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
Be dumb & mute, shun the bonfire of egoic grasping, always pay heed to every thought, word & deed for they ripple out through space & time for all eternity. In so living you will not suffer, will not be the cause of others’ suffering, & will assume your proper role in the Cosmic tableau.
December 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Be dumb & mute, shun the bonfire of egoic grasping, always pay heed to every thought, word & deed for they ripple out through space & time for all eternity. In so living you will not suffer, will not be the cause of others’ suffering, & will assume your proper role in the Cosmic tableau.
The only possible value in all these sutras & shastras & poetry flows from the degree to which they inform the relationships & activities of the human realm such that existence becomes a little more bearable for the myriad children of this blue marble.
December 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The only possible value in all these sutras & shastras & poetry flows from the degree to which they inform the relationships & activities of the human realm such that existence becomes a little more bearable for the myriad children of this blue marble.
A Cardinal sings winter into existence
As a grandmother sighs herself off the stage of suffering
Polaris wheels across the night sky
As an infant cries herself onto the stage of suffering
Ripples in space-time, equally precious, indelibly consequential
As a grandmother sighs herself off the stage of suffering
Polaris wheels across the night sky
As an infant cries herself onto the stage of suffering
Ripples in space-time, equally precious, indelibly consequential
December 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
A Cardinal sings winter into existence
As a grandmother sighs herself off the stage of suffering
Polaris wheels across the night sky
As an infant cries herself onto the stage of suffering
Ripples in space-time, equally precious, indelibly consequential
As a grandmother sighs herself off the stage of suffering
Polaris wheels across the night sky
As an infant cries herself onto the stage of suffering
Ripples in space-time, equally precious, indelibly consequential
I am impressed by only two traits in the human personality matrix: empathy & compassion for those distant from oneself in birth or circumstances. Why? Because in the absence of these becoming the basis for all our public policies, this is in fact the “dharma-ending age.”
December 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I am impressed by only two traits in the human personality matrix: empathy & compassion for those distant from oneself in birth or circumstances. Why? Because in the absence of these becoming the basis for all our public policies, this is in fact the “dharma-ending age.”
To say "we're living in a house of dynamite" absolves us of our agency, obfuscates our choosing to build such a perversion of a home... let's speak frankly, & with sufficient integrity to apologize to all that's decent in this Cosmos for our human species BECOMING the dynamite.
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
To say "we're living in a house of dynamite" absolves us of our agency, obfuscates our choosing to build such a perversion of a home... let's speak frankly, & with sufficient integrity to apologize to all that's decent in this Cosmos for our human species BECOMING the dynamite.
eons lost in discrimination,
a fantasy forest of this or that -
just a fish in search of water
a fantasy forest of this or that -
just a fish in search of water
November 22, 2025 at 1:35 AM
eons lost in discrimination,
a fantasy forest of this or that -
just a fish in search of water
a fantasy forest of this or that -
just a fish in search of water
Reincarnation –
The grey bones of the forest
Briefly re-emerge
Leafy death requisite
to next spring’s near-infinite
explosion of life
as w ego’s end…
the Cosmic lifeforce abides
in buds’ dormancy
The grey bones of the forest
Briefly re-emerge
Leafy death requisite
to next spring’s near-infinite
explosion of life
as w ego’s end…
the Cosmic lifeforce abides
in buds’ dormancy
November 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Reincarnation –
The grey bones of the forest
Briefly re-emerge
Leafy death requisite
to next spring’s near-infinite
explosion of life
as w ego’s end…
the Cosmic lifeforce abides
in buds’ dormancy
The grey bones of the forest
Briefly re-emerge
Leafy death requisite
to next spring’s near-infinite
explosion of life
as w ego’s end…
the Cosmic lifeforce abides
in buds’ dormancy
An autumn capsule
hotel for humanity's
Stealth benefactors
hotel for humanity's
Stealth benefactors
November 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
An autumn capsule
hotel for humanity's
Stealth benefactors
hotel for humanity's
Stealth benefactors
Fermi paradox,
Self-awareness born egos
are solely to blame
Self-awareness born egos
are solely to blame
November 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Fermi paradox,
Self-awareness born egos
are solely to blame
Self-awareness born egos
are solely to blame
weapons or ploughshares,
Gaia proffers her bones to
Humankind’s whimsy
Gaia proffers her bones to
Humankind’s whimsy
November 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
weapons or ploughshares,
Gaia proffers her bones to
Humankind’s whimsy
Gaia proffers her bones to
Humankind’s whimsy
Flowers in the sky -
gemstones twinkling in your eye -
such samsaran truth!
gemstones twinkling in your eye -
such samsaran truth!
November 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Flowers in the sky -
gemstones twinkling in your eye -
such samsaran truth!
gemstones twinkling in your eye -
such samsaran truth!
April rains drumming
the forest floor again, as
Ripe swollen acorns
the forest floor again, as
Ripe swollen acorns
November 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
April rains drumming
the forest floor again, as
Ripe swollen acorns
the forest floor again, as
Ripe swollen acorns
Now it has become clear to me that in our troubled world so full of contradictions, it cannot be wisdom to assert the unique truth of one faith over another, the wise person makes justice his guide and learns from all, perhaps in this way the door may be opened again, whose key has been lost.
-Akbar
-Akbar
October 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Now it has become clear to me that in our troubled world so full of contradictions, it cannot be wisdom to assert the unique truth of one faith over another, the wise person makes justice his guide and learns from all, perhaps in this way the door may be opened again, whose key has been lost.
-Akbar
-Akbar
Missiles or ploughshares?
Gaia forfeits her bones to
humanity’s fate
Gaia forfeits her bones to
humanity’s fate
October 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Missiles or ploughshares?
Gaia forfeits her bones to
humanity’s fate
Gaia forfeits her bones to
humanity’s fate
Exquisite exquisite
This is what saves the world
No, not Zen ha!
But the end to profundity, the fruit of introspection
Bore right through
Do not be turned aside
What else is there to do?
Three faces, two heads
All in one, one in all
And yet…
The snow really is cold, the rain wet
This is what saves the world
No, not Zen ha!
But the end to profundity, the fruit of introspection
Bore right through
Do not be turned aside
What else is there to do?
Three faces, two heads
All in one, one in all
And yet…
The snow really is cold, the rain wet
October 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Exquisite exquisite
This is what saves the world
No, not Zen ha!
But the end to profundity, the fruit of introspection
Bore right through
Do not be turned aside
What else is there to do?
Three faces, two heads
All in one, one in all
And yet…
The snow really is cold, the rain wet
This is what saves the world
No, not Zen ha!
But the end to profundity, the fruit of introspection
Bore right through
Do not be turned aside
What else is there to do?
Three faces, two heads
All in one, one in all
And yet…
The snow really is cold, the rain wet
Trees communicate
w trees, that humanity's
greed is seppuku
w trees, that humanity's
greed is seppuku
October 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Trees communicate
w trees, that humanity's
greed is seppuku
w trees, that humanity's
greed is seppuku
Solo Monarchus -
Awe-tumnal movement of the
Gaian symphony
Awe-tumnal movement of the
Gaian symphony
October 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Solo Monarchus -
Awe-tumnal movement of the
Gaian symphony
Awe-tumnal movement of the
Gaian symphony
Air traffic control
sans controllers is Gaian
choreography
sans controllers is Gaian
choreography
October 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Air traffic control
sans controllers is Gaian
choreography
sans controllers is Gaian
choreography
Human stupidity
Wld be funny, but for the
Death of a planet
Wld be funny, but for the
Death of a planet
September 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Human stupidity
Wld be funny, but for the
Death of a planet
Wld be funny, but for the
Death of a planet
I’m Mexico bound,
2 reincarnations &
5 cold fronts away
2 reincarnations &
5 cold fronts away
September 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I’m Mexico bound,
2 reincarnations &
5 cold fronts away
2 reincarnations &
5 cold fronts away
Forever forthright -
Straightforward in all places,
Honest in all nen
Straightforward in all places,
Honest in all nen
September 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Forever forthright -
Straightforward in all places,
Honest in all nen
Straightforward in all places,
Honest in all nen
Such integrity!
Proboscis to sunflower,
Crepe wings to skyway
Proboscis to sunflower,
Crepe wings to skyway
September 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Such integrity!
Proboscis to sunflower,
Crepe wings to skyway
Proboscis to sunflower,
Crepe wings to skyway
The fact that the Cosmos allowed homo sapiens to evolve into what it has become over the past 200,000 years is all the proof you need to slam the door on the possibility that some higher intelligence is the behind-the-scenes, Spielberg-esque director of this horrorfest.
September 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The fact that the Cosmos allowed homo sapiens to evolve into what it has become over the past 200,000 years is all the proof you need to slam the door on the possibility that some higher intelligence is the behind-the-scenes, Spielberg-esque director of this horrorfest.
He who claims a God-given right 2 rule only acts w/in the confines of the Law so long as the Law remains amenable to his aims. Turning the Law into a tool of oppression flows like molasses, it starts imperceptibly, before gathering momentum & then accelerating lickety-split down the slope 2 tyranny.
September 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
He who claims a God-given right 2 rule only acts w/in the confines of the Law so long as the Law remains amenable to his aims. Turning the Law into a tool of oppression flows like molasses, it starts imperceptibly, before gathering momentum & then accelerating lickety-split down the slope 2 tyranny.
In order to live the good life, there’s only 1 emotion you need to call forth: Wow!
September 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
In order to live the good life, there’s only 1 emotion you need to call forth: Wow!