tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post5110406077461874191..comments2010-03-04T06:46:29.011-05:00mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978313265796058909noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-26920582267785686512010-03-04T06:46:29.006-05:002010-03-04T06:46:29.006-05:00Christine,<br /><br />Poem is very existential.<br /><br />&quot;i have not reconciled myself to purposelessness - even though i suspect there is &quot;truth&quot; there... i still grasp toward doing something &quot;meaningful&quot; here in the relational world. and it does seem like there are choices - albeit small ones, that can make a small difference to others and self... there seems to be &quot;truth&quot; there as well. another paradox i suppose.&quot;<br /><br />Yep, nor have I fully adopted &quot;purposelessness&quot; else I probably wouldn&#39;t be writing this blog.<br />However, I also suspect that in dissolving all my purposes, purpose may be finally realized. However, that is a frightening prospect for an ego following purposeful scripts (&quot;me&quot;)<br /><br />Thanks!<br />mikeSMikeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978313265796058909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-65942850839174408142010-03-03T00:04:59.034-05:002010-03-03T00:04:59.034-05:00something i wrote last year:<br /><br />there is a coldness<br />in the thought <br />that gets pushed aside<br /><br />a dark little dread<br />that lingers hidden<br />within a grander idea<br /><br />during the quiet<br />it appears as a stain <br />on my mind’s mirror<br /><br />a silent agony<br />of life without purpose<br />------------------------------<br /><br />this past year i have been playing around a little with some of the ideas of integral - specifically - the &quot;unique self&quot; - those who support this notion say that there is an aware non-egoic entity (our unique self) that has a unique purpose...<br />but - i just can&#39;t buy it. it seems to be another egoic wishful thinking... an avoidance of the starkness of purposelessness...<br /><br />i have not reconciled myself to purposelessness - even though i suspect there is &quot;truth&quot; there... i still grasp toward doing something &quot;meaningful&quot; here in the relational world. and it does seem like there are choices - albeit small ones, that can make a small difference to others and self... there seems to be &quot;truth&quot; there as well. another paradox i suppose.arpitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104673218514262727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-66920309283246442242010-03-01T18:14:52.790-05:002010-03-01T18:14:52.790-05:00Hey Willie,<br /><br />I&#39;m a little giddy from the thrashing you have administered.<br /><br />Sorry...but i was really only thrashing myself.<br />(I can&#39;t be responsible for any collateral damage that may inadvertently occur).<br /><br />Thanks!<br />mikeSMikeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978313265796058909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-79782098039709723622010-03-01T18:12:03.416-05:002010-03-01T18:12:03.416-05:00Barbara,<br /><br />&quot;My immediate question for you was, does this mean I should take my spices out of alphabetical order?&quot;<br /><br />Ha!!<br /><br />Yes, Immediately! (try organizing by aroma)<br />mikeSMikeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978313265796058909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-23747068465024302010-03-01T16:36:41.270-05:002010-03-01T16:36:41.270-05:00I must echo Nahnni&#39;s sentiments as applied to this post, Mike. Brilliant.<br /><br />I&#39;m a little giddy from the thrashing you have administered.williehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12742902872330285729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-46966770929459000652010-03-01T13:45:35.715-05:002010-03-01T13:45:35.715-05:00Mike, Mike, Mike...So far, I&#39;ve only read the title. My immediate question for you was, does this mean I should take my spices out of alphabetical order?<br /><br />Absurd thoughts, especially my own, often strike me funny. You might have noticed once or twice how easily I can be amused, or amuse myself. Like it better you made the effort, however! I will go back and read your entire creation once I can focus, stop wondering why I&#39;ve made small, seemingly wasted effort to reign chaos in. <br /><br />I&#39;m going to presume the answers are included in what you prepared here, and of course, absolute, since you had the foresight to write it all down;-)<br /><br />As always, many thanks,<br />BarbaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-86533309594073794072010-02-28T20:54:23.245-05:002010-02-28T20:54:23.245-05:00Nahnni,<br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br />Sometimes I feel I&#39;m a but too negative and drive people away. <br /><br />I mean...shouldn&#39;t spirituality be fun?<br />mikeSMikeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978313265796058909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-13128490378347715572010-02-28T20:51:16.669-05:002010-02-28T20:51:16.669-05:00No One,<br /><br />Glad you enjoyed it. After all...I&#39;m only an entertainer.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />mikeSMikeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978313265796058909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-65699788539467475672010-02-28T13:05:33.566-05:002010-02-28T13:05:33.566-05:00&quot;The world is experiencing what seems a break down of the actual &#39;order,&#39; but only because order was never there in the first place, only a belief in order superimposed upon chaos.&quot;<br /><br />You know...you are right.<br /><br />&quot;How will you cope when all is finally exposed as delusional nothingness? When all your significant purposes and functions become nothing more than phantasmagorical delusion. Will you become angry? Will you fall into despair? Will you struggle to make it all REAL again?&quot;<br /><br />This is a brilliant post. It comes closer to anything you have written that seems to concisely to convey your perspective on all of this.<br /><br />The image looks like a Fellini ghost.<br /><br />Blessings~Nahnninoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-83070006573548326412010-02-28T11:25:04.668-05:002010-02-28T11:25:04.668-05:00Oh, and I have one word for the picture - coulrophobia!No One In Particularhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13465987207757191972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-82372175190837392332010-02-28T11:22:57.222-05:002010-02-28T11:22:57.222-05:00Brilliant, Mike, and guaranteed to scare the Bejesus out of any self-respecting ego!No One In Particularhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13465987207757191972noreply@blogger.com