He who harbors a strategist’s mind Cannot know Truth.   Analysis Behavior Practice Goals Books Austerity Plans Principles Methods . . . Such tools Are of little use In the land of Truth.   But these are the things That man knows.   These are the things That man has been taught And conditioned to […]

  In imagining a pure existence One may have thoughts of a monastic life Or religious order.   It may certainly be That some of the individuals who enter into What is deemed a “spiritual” life Are moved by a force of purity.   It may also be That entering such a way of life […]

A guru who gives a speech An author who writes a book All the so-called experts around the world Profess to “help.”   What does it mean To help?   The masses who listen to the speeches The masses who read the books The masses who follow the hacks, methods, and prescriptions Are seeking help. […]

The Spiritualist:   “Did you listen to Swami Know-It-All-Ananda’s talk?   It was wonderful.   Though, I’m not sure why his hair is white and his beard is black . . .   In any case, the Swami’s talk was wonderful.   But, I don’t like him as much as I like Swami-All-Is-Love-Ananda.   I […]

Man’s longing For pleasantries Makes him blind To Truth.   A space can only be filled With one thing Or another.   If it is filled with X, There is no room for Y.   So many concepts. So many principles. So many tenets. So many claims . . .   A fool nods his […]

“If I swear allegiance to him, Then all that I am Is dead already.” – William Wallace   Man Wishes to fit in with the world.   Man Seeks to follow the trail of tradition.   Man Embodies the societal ways.   Why.   Because This is his DNA.   But there lives A different […]

A human may arrive gently Into the world. Under the promise Of a vast sky.   But as he begins to take shape The world takes shape around him.   Shortly after his emergence upon the scene He is . . . catapulted . . . Into a phantasmagoria, After which his life will never […]

The human is a fair-weather creature. He covets flowery messages Regardless of their falseness.   He is not to be blamed. All creatures enjoy pleasant things.   Truth Is not a requirement.   Each human has the right To live life as he or she sees fit.   The human wishes to hear That if […]

Buddha stated Life is suffering.   Suffering is indeed the pervasive experience Of human lives.   Some spiritualists state, Face suffering.   Other spiritualists state, Suffering is an opportunity.   The trouble with stating things in such ways, Is that there is a Hard Message From the speaker.   The trouble with spirituality And all […]

Imagine, if you will, Five hundred thousand large sheets of paper. Now imagine, This paper being cut Into billions of tiny pieces of confetti.   Next imagine a crane That gathers those bits of paper, And loads them onto hundreds of helicopters.   Next imagine the helicopters Sent to different parts of the earth, And […]