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UNIVERSE HAIKU
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A UNIVERSE IS
CREATING WHAT’S TRUE FOR YOU
MOMENT BY MOMENT
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Definition of “HAIKU” — noun: an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines. In contrast to English verse typically characterized by meter, Japanese verse counts sound units known as “on” or morae. Traditional haiku consist of 17 on, in three phrases of five, seven and five on respectively.
TOGETHER AND ALONE
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WE ARE THE ESSENCE OF OUR SELF:
AN ETERNAL SOURCE OF LIGHT.
KINDNESS IS UNDERSTANDING.
LOVING BEGETS LIFE.
WE CAUSE WHAT WE PERCEIVE.
WE ARE BEINGS FAR FROM HOME.
WE TRAVEL IN THE ENDLESS NOW:
TOGETHER AND ALONE.
PHILOSPHICAL MIND: 360 B.C.E.
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Painting by John LaFarge, American (1835- 1910)
“Philosophical minds always love knowledge of a sort which shows them the eternal nature not varying from generation and corruption. He whose desires are drawn towards knowledge in every form will be absorbed in the pleasures of the soul. Then how can he who has magnificence of mind and is the spectator of all time and all existence, think much of human life?
He cannot.
Or can such an one account death fearful?
No indeed.
Then the cowardly and mean nature has no part in true philosophy?
Certainly not.
Or again: can he who is harmoniously constituted, who is not covetous or mean, or a boaster, or a coward-can he, I say, ever be unjust or hard in his dealings?
Impossible.
Then you will soon observe whether a man is just and gentle, or rude and unsociable; these are the signs which distinguish even in youth the philosophical nature from the unphilosophical. ”
Plato, THE REPUBLIC, 360 BCE
NO TIME MACHINE
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