There was this me
and every time this me looked
it saw what me was looking at
(This me was very orthodox…
being brought up by orthodoxy,
being cultivated by — and “as”– orthodoxy)
This me thought it was something separate
from the perceptions that it was taught it “had”
There was this movement without a center
and, when looking was taking place,
perceiving was what was…
without some separate center
doing the perceiving
(This nonme was not very orthodox…
having psychologically died t0 — and “as”– orthodoxy)
There was this primitive conditioning
and every time this cadaverous conditioning looked
it saw what it was programmed to primitively see
There was this freedom from the known
and often — beyond indoctrination —
it moved livingly/compassionately/sagaciously
without a static blueprint
without some canned and pickled doctrine
that — in rigidity — it would blindly cling to
Above and below. Photo by Thomas Peace c. 2015
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My Blog primarily consists of close-up nature photos (that I've taken locally) combined with original holistic-truth oriented prose and/or poetry involving mindfulness/awareness. I love nature and I love understanding the whole (not merely the parts and the details). I'm a retired teacher of the multiply handicapped.
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I love it/them Tom. Great creation!
A happy weekend 🙂
Thanks much, Beth! Stay compassionate and aware!
An alive (beyond mediocrity) weekend! 🙂
This explains it so well and I really like these two lines:
‘and every time this cadaverous conditioning looked
it saw what it was programmed to primitively see’
Sometimes one (in the poetry and such) is a bit hard on the conditioning. Conditioning (to a point) is very necessary at times… so we should not merely despise it. However, so many of us are so totally immersed in it that it is a factor of stagnation and lack of growth. There has to be a balance.
This is it, unavoidable, therefore one is embracing and understanding the issues – the Middle Way…