Loving and Meaning

Poem:

After you have meditated really a lot, finally you have results all the time, Thank God! All the sins of lust, anger, greed, attachment and ego start to seem to be really creepy. That’s because they are. They are also not effective or practical. Let’s discuss them: A man with ego is like a blockhead the itches. Anger is just plain ugly not to mention destructive. I like lust but it seems to be most often futile. Attachment is like sticky and is very primitive. Greed is like always being in hot pursuit. I guess it must seem retro and eastern to be enlightened. Sitting perfectly still in long time period contemplation must seem to some un-American. But what is this stupid arrangement of countries? This gang of five nasty boys are pushed out and punished and seem to diminish but not completely. They have to be managed. It helps to be around other people who are methodical, contemplative and serene. It is ok to stop writing and meditate. There is no time period. The time period for personal awakening should be very long stretching from 3am to 9am with a few breaks within. That is 1/4 of your time. 1/4 goes towards your art and your work, 1/4 to your wife, and 1/4 to sleep. I have said six hours is enough. A wife that wants more is greedy and attached. Someone who does not sleep well in six must be disturbed by anger. Inside art & work I include reading which can include scriptures. History is good if you have not learned your lesson. Cooking and cleaning can be included with wife but there could also be pleasure. Art includes music. It is a bit like being a Monk who does travel adventure and has a wife done in Sikhi fashion. Exercise is also included in Art and work so exercise could be two hours, music two hours and reading two hours. Maybe two hours shopping cooking and cleaning leaves four hours with wife which could just mean social. Sex is the Supreme Koan which remains a perpetual riddle. Poetry often crosses barriers and can fall in meditation or Art as does scripture. As I have said spirituality is just time management. Human beings preoccupation with recipes comes from too much cooking and not enough loving and meaning. DS poem July 29, 2018