Posted on June 19, 2014, in Poetry, Senryu, Writing and tagged Awakening, Love, Madness, Politics, Senryu, Social commentary, Spirituality. Bookmark the permalink. 22 Comments.
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“You should stop words and letters, and learn to withdraw and reflect on yourself. When you do so, your body and mind will naturally fall away, and your original Buddha nature will appear.” – Dogen.
Now, where can I find . . . ?
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Stacked in the back room
Filed but not forgotten
Admissions of a structure junky
Stringy theories . . .
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Varying Vistas
Ben Naga 
Love this! This is me pretty much every morning 😛
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And you checked the tags too? (I mean, any self-respecting artistic creation shoud have at least two levels of meaning, right. 🙂 )
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Oops! I didn’t notice the tags. I see what you mean now, though 🙂
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I must admit to updating the tag list too though. 😳
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Some refuse to listen even though they hear.
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Which is, of course, their right.
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Yes.
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Personally & globally…
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Indeed.
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Waking up has its risks, Ben Naga. In some way sleep is better. You don’t have to see the strange way people behave when a war is announced or how the sun is reflected off the water in a way that seems to change your perception of the world or how Superman becomes more than a comic book character in a man’s life. Still, that pesky alarm bell is ringing.
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Good to have you back. Sleeping, waking, dreaming; it’s all a bit of a my story really. (No, not a typo, simply a play on words. (worlds?)
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Slumbering not for long… (if I have anything to do with it).
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You naughty iconoclast you! 😉
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I love all these acute observations of yours, Ben!
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A poet’s work?
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Perhaps I should have said ‘accurate’ ?
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I am happy with both versions. 🙂
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That is me these days. 😦
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I am glad you are awake enough to step by and comment.
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Yes. I’m tired of being tired but my back is really bad and the pain meds make me groggy on top of the fatigue.
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My thoughts of relief, release and healing are with you.
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Thank you dear friend.
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