Posts from — October 2008

whoever leads us

must first lead themselves

to the undestanding

of

impermanence

and the

transience

of whatever

we all hold

to be

common to

our

individual,

social

and

global

identity

identity

forged

from

a false premise

that things do not change

the only thing that does not change

is the force within us all

that knows

who and why we are

and can be

Language

borne from the issuance

of the searching for meaning

becomes entrenched

in the global mind set of us all

the disfigurement of human dignity

through the rage of others

reveals the larger illness

of the human race

that increasingly

we are becoming more disenfranchised

from the origins of our species

not the evolution of the physical species

but the origins of how our impulses and connections to the natural world

were first formed by the first rain drop

as it fell to the first upgrowing

sprouts of life

verdant,innocent but knowing

Soon the halls will be decked with holly

and peace and goodwill will be trumpeted

but in the backstreets and the warzones

in the broken hearts and the cold coffee

the messiah never came

the hungry and disempowered

the angry and the speechless

there were no good times

christmas

is not a global holiday in origin

but made so not by christianity

but by the expansionist economics of the 19th century

if you want to know the origins of the credit crunch

look to those times

when man thought that

nature is a straight line

thriving upon outrage and rage

upon distress and redress

humanity has surged

to find meaning

the shoving of the ego

and the ranting

of dissatisfaction

have created

opportunities

for understanding

but at what value

or lasting meaning

when all the institutions of mankind

have crumbled

the mountains

will still be there

and the echoes

of  the

‘once was’

will drain away

into the vast basin

of space

softly

runs

the

history

of humanity

through

the memories

of us all

ancestors

their needs

are calling

in your daily

struggle

with meaning

and desire

where does the time go?

the time from which you built your life

wove your memories

painted the walls of the rooms

that you call your self

where?

The time was never there at all

impressions fleeting

that is all

like wind on water in the darkest night

a hissing and movement

of elements

ask you Self

who are You?

and the question

will reverberate throughout

all things

until it shatters the

fabric of the self and its countless worlds

and free

discovers the that there are no questions

and no answers

People see the world through their beliefs and prejudice

thus they make the world they inhabit

belief and prejudice go together

they are intertwined

what people believe

they think is true

for everyone and the world

at large

the world is made of beliefs

and prejudice

if you want to believe

be free of belief and prejudice

if you want faith

give it up

let faith want you

grace and light

grace and light

1

Benjamin Franklin would have been refused credit

so would Plato too,

Socrates, Wagner and Schiller

Mahler, most certainly Mozart

unacceptable credit risks

St Francis having no real assets

would be dismissed

George Washington

Marqui de Sade or Rocheford,

Duke of Wellington, Napoleon

too,

Balachine, Gorky

Kafka

Credit

belongs

to

those

whose heaven is on earth

covered up by concrete

cemented by debt

2

anger is the most communicable disease

of the politically correct community

if you want to be truly authentic

know where your anger

arises from.

heal it and move on

know where your greed arises from

heal it and move on

know where your lust in all its forms arises from

heal it and move on

3

my time here is over

i have moved on

4

karma is intentional action, thought and deed

free yourself from ignorance to understand full intention

love all things

5

look into the noise of life

and hear the silence

the music

the light

the rushing of

the Way

Look to the cycles of the seasons

and how they have changed

look to the cycles of your mental patterns

how have they changed?

global warming is part of the loss of connection

to the inner environment

the transience of the world

as carved by thought

and meaning

looking to meaning

you find many answers

yet there is

only

one

question

can you stand in the wind

and hear the howling….

the calling out for meaning,

for the sense of ‘it’ all,

people value despair

but are afraid

of contentment

suffering is addictive

non-suffering is self-mastery

self-responsibility

and responsibility for all living beings