Theopoetics
Skillful travelers leave no trace,
neither of wheel nor footstep.Skill speakers make no remarks,
neither fault nor blame.Skillful mathematicians need no calculators.
Skillful carpenters need neither bolt nor bar,
yet what they shut no one opens.Skillf…
Once there was a duke
sitting under his canopy
reading philosophy.
Nearby, there happened to be
a wheelwright making a wheel.
The wheelwright put down his tools
and walked over to the duke.
The wheelwright said,
“Sir, may I ask what you’re reading?”
(14 May 2013, marriage equality Minnesota)
A bad day for creeds;
a bad day for stares;
a bad day for blind
obedience to blundering
oracles, as Henry put
it long ago. A bad day
for obedience. A bad
day for “act like us.”
Why not, Ralph asked,
long…
Daodejing 26
Heaviness is the root of lightness;
stillness determines movement.The wise, traveling all day,
neve…
The Dao for Mother’s Day.
Daodejing 25
Something undefined, complete,
existed before the earth and sky.
It was formless, still, alone,…
Those who stand on tiptoes do not stand firm.
Those with long strides do not walk comfortably.
Those with loud opinions are not heard.
Those showing off do not shine.The conceited are not seen as worthy.
From the point of view of The Way
all these are…
Daodejing 23
We speak few words by nature—
high winds don’t last all morning;
a downpour does not fall all day.
Part becomes whole;
crooked, straight;
empty, full;
the wrecked, new.Those with few desires
get them;
those with many
do not.For this reason those free
of themselves embrace oneness
and humbleness in the world.Those free of themselves
are free from…
High Noon, Ontology Town
Whatever we
call out like
lone gunfighters
in the street,
evil baby killers,
war criminals
of…
