There is an easier poetry

There is an easier poetry in what has been said a lot, and a more powerful one in what has not.

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I pity those

I pity those who dumb down their model of life to make living easier.

The deepfake

Give me the deepfake over the fakedeep.

The fifth dimension

What if consciousness is the fifth dimension?

Only essentiality

Only essentiality is essential.

The ethical challenge

The ethical challenge is to acknowledge the ethical challenge.

Least favorite

Deterioration is my least favorite decoration.

Something new

To see something new, say something new.

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In the old days a poet once said (Ko)

In the old days a poet once said
our nation is destroyed
yet the mountains and rivers survive

Today's poet says
the mountains and rivers are destroyed
yet our nation survives

Tomorrow's poet will say
the mountains and rivers are destroyed
our nation is destroyed and Alas!
you and I are completely destroyed

Ko Un

The page was too small

The page was too small. I could have never been a poet had I been limited to the page.

What death means (Canetti)

As long as I have not formulated clearly and wholeheartedly what death means, I will not have lived.

Elias Canetti

Justice

Justice requires justification.

Our reactive design

Our reactive design may be inadequate.

What is the difference

The question we need to ask more: what is the difference between reality and reality filtered through consciousness?

What I want

I want everything to explode, come apart, transform, but nothing end.

How we blame, how we punish

How we blame, how we punish, much as psychological that is physiological.

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Today I am wise (Rumi)

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

Rumi