Poems About Taoism Seeking Honest Critique
#Taoism
prometheus5290
Poem Published
28th Jul 2023 1:27pm
28th Jul 2023 1:27pm
nihilism, pessimism and buddhism
The nihilists are correct,
the universe is too big to care about you, individually,
and might become an anaconda that will eat you and your entire family,
or a world-killer meteor that could destroy the whole of the earth and all of its gods.
The pessimists are correct,
society is a cycle of less and more harsh oppression,
and authority will use any reason, reasoning, non-reasoning and sophistry to maintain itself.
However, after all this,
we are here anyway,
so working together to alleviate suffering and promote joy is...
the universe is too big to care about you, individually,
and might become an anaconda that will eat you and your entire family,
or a world-killer meteor that could destroy the whole of the earth and all of its gods.
The pessimists are correct,
society is a cycle of less and more harsh oppression,
and authority will use any reason, reasoning, non-reasoning and sophistry to maintain itself.
However, after all this,
we are here anyway,
so working together to alleviate suffering and promote joy is...
#Buddhist
#Taoism
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prometheus5290
Poem Published
1st Jul 2023 1:33pm
1st Jul 2023 1:33pm
To Zen and back
I came back to tell you
life is much easier without words,
without the impulse to turn everything into language,
limiting what things can be
and what you can feel.
life is much easier without words,
without the impulse to turn everything into language,
limiting what things can be
and what you can feel.
#Buddhist
#Taoism
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prometheus5290
Poem Published
28th Jun 2023 5:35pm
28th Jun 2023 5:35pm
The absolute value of material wealth
Your accumulated wealth
is the greatest sign of your karma...
the karma that got you that wealth,
and the karma you get to distribute through others.
is the greatest sign of your karma...
the karma that got you that wealth,
and the karma you get to distribute through others.
#Buddhist
#Taoism
#responsibility #Hindu
#responsibility #Hindu
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prometheus5290
Poem Published
14th Jun 2023 1:06pm
14th Jun 2023 1:06pm
The Past Imperfect, 2
What you were doing does not have to be who you are.
The past Imperfect is how you were acting,
but that karma does not have to endure.
Changing ourselves is harder than a diamond,
which is what you become when you accept
that all pasts are imperfect.
The aim of this change is the present perfect,
which we might never achieve,
but through our wholesome transitions,
we can learn to alleviate avoidable suffering
for others and ourselves.
The past Imperfect is how you were acting,
but that karma does not have to endure.
Changing ourselves is harder than a diamond,
which is what you become when you accept
that all pasts are imperfect.
The aim of this change is the present perfect,
which we might never achieve,
but through our wholesome transitions,
we can learn to alleviate avoidable suffering
for others and ourselves.
#Buddhist
#Taoism
#PersonalGrowth
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prometheus5290
Poem Published
14th Jun 2023 12:57pm
14th Jun 2023 12:57pm
The Past Imperfect
We do not have to be what we were being.
We do not have to do what we were doing.
We all have the past imperfect,
in which our actions were interrupted,
changed from corrupted and detrimental
back to wholesome and beneficial for everyone.
We do not have to do what we were doing.
We all have the past imperfect,
in which our actions were interrupted,
changed from corrupted and detrimental
back to wholesome and beneficial for everyone.
#happiness
#hope
#Buddhist
#SelfReflection
#Taoism
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prometheus5290
Poem Published
3rd Jun 2023 1:58am
3rd Jun 2023 1:58am
Footprints
When the aliens arrive,
what will they learn about you?
what will they learn about you?
#science
#aliens
#Taoism
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prometheus5290
Poem Published
1st Jun 2023 11:31pm
1st Jun 2023 11:31pm
Psychodelical
If you are running from something,
that thing will chase you.
If you are approaching something,
that thing will embrace you.
that thing will chase you.
If you are approaching something,
that thing will embrace you.
#Buddhist
#Taoism
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prometheus5290
Poem Published
25th May 2023 2:15am
25th May 2023 2:15am
Too drooly for schooly
What do you call it when
your artificial intelligence
is smarter than your
above average human ones?
your artificial intelligence
is smarter than your
above average human ones?
#school
#Buddhist
#Taoism #PersonalGrowth
#Taoism #PersonalGrowth
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prometheus5290
Poem Published
24th May 2023 4:40pm
24th May 2023 4:40pm
Gentle Elephants
I could not extinguish my ego,
so I attached it to altruism,
and if you abuse kindness,
I will trample you like a herd of stampeding elephants.
so I attached it to altruism,
and if you abuse kindness,
I will trample you like a herd of stampeding elephants.
#kindness
#Buddhist
#Taoism #gratitude
#Taoism #gratitude
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prometheus5290
Poem Published
9th May 2023 5:18pm
9th May 2023 5:18pm
Did AI Write This Poem
No,
it did not,
but how would you know?
AI can do all the things
we wish it could not,
such as write poetry,
academic essays,
and computer languages.
it did not,
but how would you know?
AI can do all the things
we wish it could not,
such as write poetry,
academic essays,
and computer languages.
#technology
#Buddhist
#Taoism
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prometheus5290
Poem Published
26th Oct 2022 00:52am
26th Oct 2022 00:52am
Anonymity
I like that you all do not know who I am,
because then it will not hurt as much when I go-
you probably will not even know.
because then it will not hurt as much when I go-
you probably will not even know.
#Buddhist
#Taoism
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prometheus5290
Poem Published
9th Sep 2022 7:25am
9th Sep 2022 7:25am
Enlightenment
I'll wake up
when I am not tired any more.
when I am not tired any more.
#Taoism
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DU Poetry : Poems About Taoism Seeking Honest Critique
