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Category Archives: Poems
What’s the Score?
Just to speculateon some ideal world to come,that will not arriveso long as “they” oppose it,is a poor and fruitless game.We cannot evolvein the future, on our own,without each other.The true barrier to peaceis never your enemies.What kind of a … Continue reading
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Speaking the Tao
The Tao that can bespoken is not the true Tao.So why speak at all?These countless words arelike a high, thick, gateless wall:infinite climbing.If it’s just sittingthat does the whole trick of it,who needs our talking?Understand the question,and do you need … Continue reading
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Destined to Lose
Look: your enemiesdon’t linger outside waitingwhile you are sleeping.They’re not some hungry spiritshoping to catch you napping.We create Otherwithout even trying hard,with just random thoughts.Evil isn’t createdwithout our mind’s assistance.The world mirrors us:our fears, desires, compulsions,imagined control.So long as there … Continue reading
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Your Reality
We’re not as advancedas we think ourselves to be;that is obvious.Evolution takes more timeif you don’t make yourself grow.Don’t be self-righteous;your mirror reflection lies,seeing just beauty.The blame isn’t just out there.Admit your reality. 22 NOV 2024 Share This:
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Part of Your Dancing
There is no livingwithout applying some smallexpectation for service.If that’s picking and choosing,then suffering cannot stop.But when doing somethingfor someone else in the world,mind its quality.You do it for yourself, too.Don’t disappoint everyone.If someone complains,consider the circumstance:maybe they are right.Your … Continue reading
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The future never happens
Wait just a minute:how do you do such a thingwithout losing track?Time is not a strip of filmwe move along frame by frame.The speed of right nowis all the time that there is.There’s no back and forth.The past is just … Continue reading
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Walk Away
You can’t walk awayfrom everything in disgust.You take it with you.There is no separatingthe inside from the outside. 15 NOV 2024 Share This:
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