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Buddha hands in Penang, Malaysia -- the right [viewer's left] held in "fearlessness gesture" (abhaya mudra, also "renunciation"), the left in "warding off evil gesture" (tarjani mudra) (jc ynion/flickr.com).

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"I'm Afraid"
Danny Elfman
Afraid of the dark
Afraid of the light
Don't walk in the park
Afraid of the night
Afraid to get stabbed
Or hit by a car
Afraid of the streets
Afraid to go far
Afraid of the sky
Don't like to be high
I don't want to fall
Afraid I might die
Afraid of my friends
Don't like to be seen
Afraid to be nice
Afraid to be mean
Afraid that the wind
Will knock over trees
Afraid of my dog
Afraid of his fleas

Peace of mind
Hard to keep
Hard to find
Look ahead
Look behind
Looking for
Peace of mind
Can't relax
Can't unwind
Deep inside
Secret mind
OH NO!

Afraid to be caught
Afraid to be free
Afraid to make love
Afraid of VD
Afraid of the rain
Don't like to get wet
Afraid to take drugs
They make me forget
Afraid that the air
Will make me get sick
Afraid that a girl
Will cut off my....OH!

Someone tell me how it happened
Why my head is so confused
Can it be my circuits finally blew a fuse
Can a human being really change into a humanoid
Or is my imagination paranoid
All I need is peace and quiet, maybe just a little time
Turn the channel, turn the channel, piece of mind

[repeat chorus]

Afraid of success
Afraid to grow old
Afraid that my brain
Is covered with mold
Afraid that I might
Be put on a shelf
But that's not the least, oh, OH!
Afraid of MYSELF

Sacred Yantra Temple Tattoos ("sak yant")

The all faiths yantra (lotus.org)

Sacred (sak) geometry (yant or yantra) tattooing refers to protective symbols embedded in the skin in Southeast Asia, particularly Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos. It is the ancient magical practice of using sacred geometry along with Buddhist, Brahminical (proto-Hindu), and animist imagery as well as magical incantations (kata or mantras), written in Khom (an ancient script used to write Pali-Sanskrit or Prakrit, which does not have a unique script).

Thai Buddhist monk receiving sak yant or sacred tattoos (peaceloveandtea/devishakti)

Sacred geometry tattoos are made by Buddhist monks, brahmins, and Ruesi ascetics. Where they are made is called a Samnak Sak Yant (if a temple or a large establishment) or Dtamnak (if a smaller establishment with one master). Sak-yant.com presents a compendium of knowledge, information, and galleries about Thai Buddhist/animist temple tattoos, Saiyasart (Thai occultism), Buddha magic, kata (mantras), and sacred magic amulets. More

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