Wesak Moon ideation

end of April, post Wesak Moon


Postulation:  so-called trolls, internet bullies, those who rudely rip without due consideration for their targets’ humanity
are people with such poor communication skills that they do their best to provoke to be “seen”.
It then seems to me a good approach:  do not “see” them; do model polite communication, meaningful conversation.


Too independent to fit in expected boxes – not sin, sincerity of purpose to expose the problems with boxes.


People, we like to feel safe within our cliques and discount the rest. 
Discounting becomes shunning, degrading, believed to be less,
less human.
Dehumanizing makes it ok to defend against with deadly force in any interaction.
But what is there to do?
How can it be the responsibility of the shunned to make an atmosphere comfortable
for the shunners to engage in dialog, accept commonality in humanity?
Of course it cannot be the perceived lesser’s responsibility --
how could they convince those who deny their equality?
And those shunners have no impetus to make an effort
toward engagement.


no need for measurement,
achieving
I succeed by being, feeling, thinking, perceiving
enjoying the ride



pre-Wesak Moon



walking, aimlessly, open to serendipity, feeling in place in the moving air and scenery, this is where the truth you seek reveals



having no goal, how can I succeed?


4/29/18

April idling

4/8-4/25/18

 

 

Of course we want to have a positive impact.

Of course we need to be somebody to somebody,

to belong.

Our world is a world within worlds --

a tiny synecdoche

a moment in oceanic time.

Struggling into a too bright, too loud,

terrifying existence;

instinct to adhere, to embed with a swarm

for safety.

We need to cling for life within this circle.

 

 

Sweet Alice, icon of Wonderland

a world of inconsistencies to ponder

questioning is the key

 

Interesting trajectory of my memory

signifying nothing

 

 

the ping of exquisite warmth

happiness if love

 

 

Wars of numerous kinds

War, luminescence sublime

all fury and fire

burning desire

ruinous passion for glory

 

 

Belief in unknown unknowns

quests for meaning

background condition

 

 

I have no use for your stupid little

stories, your pathetic wounds

no excuse for your petty cruelties,

empathy for abuse,

savage self-infected rules.

 

 

query

do you know what love is?

if so, can you please explain?

we seem to conflate all manner of

hopes, dreams, conditions, wishes

into that poor little word.

politics and frolic mix

Humanity’s fatal flaws:

disorganized and lazy

 

 

Old, eroding

rock to sand

more easily blown into waves,

carried to oblivion

 

 

Everyone has their stories,

and they are fascinating.

So much more fun, entertaining

than spewing hate or scorn

 

 

The strategy of trolls/bots to engage emotions

drains energy from positive engagement with politics

why give them what they expect to evoke

go to a place of good humor, or best response:

DON’T EVEN SEE THEM [fnord]

 

 

We do disservice to science by thinking it as a noun

Science is a verb (and isn’t that the functional difference

between Science verb and Religion noun

Science is not a thing but a series of movements

explore, observe, think, theorize, analyze – always moving

forward

while religions are about sticking to traditions,

remembering with rituals, being bounded by our past

 

 

 

 

 

The 2nd Amendment says nothing about loading,

shooting, using arms for any kind of violence

We have every right to figure out and form appropriate

regulations that address everyone’s rights to live

peacefully.

Remember, regulations are not some random gasps

of power from on high.  We as a community develop

regulations in response to complaints, perceived

problems we want to solve.  We can all take part,

with thoughtfulness and mutual respect, in

self-governance that we can all live within.

 

-- in response to March for Our Lives

 

 

Speak, disagree,

disrespect totally, with malice,

disvaluement of what I know

I will think you ignorant and mean,

not worth my time or thought

Speak, even disagreeing, respectfully

as someone explaining what you know,

I want to hear you, to consider your

differing experience,

to  learn from you a bigger world

 

 

Innovative inspiration

new views

unusual travel suggestions

turning, moving to changing tunes

becoming new words, new worlds

 

 

Democratic Socialists

Libertarians

agree

government needs to be

the people’s employee,

not our god

 

 

When the legitimate expressing of emotional

energy are sex and war,

we feel entitled to explode.

 

What if we truly valued kindness, creative

resilience, mutual care

so idealized humanity

what if

passionate imagining

who could we be

but why would we bother

we prove daily what we are

to hate we must be superior --

worthy of such judgment

love feels vulnerable --

dependence on another’s fate.

 

 

 

3/14-4/6/18

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