b75 (1/21/2015): momentary pleasures

momentary pleasures
by p. l. easure

alternative title: demons vs. Angels

momentary pleasures
long and lasting pain
one lasts for a moment; the other (now/again)
one leads to the other, but you’re never sure (which way?)
momentary pleasures are the things we seek (today)
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• every living thing strives to experience one thing, and one thing only… during every, single moment of its life: the experience of pleasure. 

• at times, the experience of pleasure is experienced as (even the slightest) movement away from pain. 

• there is no doubt that certain (momentary) pleasures can lead to (what feels like) everlasting pain.  ((one example: chocolate orgasm martinis > unwanted weight gain)). 

• but isn’t it possible that a pain-full experience could lead to the desire for something more pleasurable?  doesn’t the flu result in the desire to simply be absent of symptoms? 

• is it possible that the pain-pleasure cycle is akin to the inspiration-expiration cycle – the union of opposites that (obviously) is the basic necessity for life itself? 

• does every, living thing calculate the cost-benefit analysis of the pleasure-pain cycle, and does every, living thing make a calculated choice (in each now moment) that weighs the experience of now pleasure against the potential of (future) pain? 

• if so… isn’t every living thing experiencing its highest possible sense of wellness, in every, single, solitary moment?  isn’t it possible that every, single, living thing is (relatively speaking) Bliss? 

• if the Uni-Verse (One-ness, God, the Absolute, the Is, etc.) is in-deed Love… doesn’t it make sense that Love would experience Her-self by experiencing that which She is not? 

• is your most feared enemy, in Reality, your most wanted Angel? 

-the beginning J
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[1] martino, j. (1.21-1.15). momentary pleasures. book 75: lost & found. © 2015 by joal martino. 

b75 (1/17/2015): incandescent guru

incandescent guru [1]
by gee u. r. you

incandescent guru
walking down the way
talking about what it is that we should do (or say)
taking in the admiration of disciples, now
incandescent guru: he’s the hope, the way, the tao
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• if it is (really) true that (in order to progress along the path) one needs a guru, then who was the guru to the first guru? 

• somewhere along the line, we assign magical, mystical powers to extra-ordinary people, and the aura gives them the impetus to inspire and to change lives. 

• the problem occurs when we see them in their true light: when they are frustrated, egoic, anxious, aging, sick.  when the guru is exposed, it is not he who has changed, but we – the perspectives that placed him up on the pedestal in the first place. 

• the benefit of being an invisible god is that you can’t get caught with your pants down. 

• from deepak choprah, to the pope, to the dalai lama, to the latest sports hero… human beings have flaws. 

• maybe the key is to see beyond those flaws… the way that new lovers see beyond. 

• but is this reality? 

• but does it need to be?

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gee, you are you (GURU!)!

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[1] martino , j . (1.17-2.15). incandescent guru. book 75: lost & found. © 2015 by joal martino.

b75 (1.15.2015): meditation or medication?

the choice is (literally) ...y/ours.

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* pencil drawing "prayer posture" from the yoga series by joal martino. 

* pictures by microsoft clipart.
* not in a book... since the pictures are not mine.

-composed during the expression of book 75: lost & found. 

b75 (1/9/2015): i beat you

i beat you [1]
by sel f. esteem
 
the cowboys beat the redskins
the angels beat the whores
it doesn’t make me better (just because my team beat yours)
 
chess, cricket, spring olympics, honeymoon (or crew)
it doesn’t make me better (when i claim that i beat you)
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• in sports, politics and war… there will always be strap-hangers who feel that, just “because mine beat yours, i’m better than you.” 

• on planet earth, whole towns/cities/states and nations can suffer dramatic changes in self-esteem because of a ‘win’ or a ‘loss.’ 

• but what if it’s just a myth?  what if “i beat you” simply means that “i’m an a--hole”? 

• when my very sense of self-worth can be affected by the results of a handful of 19-year olds, playing (a game) with a ball -- then my sense of self-worth needs a major reality check. 

• if my team beats yours (or vice-versa) is says nothing about who is better than who.  even if i beat you, right now, that doesn’t mean that i am better than you. 

• in fact, why do we want to be ‘better’ than anyone else?  who came down (from on-high) with those directions? 

• instead of ‘being better,’ why not just ‘Be’? 

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martino, j. (1.9-1.15). i beat you. book 75: lost & found. © 2015 by joal martino. 

b75 (1/3/2015): lost & found

lost & found [1]
by i. m. lost
 
stumble round the house… with nothing left to do
fifty-six years old (i’m told) and wondering “what’s new?”
glass of wine in hand (it seems there’s lots of that around)
feels as though (i’m lost) of course, just hoping to be found
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• there are times, after trips and connections and holidays and experiences…

 

• …when i contemplate the big picture: death, afterlife, Be-ing, the Uni-verse, etc.

 

• there are a million things that i could/should do, but i find myself (here), writing to you, as if you could hear me (now), or care (then), when.

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[1] martino, j. (1.3-1.15). lost & found. book 75: lost & found. © 2015 by wellnesseducation.us