On carriage road in
Acadia, eagle stands
watched over by park
ranger. Just stands — Waiting to
help — as we hike by
Saturday, April 23, 2022
whether report
Earth has had its day
Woman met her deadline, and
politicians lie —
Whether right, or right, it tips
Portending a new darkness
Friday, April 22, 2022
drop reality, pick one another up
So many versions
This slice of truth, that one — take
Them both, correspond
you are well within all things, dwell there
We are not frightened
by truth. Our reaction to
and retreat from truth
is what frightens us. Nothing
outside is a threat to us.
Thursday, April 21, 2022
you can’t see it, can you
Terror is founded on the idea that only killing guarantees meaning. All else seems feeble, uncertain, inadequate. On that foundation are built the various motivations used to justify the act of terror. And connected also to that foundation, in an obscure way that involves a metaphysical element, is blood sacrifice.
(—from: "The Unnamable Present" by Roberto Calasso)
not yet
ready to say ‘yes’
I am that person, those people
I choose to destroy them
to shrink
back into
narrow corridors of thought
my narrow mind
pinpointing landscape
pixel pocked
not flesh not blood
(shredding bodies destroying minds)
honoring my meaning
(f*ck yours
they say)
righting the world
our christian ayes
blast Pheme
(f*ck jesus, that jew
they say)
Ossa, can you see
so let’s begin the service
praise the lord
we are the good people
απομίμηση ή αφήγηση*
Show it or tell it
We try to communicate
unfolding what is
… … …
* imitation or narration
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
no talk of god; talk of what god is
Presence. Is God. Yes.
You need not look up, around,
or within. Presence
no good answer, no good neighbors
do you stand back when
you see someone being raped,
someone being slapped?
No, you step in. Why, why such
stand off while Ukraine is raped?
видихнути*
Huddling in basement
Mariupol holdouts breathe
In out in out… out
… … …
( * vydykhnuty, Ukrainian, exhale)
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
seeing is not believing, seeing is saying goodbye
once I thought large bird
crossed landscape of bald mountain --
I watch -- nothing there
don’t tell it slant
Jesus has risen
But God has gone back to bed —
No one reads today
Myths survive, tales told; Child, dead,
his limbs blown off — book closes
do not touch that channel
I am shot dead, bomb
falls on house, children killed, world
says ‘we fear Russia’
Tune in tv, butter bread,
program returns after ad
falling through wavering limbs
wind and rain dim grey
morning; what does it mean to
say ‘Christ is risen?’
Monday, April 18, 2022
we can always come back to life
Go ahead. Sprinkle water on somebody. It's Easter Monday.
Today is a very special day – the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
People live as if they are dead. But if they know how to breathe mindfully and walk mindfully, they are resurrected. Resurrection is a practice. If Jesus Christ could do it, then we human beings like him can also do it. Jesus is the son of God and also the son of men and a child of the Earth. We are also the sons and daughters of men and children of God. We can always come back to life by practicing awakening, mindfulness.
(--Thich Nhat Hanh, in Resurrection as a Practice; also see )
we are here, to be, all, lone together
Purring cat on arm
Sun through bamboo, red pillow
Octave Monday light
Sunday, April 17, 2022
noticing, today
Koan:
Hey!
What?
It’s Easter!
And?
You’re here!
So?
That’s all.
Thanks. I appreciate your noticing.
That’s Easter.
What’s Easter?
You noticing.
Ok.
True, you noticing, is Easter.
Noticing?
Yes, noticing, me, yourself, the world, it all…
That’s Easter?
Yup!
Thanks.
You’re welcome! You really are!
… … …
Comment:
Our first language is Being.
Our second language is Being-With-Others.
Noticing this is the incarnation, resurrection, and ascension of the individual person into the community of creatures dwelling in the cosmos community of caring and compassion.
This transformation follows the process wherein the suffering ego finally dies and enters for a time the grave darkness of dissolution.
In this radical emptiness, a translucence.
A dropping away of mind and body; a reintegration of mind/body.
The emergence!
The emergence of sight and sound, smell and touch, hearing…what is there.
Noticing with…
Speaking with…
Working with…
What-Is-There!
…. … …
Further inquiry:
The noticing hypothesis is a theory within second-language acquisition that a learner cannot continue advancing their language abilities or grasp linguistic features unless they consciously notice the input. The theory was proposed by Richard Schmidt in 1990.[1]
The noticing hypothesis explains the change from linguistic input into intake and is considered a form of conscious processing. It is exclusive from attention and understanding, and has been criticized within the field of psychology and second language acquisition. Schmidt and Frota studied noticing in Schmidt as a Portuguese language learner and collected their findings through diary study and audio recordings. The hypothesis was modified in 1994 in light of criticism.
Schmidt posited that a learner cannot continue advancing their language abilities or grasp linguistic features unless they are consciously processing the input, and that what the learner actually notices is called "intake".[1] This definition differs from that of Krashen's input hypothesis in which intake is similar to comprehensible input, and that of Chaudron which separates intake into preliminary intake and final intake.[1]Therefore in order for the language someone is hearing to become salient and sent to long term memory where it can be used naturally, the learner must first actively be aware of aspects of language being presented to them.
... ... ...
Verse:
here and there seem two
but don't make two, don't make one
only (yes) here/there --
In-take, out-give, surround-dwell
the living breath of what-is
(wfh/17apr2022/Easter)
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