How; what steps to take; why to eliminate ’self’ from the equation; when does it become now; where do we go from here?
Thich Nhat Hanh used volition as the lever mechanism to lift the world, but was also able to conflate the perspective of ‘self and other.’ I’ve no doubt the discipline of Buddhist thinking is a boon to the possible future of our species, yet the contradiction of being mandated to rise at 3:oo A.M., separate by gender are all regulations from diverse faiths including the Balinese Hindu; school of Syble in Costa Mesa, or the rice paddy Couple Loving of Viet Nam; (4:oo A.M. like clockwork, one would rise and motor off returning minutes later, with without peeping out my curtains, could only surmise one had fetched Coffee, for the ‘later sleeper’), how’s that for fictionalized fantasy posing as fact¿
The point is each loving habit in the long history of human kind creates a wake, or ring of positive influence, for as much as rising early in Viet Nam, manifested some ease, so does waking in Bali to a ‘continental breakfast’ on the veranda, while the corrosive counterpart of what i’ll dub the “Kirk Effect” (deal in rancor, you’ll find it or it you), is certainly true: it’s not rocket science, so why does our reasoning species continue down the roads of ‘greed, rage, discursive reasoning in service of chaos’¿ why @ 7:oo A.M. straight up am i jonesing for a whiff of the spliff, when after so long a preparation and so short an executing period would i allow myself the distraction if in fact my ambition is to create¿
In the ever evolving, chain of monkeys swinging through the trees of my mind, simplify comes more and more to the fore. ‘Holding forth’ is not what develops positive results, yet the prospect of encouraging a following is as equally distasteful; for example, the further i get from caring much whether these words are ever read and accepting of that outcome, the easier it becomes to cast off the extraneous and excavate for the core of meaning, nor am i quite sure why. How much to pare? is ‘activity’ the false idol our kind has been indoctrinated into obeisance. If that is true someone will have and uphill battle convincing my father had a nefarious objective in his ‘Jesuit Training’ of my mind or that despite her ‘lunacy’, Ma was not as humbled as any saint by the results of her existential experience.
I’m beginning to think garlic and bitter chocolate are at the core of existence, but if you partake too much like ‘noise’ it creates dissonance, rather than consonance. But i digress, if in fact i am trying to communicate by my efforts the same as a singer, musician, painter, dancer, philosopher or other active human does how do my efforts not result in more dialogue or exchange of ideas? Why does it always seem as though people i share my work with are not encouraged to attendant expression i.e. ‘that stinks’, ‘how grand’, or ‘what in the hell is it¿’
Or when i find myself most disaffected, why is it more often when another is demanding my attention? Is it reaction formation/projection for an unaddressed hunger for attention, if so is it an ancient hunger as the psychologists contend¿ where is the font of curiosity that will yield the magic distillation of questions/answers. Moments ago, i was formulating an argument opposing “formulas”, yet here i sit like the sated Cookie Monster, gorged on the endorphins of accomplishment for the simple fact i woke up and wrote a ‘five paragraph essay’ - go figure, or as Albert said “make it simple, but not simpler.”
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jts Saturday 20 September 2o25
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