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Change and transformation
“We’re mistaken to think there are things that exist solidly within the flow of experience that is our life. We think of who we are as something that’s permanent, that continues over time in the same unchanging form, independent of … Continue reading
Posted in Statements
Tagged change, Dzogchen Ponlop, impermanence, perception, Rebel Buddha, transformation
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The World Can Change
I believe the world does change – but never all at once. All things evolve through time and space, at less than glacier pace; a secret metamorphosis that takes place in the dark, which makes a revolution seem a sudden … Continue reading
No End of Days
The world has not yet made its final twirl around a sun still managing to burn; the seasons, although changed somewhat of late, continue with their ceaseless promenade. Both wise and foolish prattle on no end, with new results no … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged acceptance, apocalypse, blank verse, change, daily poems, fear, inevitability, promise
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Happen
If it doesn’t ever happen was it ever gonna change? Do the puzzle pieces ever move or just not look the same? Are the ones that make it happen just the ones we find to blame? Do we pick and … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged absurdity, change, eventuality, evolution, pointlessness, resignation
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Mere Words
Are they still weapons, these mere words we use to crystallize what thoughts may form at random in our heads or like to squeeze out for some end, a worthy cause we would advance, a blessing, curse or snare of … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged battle, change, futility, meaning, NaPoWriMo, poetry, revolution, uselessness, words
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You Could Change: tanka
You could change the world if just given half a chance; why are you waiting? It really doesn’t matter once the moment’s gone away. You could move mountains if just sincerely inspired; what more do you need? It doesn’t really … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged action, activism, change, conviction, Japanese verse forms, NaPoWriMo, poetic forms, rhetoric, tanka
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