In philosophy, essence is the attribute or set of attributes that make an object or substance what it fundamentally is, and which it has by necessity, and without which it loses its identity. Essence is contrasted with accident: a property that the object or substance has contingently, without which the substance can still retain its identity. The concept originates with Aristotle, who used the Greek expression to ti ên einai, literally 'the what it was to be', or sometimes the shorter phrase to ti esti, literally 'the what it is,' for the same idea. This phrase presented such difficulties for his Latin translators that they coined the word essentia (English "essence") to represent the whole expression. For Aristotle and his scholastic followers the notion of essence is closely linked to that of definition (horismos).
In the history of western thought, essence has often served as a vehicle for doctrines that tend to individuate different forms of existence as well as different identity conditions for objects and properties; in this eminently logical meaning, the concept has given a strong theoretical and common-sense basis to the whole family of logical theories based on the "possible worlds" analogy set up by Leibniz and developed in the intensional logic from Carnap to Kripke, which was later challenged by "extensionalist" philosophers such as Quine.
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Mother Lazos, an Astoria NY street psychic, is killed in a hit and run leaving her daughter Cecilia to take over the family psychic business. As Cecilia works to assume the role of psychic/hustler, a mysterious young girl appears on her doorstep with seemingly real psychic abilities.
Plot
Mother Lazos, an Astoria NY street psychic, is killed in a hit and run leaving her daughter Cecilia to take over the family psychic business. As Cecilia works to assume the role of psychic/hustler, a mysterious young girl appears on her doorstep with seemingly real psychic abilities.
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Following on the heels of the film, "Please, talk with me", comes: Surviving Evidence. This paranormal thriller is set in the present and seeks to raise as many questions in the viewers' minds as it may answer -- acting as a 'what if' exercise in regard to the relevancy, morality and application of paranormal experience in relation to free will, societal customs and what the future may hold.
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Her Essence explores the life of main character, Essence, who is played by several actresses to represent the varied impressions that she makes on others, the thoughts and judgments that others project upon her during their personal interactions with her, as well as the different personas that Essence herself takes on, depending on how she feels in a particular situation. As Essence's personal and professional life becomes more complicated, so too do her personas.
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Demon, witches, vampires, zombies, and warlocks are banding together to overthrow the government and destroy all angels. The Government stays on their mission to take out all angels and demons, while the angels try to stop the government from killing innocent lives.
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A fateful encounter between three friends and a suburban teen leads to a revenge-fueled scheme to oust a menacing local drug dealer. But as the scheme unfolds, their plans go awry, and things grow more intense and violent with every murder the friends leave in their wake. Wrapped up in a world of sex, drugs, and violence, they must choose whether to embrace their vile surroundings, or to rise above it all.
Keywords: new-york-city, revenge, sex, urban-setting
Paths Crossed, Lives Changed
The battle between good and evil ends tonight.
Sebastien: We're not going to live like this anymore!
Sebastien: To hell with this foreplay!
Plot
Michael, a young boy troubled with an unusual ability, plunges from a rooftop into a world of interesting characters and nightmare experiences. At the end of his journey, he's faced with a choice that will determine the path the rest of his life will take.
Try seeing things through his eyes...
In life & love nothing should be taken for granted!
here we go again
feeling so small inside
I could implode
humiliated
by my own ways of weakness
wash me white as snow
let me start again
oh, let your warm breeze blow away all this filth in my soul
reaching out my hands
letting it out before my head explodes
then liberated
restoration through forgiveness
wash me white as snow
let me start again
oh, let your warm breeze blow away all this filth in my soul
wash me white as snow
lift me up again
oh, let your mercy flow
give me life so I can live
and so, now I can once again lift my head up high
shamelessly look into anyone's eyes
because when I'm weak, then you are strong
yeah, I will leave condemnation and sin behind
confidently marching forward with this in mind
you are right when I am wrong
I will not let go, I will not give in
Baby, sweet baby, you're my drug
Come on and let me taste your stuff
Baby, sweet baby, bring me your gift
What surprise you gonna hit me with?
I am waiting here for more
I am waiting by your door
I am waiting on your back steps
I am waiting in my car
I am waiting at this bar
I am waiting for your essence
Baby, sweet baby, whisper my name
Shoot your love into my vein
Baby, sweet baby, kiss me hard
Make me wonder who's in charge
I am waiting here for more
I am waiting by your door
I am waiting on your back steps
I am waiting in my car
I am waiting at this bar
I am waiting for your essence
Baby, sweet baby, I wanna feel your breath
Even though you like to flirt with death
Baby, sweet baby, can't get enough
Please come find me and help me get fucked up
I am waiting here for more
I am waiting by your door
I am waiting on your back steps
I am waiting in my car
I am waiting at this bar
I am waiting for your essence
Your essence
I glanced away
And the tides swept past me
Wherever you've run
And whatever you've built
Stop
Open your eyes
And realize
Baby, sweet baby, you're my drug
Come on and let me taste your stuff
Baby, sweet baby, bring me your gift
What surprise you gonna hit me with
Refrain:
I am waiting here for more
I am waiting by your door
I am waiting on your back steps
I am waiting in my car
I am waiting at this bar
I am waiting for your essence
Baby, sweet baby, whisper my name
Shoot your love into my vein
Baby, sweet baby, kiss me hard
Make me wonder who's in charge
(Repeat Chorus)
Baby, sweet baby, I wanna feel your breath
Even though you like to flirt with death
Baby, sweet baby, can't get enough
Please come find me and help me get f-----d up
(Repeat Chorus)
Your essence
The genius sunburst finish disappears
In the final glow
The seed is sown the flowers grow
Nirvana is so very far away
A million miles of broken glass
A million faces from behind
Straight between the eyes
Essence
When inspiration rears it's ugly head
Electric shame electric shades
The pieces lying in a waste of shame
The course is clear to ride the nightmare out
The fountainhead is running out
Essence is laid bare
The definitions of an empty world
The problem's down to you my friend
Probably but never quite the same
The private dream screens melt away
My young love said to me,
My mother won't mind
And my father won't slight you
For your lack of kind.
She stepped away from me
And this she did say,
"It will not be long love
Till our wedding day".
She stepped away from me
And she moved through the fair
And fondly I watched her move here
And move there.
And she went her way homeward
With one star awake,
As the swan in the evening
Moved over the lake.
Last night she came to me,
My young love came in.
So softly she entered,
That her feet made no din.
And she came close beside me
And this she did say,
"It will not be long love
Till our wedding day".
This night
I never thought it would end
I lie here
Alone
And think of you
Somehow you screamed
You managed to once say to me
How much you really cared
I don't know if you know what that means to me
Just to hear this words
You said you would never run away
You told me that was yesterday
But tonight you have gone away
Don't you know how I cried for this
I'm so hurt
This feeling
I'll never get used to somehow
Today
I woke up with this tear
I looked beside me
There was nothing but fear
Somehow you said
For always you wanted to be with me
I never cried softly
But hard all the time
Just to cover up
You told me that was yesterday
Tomorrow's another day
Why do I just care so much
It hurts deep inside
And there is no one here to help me
Just to help me
Run away from it all
So fast
So fast
I never could love
I never could leave
I never could feel
Could feel
In the night when the hordes come out
A whole new world is born from pain
Shredding light and destroying what's good
A graceful mist of pure darkness
Tearing the souls of greater men
These wicked creations stand proud
Leading the way for those who follow
A blackened star for children of evil
It doesn't matter if we stand alone
It doesn't matter if we die
Still we will reign in terror and fear
Just as long as you keep us in your mind
Pestilence annihilation, pestilence in your head
Pestilence annihilation, pestilence takes control now
Pestilence annihilation, pestilence designed to kill
Pestilence annihilation, pestilence bringing worldwide death
Shining in the dark and always victorious
Living in the shadows though we are glorious
We do not exist and yet we are here
We do not exist and still we are feared
Exterminate - wherever you go
Exterminate - we're coming for you
Exterminate - prepare for attack
Exterminate - no turning back
Pestilence annihilation, pestilence in your head
Pestilence annihilation, pestilence takes control now
Pestilence annihilation, pestilence designed to kill
Pestilence annihilation, pestilence bringing worldwide death
Trapped in hell - now die
Death by terror - don't close your eyes
'cause the nightmares have just begun
Look into your deepest of thoughts
We will haunt you no matter what
When the hunt is over and its time to execute
You'll know that death has arrived
Stare into our eyes and take your life
Finally you decide to die
Pestilence annihilation, pestilence in your head
Pestilence annihilation, pestilence takes control now
Pestilence annihilation, pestilence designed to kill
Pestilence annihilation, pestilence bringing worldwide death
Were you supposed to die tonight? we don't know
Few days left and they would have let you go
Why did you take the choice you made?
I wonder if there could have been another way
Still remembered though you're gone and
In our hearts all the memories live on
Time won't change what we feel
Forever missed and nothing ever heals
Aiyyo God, yo meet me at the Denice Williams concert tonight, man
Everybody there, Stacy Lattisaw, Teena Marie, everybody, man
Yeah, yeah, no doubt, I'ma bring one of my baddest stallions out, man
You do the same aight?
You know how we play baby, listen
I'm at a car wash right now
But I'ma hit you as soon as I'm right over there
Right in front, right? Okay, aight gotchu
Son, who laced you with the ill haircut?
Lenny, he blessed me with the sharp blade, that nigga's paid
He make a pretty penny
Fo'sho, you hurt 'em with the new Prada's, true
Check mines they royal blue, my shit's is baby blue
They powder blue, yo' shit's is hotter
You hotter with them frames on
Nigga, you James Bond and you stay low
You know my style babe bro, yeah, make dough
Manicure, facial, face glow, fuck it if you say so
I keep you P.I., that's how we break hoes
We throwin' ivory dice across the concrete
And of course that don't make him your man because y'all palm weed
We had boxed bumpin' La-Di-Da-Di, word?
Shotties was blastin', pellets jumpin' into everybody
They never got me, was cool with all the park shooters
Sparkin' bazookas, sharpen your tutors
'Cause we don't pardon the snoozers
Yo son, I wouldn't change my life for nuttin
And that ain't like you for frontin', who's the nicest?
Nuff talkin' like somethin'
Yo, we hard hit, just like Comacho and Vargas
Who's the target? Now watch how we close the market
We both hard hit just like Haggler and Hearns
Add the math, be concerned, if it's beef you burn
Yo it's sorta like Poitier and Bill Cosby
'Let's Do It Again', a beautiful blend, let's do it to win
What's today's mathematics?
We had it, we let 'em hold it, we shoulda sold it
We back it, we could grabbed it
But fuck it, just let 'em have it, Humduallah
Allah U Akbar, God is the greatest
Planet Mars, we carvin' the faces
You couldn't catch us in a car without the bangers
Believe, I touched a couple of movie stars and entertainers
Indeed, one in particular, almost started to name her
I was there when you first pushed up and started to game her
Been a long journey, certain shit just don't concern me
They ain't hurtin' shit, we flip, they hire attorneys
Yo, I'ma stay custom 'til I'm old, gray and rustin'
Reminiscin' the number of chickens that claim we fucked 'em
Bet some badda hoes than them other funky rappers chose
I'm tryin' to wife a chick, light a spliff
This might be like another part to 'Life's a Bitch'
Write ya lips, who's nice as this? We righteousness
No mic assists, it's murderous, granted the right to flip
Yo, we hard hit, just like Comacho and Vargas
Who's the target? Now watch how we close the market
We both hard hit just like Haggler and Hearns
Add the math, be concerned, if it's beef you burn
Yo it's sorta like Poitier and Bill Cosby
'Let's Do It Again,' a beautiful blend, let's do it to win
Yo, we hard hit, just like Comacho and Vargas
Who's the target? Now watch how we close the market
We both hard hit just like Haggler and Hearns
Add the math, be concerned, if it's beef you burn
Yo it's sorta like Poitier and Bill Cosby
'Let's Do It Again,' a beautiful blend, let's do it to win
Like Spinks and Hearns
Sorta Poitier and Bill Cosby
Lady Kier :
Something's going on with blaze
She can shake the sky
Flying saucers in her eyes
Senses wide awaking
Out the freaking side
All day long yeah
She hurries to go easy
She feels
What's real
All day long yeah
She hurries to go easy
Something's really happening
Smoking sassafrass
Grass is on her arse
Wearing out her slippers
Magic mushroom jazz
All day long yeah
She hurries to go easy
She feels
What's real
All the day all the day all the day
All day long yeah
Hurry to go easy
When your dreams have disappeared
From your world
From your soul
Though the words are rarely heard
In your heart
You must know
The promise that I bare
I'll be there
When the angels miss your sorrow
(Ooh, every day)
When the Gods don't hear your breath
When the eyes dark of broken faith, tomorrow
I promise, I'll be there
Ooh! Oh! Eh, ooh!
(I'll be there...)
Ooh! Oh! Eh, ooh!
When the spirits touch the sky
In their eyes
You are the same
I can see behind your smile
I sense the loss
I feel your pain
When your heart is in despair
I'll be there
When the angels miss your sorrow
I'll be there
When the Gods don't hear your breath
When the eyes dark of broken faith, tomorrow
I promise, I'll be there
Ooh! Oh! Ehh, ooh!
Ooh! Oh! Ehh, ooh!
I promise, I'll be there
Ooh! Oh! Ehh, ooh!
Ooh! Oh! Ehh, ooh!
When the feeling chills your soul
And it lasts
And it hurts
When the shadows won't let go
Just close your eyes
Hear my words
The promise that I bare
I'll be there
(I'll be there)
When the angels miss your sorrow
(I'll be there)
When the Gods don't hear your breath
When the eyes dark of broken faith, tomorrow
I promise, I'll be there
Ooh! Oh! Ehh, ooh!
Ooh! Oh! Ehh, ooh!
I promise, I'll be there
Ooh! Oh! Ehh, ooh!
Ooh! Oh! Ehh, ooh!
all the love has gone
and my world comes to an end
all the love that was
leaves me cold and alone
oh my heart it bleeds
and it cries out in the night
all my dreams have gone
as they turned into ice
all the feelings gone
and the night comes to an end
all the hatred gone
as it fades in despair
all the tears have gone
and i scream from within
all the love that was
leaves me cold and alone
(chorus)
all night i cried
baby please
all the dreams that we leave behind
baby don't leave, i'll go crazy tonight!
all the memories gone
and i try to forget
baby stay the same
as you smiled while we danced
all the dreams have gone
and i cry from within
oh my heart it bleeds
and it aches
and it burns and it burns
yeah!
baby, don't leave me tonight
everything is right!!
all the love has gone
and the world comes to an end
all the love that was
leaves me cold and alone
oh my heart it bleeds
and it cries out in the night
all my dreams have gone
as they turned into ice
The question is this
By will alone
Does my heart carry the strength
To see you burn?
When I do not wish to part
To see them farewell
Does my heart carry the strength
to leave you behind?
The eternal search for purity
A fragile hope for the just and fair
Order feeds from the corpses
All beauty must die
Where is the essence
in beast or scripture?
Where lies the laws
in stars or temples?
I cannot see myself
Not your orbit
I cannot see the others
Not your eyes
It lasts forever when you let it go
Purity and Pain
Where is the essence
in beast or scripture?
Where lies the laws
in stars or temples?
I cannot see myself
Not your orbit
I cannot see the others
Not your eyes
If I told you I'd get you through
I'd have to let you fall down
Not because of malice
You needed to
And I'll remember
What we had
It lasts forever when you let it go
Tell you what I want
Essence
'Tell you what I need
Essence
What I'm looking for
Essence
Sit in silence close your eyes, feel the magic everywhere inside you
Fingers toes head heart and soul, connected deep to every living thing
Not just the taste, the touch, the smell
Or the face you know so well
Not the 400 word description
The book, the film, the faithful depiction
Get out of here
Get out while you can
Choose life, strive for essence
Choose life, Choose living
Choose life, Choose living
Go digging, Go digging
Go digging, Go digging
Go digging for essence
for Essence
for Essence
Sit in silence and watch the sky
Feel the magic deep inside you
Every woman and every man
Turn off your mind and you'll understand
Sit in silence and watch the sky yeah
Feel the energy inside outside
Aint one damn thing means a thing in this life
til you get close to Essence, til you try
Every man and woman listen to me, hey
Live in the moment or you'll never be free
Essence
Essence
Essence.
I don't have to be specific when I wanna hug you
You had a natural right to be born to become
Yes having my small niece(heaven must at least) becomes (so) acceptable to me
I'd feel angry had I lost you and can't imagine where you might be
Where do baby leaves go when they die
Oh, why I do not mourn
God is a feeling of loving yourself
You're precious to me, you know that
Stretch in your arms
Wrap 'em 'round tight
Loving myself
With all my might
Where do baby leaves go when they die
Oh, why I do not mourn
God is a feeling of loving yourself
You're precious to me, you know that
Take a look inside you'll see
See how I'm doing
A message, something says to me
Tells me I'm right
So you want a potion to send me away
The universe is female
Eluding the science of men
You sway and you swagger with your mean little dagger
You're gonna blow it again
I'll prove her existence in everything
The soul of her rivers and stones
Her acquiescence in everything
Her essence, her presence, her bones
Lust and law take the masculine
Ambition and war take the boys
Pin the tail on the alpha male
A little man making big noise
It's not the engine or chassis
It's not the weapon or length
Your war dance I guess got this place in this mess
But there's something that's stronger than strength
Metaphor is a goddess
A king that's fit for a queen
The opposite side of that armored old hide
L and M: Igor L.
I send my cry too far
(but nobody hears it).
Make me a mask of lies,
While I'm searching inside.
What lies within?
Turn to empty words.
How can I define?
May I try to define?
Life ... Mind ... and Soul
Chorus:
Life, Mind, Soul,
It's all so confusing...
A pale cold rhetoric...
Just like an illusion...
Of what I would like to be.
My precious flame seems like
Any futile light.
The fellow man I deny
A mirror of the shame I hide
I hide...
Try to conceal
But my flesh will always be weak
Dive deep into me
Air lacks, will never reach.
[Instrumental]
Called for a spiritual mandatory... Transcendent privilege to show this
revelation.
Accusation of the scornful scientists.
Condemned as enemies of the preached.
Blessed by thousands of ravenous souls - Rejected by theologic complaisance.
Spiritual pride and dogmatic loyalty stops the recognition of progressive
movement.
Bring down to slander the name of the desired...
Inspired by artistic mandatory...
By illusions, show a foretaste of elevated realities.
Art is issued from the temptation of man to escape the lack of beauty.
Cristallized emotions in time in a conception of eternity.
Give wings to your thoughts and light your soul.
Essence of harmonies.
Invisible form, passionate and eternal.
Mistaken judgement becomes a sin if the will of men endorse consciously
immoral intentions.
Powerful domination in every realms.
Reflected resistance to divine reality.
Desintegration of personality close to cosmic insanity.
Can you see the twilight over you
Can you hear the voice of the truth
Can you smell the absinth of your soul
Can you feel the energy flows
Can this be a dream or a nightmare
Can this be just a state of mind
Can you show answers
For all your doubts
Can you feel the meaning of life
What’s to find
(Chorus)
Essence inside out
Turns into a call
Brings the destiny shining the ways around
Years passed by
Tries hazed so many lies
Time to realize
If all your acts were right
Use your might, deep insight
Clear and bright
Time flows, life goes, mind grows
But only your essence knows
How invite, what’s inside
To meet the outside
(Chorus)
Essence inside out
Turns into a call
Brings the destiny shining the ways around
Years passed by
Tries hazed so many lies
Time to realize
The universe is female
Eluding the science of men
You sway and you swagger with your neat little dagger
You're gonna blow it again
I'll prove her existence in everything
The soul of her rivers and stones
Her acquiescence in everything
Her essence, her presence, her bones
Lust and love take the masculine
Ambition and war take the boys
Pin the tail on the alpha male
A little man making big noise
It's not the engine or chassis
It's not the weapon or length
Your war dance I guess got this place in this mess
But there's something that's stronger than strength
Metaphor is a goddess
A king that's fit for a queen
The opposite side of that armored old hide
I hope you know what I mean
running far away out of your eyes
in the dark i heard your words i thought i'd never
survived
in a glare i heard your voice, i heard you calling, heard
you calling
like a million people died so deep in the night
oh they are silent, oh they are movement
oh they are calling, oh they are silent
running far away out of your eyes
in a bed without the sweat of your slaughtered life
like a painted bird that falls into my hands, into my
hands
as it died it writhed so cold and faded away
Walking away through crowds
I will forever be with you
Silently away they melt
Like ice I push you through
As we dream of perfect ways
Oh to die so brave oh please
Don't dream alone tonight
As I mouth the words you're so far away
Far away you turn your eyes
You dream alone
So true
Your eyes
In a mirage
Noiseless waving hands
Slowly fade in grey
I watch the hours go by
But I watch you drown
But still you just dream on
And on and on
I watch you drowning in waves
But i see you still
In a mirage, in a mirage
In waves of dreams aha
Don't you see that I
That I just want to share
Your dreams of endless worlds
But I watch you fade I watch you fade away
I watch you fading away
And I watch you drown
And I watch you drown
But still you seem further away
And you probably dream of me
Your eyes like ice
Oh don't let it end oh please not this way
So cruel so cruel so cruel
This is the end, it's the end
But if you dream
This is the end
So cruel
This is the end
This is the end, it's the end
So cruel so cruel so cruel
But if you dream...
We find ourselves
Pulled down from the cross
Covered red with blood
He dies for our sins
Now the battle is won
The battle is won
[CHORUS]
And this picture so carefully painted
We find ourselves
Stuck to the canvas
Unable to move
Modeling for others
The essence of life
The essence of God
The essence of doubt
Flows through us
Throw down your doubts
Cast aside your fears
Let his blood fall onto us all
[x2]