Philosophy is to culture
As science is to the world
Each era takes us to the edge
Each era producing pearls
From nothing but love of wisdom
Philosophy came forth
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
Concretized its worth
The spoken word gave access
Ideas from one mind to another
The written word gave longevity
A proud and happy mother
Philosophy gave structure
Creating context where it could
Shape and form for arguing
Debating, if you would
Now parallel it to science
With intellect in pursuit
Of the thing*(1) and that beyond it
Always expanding each hidden truth
The world provides evidence
Of things we need to know
Like charades, a hint
Hoping the obvious will show
But sometimes our fixations
With minutiae and detail
Causes us to miss the point
And leads us off the trail
We’re stuck now in our worldliness
We are factions well divided
Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims*(2)
Contexts our culture has provided
The ego holding sway
As each the other see as wrong
Instead of seeing the power
Of the written word as strong
In the beginning, there was the word
The word, it was with God*(3)
The Greeks helped give us meaning
Religion’s set us at odds
As more and more participate
In ‘Mindfulness’ as practice
The debris that clouds our development
Will lead us to a new Axis
Unfortunately, for some . . .
The gargoyles at the gate
Who represent status quo
They’ve sealed their stubborn fate*(4)
Those who hold, the end will come
As some believe is so
Their belief will soon materialize
But at last, they’ll never know
Evolution thus of humankind
Will take a sudden turn
Our natures will be realized
But it’s a lesson hard to learn
As you reap, you sow
Hints along the way
That creation is a process
And we’re part and parcel of the play
4/17/14
Footnotes:
*(1) “of the thing and that beyond it” The ‘thing’ refers to whatever is
being investigated and it usually leads to the thing after.
*(2) “Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims” Christians are included in this grouping
as having created a cultural mindset.
*(3) “The word, it was with God” The definition Deepak Chopra gave us suits
me, it goes something like: GOD is an acronym for generating, organizing
and delivering, in other word, creative organizing intelligence.
*(4) “They’ve sealed their stubborn fate” this stanza pains me to say; but
if humanity is to survive, with the health of the earth in tact, those who
are standing for its destruction will actually only destroy themselves.
Could it be that all the bad health leading to death is not just caused by
the food industry adulterating our foods, or our poor choices or lack of
education; but has been created [creative intelligence] as a way to take
out offending forces.
