposed to hearing words or melodies in raindrops, white noise, bell ringing, or when tired, as these are types of auditory hallucinations. Paraudolia is to sound, as pareidolia is to visual imagery.

"He played a Beatles record backwards and heard seven words in a row that had nothing to do with the sounds and music when played forward, it was pure paraudolia."

by fred ressler September 22, 2008