“I do not know which to prefer,
The beauty of inflections
Or the beauty of innuendos
The blackbird whistling
Or just after.”
― Wallace Stevens
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where)one of us(while walking)feels we can
freely move may be
where consciousness really isn’t going anywhere
(other than where it’s always been).
most of us feel that we can freely think.
however,when thinking takes place,
consciousness is where it’s always been,
in the same,exact area,in the same basic,reacting form.
for those of us who jump,
consciousness itself does not really rise and fall;
it remains where it always was,
in the exact,same spot(which,by
the way,isn’t really an actual spot).
while reading through this poem,
one may feel like one is progressing through it,
but it may be that the consciousness involved with
reading isn’t really going anywhere(other than
where it’s always been).
the river is moving,yet the river remains where
it always was.
you are asking where you are going to,
and i am asking where you
came from;ah,we ask the same question.
you can leave the place that you are currently
in and go into a different area,but your
consciousness remains where it always was.
most hamsters on their hamster wheels,
we can see,
often run vigorously with great passion,
but the hamsters and the wheels aren’t
moving(any-
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Indeed! The mechanism of time has been sped up! Love and Light God ❤️✨🙏💯📚
The speed of time has nothing to do with it, but we do have to live rightly, with order and compassion. 😉
Amen Brother Tom! Even with just a smile, a good deed, and exactly, to live rightly, with order and compassion! It’s a busy and fast moving world and we should all remember to do the right thing…
Yes, to live with balance, poise, and integrity. 👍
Wow so beautiful Tom!
Thank you, Marcela! Hoping you are doing well!
Well, that puts it into perspective for all of us Tom. The colors are so vibrant on this flower!
Yes, thank you, Linda!
That flower is a micro-plant that grows in my lawn. You would never see how really beautiful it is until you looked at it up close. More people need to look at things more up close… like the whole of the cosmos, for instance. 😉
Well, it was very pretty Tom. Gee, I only get violets, clover and dandelions in my lawn. 🙂 At one time, I used to dig out every last dandelion, but it is no use trying to tame them because no one else deals with their dandelions, so the seeds spread like wildfire. We all ought to stop and take a closer look at everything … speaking at looking at things, early tomorrow at 4:45 a.m. is a blue moon. It is supposed to be clear here, so good viewing conditions are predicted. Lately, we miss most “sky events” as it is rainy or cloudy.
I have a few lunar meteorites (that have been analysed and certified via laser spectroscopy); they came from the moon, so i can look at the moon, whether it is overcast or not.
I have never seen a flower such as that. Stunning. It’s all over my head today. You will though, hear me lament often that I’m not ever moving again. I realize it’s not the same but had to say it anyway.
Marlene, that flower grows in my yard among the grass. It is practically microscopic… but with the macro-photography, it looks large.
Speaking of moving, my arthritis often renders me to be like the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz. Stiffness restricts flowing movement. 😉
I don’t mind that my body is stiffening up as long as my mind stays open and active. It is a nuisance though. You can still see beauty in microscopic form and that’s a huge win. 🙂
I just wanted to say thank you for your recent decision to subscribe to Learning from Dogs. Thank you!
Yes, Paul, i am glad that i subscribed. And, as you said, dogs live in the now. And they — many of them at least — also live beyond strict time parameters. They can see way before someone is coming home (way before they actually get home). Many dogs have a kind of universal, intrinsic, organic intelligence.
Dogs are so precious. When I met Jean in 2007 she had twenty-three dogs, all rescues. We met in Mexico and I went out to live with her in 2008, with my German Shepherd, Pharaoh. We were married in 2010 in Payson, AZ. Subsequently I discovered we were both born in North London. It can be a small world at times!