the human race

here among the human race
each could know his rightful place
if he would set all thought aside
and from the truth no longer hide

life does have its natural order
tho rarely seen within our border
with no respect for life as whole
greed and power the new goal

wipe out all that nature made
kill the life in field and glade
a new plan for life we cry
get on board or else you die

all the kindness of the heart
must be stifled if your smart
for a time it seemed so great
but things have changed it seems of late

chaos now does fill the land
truth can find now place to stand
most live in fear from day to day
the pills and booze push it away

order once again can be
but we must first set ourselves free
the spirit lives but is repressed
which is why we feel depressed

the heart must open to the light
this is how we know what's right
the soul of man must be set free
to live the truth as meant to be

the plan is not found in the head
or from all the books we've read
love and truth are of the now
and open heart will show us how

out of date

we all start becoming

out of date

on the day we are born

Education & the Significance of Life

a book by Krishnamurti

which i consider a very worthwhile contribution

to our situation here in our time

relationship

so many in our time seem to think

our quality of life

depends on our relationship with others

when actually that situation depends

on our relationship with our self

Love

Love is a State of Being

and not something you get from another

or fall into

frankenstine

that story was a warning

to and about those science freaks

but we humans just don't get it


i find our situation here tragic

as we have lost all respect for life

and the natural order

truth

to know our truth

we must face our truth


and thinking about it

and making up silly stories

won't get the job done

carryin' on

the story of this life

just carrying' on

self-respect

so few in our time

seem to respect their self

mostly they use their self

to get what they think they want

and self awareness

is not a product of thought


and here we are

in a world of conflicting ideas

and the so called human race

is the biggest problem this world has


we are a bunch of primates

who have learned how to think

and great chaos is upon the land

words

if you are only listening to the words

you won't be able to hear

what is actually being said

freedom

one thing i have learned

no one is free

unless everyone is free


and that means

the birds and the bees

and the flowers and the trees

and you and me

control

i consider controlling life

a crime against life

and the game of fools and idiots

the clock

the clock

has done more

to disrupt the natural human sequence

than any other device

other than the computer

and all this electronic stuff


but the clock

is perhaps the first

and most efficient

control device of all


we humans have taken stupidity

to a whole new level

which is always a dangerous game to play


thinking you know

is a lot different than knowing

me

the son of a gemini nine dog


my mother was a virgo eleven

seemed to be a dragon to me

but don't have that information yet


am still processing the rest

anger

an expression of our self-pity

which i didn't recognize

until well into my forties

our fears

what we have to face

to be free of fear

and we all have our own version

until we don't

destiny

our true destiny

is to be who we are


not who we think we are

or others think we are

or who we want to be

mistakes

those that can't accept their mistakes

and learn from them

are doomed to repeat them


blaming others

is just a waste of time

and a waste of our lives

special

what special means to me is

be sure you show up today

and be who you are


i don't mean how you feel today

or who you (or i) think you are


i mean who you are


truth is a rather absolute word

which i seem to like

escape

escape from life

is not an option

awareness

awareness is not a product of thought

awareness is a gift

for those who are willing to be

who they are


and when the are

and as they are

and all that other stuff

truthfulness

in our time

the least popular word

in the world

gifts

some gifts can not be taken

they can only be given

and perhaps accepted


and sometimes rejected

as we all have seen

add a quit

i have a few times wondered

if i was add a quit

to the task at hand


that remains to be seen

conflict

the conflict in the world

comes from us

the conflict within our selves


krishnemurti was right

security

those that seek personal security

and privacy

are creating a personal prison

for their self

divided

divided over where we go
what we do and what we show

seems to me  -  not that i'm old
it makes no sense what i've been told

the truth inside must first be found
or life is one big run around

if you don't be just who you are
you'll wind up wishing on some star

and wishing always leads to sorrow
always living for tomorrow

but what about your life today
just dreaming lets it slip away

the here and now is what we are
truth can never be that far

let the whole of now be lived
so nothing has to be re-lived

as the pages pass

as the pages pass before me
ages  -  ages  -  all were born free

in their time to pass away
as night must yield to each new day

so worry not what lies ahead
for in the end when all is said

life will serve us all just right
there is no way to lose the light

when you wonder what is true
the answers all lie inside you

just cease the endless mental chatter
which makes us crazy as a hatter

be still to hear the endless force
that holds the world on its true course

and you will find out what you are
the wind and rain and brightest star

much time has passed

much time has passed since i was young
not much has really changed

the game goes on and i'm still here
not changed  -  but re-arranged

my heart still cries  -  i love it so
and spring still brings me joy

yes i'm alive and i don't mind
inside i'm still a boy

much time has passed yet i still play
in this land of terror

no more to hang my head and cry
i don't regret the error

mistakes were made  -  i bless them so
for through them i did learn

if you're going to play the game
you better learn to burn

clean water

what this planet requires

to continue doing what its doing


and look at what we humans have been doing

hopes and wishes and dreams

escapism in all its gory glory

all life

the only concept of god i can formulate

is all life


to respect god

i must respect all life


and be true to my self

which is life


all life is the birds and the bees

and the flowers and the trees

and you and me

beliefs

the greatest source of conflict in our world

believers

the people that think they know

thinkers

the least aware people on the planet

religious afflictions

religious afflictions

seem to be

the most popular afflictions

of our time


and i might say to that

why do you choose an affliction

for your guiding light


i have very little interest

in what people believe

my personal interest

is in what we know

not what we think we know

assets

life has its assets

and deficiencies

and is a blending

of its self

telling

if you're looking for someone else

to tell you what to do

you're lost


if you're telling yourself what to do

you're lost


being is not the same as seeking

god

what that word means to me

is all that is

and all that has ever been

and all that will ever be

and you and me

so help me god

please

advice

the best advice for when

you don't know what to do

is be your self

truth

in our own time

we all have to face

our own truth

as we can

as we are

wishing

my only advice to that situation is

never make a wish you can't face

or aren't willing to


and my personal favorite choice

in those situations

is just be your self as you can

and is your nature

a truthful presentation

the only security i am aware of

on this plane

or any other plane i am aware of

privacy

the dumbest of all human words

toilets

probably the first big mistake

man made

the clock

perhaps the most unholy invention

of the human race


life is a rhythm

within our self

security

the desire for security

is an escape tactic

and of no value to all

cause there ain't no escape

from life

no matter what they tell you

in all those silly commercials

want and mine

probably the two most dangerous words

we humans have come up with

and then comes vengeance

and a lot of other nasty stuff

a white flag

the symbol of surrender

if we all flew the white flag at once

and truly surrendered to life as a whole

which means our self and all those other selfs

the war would be over

and the conflict would end

ourselves

we leave a little bit of our self

everywhere we go

we take a little bit of where we go

everywhere we go


we leave a little bit of our self

with everyone we meet along the way

we take a little bit of who we meet

everywhere we go

a fairy tale i made up

a long time ago

i made up this fairy tale

don't remember why

or who it was for

but it goes like this


a long time ago

our hero was riding through the forest

on this great white stallion


suddenly he heard in the distance

"help me",  "help me, please help me"


after riding toward the sound for a while

he came across a vast oak tree

with a young girl standing on a branch

about ten feet off the ground


a large dog was barking aggressively

at the base of the tree


and the young girl cried out

oh thank you kind sir

you have come to rescue me


our hero looked at this situation for a few moments

and said "tell the dog to go away"

and rode away

anger

so many in our time

are experiencing anger


and blaming that situation

on others we don't even know

fear

until we can face our fear

we will be constantly

dominated by it


it is the clue

assumptions

a mental game

we humans have become very fond of

and a very dangerous game to play

with our self

even

even when the fire goes out

the essence remains

where we have been

it we can't face

where we have been

how can we ever know

who we are


if we are just primates

which is what we get to be

some of us

at this time

who are willing

justice

for most in this country

justice means punishment

and often death


seems a little odd to me

when so many here

claim to be followers of jesus

i still love life

in spite of all the crap i've had to face being here in this body

the game of life

the story of us all

predicting the future

most of those that seek

someone to predict the future

for them

are hoping to

avoid their future

learning

learning is the first step to living

but not the last step

love

the word modern humans use

for what they think they need

here i sit

here is sit  -  still out of work
am i ok  -  or just a jerk
only time will make it clear
the guiding light or clouds of fear

all must walk their path they say
must take each step through each new day
the heart of truth is surely led
but strange ideas fill the head

no one knows for sure i guess
sometimes more and sometimes less
still the game must be played out
we'll not turn back  -  the soul does shout

nothing past can draw my heart
life must have a brand new start
so here i am  -  depressed but eager
resources lean but not yet meager

knowing life does have its plan
in time to share with this mere man
as we once again take part
in what will be a brand new start

one man

one man is short
and another one tall
to see them as two
has been our downfall

one spirit is all
my heart has been told
the voice was not soft
it was spoken quite bold

all men are brothers
i know that it's true
tho this is suspected
by only a few

all are yourself
the same essence inside
but to hear it i know
just might hurt your pride

pride's just a shield
and it locks us away
in chains of restraint
that won't let us play

life must be free
to unfold as it should
all our thinking and planning
has led to no good

the spirit of life
is it's own plan you see
it can't be improved
and it sets us all free

for love is the gift
that it shares with us all
there's no time like the present
to answer its call

you

this current situation

is not  just about you


this current situation

is about all of us


and i never met a human

i considered qualified

to be the boss of us all

war

one thing i know about war

is no one wins at war

we all lose


and wars seem to have become

so popular for such a long time


a truly unfortunate situation

it seems to me


wars are the outcome

of the conflict within us all

different

we are only different from others

on the outside


in our appearance

and how we think


awareness is not a product of thought

and neither is life and being


we humans took to thinking

a long time ago

and the mess our little world is in

is the result of all our petty little ideas

want

the first step to living

is to give up wanting


wanting anyone

to be anything

is abusive behavior


wanting anything

from anyone

is a form of self abuse


the only way to live

is to let go of wanting

and be your self


am pretty sure the capitalists

and their advertisers

ain't going to care much for me

plan

probably the dumbest word of all

and the most dangerous

blame

blaming others for your current situation

is just another way to sell your soul

opinions

to have opinions

is to place a great block of stone

around your neck with a chain

an old poem from a long time ago

praises sing and night bells ring

all around this precious thing

places and faces and midnight races

all the while the nomad braces

more and more the onslaught rages

in the wind all ripped out pages

find me now  -  oh lord of love

we seek and pray thy long lost dove

will peace upon the land yet stand

must heart still face the burning brand

on and on the rage does rush

the bonds of shame a mighty crush

still the flame  -  it has not died

tho bled and fed on brutal pride

so far we hold the beach head slightly 

no longer bold and brave and mighty

battered troops once fresh and rested

now reel and waver  -  nearly bested

the hope that once so filled the heart

still lives  -  yet in the smallest part

tho battered  -  scarred and mortal weary

at dawn we stand to face the fury

no longer brave we could be called

but no  -  by god we shall not fall

to twisted minds that rule this land

with whip and chain in brutal hand

we will not yield the sacred trust

nor feed upon the moldy crust

which the beast does offer gladly

all inflamed and grinning madly

tho tattered rag  -  thy flag once proud

and bleeding feet  -  tho head un-bowed

we face the dawn with shining faces
of doubt and fear there are no traces

for in thy time each heart does know

as life moves on its sacred flow

the soul of man will seek thy light

and move beyond this endless night

the whisper that i dimly hear

does speak that time may yet be near

oh yes  -  the force does feel some stronger

the soul cries out  -  not too much longer

the love long sought by this small band

does in truth feel near at hand

the stirring in the heart grows stronger

raging pain i feel no longer

the mission tho still unfulfilled 

will be complete as thou has willed

and light yet fill the hardest heart

thy love shall reach the darkest part

in time the sorrows past will fade

and truth regain this world you made

for as the story does unfold

eternal love each heart will hold 

i wish you and yours well

merry christmas 

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woke up this morning

when i woke up this morning

i remembered something

a dear friend told me

a long time ago


you can learn a lot more about people

when they don't get what they want

than when they do

a process of becoming

life is actually a natural process of becoming

but most humans have chosen be what they want to be

i guess cause they wanted to be something else

other than what they were born to be

and to change this little world into what they want it to be

and this little world is a real mess

which is the nicest way i can speak of our situation here today


to really live we need only be as life created us

and be willing to to be our self

and allow all others to do the same

which sure as hell ain't popular in our time

getting past where we are

the only way to get past where we are

is to accept where we are

and respond to this situation

as we can


if we can find any kindness

for our situation with our self

we will be kind to our situation


if we find hatefulness and rejection

for our self and our situations

that will be the outcome of our story

feelings

most people of our time

find it difficult to face and express

their true feeling

because they were forbidden

by their parents and family and friends

and perhaps against some law modern humans are so fond of

or the religious beliefs of their part of the world

which just leads to a lot of children growing up confused

if the child is not permitted to be itself

how will it get to know itself

and realize who my real self is

and be able to manifest the truth of who we are


l am the luckiest male person i have ever met

my father explained his rules to me

while you live in my house eating food i gathered

we do it my way

when you live in your house eating your food

you do it your way

i had no problem with that situation

and in time got tired of rules i didn't make

and moved on the what ever was next

i had no idea what that would be

and still don't

but am still here


after leaving home and feeling somewhat adventurish

(this computer hates my spelling but i don't care)

i wound up somewhat confused about what was going on here

and asked my father what is going one here

and what should i do


the lucky part of having that man as the father in the family

is him saying to me

i don't know boy

your going to have work that out for yourself


and i have been finding my way myself

with the support and assistance

of my companions along the way


i still don't really know how to be

so i just be myself as i can

and keep up with the flow of life as i can


in our time

so many have been

and are being

told what to do

and who to be

and our little world

is not a very pretty site

or sight

or place to be


and we all have to find our own way

after ingesting all those lies

and the polluted air

and the current nastiness of our time

lost

we all feel like a little girl lost in the woods

sometimes for a while

it's just part of growing up

life don't do lost

but sometimes people get confused

mostly by thinking some silly idea is true

times of change

these are times of change

cause life is forever changing

an eternal process of becoming


we humans have these tendencies

to cling to our ideas of our self

and seek only what we think we need

which is mostly what we think we want


sense we are seeking what we want

and not facing our self truthfully

we are wanting something old and out of date

instead of facing the new day of our life

we get frustrated and confused and usually angry

which is just self pity


wanting is a form of rejecting our now

and the reason we get lost

others

there ain't no others

what we are looking at

is just a little bit more of our self

and what we have done to our self

modern time

what i usually call

my current time with my self

usually don't turn out to be

what most people told me would be

if i did what they told me to be and do


that crap was no fun at all

and often very painful

laughing

what we laugh at and how we laugh

is a clue as to where we are with our self

and how we feel about life

illegal

those that promote only legal

are dividing we the people

into legal people and illegal people


those that praise those who obey the law

and punish those who don't obey the law

develop two different types of people

actually many different types of people

and the conflict in our little world continues to grow


that sure as hell ain't freedom

and i see very little peace


we are rarely permitted to just be who and how we are

and soon forget how to be who and how we are


we are all completely unique and one of a kind

which is rarely respected in our time


if we don't start paying attention to what we are actually doing here

and face who we actually are -  what we were born to be

how can we ever know peace

dependent needs

have been reviewing this life i sometimes call my life

and am pretty sure am going to have a lot to say about that situation

real life

for so many today

real life is what they are doing


but real life is about being your self


the children are not being permitted

sufficient time with their self

to efficiently integrate with their self


and the so called adult population

has not taken the time to observe the child

and recognized the nature which has just arrived here

naked and wet and still dazed by the experience of being born here


the lies and beliefs and propaganda of our time

and the hopes and dreams and frustrations of the so called parents

and the population of other humans

soon overwhelm the little being

usually to make some wierd adatptation to this situation

because they were not allowed to fully integrate with this new self to be for a while


and amid all this confusion

most are just guessing and hoping

and mostly hopelessly confused

and great chaos is upon the land

which originates within all these abandoned and abused children

want

the dumbest word i have heard so far

in this weird little world i call my life

cause i don't know what to call what i call my life


call is the clue

swimming

if you seek to swim

you better not resist the water

money

if i was using money

to avoid life

or to attack life

or avoid being myself

what would that say about me

and my relationship with my self


relationship is kind of a wierd word to me

most of what i have been told about that word

has been absolute bullshit

my life

random acts of romance

and all the other stuff

i stumbled over along the way

seeing

most people today that i see

don't see beyond the skin

or the fancy clothes

or the tattered rags

modern people

most people today

are hiding from their self

and they don't even know

what i just said


actually

what i just wrote on this blog thing

would be more accurate

getting rich

getting rich is far harder to survive

than getting poor


not too many in our time agree with that

a question

do you ever stop and look

what we are doing to ourselves and each other

and the creatures of the field

who are people too in their own way

and this little world we call earth


in my not so humble opinion

WE are a bunch of fuckups

and need to get in the game

as my elders once said to me


what if we are wrong

and wanting all the wrong things


seems to me we need to take a break

and be with our self

and confim we are really being our self

and not some wierd idea we picked up somewhere

doing

sometimes we get so involved

with what we are doing

we forget how to be who we are

and what we a doing

becomes just a habit

and what we are doing

becomes who we are


and that ain't always

who we actually are

avoid

life is much more difficult

if you seek to avoid your self


facing ones self

is where all the bonus points are


and if you try to cheat

the price gets higher


life is forever free

dollars

dollars are green

but you can't make salad out of them

if you are really hungry

they are just pieces of paper


paper is the clue


there is very little life in paper

paper is just around for a while

and not very nourishing to eat


it was designed

to get us to trade

our lives for some stuff

that we really didn't need

but we sure wanted


wanted is the clue


if you are truthful with your self

about what you want

life will be ok


if you lie to your self

life has a tendency

to become boring

and often painful


not much of a deal to me

usually pass on that crap

after all this time

dealing with this little adventure i call life


will go to bed now


maybe

cheating

one thing i have learned about life

there ain't no way to cheat life

the name of the game

the name of this game

is face your self


which ain't all that popular in our time


some have a cover story

some leave parts out


but there ain't no way to cheat

and know peace

in the game we are playing


we can accept who we are

and be the truth of our self

or we can hide or lie


there ain't no other options

despite what they tell you in class

thinking

what we think we are doing

may not be what we are actually doing


we humans sure do like to act

like we know what we are doing

has been my experience


act is the clue

truth

truth can be painful

for those raised on lies and propaganda

even if spoken softly

wanting

for the child

what it needs for a while


for the adult human in our time

a desire to escape