HAS BEAN

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HAS BEAN

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If we want to make a recipe with dried beans

We must buy the beans, sort through them for stones

Soak them over night and then cook them

Only then do we have the beans we need to eat

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Was this preparation time wasted? Futile?

Of course not

All those steps were necessary for the finished product

The same is true for the uncountable steps it took 

To get here, now

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Regretting those steps is regretting the very nature of movement

Fruitful or futile those steps were needed

To get to the solid ground where you know with certainty

Because knowing something with certainty

With a united mind and heart

Is a very powerful place to stand

To see what is coming next.

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TAKE TWO EXISTENTIALISTS AND CALL ME IN THE MORNING

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TAKE TWO EXISTENTIALISTS AND CALL ME IN THE MORNING

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Philosophy is like medicine

If it helps us feel better

And promotes healing

It is a success

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GLURGE

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GLURGE

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Animals are rescued

Babies are saved

People are assisted 

In their old age

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People are generous

Life is ultimately fair

Wondrous goodness

Flies through the air

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These stories of goodness

Might not be real

Yet stories of goodness

Can uplift how we feel

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Glurge is annoying

But at the same time

I appreciate the sentiment

Bringing kindness to our minds

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ALL ARE WELCOME

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ALL ARE WELCOME

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There are a bunch of us who kinda think the same

We don't have a clubhouse or even a name

We seek the Wisdom that comes from above

I call us "The Enlightenment Club"

We inch our way o'er the long winding path

We learn to have courage, we all like to laugh

Reality, the great Mystery, we learn as we go

The Enlightenment Club is where we meet to grow

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CRITICAL MASSES

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CRITICAL MASSES

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Instead of complaints

We can have projects

This puts the ball in our court

Where we might have a shot at hitting it

Is the government annoying you?

Write to every politician you can think of

Voicing your concerns

Prices too high?

We can share economy measures

While including this in the messages to politicians

People driving like nutjobs?

Watch videos on defensive driving, get a dash cam

Get uninsured drivers insurance

Be very alert when on the road

You see, a complaint is not a thing in itself

It is a seed to plant the idea that some action is needed

By you, by us, to grow into a mighty solution

You are the Alchemist in your own life

You should not be mute but transmute

Your valid complaint into a plan of action

A project you are currently working on

For the betterment of all.

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SMOKE SIGNAL

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SMOKE SIGNAL

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When a very patient person begins to lose their patience

It is like the ominous black puff of smoke

From a volcano that was long thought to be dormant

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OCCULT

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OCCULT 

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We have a name

But we are not our names

We were born into an ever changing form

We are not our form

We were raised and schooled in a society and culture

That might be quite different from other societies and cultures

So we are not that either, really

Because if we had a different name, a different form

A different society

We would still be ourselves

And that is a mystery

Sitting on the throne of ego

Our tails dipped in the Collective Unconscious

We rely on being This and not That

As an identity

But behind this all encompassing show

The drama, the cast of billions

We remain a mystery to ourselves

All the philosophers and texts in the history of the world

Have not solved the mystery of you and me.

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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

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I declare myself independent of any political party or dogma

From any particular religion or specific deity

I think independently about matters of morality

Ethics and judgements

I have my own independent beliefs about the occult

The paranormal and mysteries both scientific and mundane

I do not ascribe to any school of medicine and use my own judgements

About medications and treatments

I am independent of worry over things I can't control

I do not change over the opinions of others

How I should look, act, feel or think

I do not need anyone more than I need my own self-respect and peace of mind

I am independent from scare tactics, threats and mind control

I am free and hope to stay free from imagining futures and fretting over the past

The first condition of happiness is freedom

Especially our freedom to think whatever we want 

To protect our sacred inner selves from attack

I declare my freedom and yours

Because I am not truly free unless you are too.

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MIND OVER METAL

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MIND OVER METAL

My imaginary punk rock band

Would play Weighty Metal

Where a dramatic front man

With powerful lungs and much enthusiasm

Would yell out passages from philosophy books

Like they were lyrics

While the band shreds the night

With Old School 80's style buzzsaw punk

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SHOPPING FOR A FUTURE

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SHOPPING FOR A FUTURE

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It is Nature's way to phase out the old

And make way for the new

Because Constant Change is the name of the game

The Future will come for you

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Hang on to the Old Ways tried and true

What has worked successfully before

But also keep an open heart and mind

About what Change has in store

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Be prepared for what may come 

Eat healthy, get sleep, save up what you can

The Future is not yet set in the Now

So being prepared is the Plan

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