when i am done writing ... (and it's usually in my phone on the terrace of the building where i live) ... i know that i've said what i had to ... but it's an overwhelming avalanche of splinters that want to be out now ... and it takes a lot to just stand them ... yet i know that that's what it takes to make a warrior out of one ... i feel your presence ... and i don't feel afraid ... i just read what you'd said that day (i put it on my profile) ... and feel empowered again ...
. people ... unfortunately ... are more delusional than we'd like to believe ... (my knowledge is experiential) ... i have a term for it ... "resolution loss" ... if we say something, they automatically assume a more diluted version of it and add whatever ulterior motives they can to it (depending upon their ability to think and twist) ... and i refer to them as "twisters" ... they are defensive and make one defensive ...
. no one wants to do a disc de frag ... (i am assuming you know that process - lemme know if you don't) ... to make sense of life ... we have to actually go back to all of it ... and that's too much ... people believe in doing the minimum they need to do to get by ... they pretend they are looking to optimize ...
. but ... if reprimanded or admonished ... they actually experience righteous indignation ... the only way to bring about change is by inspiring it ... and the only way to inspire is by being consistent with ethics ... while evolving ... thereby ... inspiring through demonstrated excellence ... we have to be and live what we write ...
. plus, they don't have any patience ... and they are quick to write us off ... at the mere appearance of a mistake ... it is too much effort you see ... to evaluate every situation on merit and in an issue - based manner ... and no one wants to work hard ...
. paul said something amazing the other day ... in his characteristic caustic style ... he asked me if i thought the buddha was ambitious ... and that made me ponder ... and i realized ... that buddhism is one of those schools of thought that bogs the universe down ... (at least in the manner in which it is often quoted and projected in contemporary times) ... people would rather give up ... for fear of being hurt again ... than actually be proactive ... face whatever there is to face ... and try and live rather than subsist ... for instance ... if my soul mate is absconding and i can't be with someone else ... i'd rather become an activist for everything that i want transformed in him ... make the issues more important than the person ... but live my life ... with the knowledge that somewhere i transcended something ... than pretend he's not my soul mate ... hook up with someone mildly compatible ... and say this is life ... and then validate mildly compatible for the rest of my life ... i'd rather stand by my exquisite taste in love and "issues" ... pay the price for it ... and be happy that i did something which was truer to who i was ... and how i actually felt ...
. in short, unfortunately we live in a world of impatient cowards who are in denial ... and the only way to change anything is by inspiring it ... saying something to someone usually doesn't work ... that's why poetry is a precious tool ... and is still so under - utilized ... that we ... sensitive people ... can hope to cause at least a stir ... if not bring about global transformation ...
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