Tag: Philosophy
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Let’s Get Real …
Get real! You hear it all the time, but what is “real?” “Real” is a human idea, as are all ideas. Ideas on the nature of reality have evolved with our bodies, brains, and social psyches. And just as all life continues to evolve or go extinct, our ideas of “reality” also continue to evolve.…
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Jazzy Sexy Sax
Putting this back out there for another tour around the proverbial ‘block’…; -) Baritone Sax bass tonesof a baritone saxblast the underpinningsof space/time apartas we tumblethrough the voidreaching out forany residual strandsof melodyfrom the songof life –LE – 8/29/24 PS: How would you define ‘the song of life’? Is it strictly physical, spiritual, psychic, or…
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Contentment
Contentment as a youthI thought the worldheld a grudgeagainst methought it wassingling me out eventually truthdawned on meit’s the commonexperience of lifefor any and allborn into it discovered that onehas little choice onhow ‘life’ treats usexcept on howwe perceive itand how we react even with thesocalled ‘wisdom’of age upon usmultitudes of hardshipsand joys continueto bathe…
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An Infinite Ecosphere
An Infinite Ecosphere sometimes I feel likean insignificant tiny bubblefloating in frothy foam andspume one of infinite bubblesecospheres caught inthe greater ecosphereinevitable streams of the space/time continuum –LE – 4/4/25
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The Floating World
The Floating World as daylight brightness subsidesthe floating world emergesfrom primal darkness withfairy lights and bright neon as bawdy sensations andpleasures unfold in dreamy scenesreligiously moral superstitionsnotwithstanding — sin if there be any such thing as sinit’s the mental and/or physicalharming or enslavement of ourselvesor any other sentient being(s) – selah the floating world emerges…
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Easily Fatigued In My Dotage
Easily Fatigued In My Dotage Facetiously asked if I fatigue easily in my ‘dotage’, I replied, ‘you have no idea [just how easily]’. The fact is that I’m fatigued by almost everything in the current zeitgeist. It’s extremely tiring, enduring the authoritarian entrenchment of the world’s socio-psychopaths, the world’s ruling classes, and their exploitation of…
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Fate’s Illusion
Romantics may disagree, but love is a process that must be cultivated carefully over time (IMHO)… And I was raised by a romantic (my mother) to be one; but my life experience has shown me otherwise. –LE Fate’s Illusion what are the chancesof love at first sightof a soul-mate what I see everywhere islust at…
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Another Consideration of Free Will
Another Consideration of Free Will I’ve been thinking about the polarity between free will and fate. The evidence of my more than three quarters of a century convinces me that we are most likely firmly attached to the fate-end of the spectrum between those poles. I used to think that we had some choice in…
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Another Look At A Katana Mind, Slicing & Dicing
Katana Mind Ronin YojimboMifune’s tontoSpins in the airLands in crossroadBlade pointsThe wayHe picks it upAnd walks toMeet destiny Yojimbo’s katanaBlade foldedA hundred timesCore soft andFlexible –Cutting edgeHardened and honedSlice throughAnything Katana mind likeYojimbo’s bladeFlexible malleableCore optimisticCutting edgeRazor honedCynicalSlice throughAnything Forging theMind-bladeMeditating openTo nature to lifeHoning theCutting edgeCritical thinkingSlice throughAnything Flip it in the airAt crossroadsIntersectionsDead…
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Reevaluating Assumptions – Memoir Addendum
Reevaluating Assumptions – Memoir Addendum I’ve noticed that as I’ve aged, I tend to reevaluate my assumptions more frequently than ever before. That includes trying to puzzle mine into the greater zeitgeist. I wonder if others find this a common experience. Is everything I assume to be true actually true, or is it all just…
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