The Spiritualist: “Did you listen to Swami Know-It-All-Ananda’s talk? It was wonderful. Though, I’m not sure why his hair is white and his beard is black . . . In any case, the Swami’s talk was wonderful. But, I don’t like him as much as I like Swami-All-Is-Love-Ananda. I […]
Man’s longing For pleasantries Makes him blind To Truth. A space can only be filled With one thing Or another. If it is filled with X, There is no room for Y. So many concepts. So many principles. So many tenets. So many claims . . . A fool nods his […]
“If I swear allegiance to him, Then all that I am Is dead already.” – William Wallace Man Wishes to fit in with the world. Man Seeks to follow the trail of tradition. Man Embodies the societal ways. Why. Because This is his DNA. But there lives A different […]
A human may arrive gently Into the world. Under the promise Of a vast sky. But as he begins to take shape The world takes shape around him. Shortly after his emergence upon the scene He is . . . catapulted . . . Into a phantasmagoria, After which his life will never […]
The human is a fair-weather creature. He covets flowery messages Regardless of their falseness. He is not to be blamed. All creatures enjoy pleasant things. Truth Is not a requirement. Each human has the right To live life as he or she sees fit. The human wishes to hear That if […]
Buddha stated Life is suffering. Suffering is indeed the pervasive experience Of human lives. Some spiritualists state, Face suffering. Other spiritualists state, Suffering is an opportunity. The trouble with stating things in such ways, Is that there is a Hard Message From the speaker. The trouble with spirituality And all […]
Imagine, if you will, Five hundred thousand large sheets of paper. Now imagine, This paper being cut Into billions of tiny pieces of confetti. Next imagine a crane That gathers those bits of paper, And loads them onto hundreds of helicopters. Next imagine the helicopters Sent to different parts of the earth, And […]
You probably do not exist. For the True Artist is virtually non-existent in this world. It matters not either way. It must be understood that in order for one’s Art to be True, The human from which it arose Must be True. A false human Can no sooner produce true art Than an […]
Imagine a man That has a terrible cough. The cough varies From day to day. And year to year. Some days The cough becomes so bad That he vomits blood. Some days The cough becomes so harsh That he becomes light-headed And cannot think straight. Over the years The experts have […]
A human wishes to learn a skill. Or improve a skill. Or attain realization. He hires an “instructor.” Or a “coach.” Why does he do this? Why would he not? After all, a human does What other humans do. A human’s behavior Is created by what he sees What he hears […]