Category: Philosophy
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Excerpts From My Annual Birthday Meditation
Each year on my birthday, I meditate and deeply contemplate, not only the last year, but the whole of my life so far (that is, all that I can remember), how I got to where I am and my feelings about that… This year, that happened while I was taking my break from posting. So,…
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Categories On The Old People-Spectrum
Categories On The Old People-Spectrum It seems to meThree categories seemObvious to anyoneWilling to observeAnd a fourth that seemsEvident to me PA (paranoid/anxious)Those who consumeWay too much mediaIn constant fear of deathAnd severe pain SM (sanctimonious/ ‘moral’)The morally ‘superior’In their own mindsJudging everyoneIn any way, differentFrom them or their ownExistential conditioning FFLTG (few ‘f’s left to…
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Think? For Yourself
Think For Yourself Isn’t it ironic that we’re so often told to think, think, think for ourselves by the same institutions, political and social leaders (our gatekeepers), while at the same time they bombard us with ‘suggestions’ on what and how to think (their vested interests propagandas)? How’s a ‘thinking person’ (all of us, who…
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Guilt
Guilt Guilt like ‘sin’Inventions of societyOf human minds NOT spiritual truthNor mandated by any godWhatever you perceive it be Merely human inventionsJust like the restOf human society –LE Although the most acute judges of the witches and even the witches themselves were convinced of the guilt of witchery, the guilt nevertheless was non-existent. It is…
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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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Words Have Power, Are Magical
Yes, words have emmense power and are magical, the spells, the incantations, the plots, the cajoling praise, the intentional behind the scenes machinations, that ultimately helped generate sapiens rise. Words Are Power, Are Magic all words have power whenspoken or written in context Latin or other ancient tonguesare not required only used to confuse andexclude…
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The Road
The Road NeverendingTransformingFrom 12 lane highwayTo barely visible dirt pathBut neverending Runs throughThe countrysideVillages, towns, and metro-climesAnd back again Filled with wayfarersBound for who knows where Like the oneExtending throughAll sentient lifeRoots, trunk, limbs, and twigsConnecting us to the Universe We are all but wayfarersAnd most, unaware, on The road –LE – 4/30/26 PS: To…
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The Compass
What gives you direction in life The flow of the universe as it moves through me, the ecosystem, of which you and I and every other living being are integral parts, a continuity of life, its causes and effects, that IS the universe … we are… –LE
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Past Versions
Past Versions Trying to hold onto past versions of meNothing but undermining mutiniesFond memories sometimes ease anxietiesBut would-a should-a could-a-sGape as empty as the space between galaxies Not always, but too frequentlyFriends and family just don’t seem to notice…See only the me that used to be Perhaps some elements of an older renditionColor, flavor, or…
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Sorcery Is Us
Sorcery Is Us we’re all would-be mageschoosing our words carefullyto achieve desired effectscreating spells and incantations sorcerers selecting words and phrasescarefully using poetic devicesrhyme, alliteration, and metaphorto conjure power and much more the very invention of languagesbut human sorceries, rendered incantationscreated societies and civilizationsgenocides and desertifications homo sapiens innate predatory natureexpressed in languages, lethal products…
