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  1. Big B & Other Poems

    Big B

    You can keep blocking
    As many as you want to
    But how will you block life
    That will keep expressing itself
    Through every pore of your being?
    And who is the one
    That is choosing to block
    And who is the one
    Writing these lines
    In asking such questions
    Maybe one will come to realize
    Life itself is expressing itself
    As Big B sometimes
    And as the one who writes these lines
    There are no boundaries
    Where I end
    And another begins.

    Ah, To Be 19 Again

    A friend asked,
    “What would you do if you were 19 now”
    Ain’t I, is what I would ask him
    The lub-dub-lub-dub carries the same rhythm
    I have dealt lightly with all the curveballs
    That life has thrown at me
    Took in my stride all the heartbreaks
    That I caused to myself and others
    Maybe I would take my guitar lessons more serioulsy
    Damn, it is hard work, this learning a guitar
    So, I would be tempted to quit again
    Would I dare, would I dare
    Take that chance? You know what I mean
    You who are no stranger
    When it comes to matters of the heart
    And as far as chances go
    I have taken far too many chances in life
    I have always been a gambler
    And I have gambled my life
    Betting on the impossible odds
    That I the maybe not so dull guy
    Can figure out the Truth after all
    Though I could never figure out
    Whether if her arms clasped me
    I would have found the Truth sooner.

    People Are Too Awake

    Where’s a soporific when one needs one
    Be it the company of Plato or Nisargadatta
    That dullens the pain of this dreary day
    Where the sun beats down mercilessly
    Though the trees seem to love him
    And those with solar rooftops
    Me, I prefer the moon and the stars
    When stern duty is not calling me
    To prove myself worthy to a cause
    Life seems all too superfluous
    Though none with me agrees
    They’re too busy living to think or feel.

    Choosing between God and Mammon

    Who is that Ubermensch
    Who can deal
    With God and Mammon
    At the same time?
    King Janaka? Lord Krishna?
    Us lesser mortals
    Have to choose
    And rest content.

    The False Dichotomy of Enjoyment and Renunciation

    The world is meant to be enjoyed
    When you no longer find it enjoyable
    Ask where else could enjoyment be
    Other than in this world
    Why talk of renunciation
    As if enjoyment is a thing to be renounced
    What is to be renounced is suffering
    So, enjoy this world fully, heartily
    Until you no longer find it enjoyable
    Then renounce this world as one of suffering
    And look for your enjoyment elsewhere.

    #Boundaries #Life #MysteryOfLife #Poem #Poetry #Relationships #Self #SelfAndTheOther #TheOther
  2. A quotation from The Bible

    All baptised in Christ, you have all clothed yourselves in Christ, and there are no more distinctions between Jew and Greek, slave and free, male and female, but all of you are one in Christ Jesus.
     
    [ὅσοι γὰρ εἰς Χριστὸν ἐβαπτίσθητε, Χριστὸν ἐνεδύσασθε. οὐκ ἔνι Ἰουδαῖος οὐδὲ Ἕλλην, οὐκ ἔνι δοῦλος οὐδὲ ἐλεύθερος, οὐκ ἔνι ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ· πάντες γὰρ ὑμεῖς εἷς ἐστε ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.]

    The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
    Galatians 3: 27–28 [JB (1966)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-nt/81792/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bible #galatians #newtestament #baptism #Christianity #equality #foreigners #gender #nationality #othering #religion #slavery #theother #unity

  3. #NowPlaying the recent album "Alienated" by the band #TheOther from #Germany

    #HorrorPunk #HorrorPop #Rock #AlbumsOf2025

    Personal Rating: 7 / 10

    Recommended Tracks: "Hellfire", "In the End", "I Give you the creeps", "A Ghost from the 80s", "I need Blood", "Don't be afraid of the Night", "Hier sein", "Alienated", "Witch from Outer Space", "Batcave", "Die Human Die"

  4. I believe a philosophy that can be called wide-ass. Everyone contributes their thoughts, and beliefs, and actions to the wide-ass philosophy.

    My personal philosophies are more wise-ass. But I don't think that navel-gazing from the inside, or head-up-the-ass philosophies will lead to useful enlightenment.

    I could be wrong... It wouldn't be the 1st time...

    #Philosophy #TheoryOfMind #Self #TheOther #SelvesCreateReality

  5. It's Monday. Hope y'all are having a day! ("Have a good day" seems like a lot of pressure in these times.)

    I wrote a thing about
    euphemism
    the Left
    doge
    Musk
    the destruction of the commons
    and trauma.

    Here's the first part:
    the Lack in the Left
    courtcan.com/2025/04/10/the-la

    #euphemism
    #theLeft
    #doge
    #ElonMusk
    #theOther
    #theLack
    #thePublic
    #theCommons
    #trauma
    #boundaries

  6. You [ #theWe ] are going to do as They wish.
    They [ #theThey ] are going to do as #theThey wish.
    Since there has been #government to rule people.
    #theWe have no desire to do as #theThey wish for it seems to bare upon the notion of #freedom
    The truth is, #theWe do as #theThey wish. In our daily's-- unless #theIndividual is a most clever #anarchist , #thewe do as #theThey wish
    Accept that truth, then consider this
    Suppose what #theWe call racism weren't

    A Narrative
    The African people #theThey abducted for organized human slavery weren't.
    #theOther are NOT easy to distinguish in appearance from #theWe of burgeoning settlements; #theWe who believe #theWe forge #theWe's new land.
    #thewe couldn't separate #theOther by appearance! In dim lighting, you thought He was your brother and she, your auntie.
    Established.
    What shall #theWe do to control #theOther for are they not also #theWe?
    #theWe are human!
    We know #theWe are human now!
    #theOther are #thWE!
    This cant't be rationalized!
    #theWe dissemenate-- as only #theWe can in that time-- #theOther carry deadly disease!
    #theWe carry disease! #theWe carry disease!
    Do not let #theWe in your home! #CivilWAR
    Continue #irrational [ dictionary of words ] for decades.
    Present day.
    #Disease? What disease?
    #theWe be stupid.
    The end

    Is it #racism ?

  7. The reason so many #fascist adjacent #US #Republicans are so pro-#Israel and yet so #antisemitic is that for them #Israel is a legitimate #power and #authority that is punishing The Other (#Muslims, #Arabs, #Palestinians) and that is natural and good.

    But #Jews, as a successful non-Christian group, are a dangerous fifth column working against the natural and just Christian order. So they are #TheOther. 🤦🏼

  8. A moose has come out of // the impenetrable wood // and stands there, looms, rather // in the middle of the road. // It approaches; it sniffs at // the bus's hot hood.

    Elizabeth Bishop, The Moose. Reading by pernishus (YT):

    m.youtube.com/watch?v=nqagYwcL

    #ElisabethBishop #moose #poetry #wonder #TheOther

  9. One complaint, riffing on an off hand comment in the interview: it’s long past time everyone abandons the outdated belief that #anthropolgy is about going to the field and studying #theOther, while #sociology is about studying #theSelf (or worse, the #modern ).