I am having dinner with my friends
from all over the world.
from all over the world.
I am introducing them
to each other
and to my favorite
Chinese restaurant
in Silicon Valley.
to each other
and to my favorite
Chinese restaurant
in Silicon Valley.
We all arrived here
in this valley of silicon,
from oceans, mountains,
desert and city cultures.
We were starved for connection.
We are hungry for more interrelatedness.
in this valley of silicon,
from oceans, mountains,
desert and city cultures.
We were starved for connection.
We are hungry for more interrelatedness.
We have in common
many things,
including an appetite
for conversation.
We share one planet,
our world of eco-systems
and eco-logical events.
many things,
including an appetite
for conversation.
We share one planet,
our world of eco-systems
and eco-logical events.
Our attention turns
to talking
about last year's bombing,
of the Asian Central Bank of Ceylon,
to talking
about last year's bombing,
of the Asian Central Bank of Ceylon,
and the twin tower World Trade Center
in the Sri Lankan city of Colombo.
Colombo's twin towers
have been hit twice by terror.
The latest bombing physically hurt
one thousand, four hundred and ninety-one people.
in the Sri Lankan city of Colombo.
Colombo's twin towers
have been hit twice by terror.
The latest bombing physically hurt
one thousand, four hundred and ninety-one people.
The invisible seismic waves
struck grief into hearts,
with deep shocks
that unearthed common ground.
struck grief into hearts,
with deep shocks
that unearthed common ground.
On the mental plane of existence,
this rage outwardly expressed
was logically planned.
The view was to cripple the old current
the Asian and world economy currency.
this rage outwardly expressed
was logically planned.
The view was to cripple the old current
the Asian and world economy currency.
Strategic financial districts were attacked -
in the last couple of years
bombings have awakened hearts,
and skyrocketed minds,
into grasping sudden unexpected hurt
mass projected into people's busy lives.
We all slowed down.
We all speed up.
We all ride the same roller coaster of emotions.
We all hang tightly onto the person in front of us.
We all quicken our pace and slow our collective breathing.
in the last couple of years
bombings have awakened hearts,
and skyrocketed minds,
into grasping sudden unexpected hurt
mass projected into people's busy lives.
We all slowed down.
We all speed up.
We all ride the same roller coaster of emotions.
We all hang tightly onto the person in front of us.
We all quicken our pace and slow our collective breathing.
We fall
deep into the silence of meaning.
Unmaking the old meaning,
making new values,
and transforming inherited ethics,
from those who created the world before us.
We are born into what is already in existence.
We focus on the menus in front of us.
Here is the Silicon Valley restaurant,
We collectively decide
to order the hottest, spiciest meal.
deep into the silence of meaning.
Unmaking the old meaning,
making new values,
and transforming inherited ethics,
from those who created the world before us.
We are born into what is already in existence.
We focus on the menus in front of us.
Here is the Silicon Valley restaurant,
We collectively decide
to order the hottest, spiciest meal.
We know from prior experiences
that hot foods expel toxins
and increase the flow of Chi,
which boosts health within
the human immune system.
that hot foods expel toxins
and increase the flow of Chi,
which boosts health within
the human immune system.
There is an ancient Chinese saying;
The lungs are the masters of life's vital forces
The lungs are the masters of life's vital forces
and strongly benefit from eating spices.
Certain blockages of the head
will pass more quickly,
will pass more quickly,
if you eat onion,
pepper, ginger and garlic.
pepper, ginger and garlic.
Given the planetary diet
of increased confusion,
of people hurting people,
of feeling pulled into a pre-flowing flow -
We, at least, should do the right thing.
We decide, collectively at this table,
that the least we can do
is act responsibly and eat healthy.
Eating healthy clears our own
mental and emotional blockages.
of increased confusion,
of people hurting people,
of feeling pulled into a pre-flowing flow -
We, at least, should do the right thing.
We decide, collectively at this table,
that the least we can do
is act responsibly and eat healthy.
Eating healthy clears our own
mental and emotional blockages.
Above the lungs is the throat,
and below the lungs
are the heart and liver.
and below the lungs
are the heart and liver.
Lungs are in charge
of inhalation and exhalation -
the eon flux
of the immortal and mortal
coming ins and going outs
of our existence.
of inhalation and exhalation -
the eon flux
of the immortal and mortal
coming ins and going outs
of our existence.
When proper in working condition,
the body's heavenly forces
descend waste downward,
the body's heavenly forces
descend waste downward,
so we do not wallow
within our own self-created toxins.
Spirit descends,
from our upper body,
into our lower body
creating movement
so the human spirit is freed,
and does not become
encased in it's own waste.
within our own self-created toxins.
Spirit descends,
from our upper body,
into our lower body
creating movement
so the human spirit is freed,
and does not become
encased in it's own waste.
Who wants to be trapped?
Who wants to trap their self,
in a body of self made excesses?
Who wants to be encased
in the built up, pent up,
historical mental
and hysterical emotional hells?
Who wants to trap their self,
in a body of self made excesses?
Who wants to be encased
in the built up, pent up,
historical mental
and hysterical emotional hells?
All history is recorded somewhere -
on some wall,
be it bathroom, elevator,
street or prison.
The blank wall waits for no one.
The canvas is always there ready to paint.
on some wall,
be it bathroom, elevator,
street or prison.
The blank wall waits for no one.
The canvas is always there ready to paint.
Movements are captured
on video surveillance cameras,
on video surveillance cameras,
then perceived by some voyager’s eyes
and interpreted with some imagination.
What we don't imagine ourselves capable of,
then someone else imagines for us,
and often imagines the worse.
We are living the manifestation
of other people's nightmares,
without the benefit
of our conscious dreams.
and interpreted with some imagination.
What we don't imagine ourselves capable of,
then someone else imagines for us,
and often imagines the worse.
We are living the manifestation
of other people's nightmares,
without the benefit
of our conscious dreams.
Whether on computers, paper or stone,
the history of life is captured,
within sound, without notice.
The writing and reading
of the written word,
is silently drowned out
by the noise of distraction.
The heart of our mind,
knows the all from the everything,
that no time is all time,
and all time has no time
for anything other than loving kindness.
the history of life is captured,
within sound, without notice.
The writing and reading
of the written word,
is silently drowned out
by the noise of distraction.
The heart of our mind,
knows the all from the everything,
that no time is all time,
and all time has no time
for anything other than loving kindness.
Voices record musical histories
singing out, chanting instrumental stories.
Told as human passages,
storytelling is meant to be passed on,
from generation to generation,
from heart to heart,
from mind to mind.
No exceptions.
singing out, chanting instrumental stories.
Told as human passages,
storytelling is meant to be passed on,
from generation to generation,
from heart to heart,
from mind to mind.
No exceptions.
Human hands have forever,
painted, carved, sculpted
painted, carved, sculpted
and shaped stories alive.
The eternal is alive, inside.
Inside our body of caves,
churches, teepees,
The eternal is alive, inside.
Inside our body of caves,
churches, teepees,
temples, huts,
cafes, phone booths,
museums and mosques.
cafes, phone booths,
museums and mosques.
We all collectively experience
the provisions of prosperous times,
and the privations of poverty stricken eras.
the provisions of prosperous times,
and the privations of poverty stricken eras.
All is recorded and archived.
All is remembered and memorized.
We are instant recording devices
existing in a body made
of this Earth on this Earth from this Earth.
We can't take our bodies
made on the Earth,
needed to live on this Earth,
with us when we leave the Earth.
What is made on the Earth,
stays on the Earth.
So how is it then that humanity
sometimes forgets their past?
How do we constantly manage
to repeat the cycles of sorrow,
re-plan the pain of our past history
in the present, over and over - we go.
All is remembered and memorized.
We are instant recording devices
existing in a body made
of this Earth on this Earth from this Earth.
We can't take our bodies
made on the Earth,
needed to live on this Earth,
with us when we leave the Earth.
What is made on the Earth,
stays on the Earth.
So how is it then that humanity
sometimes forgets their past?
How do we constantly manage
to repeat the cycles of sorrow,
re-plan the pain of our past history
in the present, over and over - we go.
In the Silicon Valley restaurant,
from the menu we order
noodles in a sauce so fiery,
it rivals the heat of our conversation.
from the menu we order
noodles in a sauce so fiery,
it rivals the heat of our conversation.
I suggest bitter foods,
to clear any stagnation in our hearts -
activated by the hot topics under discussion.
Eating bitter fruits and bitter vegetables
will calm and restore peace
to the heart, mind and body.
to clear any stagnation in our hearts -
activated by the hot topics under discussion.
Eating bitter fruits and bitter vegetables
will calm and restore peace
to the heart, mind and body.
Restless dream filled sleep,
feelings that are psycho logically emotional
are symptoms of a overheated heart.
feelings that are psycho logically emotional
are symptoms of a overheated heart.
Every part of the human body is interrelated.
Our five senses monitor imbalances,
and evidently predict our future dis-ease.
and evidently predict our future dis-ease.
Our senses communicate to us
when recurrence
of a specific discomfort occurs -
when recurrence
of a specific discomfort occurs -
pointing out the obvious distortion,
so we can act by being aware, enough,
to first locate the root of the disease,
and then from there, treat it.
so we can act by being aware, enough,
to first locate the root of the disease,
and then from there, treat it.
In Silicon Valley
technology is reinvented
on a global level.
Here, the workers reflect,
the inter nation intertribal
international flow of minds.
Hearts imagine, more.
technology is reinvented
on a global level.
Here, the workers reflect,
the inter nation intertribal
international flow of minds.
Hearts imagine, more.
We are constantly
considering how to
define the effects
of globalization.
considering how to
define the effects
of globalization.
We choose to channel
our energies
into simultaneous
evolutionary development.
The advancement, evolution,
peaceful coexistence
our energies
into simultaneous
evolutionary development.
The advancement, evolution,
peaceful coexistence
of the all to the many,
to the all of ... all people -
in all places,
all growing together.
The all,
committed to all,
Increased health
of all in well being.
In everyone, everywhere
there is the heart of what matters.
After all, the root meaning
of the word "globalization"
is "freedom.
to the all of ... all people -
in all places,
all growing together.
The all,
committed to all,
Increased health
of all in well being.
In everyone, everywhere
there is the heart of what matters.
After all, the root meaning
of the word "globalization"
is "freedom.
Freedom is the evolutionary right
of individuals to heal their own wounds -
heal our bodies in stillness and peace,
motion and business.
Heal the governing forces
within our systems
emotional, mental, physical.
of individuals to heal their own wounds -
heal our bodies in stillness and peace,
motion and business.
Heal the governing forces
within our systems
emotional, mental, physical.
Heal the politics
of material and spiritual
planetary existence.
of material and spiritual
planetary existence.
Prehistorically,
the business of Labyrinthula meiosis
and precognitively mitotic
astral rays in genesis.
the business of Labyrinthula meiosis
and precognitively mitotic
astral rays in genesis.
My friend's eyes are watering,
and his mouth is burning,
and his mouth is burning,
but he exclaims
that there is nothing wrong,
he is feeling comfortable.
that there is nothing wrong,
he is feeling comfortable.
Between tears he says;
"We all may not hold,
in the same way,
our chopsticks, spoons, knives and forks.
in the same way,
our chopsticks, spoons, knives and forks.
And we all may not embrace,
in the same way
identical beliefs.
in the same way
identical beliefs.
Or make the same sounds
come out of our mouths,
with the same meanings
at the same time.
But we all grasp
the same challenges
come out of our mouths,
with the same meanings
at the same time.
But we all grasp
the same challenges
to create peace within ourself,
wage the war within
with our own internal fire."
wage the war within
with our own internal fire."
As a computer programmer
and computer language code writer,
and computer language code writer,
my friend fights
with defining and demarcating
our delimitative human boundaries.
Daily he searches
our planetary and other worldly sense.
He searches our galactic extent,
and life's definitions.
He seeks understanding,
he wants to be intimate with our eternity.
with defining and demarcating
our delimitative human boundaries.
Daily he searches
our planetary and other worldly sense.
He searches our galactic extent,
and life's definitions.
He seeks understanding,
he wants to be intimate with our eternity.
Through enlightening himself,
by learning,
and attempting to illuminate
our sensual based
codes, symbols, images,
words, text and languages.
by learning,
and attempting to illuminate
our sensual based
codes, symbols, images,
words, text and languages.
He lives in a world
constructed from
his mental points of view.
His heart has not been given
enough energy
over the years
to fully flourish.
Recovered now,
cooled down
from his temporary
over heated state of passion,
He continues;
constructed from
his mental points of view.
His heart has not been given
enough energy
over the years
to fully flourish.
Recovered now,
cooled down
from his temporary
over heated state of passion,
He continues;
"We all have vocabulary
in our own languages
that express unity,
in our own languages
that express unity,
delineate cooperation,
understanding
and speak support
in mass and numbers."
understanding
and speak support
in mass and numbers."
I pass my friend a napkin,
so he can wipe his tear full eyes.
I pour him some more tea
to soothe his burning soul.
so he can wipe his tear full eyes.
I pour him some more tea
to soothe his burning soul.
He continues expressing himself,
after the fire in his belly is satiated.
He asks;
"Is it wrong to be committed
to being right?"
after the fire in his belly is satiated.
He asks;
"Is it wrong to be committed
to being right?"
We are silent,
stilled within
each of our own
internal intensity.
The Elder waiter brings us
some fresh hot tea,
and with all politeness
continues his serving ritual.
My friend breaks our silence
by asking us,
"Do we believe, opinions are provable?
If opinions are based on knowledge
and experience that is provable,
then can opinions or beliefs
actually be proved right, or wrong?
Can life experience
be proved to be right, or wrong?
Can one life experience, over another
be proved to be better,
to be right, or to be wrong?
Before any of us
have wrapped our minds
around the duality of this question,
our waiter begins to answer
these questions with utmost certainty.
The waiter is an Elder,
a peasant from China's countryside.
He is from a valley,
whose geology most certainly
is be composed of silicon.
This Elder has worked
his whole life, to be able
to immigrate to California.
Here, now, today,
He stands proudly before us,
on his own two feet,
a man of his own unmaking
a man of his own remaking.
A life fully storied from the making.
As his own man, independent,
pouring out, to us, the benefit of his life experience.
Encased within the dignity
of his self assurance,
patient and steady
at the side of our table,
he answers our friend's eternal questions ...
"It is better to be wrong than right,
because if you are wrong
then you rightly learn something."
The Elder waiting on us,
refills our teacups,
then kindly and patiently
guides us through his suggestion ...
"By practicing consideration,
the consideration of the probability
of being wrong,
your world is opened up
to any and all kind of potential.
Practice the art of consideration.
Consider being wrong,
then any possibility can be considered.
Consider being wrong,
then consider anything is possible."
~~ Other People's Fingerprints ~~
Sometime after 1485 Veronica Gambara wrote;
“War is waged so fiercely that reason swiftly takes her leave.”