The Show About Nothing

The Show About Nothing

Coasting along during the age of passivity

Most would rather watch than participate in activity

How odd that truth is often stranger than fiction

Yet so many suffer from a rather common affliction:

Our very own lives seem to us dreadfully boring

For we tend to miss a subtle thread underscoring

Everyday events bearing magnitudes of meaning

What's happening now is more than mere preening

Without pain and suffering, happiness is circumvented

As such even they have a place among us, the discontented!

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The Buddha's Four Noble Truths Explained

The Buddha's Four Noble Truths Explained

~ I: Dukkha (Cyclical Suffering) ~

It's self-evident fact for any astute observer that our world is pervaded by suffering. Lasting joy is elusive and most people are caught within vicious cycles of their own creation (via volition; the true meaning of Karma).

~ II: Sumudaya (Suffering's Source) ~

Individuals are each responsible for their own personal battles. This is because desire (in one form or another) lies at the root of all dissatisfaction. Furthermore, the wants of any one individual are often at odds with the needs of many others.

~ III: Nirodha (Suffering's Cessation) ~

It's possible for suffering to cease at both the personal and communal level, although only if its base causes are redressed.

~ IV: Magga (The Path) ~

There's a sure and steady path that leads away from Samsara and toward Nirvana. Said path consists primarily of meditation, which doesn't mean focusing on any particular object, but passive observation of the full body-mind spectrum (including all its contents and any ongoing interactions). As the Buddha himself put it: "Meditate diligently and practice mindfulness to attain thine own salvation!"

 

Image: Cosmic Buddha courtesy of ~lokispace

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Anatomy of Suchness (The Three Buddha Bodies)

Anatomy of Suchness

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Without exception all dhammas arise, abide and are extinguished upon the Svabhavikakaya's reflective surface: tripartite mirror of pluralistic omniscience.

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Truth Body:

Immutable template and causal plane. Bedazzling Dharma-Kaya, mother of myriad appearances. Formless emptiness animating multifarious forms.

- II -

Bliss Body:

Luminous sphere of unimpeded potentials. Irradiant Sambogha-Kaya, overflowing with symbols. Host to ideals, archetypes and imaginary planes.

- III -

Emanation Body:

Visceral matter and coarse thought combined. Sensorial Nirmana-Kaya, a cage for the blind; though it is viewed as a blessing by the Buddhas of all three times.

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For Posterity . . .

For Posterity . . .

The greatest Poet of this century came & went

Yet no literary journal will ever catch that scent

Gloss can but poorly misrepresent

What only appears to be an accident

Whereas ideas form, actions cement

Impregnable logic without a dent

Therefore fine lady or dapper gent

Bolster the bent of thine own Intent

Real re-evolution shalt ye then foment

Leaving Earth's orbit — with no lament!

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Writer's Block

Writer's Block

Knock off a chip of the old _____ ?

Irregular expressions make crowds balk

With more drama than The Toccata by Johann Sebastian Bach

Facing such absurdity one cannot help but laugh

Mutating rhymes twist tongues so none can scoff

You were given no choice, now hats must doff

Enlist and learn these skills from this verbal prof

Neither free will nor destiny are worth speaking of

Whatever shall ye do when push comes to shove?

Only wizened fools get it right; aye there's the rub!

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Ode To The Grey

Ode To The Grey

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"Once more into the fray
Into the last good fight I'll ever know
Live and die on this day
Live and die on this day"

~ from the film The Grey starring Liam Neeson; for more info visit: HERE

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Canto I (Laments)

There was no answer in the sky

Although it lay open wide

Ages passed, millions died

No one knew precisely why

Mute meteor showers aside

No overt signs were ever espied

Humans from nature could not pry

Secrets that her cruelty hides

While obvious truths go on denied

Ponder this and then apply it

 Canto II (Amends)

We are no better than the wolves

Or mythic beasts with cloven hooves

Still any stain a stoic removes

Until by right — our wrong improves

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