living in suspicion and malice
Some people live mainly
in suspicion and malice
but from their habit only
:- Doug.
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We invent the meaning of life
We invent the meaning of life: we both find it and create it, for life is a flowing among—ourselves, others, and the all there is.
:- Doug.
Imagining us
Imagining us, freeing us to imagine: this is the holy work, the sacred work, the saving work.
:- Doug.
Goldfinch at my feeder
Goldfinch at my feeder
woman at that desk
everything I see
is but a gathering
in the fabric
of the field
of us—& all there is
:- Doug.
The eye through which we see
The eye through which we see the world is the eye through which the world sees us. The imagination through which we mold the world is the imagination through which the world molds us.
:- Doug.
Meaning is transient
Meaning is transient and that is good. Good too is transient, specific to the event.
:- Doug.
The accused adulterer
The accused adulterer, each member of the crowd accusing her, the captain of the soldiers: Jesus addressed specific persons. Herein he addressed us all. How is that? Do new stories explain: we find ourselves in those stories? In microcosm is macrocosm? Is it because we want to be individually addressed? Does our imagination make it real?
:- Doug.
Not all birds are smart enough
Not all the birds are smart enough to figure out the bird feeder. I have indeed wondered how they do figure it out. I have seen woodpeckers pecking at the outside of the clear plastic tube, trying to get at the seeds and grains inside—only a few inches away from the opening where they could eat at will. I just saw a bird sitting on the perch, eying closely the seed to the right of the hole, and then to the left, and then giving up and flying away!
:- Doug.
must respect
A treasure trove of my own explorations is here on these pages. I must respect.
:- Doug.
Go pathless
A subtle shift, a quantum break:
no longer will I seek conclusions of sages
I will roll my own,
see what of the whole I can see
go pathless
:- Doug.
real things which fade away
There are real things
which fade away
when we attempt
to apply words
:- Doug.
Sidestep argument
Sidestep argument
change the terms, the words, the actions
—embrace the other (the other you)!
:- Doug.
worth doing cheaply
The trust mills are staffed by people who believe anything worth doing is worth doing cheaply.
:- Doug.
Go to a random shelf and read!
Perhaps I do not need so often books that have conclusions and directions laid out for me, like Teilhard and The Tao of Physics (which I still want to read), but only things in different fields that pull my eyes. So the latest in biology and physics, political science, or something I have never heard of before. Go to a random shelf in the library and read!
:- Doug.
