Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

are there truths beyond
the mountains of science ?
I wonder how many believe
their consciousness lives
inside their head......what
about levitation, is quantum mechanics
science,
fiction ?....how about that
Maharishi Effect ?

i have a ton of questions tonight
my mind is a pinball without a wizard
lighting all the lights, scoring
ungodly points, slammed by the flippers
in the dark, back
to the spectacle of near misses
I can ricochet with the best, I'm
a silver ball of energy
looking for a safe place to land

take me away from the brutal bells
and the whistling teapots that demand
attention
ten-hut !....oh confused one,
are you ready ? !
to solve the jigsaw
contestant number nine
damn !
no matter how clever i am

there always seems to be,


a missing piece

the missing piece just over the horizon of consciousness
I am not aware of too many things
but I am aware of being unaware

just barely aware of that consciousness that lives in my body

that was a terrific poem, it struck home for me

We really----deep inside must admit----we know nothing about the big questions----we hope, we postulate, hypotheticize, (whatever that verb is) and build a wall of faith-conviction around ourselves. Though they have some good tribal wisdom, I'm so down on traditional religions at the moment---they obfuscate rather than enlighten---they are the barracks of bullies----they pretend sweetness and light but muster troops and you are in bad luck if you don't keep step, do eyes right when they call and stand at attention.

I like your poem. Puts the questions out there. Describes the basic human conundrum.

thanx for the thoughtful comments...Einstein famously quipped," Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind "
Finding a spiritual place seems like a worthy endeavor, in other words acknowledging there is something bigger than yourself, and that could be any number of things....I worship nature for instance as a starting point....that grounds me ( no pun intended ).....