June 27, 2023 – A

Human beings are good for laughter,
playfulness,
poetry,
music
and art.

War,
violence
and sex trafficking...

I'm sure the natural world
would be better off without us,
but here we are,
and the trick is to 
make the best of it--
not in terms of what 
we get out of it,
but in terms of what 
we add to it,
living in ways 
that make things 
better than they 
would be without us.

Living in ways that make
each day better
than it would be without us.

Taking care of our business
in ways that bring 
the light to life
in the world
of the same old same old.

Being a source of life,
and joy,
and peace.

Every day.

This is enlightenment.
Living in ways 
that make the world
a better place
than it would be
without us in it.

It begins 
with being where we are,
seeing what we look at,
and doing what needs
to be done about it,
in response to it.

We are witnesses
invested in the role
of seeing/doing 
truthfully,
rightfully,
for no reason other
than the importance--
the essential Mustness--
of seeing/doing
truthfully,
rightfully.

Jacob Bronowski said,
"If you want to know the truth,
you have to live in certain ways."
We have to live truthfully--
not kidding ourselves,
not deceiving ourselves,
being who we are,
doing what is ours to do,
anyway,
nevertheless, 
even so.

Because it is who we are.

That is all it takes
to be what is needed
here/now
in each situation as it arises,
all our life long.

Just seeing.
Just doing.
In response to what's what.
The way it ought to be seen/done.
Here/now.
No kidding. 

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