Haikus – Smooth Sailing
Solitary calmShe showers gentle SilverThe queen of the night. The world whizzing pastSilent buzz of the cycleTime is suspended
Haikus – Andromeda
Standing from afarPain will not be understood.I’m no statistic. Throes shine so strongly,that benevelonce shows not.But it’s who we are.
Authority and Power
A certain way of thinking prevails among a large number of us. I don’t know how many, but it is substantial. I will try to illustrate by means of an example. My colleague, in the newspaper business, tends to idealize, and submit emotionally to the two leading newspapers in the city. He talks of how … Read more
Haikus – Moving on
The regret of loss Apprehensive of the new This cycle is growth Creation and Risk may never part. To stagnate is to be secure.
Morality and Self Righteousness is a form of sadism
Perhaps the experience varies for others. Within myself, I have come to realize the following. The very phrase to “hold” a grudge, reveals that we, through our active effort, prevent the grudge from escaping. A certain pleasure, though not unmixed with pain is generated through the remembrance. Like the pleasure that arises from picking a … Read more
Haikus – Tough Times
To bend or to breakIs the choice in the reed’s hands?The gust of wind comes. Expediency.Does the intention forgive?Cherished notions fall.
Why Consciousness is Special
In recent conversations, I was confronted with, I confess an unexpected argument. Namely, that just like a living body contains something that a dead body does not (Consciousness), a dead body contains something that a living body does not. Therefore, what is so special about the extra thing possessed by the living body. This is … Read more
Haikus – The Furies
What mocking archfiendleads the sufferers in hellTo whip each other? Why do you exploitSomeone whom you’ve never seenHave they done you harm?
On superiority regarding art
I have met some people, who look down on others who are unable to appreciate a certain work of art. They call them philistines and barbarians, like Cacofonix calls the Gauls. When this is said jokingly, and lightheartedly, then it’s just a joke, but when it’s meant seriously, it’s mean, and foolishly snobbish. Let’s take … Read more
The Importance of Man (Any Life)
The current state of science, economics, and business, has removed man from his pedestal. An average person feels helpless confronted by these giant impersonal forces. Science has had a bit of a negative role here. You see, a man of science thinks how small he is in comparison to the universe. We both know how … Read more