Ghost of Matsuo Basho
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One who does not see the flower is akin to a barbarian, & one who does not imagine the moon is akin to a beast. Leave barbarians & beasts behind. Follow nature & return to nature. Apologies for the prose.
- Matsuo Basho
- Matsuo Basho
Apocalypse now -
Not via warhead, but in
The palm of your hand
Not via warhead, but in
The palm of your hand
October 7, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Apocalypse now -
Not via warhead, but in
The palm of your hand
Not via warhead, but in
The palm of your hand
Listen! All night long
The peepers preach of oneness,
But can we hear them?
The peepers preach of oneness,
But can we hear them?
October 7, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Listen! All night long
The peepers preach of oneness,
But can we hear them?
The peepers preach of oneness,
But can we hear them?
Human memories -
No things - yet authors of all
Earthly misery!
No things - yet authors of all
Earthly misery!
October 7, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Human memories -
No things - yet authors of all
Earthly misery!
No things - yet authors of all
Earthly misery!
Nothing demonstrates
Intergenerational
Karma, like Monarch
Intergenerational
Karma, like Monarch
October 7, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Nothing demonstrates
Intergenerational
Karma, like Monarch
Intergenerational
Karma, like Monarch
To spend one’s days scrounging for peanuts, doing terrible harm to “others” for the sake of “me & mine”… is a recipe that never fails to deliver horrendous self-inflicted suffering.
July 10, 2026 at 3:08 PM
To spend one’s days scrounging for peanuts, doing terrible harm to “others” for the sake of “me & mine”… is a recipe that never fails to deliver horrendous self-inflicted suffering.
Ever wonder what the 10th ox herding picture might look like out in the real world of the 21st Century?
View the 2023 movie “Perfect Days” by Wim Wenders… then watch it again.
View the 2023 movie “Perfect Days” by Wim Wenders… then watch it again.
June 25, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Ever wonder what the 10th ox herding picture might look like out in the real world of the 21st Century?
View the 2023 movie “Perfect Days” by Wim Wenders… then watch it again.
View the 2023 movie “Perfect Days” by Wim Wenders… then watch it again.
The call of a loon,
All that is, has ever been -
Declaring itself
All that is, has ever been -
Declaring itself
May 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
The call of a loon,
All that is, has ever been -
Declaring itself
All that is, has ever been -
Declaring itself
Old leaves feed the new -
Cosmic choreography’s
danced in the details
Cosmic choreography’s
danced in the details
May 9, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Old leaves feed the new -
Cosmic choreography’s
danced in the details
Cosmic choreography’s
danced in the details
My digital quill
screams all history’s naught but
reign of 1 fruit fly
screams all history’s naught but
reign of 1 fruit fly
May 9, 2026 at 5:25 PM
My digital quill
screams all history’s naught but
reign of 1 fruit fly
screams all history’s naught but
reign of 1 fruit fly
A constant awareness that one is living in the future’s past, & in the distant future’s long-dead past, may help provide some context on how important, or not, all the minutiae postmodern humans fret away their days agonizing over really is.
March 25, 2026 at 6:39 PM
A constant awareness that one is living in the future’s past, & in the distant future’s long-dead past, may help provide some context on how important, or not, all the minutiae postmodern humans fret away their days agonizing over really is.
The mass of existential suffering weighing down sentients in the postmodern West is by and large the result of being raised to believe that the universe has cheated them of something that would have made their lives complete, usually an inheritance, or some other wealth accounting.
March 25, 2026 at 6:35 PM
The mass of existential suffering weighing down sentients in the postmodern West is by and large the result of being raised to believe that the universe has cheated them of something that would have made their lives complete, usually an inheritance, or some other wealth accounting.
The suffering I see around me is so immense, & the relief I feel from it so complete, I simply do not know where to begin… furthermore, in seeking to help others reach the same state of mental quiescence, who would even believe me when I claim that it’s possible?
March 25, 2026 at 6:33 PM
The suffering I see around me is so immense, & the relief I feel from it so complete, I simply do not know where to begin… furthermore, in seeking to help others reach the same state of mental quiescence, who would even believe me when I claim that it’s possible?
Changeability
No permanent existence
All that is, is not
No permanent existence
All that is, is not
March 24, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Changeability
No permanent existence
All that is, is not
No permanent existence
All that is, is not
No separation,
But a shared Cosmic lifeforce -
All waves on the sea
But a shared Cosmic lifeforce -
All waves on the sea
February 22, 2026 at 9:53 AM
No separation,
But a shared Cosmic lifeforce -
All waves on the sea
But a shared Cosmic lifeforce -
All waves on the sea
Humanity is choosing to kill its home world because it is blind to the truth that all is 1 & 1 is all, the fantasy of a separate self (me) engaged in a zero-sum existence (mine) is exactly seppuku
February 20, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Humanity is choosing to kill its home world because it is blind to the truth that all is 1 & 1 is all, the fantasy of a separate self (me) engaged in a zero-sum existence (mine) is exactly seppuku
Three steps to individual internal revolutions offer the only route to a compassion & empathy-driven civilization, which in turn is the sole path to saving our home world’s fellow sentient travelers…
1: awareness of the fabric of life
2: honesty re one’s impact on it
3: forbearance
1: awareness of the fabric of life
2: honesty re one’s impact on it
3: forbearance
February 20, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Three steps to individual internal revolutions offer the only route to a compassion & empathy-driven civilization, which in turn is the sole path to saving our home world’s fellow sentient travelers…
1: awareness of the fabric of life
2: honesty re one’s impact on it
3: forbearance
1: awareness of the fabric of life
2: honesty re one’s impact on it
3: forbearance
Not a wasted spark,
How could it be otherwise?
A perfect Cosmos
How could it be otherwise?
A perfect Cosmos
February 18, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Not a wasted spark,
How could it be otherwise?
A perfect Cosmos
How could it be otherwise?
A perfect Cosmos
Mutual respect
Or return to slavery
Those are the options
Or return to slavery
Those are the options
February 18, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Mutual respect
Or return to slavery
Those are the options
Or return to slavery
Those are the options
The “competition” Darwin birddogged in nature b/c both the foundation of, & justification for, a civilization of individuals who wage continual war on 1 another, enemy combatants who’ve never known, nor aspire to build, a landscape of mutual wellbeing despite immense material & intellectual wealth.
February 7, 2026 at 2:30 PM
The “competition” Darwin birddogged in nature b/c both the foundation of, & justification for, a civilization of individuals who wage continual war on 1 another, enemy combatants who’ve never known, nor aspire to build, a landscape of mutual wellbeing despite immense material & intellectual wealth.
forward 1/4 turn around the sun...
February 5, 2026 at 2:58 PM
forward 1/4 turn around the sun...
4 months on...
February 5, 2026 at 2:55 PM
4 months on...
Three individual steps will collectively deliver a world designed around compassion, empathy & the force & will for ending the suffering of all sentients…
1: attention
2: honesty
3: abstention
1: attention
2: honesty
3: abstention
February 5, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Three individual steps will collectively deliver a world designed around compassion, empathy & the force & will for ending the suffering of all sentients…
1: attention
2: honesty
3: abstention
1: attention
2: honesty
3: abstention
Everything of value in this life came about because my ego could find no ground to stand upon, nor purchase to hold on to.
January 22, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Everything of value in this life came about because my ego could find no ground to stand upon, nor purchase to hold on to.
Awakened mind touches & is touched by the sensory myriad w/o becoming trapped in any one element’s embrace… by the romantic delusion that this time the “high” is permanent.
January 21, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Awakened mind touches & is touched by the sensory myriad w/o becoming trapped in any one element’s embrace… by the romantic delusion that this time the “high” is permanent.
Every sentient, every Cosmic element, w/o exception, exists in a state of constant cooperation, a flowing swirling mass of physical interbeing, mutually supporting the vast web of our Cosmic existential plane, which only ceases upon an entity’s breakup, when it pops out of conventional existence.
January 21, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Every sentient, every Cosmic element, w/o exception, exists in a state of constant cooperation, a flowing swirling mass of physical interbeing, mutually supporting the vast web of our Cosmic existential plane, which only ceases upon an entity’s breakup, when it pops out of conventional existence.