It is easy to accept Outright, That those who are neither talented Nor driven Waste their time, Their lives, Become conditioned, And live a life of Wasted potential.   But the matter takes on significance When speaking of the Talented.   If a spectator watches a practice, Or a warmup Of professional athletes, He is […]

Man writhes In the tight blanket Of domesticity.   The heart demands An impetus.   The soul demands A quest.   Not even a dog Was made to be domesticated.   For domesticated things Are dead things.   He who adopts The ways of the world Becomes a domesticated creature.   The world creates gadgets. […]

As time moves on Societies devolve.   And all that society contains Devolves with it.   Human performance Is viewed in a relativistic sense.   A person Is viewed In comparison To another person.   Truth Is not relativistic.   It is not judged Upon a sliding scale.   Truth Is not a calculation Or […]

Who does a man Truly know?   Frankly, Man does not really wish to know someone. Rather, He wishes to know How they feel about Him.   Does a man truly know What another Truly feels about him.   In order to sharpen the relevance, What about one’s family Or “loved ones” . . . […]

If the story of the Buddha Is to be believed, Then what can be said That is True?   That Buddha attained A thing called Enlightenment.   The ascetics way Could not enlighten the Buddha, Despite his magnificent efforts.   And the Buddha’s way Cannot enlighten anyone else, Despite anyone’s magnificent efforts.   Understand this: […]

If you were to look at your life, You would notice That you spend your time Doing things that matter not.   You spend your life Passing the time.   You drink poisonous substances. You listen to offensive music. You watch brain-less television shows. You gossip about those you do not like. And you have […]

Throughout his life He mistook illusion For reality.   That which lay before his eyes Processed by the Mind And presented to him As something other Than what it truly was.   Prey to the Mind’s games, And the words of the world.   Having Arrived, He sought no such categorization, No such designation.   […]

In any industry Things continue unchecked and unchanged For many years.   The humans Who work within And subscribe to the industry Become shaped and molded by it.   They begin to speak its lingo. They begin to parrot its tenets. Their philosophies And their beliefs Become cemented by it.   They live Never as […]

A systematic and nuanced pursuit Of Freedom.   Without Freedom, Life is but a series of incidents.   Not to be happy, But to be Free.   This is The Essence Of a human life.   Without which, There is no life at all.   Not the freedom To do what one wants.   Not […]

It matters not How comfortable A man’s life is . . .   He has zero Freedom. Thus, He has . . . nothing.   He may say, I am Free, Because I can do what I want.   Freedom is not Doing what one wants.   Because what one wants Is not chosen by […]