and a happy hippo welcome to all new arrivals to this site. You’re special.
CONFESSION: You have to be special because you’re new and everyone new is special. (This Blog has just opened).
Welcome to the only Blog on the net dedicated to the pursuit of enlightenment through laughter. Indeed, it is the only site on the whole of the net where you will be shown the way to pursue your own happiness by laughing your way to enlightenment.
HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT EACH WEEK IN THE FOLLOWING BLOGPOSTS SO STAY TUNED, WATCH THIS SPACE, OR THROW UP (YOUR CHOICE):
WEEK 1:
HORATIO HERCULES HIPPPO DENIES RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT
WEEK 2:
DE-FACED BUT NOT DE-FEETED
WEEK 3:
ARE HIPPOS REALLY GOOD ROLE MODELS FOR THE FASHION INDUSTRY?
WEEK 4
WILL HORATIO’S HIPSTERS ROCK THE FASHION WORLD?
WEEK 5
FOLLOW THIS SIMPLE RULE AND LOSE HALF A TON IN WEIGHT IN 3 WEEKS!
WEEK 6
THE BLOG PARTICLE DISCOVERED
WEEK 7
ALIEN OBJECT SEEN FLYING LOW OVER MAMPARALANGA
WEEK 8
OEDEMA CREP BINLINER’S DEVILISH ROCK, PAPER SCISSORS SECRET
WEEK 9
WAS IT AN OOPS?
WEEK 10
HORATIO ENTERS STRICTLY COME DANCING
I knew, from firsthand experience, that even those who were downtrodden in school, college, business and life can unleash their hidden power and make it to the top…where they belong.
Those who were bullied and belittled… those who had to bear the bitter, stark pain of humiliation, failure and defeat can use these trials to become stronger… so powerful that they can make the breakthrough out of the demeaning consciousness found everywhere in schools and societies.
The hippopotamus became the metaphor, being such an ungainly, clumsy, stupid looking beast is, in fact, on the lower, physical level, the number one animal killer of humans in the world. And on the higher, metaphysical level, can rise high above the limitations of the body to succeed beyond the limitations of the human intellect.
One can see this in so many areas…even in business. Elon Musk being a perfect example, of someone who was bullied and humiliated mercilessly at school.
The core message is that every person can unshackle the chains of his/her past circumstances, no matter what they were, to unleash the giant within and to make contact with the real power that lies within. And that yes, they can unchain themselves from the crippling beliefs and limitations they made when they were little, and did not have the knowledge or the power to safeguard themselves from the traumatic experiences of their past. Yes they can!
And so can you!
(If you would like to go a little deeper into the real secrets (hidden in humour) providing the basis for all the principals Horatio used in achieving his breakthrough and enlightenment, you may like to check out my series “A CRASH COURSE IN WISDOM”. https://gettingit.co.za).
you are hereby invited to contribute and share with all others on this Blog your HIPPOSOPHICAL QUOTES. And your own insights.
The stuff in your life that’s really happened to you that made the lights go on. That gave you that lightbulb experience. Where you truly “got it”. And where that ‘epiphany’ not only improved your life, but where you become a far better, stronger hippo.
We’re running a tab on HIPPOSOPHICAL QUOTES TO LIVE BY.
The best, funniest and looniest with a real meaning in life wins a copy of “The Enlightenment of HORATIO HERCULLES HIPPO”. Let’s have it in the COMMENTS section of any “Horatio” post you find (if you find it).
WHAT “The Enlightenment of HORATIO HERCULES HIPPO” IS ALL ABOUT
For those of you who haven’t joined this Blog via Facebook, this is what the Back Page had to say about the book “HORATIO HERCULES HIPPO”. (It was all put on the back page because it was so ridiculous the Publisher wouldn’t have what’s written here anywhere inside the book):
“Horatio Hercules Hippo is an epic of momentous import about one hippo’s quest to discover the meaning of life and his place in it.
Combining the paradoxical principles of hilarity and profound wisdom, this book is a breathtakingly scribbled account of one hippo’s path to enlightenment.
To truly appreciate it means you have to raise yourself up to the seriousness of a child at play. To discover that you can’t be anyone other than yourself.
(Why? Because everyone else is taken.)
Imagine a combination of Gulliver’s Travels, Nietsche, Jung, Zen, Yoga, Western and Eastern Mysticism, Einstein, Jonathon Livingston Seagull and the Goon Show on steroids…
… and you’d be wrong.
Remember …the finger pointing the way to the moon is not the moon itself. Horatio’s genius just gives you the finger.
Why any Publisher would ever have wanted to publish this is a mystery (which is why we’ve gone digital), so read the blurb below carefully before you even think of buying it!
If you decide to take it within the next 10 seconds (just for a laugh) you can have it for a ridiculously low price (as a digital download).
“DEFINITELY A NO-NO” Positive Thinking Magazine
“OUT OF ITS DEPTH” The Land-Divers Weekly
“THE BIGGEST LOAD OF HIPPOTWADDLE EVER” Hippo Hustler
“HIPPOPOTONEWS TO ME” Mathematics For Monkeys
“RELATIVE HIPPO-HORSESHIT Dung & Broardstreets
LIGHT YEARS AHEAD OF ITS TIME” The Einstein Hippocampus
“COULDN’T GET RID OF IT FAST ENOUGH” Collectors Weekly
“DON’T BUY IT WHATEVER YOU DO” Buyers Guidance Bi- annual
“THE PERFECT WAY TO KILL THE PERFECT ROMANCE” Dating Guide
“MADE ME THROW UP” Readers Indigestion
“A HERO WE CAN FINALLY IDENTIFY WITH” Over-Eaters Anonymous
“REALLY HOOKED ME” Anglers Weekly
“HIPPOTHETICALLY IMPRACTICAL” Unpopular Mechanics
“INSTANT DEPRESSION FOR DUMMIES” The Headshrinker’s Guide
“A BLUEPRINT FOR DISASTER” Architectural Guide
“TOTALLY OUT OF VOGUE” Harpies Bizarre
Every week, you’ll have some unsolicited advice given to you, even though no one really wants it. Alongside that, there will be some mind-blowing revelations that could turn the world on its axis and kick you in your spiritual ax. I mean, who really wants to read things that actually make sense?
Everyone’s fighting an inner battle of which we know nothing about. Why not pay it forward, win some brownie points for yourself, and share this blog with everyone you know who says they’re doing “fine” when you see them struggling, and ask them “how you doing?”
That’s the key word that actually tells you where they really are.
(It means F – Freaked out; I – Insecure, N – neurotic; E – Emotional).
They could do with a helpful idea from you.
Whether they’re looking for just some really simple, effective realaxation exercises to shrug off their daily grungies…
