Category: Ethics
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After the Gold Rush
After the Gold Rushby Neil Young Well, I dreamed I saw the knightsIn armor comingSaying something about a queenThere were peasants singing andDrummers drummingAnd the archer split the tree There was a fanfare blowingTo the sunThat was floating on the breezeLook at Mother Nature on the runIn the 1970sLook at Mother Nature on the runIn…
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Security a Myth
Security a Myth mainstream andsocial media sites bleed murder larceny andviolence of every stripegovernment leaders, theworst confidence-menthis side of prison gates brunt of our conditioning authoritarians convincing us of our super vulnerabilityneed security forces at their beck and call must spendlimited resourcesto eliminate crimethe security myth the excuse of all tyrants but damn little for…
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Optimism
Optimism Clearing blue sky,A promise in bare branches.In winter, there are sunny days.In adulthood, childhood can return. — Deng Ming-Dao
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Path Along the Julian Wash
Path Along the Julian Wash three crows sitting on the guardraileyeing us as we ride by, thenfalling and somersaultinginto the void along the washsquawking and chattering throughtheir aerial acrobatics amidst an explosion of yellowblossoms, desert marigolds,greasewood, and brittlebush,their mature heads bowingin the breeze like flirtatiousBlackeyed Susans interspersed with the sunglazed,fluorescent peach and lightviolet blossoms of…
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Michelangelo
Michelangeloby Emmylou Harris Last night I dreamed about youI dreamed that you were olderYou were looking like PicassoWith a scar across your shoulderYou were kneeling by the riverYou were digging up the bodies buried long agoMichelangelo Last night I dreamed about youI dreamed you were a pilgrimOn a highway out aloneTo find the mother of…
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Introspection and Identity
Introspection and Identity This is an excerpt from a letter to one of my children who is struggling with questions of identity, dreams, and the reality of where our lives have brought us. Reassessing and wrestling with my identity has been a feature of my adult life and continues to this day. From my experience,…
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The Present
The Present Past and future are illusions.They exist only in the present,which is what there isand all there is. – Alan Watts
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Give Thanks
Give Thanks When you arise in the morningGive thanks for the morning light.Give thanks for your life and strength.Give thanks for your food.And give thanks for the joy of living.And if perchance you seeno reason to give thanksRest assured the fault is yours. – American Indian Saying
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You Don’t Know You’re Born
You Don’t Know You’re Bornby Mark Knopfler What do you know about the hammer and the spikeWhat do you know about the farmYou don’t knowYou don’t know what it’s likeBecause you don’t knowYou don’t know you’re born What do you know about the hammer and the chiselYou only know the kitchen and the warmYou don’t…
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Once Upon A Time
Once Upon A Time Once, I focusedUpon the vista before me,A psychedelic hallucination, so thatTime seemed to significantly slow downIn reverence, paying homage toThe sunset’s long rays lighting theWest faces seared into my imagination –LE – 4/7/24
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