decay

Decay manifests when we reap the fruits and flowers, and neglect the roots and stems.

Satisfactions

Anger is satisfied by destruction.

Envy is expressed via rejection, satisfied by destruction.

Pride is not satisfied. It is mollified by the assertion of the token of pride.

Resentment is not satisfied. It is mollified by the assertion of its misery.

Requesting

The option of requesting a thing - material, action, or engagement - is often hindered, dampened by the failure of rejection. Also by the fear of exuding an appearance of insufficiency/lack of independence/unworthiness. An exactly these fears are the wardens that keep the common citizen in the habitual prisons of loneliness. When the value of appearance is made to supersede the value of truth.

thorough

Thorough mental integration

requires that no information or signal

remain unprocessed or uncovered.

Thorough emotional integration

dismisses no emotion

that asks to be felt.

validity

Consider the validity of
those wordless, subtle, ineffable signals
within.

Believe

I understand most people understand that "to believe" means

that one is certain that something is true,

even if one has not observed it directly.

A Faith that something is true,

a Must that something is true,

despite any evidence or arguments to the contrary,

often in conflict with arguments to the contrary.

I define it in a different way.

Be-Lieve, or Be-Live. To Live Beside,

To Live By.

Something to live by. Something that accompanies one in life.

Not a logical restriction that negates the complement.

Not a rejection of all claims to something else.

Not a dictum that pre-filters the paths I may choose.

But rather a companion in life.

An idea I trust to be helpful,

a principle that I trust guides my Life.

A reminder of the purpose I have chosen,

for the times I get lost in the daily maze,

for when pain and fear leave me grasping in the dark.

Not a banner I wave around me

to give me and display my colors

and tell me with whom to stand,

or how to live and to be.

But words written by my own hand,

with crisp ink on a treasured sheet of paper

I keep close to my heart.

Good

I align the idea of good
as conscious choice

towards balance and growth.

other

other (v): To other. To define something as separate and different from oneself, particularly by attributing the difference to a certain factor.

Loyalty

loyalty, what is it motivated by?

• regularity
• fulfilled expectation
• reliability
• no need to learn something new
• consolidated, known behaviour
• no risk
• further building upon what is assured and known
• preference of the known to the unknown.

Learning requires energy, effort.

A lethargic being prefers to postpone effort.

mirror

May we all look inside
know our desires and fears,

our pains and joys,

then turn our light outward

and see in all others those same.