This modern world is a ride I climb aboard each morning
out of habit and necessity;
a dilapidated contraption in some tacky amusement park
which, despite the fresh coat of paint, has seen better days.
I pity the poor fool who's trapped high at the top
when the whole damn thing finally breaks down for good.
* * *
World leaders are essentially "dressed-up puppets;"
the part that snaps at the end of a long whip
most of us never get to see.
~
~they are, for the most part, fools and criminals,
and we are even bigger fools for believing them~
* * *
~when the truth becomes too fantastic to believe,
we choose instead to believe the lies~
~~
~what a peculiar set of instructions we've all been handed;
the majority of which are lies
believed by the "majority" to be the truth~
I wonder how you will react when you finally discover
the extent to which you have been deceived.
* * *
~I believe we are all basically on the same page,
the problem is, several of us have their pages turned
"upside down"~
~
Found scribbled on the wall above a urinal:
"If all this is really nothing but a dream . . .
I think I just peed my bed!"
* * *
"Hope"
As I understand it,
Hope is no longer just for people with gambling addictions.
Hope is for everybody!
hmmmmmm . . . . .
Hope is america's newest "designer drug".
Hope is just another form of craving.
And like craving, it too must eventually be given up.
~ nothing disappoints like Hope ~
~Hope is an inflatable love-doll . . . with a slow leak~
~
People are desperate for "Change"--
providing it allows them to continue living
the way they always have.
* * *
There are moments when Life reminds me of
two amorous dogs who have gotten themselves "stuck together",
. . . sad . . . . . funny . . . . . and somehow strangely elegant
all at the same time-
~~
~it's raining
and Tom is mowing his lawn
because it's Wednesday~
~
~there are few things in this world more obnoxious
than a retired postal worker
armed with a lawnmower and a leaf blower-
* * *
~and then there is "Facebook" . . .
whose insipid postings are the very "monkey chatter"
many of us spend hours in meditation
trying to rid our minds of~
* * *
The secret to surviving the "american suburban experience"
lies in owning an appliance that is capable of producing more noise
than your nearest neighbor's noisiest appliance.
~
and while we're on the subject . . .
don't you just love the neighbor's dog?
~
~let's all Rejoice! . . . America is now "shovel~ready"~
~
In the future,
nearly everyone will be called a "Hero"
for at least fifteen minutes-
* * *
Solar Celebration
We live in a "sun-crazed" society of
lawn-mowers, leaf-blowers, frisbee-throwers
and golfers in funny looking shoes.
I personally, am a big fan of the sun
and of the healing moisture it bestows each day
upon our drought stricken planet.
~
WARNING:
"remaining time has elapsed-
insert correct change for additional minutes"
* * *
We are a nation of "gasoholics" -- of sheep;
a living tribute to the petroleum industry!
~
flying their little airplanes around in circles
until they use up all their gasoline . . .
pushing their little lawnmowers around in circles
until they use up all their gasoline . . .
riding their little motorcycles around in circles
until they use up all their gasoline . . .
until they've used up all the gasoline . . .
all the gasoline . . .
~
how will you survive without all your pretty toys;
with only the night sky to entertain you
and the wind and rain to keep you company?
When the last machine falls silent,
how will you keep from going crazy?
~
"Modern Humans" are a disgrace to the natural world.
One day we will be remembered as the "rock and roll band"
that spent the night in a hotel room called Earth.
~
~people are the land.
destroy the land,
destroy the people~
~~
Distorted Sense of Entitlement:
"But I am an American!" . . . you insist-
"I have a god-given right to: . . . (fill in the blank) . . .
. . . smoke whenever and wherever I please,
brandish as many firearms as I damn well please,
perceive the natural world as "a commodity"
to which I can assign any value I please!" . . .
~You realize of course,
that all of this foolishness cannot continue indefinitely~
~ ~
~The human world is filled with half-truths and lies,
but there is no deceit here beneath these branches.
If "full disclosure" is what you seek,
spend time with Trees;
for they are the true mystics of the modern world~
* * *
Opportunities to surrender oneself to Stillness
are becoming increasingly rare,
as our once quiet world becomes increasingly "humanoized".
~
Our world has become an over-burdened system;
one in which none of us is getting what we really need or deserve.
~
Layer upon layer of
"Artificially Animated Junk"
~even if given several thousand more years of
"evolutionary opportunity",
it would still never occur to any indigenous people to invent the
"internal combustion engine"~
~
And don't you just love it when truck drivers
insist on leaving their engines idling during that late night delivery;
as if gasoline had recently been declared "Free Energy"?
Not only does the incessant noise rouse you from a deep sleep,
but truckers are the always the first to complain about
rising costs at the pumps!
~~
Say What? . . .
~we are continually subjected to toxic levels of noise pollution
which, ironically, few of us ever seem to even notice~
* * *
Of the trees and stars I never tire,
after ten minutes with the herd
I'm ready to expire.
~
I wish you all could see yourselves from my perspective;
a human blur perpetually spinning at breakneck speed,
hell-bent on accomplishing . . . what exactly?
~
you dream you are awake while you walk in your sleep,
controlled by a "chosen few" who lead you 'round like sheep
~
~Fear, Greed and Stupidity continue to fuel the engines of Cluelessness
that are driving us to extinction
while humanity's only real crime is that of sleepwalking~
~~
If the military isn't "running the show"
why are billions being poured into senseless wars
in Iraq and Afghanistan,
while California comes apart at the seams?
The military is running the show alright,
and you're a fool to believe otherwise.
I suspect the real question is: "who's running the military"?
~
We have been successfully programed to believe
the conspiracy theorists are the ones who are crazy.
~
america is a "free country"
provided you don't get caught
* * *
"white man's magic"
Why waste perfectly good lead on a bunch of savages,
when they can be eliminated just as effectively
with a few "magic" blankets?
* * *
clockwise thinking is perceiving the world with outlines.
counter-clockwise thinking is perceiving the world without lines-
~~
Requiring validation, much like sexual addiction, is:
"needing other people for all the wrong reasons."
* * *
Beneath the maple, I stood still as stone.
And in the drone of honey bees its tiny flowers
fell in showers of "lime-green snowflakes".
They spoke to me in one Voice
from where they had fallen:
"Time to stop;
time to take a long hard look at what you are doing,
to decide who and what
is really important."
~ why can't our lives be about mining
the infinite potential of Stillness? ~
a multitude of faces spin crazily around me;
beckoning me to join them on their "Wheel of Achievement".
Perhaps what I do best is nothing at all . . .
and so it is that I remain
still as stone in the howling wind
with only the birds, the dancing shadows
and the "lime-green snowflakes" to keep me company-
* * *
~our consensual reality is a kind of congealed madness;
and being a successful functionary of it
is not necessarily proof of one's sanity~
* * *
What good is a belief system
that provides an excuse to condemn someone?
~ perpetuating a lie
is always easier than questioning it ~
* * *
If males were taught to respect
all the aspects of their feminine nature,
there would be fewer crimes against women.
In fact, there would be fewer crimes PERIOD!
* * *
~meanness is really just "me-ness"~
* * *
Organized religion
is the way we keep ourselves from knowing
anything important about our gods.
* * *
Q: "What do you get when you combine equal parts
of ol' time religion with the internal combustion engine?"
A: "Just look around" . . .
* * *
The purpose of your life's journey
is to learn how to die consciously;
to awaken to the dream,
to learn to let go.
And all of the losses along the way
are merely rehearsals for that event.
-Time is a Magic Carpet that is being pulled out from under us-
* * *
We all have images of ourselves that we identify with;
the masks we wear out in the world
by which others identify us.
Wouldn't it be nice if we got to know ourselves and one another
as we really are?
Unfortunately, discarding one's self-image
is about as easy as discarding one's belief system.
This is because they are two sides of the same worthless coin.
~~
Look into the eyes of any child
and imagine how different this world would be
were we to see one another as children
instead of "grown-ups".
~~
~Lost innocence is nearly impossible to restore~
* * *
~The modern world is beginning to effect me in much the same way
as would a poorly written high-school play;
one that reads like a "handbook of deceptions and misconceptions".~
* * *
~humanity is undergoing a "crisis of Spirit";
and what you read in the headlines are merely the symptoms.
We need to realize that we are much more
than appearances would lead us to believe.
We must begin to experience ourselves as
unique multi-dimensional expressions
of one shared Consciousness~
~
~ we are all buddhas
there is no such thing as "becoming"
we are gods masquerading as fools ~
~~
I have given up trying to "change the world"
or the opinions of the people in it.
All I can say is that one day, many of them are in for a shock.
Now whether this happens before or after they die I cannot say;
but they will be completely shocked by the truth of their existence.
This is because they have not taken the time to step back
and look at the madness that they are perpetuating.
They have not taken the time to "find their Center"
or to connect in some way with "Eternity".
As a result of this failure, we all suffer.
* * *
Take heart-
Despite the ripples that appear on the water . . .
ALL THINGS RETURN TO STILLNESS
"Father forgive them for they know not what they do." These, we are told, were the final words spoken by Jesus as he hung upon the cross. Had he been crucified today, I suspect his closing remarks might have carried with them a somewhat harsher tone:
"Humans are a disgrace! I have run out of compassion for these 'lab rats'. They will NEVER learn, for they are every bit as ignorant as were the gods who spawned them. They continue to blindly worship these gods, and in doing so destroy not only themselves but the world around them."