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Tag Archives: humanity
The Dominant Species
It isn’t like I hate the human race (as if it were a contest to be won) or seek out disagreement in each face that dares to criticize or jest in fun at my idealistic, mad ideas: responsibility in the … Continue reading
Human Nature
Why must “human nature” be considered some mad blasphemy, an otherwise repulsive state save for its chance to teach us fate and providence are not without a sense of humor, lest we doubt; and if not heresy gone wild, the … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged acceptance, daily poems, deities, happiness, humanity, nature, spirituality
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Back to the basics
Back to the basics: down that trail bringing us from the ocean’s foam where we shared space with fish and snail; back past Europe, far beyond Rome, before we started keeping track or had the means to tally score. If … Continue reading
Thought for the Day
The world goes on because civilized men exist. Without them it would collapse into mere dust. Though their minds are as sharp as a rasp, Men without human decency are as wooden as a tree. -Tirukkural 100:997-8 Excerpted from the … Continue reading
Posted in Statements
Tagged civilization, existence, humanity, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, Tirukkural
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Thought for the Day
Paraphrased (and adapted somewhat) from a wonderful book, The Telling, by Ursula K. Le Guin: There were no “original” human words for God, gods, or the divine. The bureaucrats who formalized spirituality into “religions” made up words for “God” and … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations
Tagged books, deities, dharma, divinity, humanity, karma, The Telling, Ursula K LeGuin
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Don’t Believe the Hype
The world is suffering and pain or so the Buddhists say but with control of mind and flesh for some, it goes away Not for the tree, or rock or mouse does this travail desist; nay, ’tis for man, and … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Buddhism, evolution, humanity, hype, self-importance, self-righteousness, stewardship
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