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Tag Archives: emptiness
Treating the Symptoms, Not the Cause
Something to think about in the context of today’s America and unrest around the world (emphases mine): Hitler was able to enslave his own people because he seemed to give them something that even the traditional religions could no longer … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations, Statements
Tagged activism, degradation, Der Fuehrer, emptiness, fascism, justification, Konrad Heiden
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Words Burst the Thirteen Open
“I have nothing to say and I am saying it; that is poetry.” — Thirteen Words, John Cage What it is or was mulled over like cheap wine we drank although we didn’t know it and so we called our … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged commitment, emptiness, John Cage, longing, poetry, regrets, relationships, Thirteen Words
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The Seeker’s Lament
For forty years I’ve sought some kind of truth and come up empty-handed, more or less. What dreams I held like treasures in my youth have lost their gleam; my hands, their tenderness. The journey has not gone as I … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged achievement, emptiness, enlightenment, failure, journeys, seeking, struggles
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