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six ways to become more human

1.
clean the rainbow
from your eyes.

2.
make your mind a
formless place.

3.
to be more loving,
imitate a dog.

4.
wake up, get dressed, go to
work, drive home, eat, go to
bed. wakeupgetdresed, go to
work, drive home, eat, go to
bed. wakeupgetdressedgoto
work, drive home, eat, go to
bed. wakeupgetdressedgoto
workdrivehomeeatgotobed.

repeat till dead.

5.
be on the lookout for
honest mistakes to make.

6.
when all else fails...
fail.

Written by buddhakitty

Published 17th Dec 2019

#humankind

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Re. six ways to become more human

Ahavati (Tams)

17th Dec 2019 8:34pm

�Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.� � Zen Kōan

This is very zen, Kitts. Particularly that first and fourth stanza -

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buddhakitty

17th Dec 2019 9:08pm

Didn't see it that way, but you are right. I initially thought of the peice as absurdist.

hugs,
buddhakitty.

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Re. six ways to become more human

Ely (E.A.Rothwell)

- Edited 17th Dec 2019 11:19pm

17th Dec 2019 11:13pm

Personally, kittyB, I like verses five and six best...
It's those honest mistakes that provide for the fail...in line six
which will be the best teacher...
object lessons being the best illustrations...
of where we do not want to go...
and that makes excellent motivation... to get up and get your she-he-it
together...
And I'm not sure if verse four makes us more Human at all...in fact I might argue the opposite...dehumanizing...to the nth�... it seems to me...hugs...Ely