Category: Philosophy
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Three Truths
Three Truths A statement each by three preeminent public intellectuals, past and present: “Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth – more than ruin, more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible; thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habits; thought is anarchic and lawless, indifferent…
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Always Preposterous
Ok, my last rant for this week.. Always Preposterous National and international news is often quite revealing in what it neglects. Just look at what is going on around us right now. From destroying our water resources and pumping so much garbage into our air that our climate is already changing (undoubtedly past the critical…
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The Elephant In The Room — Again
I brought this up a year ago and wrote several poems and screeds referencing it since then as well; time to consider it again… The Elephant in the Room Sometimes, I get so tired of thinking and writing about it; or perhaps disallutioned is a better word for it. Nothing seems to change significantly, even…
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Whiskey Painters
I’m taking a break from my memoir for a while. For the next few weeks, I’ll mostly be reprising the poetry that I’ve written for this blog since I began it over a year ago. Whiskey Painters 4×5 inch masterpiecespaintswere carried in a small Anacin tin folding brushcompleted the ensemble table in the barthe painter’sbrush…
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Pandora’s Box
I’m taking a break from my memoir for a while. For the next few weeks, I’ll mostly be reprising the poetry that I’ve written for this blog since I began it over a year ago. Pandora’s Box Pandora’s boxOnly filled with Bagels and loxSwimming inChaos dustBut the box Has no lockWhat the While back at…
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Incompetence
I’m taking a break from my memoir for a while. For the next few weeks, I’ll mostly be reprising the poetry that I’ve written for this blog since I began it over a year ago. Incompetence imagination knowledgepractice and experienceequal successso they say incompetence negatespractice experienceknowledge and even imagination on any given day seems we…
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Gemini Mind
I’m taking a break from my memoir for a while. For the next few weeks, I’ll mostly be reprising the poetry that I’ve written for this blog since I began it over a year ago. Gemini Mind Gemini mindsplit in twoknow theuniverse is finebut need tofix it still politics warswith sanityenlightenedrealizationsconfrontthe hubris of contemplations fight…
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Affirmations / Aspirations
Affirmations/Aspirations I amWe areLoveCompassionThankful I amWe areThe VoidThe TaoThe Source I amWe areThe quantum fieldThe unified fieldThe universe A wave ofUniverse energyA point of viewLooking at myselfThe universe As I recedes New wavesCome forth newIndividual pointsTo view the ONE –LE
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Seeking Its Level
Seeking Its Level As a stream windes downLooking for the seaSo life seeks outIts own conclave-ity Parallels between life and waterAre ancient and universalThey both seek their levelThey both reach for their source Existance cycles from sourceTo level to source – water is lifeNo water – we’re extinct – beliefeSystems – indulged irrelavance –LE
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Premature Death
Spirit vs Form – A Poor Life vs No Life 11/1/83This poem fits into the timeline of the memoir around this point. Chris (my brother) told me of our tragedy last night, the death of my sister Becky’s baby, only 2 hrs old. Time for another reassessment of my views on life, death, and the…
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