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Complacent Philosophy (Spinoza)
How many times have my bare feet
Crossed softness in the green earth underneath,
How many times have I noticed the wind,
Fleeting the trace of a willow tree.
The odd things about arguments are,
They are complacent beyond any strength.
There’s no one that talks of answers,
Only the opinions of the Medlar tree.
Seeking acceptance from a cup of coffee;
Discomplacency of an antagonizing charm.
If there is a substance of mind and emotion,
What is the substance to keep?
I cannot think of the name of today
No more than I can understand the need.
But the argument seems to show that it must cause itself to exist,
It must necessitate its own reality - its own creed.
Crossed softness in the green earth underneath,
How many times have I noticed the wind,
Fleeting the trace of a willow tree.
The odd things about arguments are,
They are complacent beyond any strength.
There’s no one that talks of answers,
Only the opinions of the Medlar tree.
Seeking acceptance from a cup of coffee;
Discomplacency of an antagonizing charm.
If there is a substance of mind and emotion,
What is the substance to keep?
I cannot think of the name of today
No more than I can understand the need.
But the argument seems to show that it must cause itself to exist,
It must necessitate its own reality - its own creed.
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Re: Complacent Philosophy (Spinoza)
3rd Jan 2014 4:13am
Very philosophical. i can appreciate an intricate mind. lovely wording, beautiful thoughts
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3rd Jan 2014 4:32am
Re: Complacent Philosophy (Spinoza)
3rd Jan 2014 11:03am
Dt u prefer Feynman ..dt moved u to write good poem...wish to read again...
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re: Re: Complacent Philosophy (Spinoza)
Thank you for the comment, and compliment. This is sort of a strange poem indeed. The inspiration is Spinoza's god of substance. That and one argument with my son who thought that he was momentary. On a lighter note, Feynman was the greatest scientist of the twentieth century. All the scientist and philosophizers inspire me - you inspire me, thank you.
Re: Complacent Philosophy (Spinoza)
4th Jan 2014 6:33am
What’s s reason for writing..to me its nothing but raising...from whre...? to me its from deep sense...of being human nd understand d world ...which world...not mere ds earth...dn? perhaps...d entire unverse...where am not only matters...but part of entire creation...its like song...when singer sings..it moves..nd unbounded...towards to listnteners, who in contrary roll it within inside of sense...d reciprocal...d offering nd submission...d sense ...nd unconsiouness...all...nd none...nd none to all...from singularity...to wide presence...again toa stopover....dts called death...and again i born...in many ways...
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Re: Complacent Philosophy (Spinoza)
4th Jan 2014 6:35am
On d tip of all scientific thoughts..philosophy comes naturally...cause we need to go beyond physical understanding to d universe of realization...
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Re: Complacent Philosophy (Spinoza)
I had to write to understand myself, to see what all was there inside, to see if there was any life left – I had given so much of it away. Seeking appreciation and praise from others will not do – it’s never good enough for anyone. It leaves blankness. You have to seek it from within, and therein-lay the comfort. It’s not always pretty, never perfect, sometimes even grouchy and bitchy. But it’s real.
I had to write to understand myself; that's when I got to know, and begin to be comfortable with whom, and what I am. I looked up one night, straight up at zenith, and I realized how far away a star was, it is an unimaginable distance. But yet my eye, in a chemical and biological reaction - was reacting to it. It was the fleeting moment that you catch out of the right of your eye, and it stuck; my mind captured it. It humbled me beyond belief.
I got it at that moment. And I don't know what but I've been stoned ever since.
This is the first time I've tried to describe it with any depth. It felt really good
Sigmund Freud once observed, somewhat cynical, that each of us will be well advised on some suitable occasion, to make a low bow to the deeply moral nature of mankind; it will help us to be generally popular and much will be forgiven us for it. This deeply moral nature of humankind is precisely what Abraham Maslow’s writings are about. I like Maslow’s ideas of self-actualizing, Maslow’s hierarchy makes sense to me, and it’s just that simple. It is something that I have related to on a very deep level in my search for spiritualism that others seemingly find in personal saviors, using third party judgments as virtue, and discredit my self-worth and those that choose the nature of only, the simplistic nature that surrounds us.
Embracing the Laws of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs. Self-Actualization is a good sign of the times....good-times.
I had to write to understand myself; that's when I got to know, and begin to be comfortable with whom, and what I am. I looked up one night, straight up at zenith, and I realized how far away a star was, it is an unimaginable distance. But yet my eye, in a chemical and biological reaction - was reacting to it. It was the fleeting moment that you catch out of the right of your eye, and it stuck; my mind captured it. It humbled me beyond belief.
I got it at that moment. And I don't know what but I've been stoned ever since.
This is the first time I've tried to describe it with any depth. It felt really good
Sigmund Freud once observed, somewhat cynical, that each of us will be well advised on some suitable occasion, to make a low bow to the deeply moral nature of mankind; it will help us to be generally popular and much will be forgiven us for it. This deeply moral nature of humankind is precisely what Abraham Maslow’s writings are about. I like Maslow’s ideas of self-actualizing, Maslow’s hierarchy makes sense to me, and it’s just that simple. It is something that I have related to on a very deep level in my search for spiritualism that others seemingly find in personal saviors, using third party judgments as virtue, and discredit my self-worth and those that choose the nature of only, the simplistic nature that surrounds us.
Embracing the Laws of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs. Self-Actualization is a good sign of the times....good-times.
Re: Complacent Philosophy (Spinoza)
4th Jan 2014 7:18am
basically all d creative person ar lone and talk frm inner sense to understand d presence search d meaning of presence...dy dont require other to adore....cause creative is like self orgasm...
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Re: Complacent Philosophy (Spinoza)
4th Jan 2014 7:21am
ys Maslow talked on self-esteemed theory...but when really u can thorw d need of esteemed position nd realize d top down approach of hierarchy is meaningless...cause its like Pyramid shape nd on d Top ur alone...but when it horizontal...ur part of many others...nd ur offered to be bankrupt...dt emptiness is not actual empty ..but it pays back with love affection nd care...
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Re: Complacent Philosophy (Spinoza)
4th Jan 2014 7:23am
“It will be all over this day week - comfort - discomfort; and the zest and rush that no engagements, hours, habits give. Then we shall take them up again with more than the zest of traveling.
Virginia Woolf”
Virginia Woolf”
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