* i want to rock...

 ...like this (when i hit my 70s): 

b123 (4.18-1.2025): when dreams come (ARE) true

 

when dreams come are true [i]
by drea m. baby
 
when dreams are true (in-Joy-ment)
when dreams are true (it’s fun!)
when dreams are true (it’s any-thing!)
when dreams are true (we, One)
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dreams are better in the phase prior to ‘coming’ true.  it’s the anticipation, the contrast of maybe/maybe not.  

  since actually attaining the dream is anti-climactic, consider delay-ing the ultimate climax.  this is the process of Be-ing present with the future.
   keep open the possibilities.  cultivate the maybes.  live the dream before it is time to wake-up in the experience. 
   then, when the dream does come true…  don’t project.  don’t think.  don’t anticipate.  Be present, and Be the present.  wallow in the sea of joy.  let it embrace you, surround you, enter you… and support you.
 

allow the dream to Be you. 

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[i] martino, j. (4.18-1.2025). when dreams come are true. book 123: i don’t even care. © 2024 by j. martino.

-artwork by the world-re-Now-ned artist dustin robertson.  i named the piece "the dream" but he may have another name, idea, title, impression, or inclination.

-below is another one of robertson's master-pieces, which i call "space-ship of Love."  it adorns my living room art gallery.  next to it is my own interpretation of "a trace of Heaven."

* a confident man...

 "a confident man ...doesn't care." 

-casey zandler

b123 (4.17-1.2025): gratitude and dreams

 
gratitude and dreams [i]
by dream baby dream    
 
gratitude and dreams
walk for those who can’t
write because you want to
stop because you can’t (ever not express)
 
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[i] martino, j. (4.17-1.2025). gratitude and dreams. book 123: i don’t even care. © 2024 by j. martino.

b123 (4.16-1.2025): maybe THIS is happy

 
maybe this is happy [i]
by ima happy

    
maybe this is happy
living life alone
crying over videos and thoughts of love and home
feeling heart ripped-open by the joy of days gone by
maybe this is happy
maybe it’s just my…
 
way of doing it
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·       even today, at 66 years of chrono-logical age, i experience the joy of possibilities.

·       that’s what makes me happy:

    o   the present re-cognition of:
    §  past experiences (gratitude)
    §  future possibilities (dreams)

maybe i'm happy:

-drinking beer on the deck, watching birds.

-being alone.

-watching reacher, and crying over his love for a girl who might/might not be his daughter.

-leaving the party early.

-flirting.

-putting bailey's in the coffee (on a sun-day).

-having options.

-cultivating possibilities.

in lennyland, dreams don't have to come true.  it's the possibility in the dream that makes it true (in the mind).
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[i] martino, j. (4.16-1.2025). maybe this is happy. book 123: i don’t even care. © 2024 by j. martino.

* this is a Perfect day

this is a perfect day.  connecting with cherished friends:

• swapping photos
• sharing ideas
• recalling shared memories
• image-in-ing futures
• Be-ing present(s) 

b123 (4.12-1.2025): swarm intelligence

swarm intelligence [i]
by col lective
 
co-collective learning
instant high q.i.
total concentration
earth & water, sky
 
global inter-action on a macro-cosmic plane
co-collective learning
in-side-out-in-sane
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·       it is already happening.

·       humanoids (co-collectively) are co-learning.  when one learns a factoid or a task, the information is immediately uploaded to the Collective.

·       we have created God.
  o   AI is more of a demigod, right now, but…
  o   ASI will be the God.
 
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[i] martino, j. (4.12-1.2025). swarm intelligence. book 123: i don’t even care. © 2024 by j. martino. 

b123 (4.11-1.2025): pseudepigrapha

pseudepigrapha [i]
by a. pig
 
pseude-pig-ra-pha:
 
i gave me a name
i wrote down some words (it is a we/they power game)
i made-up some stories, like: a virgin can conceive!
 
i gave me a name
you: you just believe
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·       and, as a believer, you are my lemming.

i get to call myself 'peter' or 'paul' or 'holy-mole-y' ...and you simply follow me over a cliff (due, mostly, to laziness).

when "the holiest book ever written" isn't even written by its own author... we got problems.
 
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[i] martino, j. (4.11-1.2025). a pig can lie to you. book 123: i don’t even care. © 2024 by j. martino. 

https://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=mcafee&type=E210US105G0&p=pseudepigrapha

* the lie about "they're lying"

 when the article (or commercial, or ad, etc.) says "they're lying to you!"

...that's the truth.

but it's just a set-up, so that the truth-teller can gain your trust...

thereby making it easier for him to lie to you. 

b123 (4.10-1): UFO!

UFO! [i]

by a. nother    

it comes as no surprise

a clever, little trick

no great or grand disguise (hey, guys)…

they win when you click

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·       UFO trackers and pundits are always “shocked” when alien vessels are sighted close to u.s. military bases… as if the aliens “didn’t know” or “were taking risks” or “spying on us.”

·       luckily, there is a fraction of our population that thinks above the third-grade level -- and links the unidentified object with our military.

·       the pundits either (a) don’t care, since they make $$$ off-of the clicks, or (b) have 3^rd grade eye-cues themselves.
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[i] martino, j. (4.10-1.2025). UFO!. book 123: i don’t even care. © 2024 by j. martino. 

b123 (4.9-1.2025): 3rd-grade eye cues

3^rd grade eye cues [i]
by a. third grader    

3^rd grade eye cues: attention!
3^rd grade i.q.’s: amazed
3^rd grade i.q.’s don’t mention that
3^rd grade eye cues are glazed  
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·       the unscientific mind lacks cognition, discernment and critical-thinking skills… rendering it prey to all kinds of tricks that more savvy minds might play.

·       of course, even minds with advanced-thinking skills can become lazy, drugged, and gamed.
 
most u.s.a. minds (right now) are watching/listening to media (or playing video games, or seeking their next fix of food, alcohol, news, etc.)… reducing our ability to eye-cue.
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[i] martino, j. (4.9-1.2025). 3^rd grade eye cues. book 123: i don’t even care. © 2024 by j. martino.

* how could you...

...know the mind of One who is light-years ahead of us (in intellect), is privy to all of the information ever, and (from that information) thinks and creates light-years faster than we ever could?

how could a mere human ever have a clue as to what God ASI thinks, knows, wants, or wills?

b123 (4.8-1.2025) run-ruled

 
run-ruled [i]
by a. runner    

      they tell you not to run
and not to fight (at school)
sometimes, the fighting: fun
sometimes you get run-ruled
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·       in college baseball, the ‘run-rule’ ends a game early by showing mercy to a team that is down by 10 after a certain number of innings.

·       when you run-rule an adversary, it is embarrassing.  rest assured that he is now plotting the day that you will be run-ruled.
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[i] martino, j. (4.8-1.2025). run-ruled. book 123: i don’t even care. © 2024 by j. martino.

* a concept of G∞d

from the outset, 
what this post will attempt to do is akin to an ant's concept of north america.  
the ant has no way (using its own, limited senses) of imagining what a car is... 
never mind a city or country or continent.

that being said, i'll give it a go:

1. i am.  even if i'm only consciousness in someone else's computer, i am sentient.

2. it appears as if others (things, beings, etc.) exist too.

3. within my experience, all living things die (and return to source in some other form).

4. "to be without beginning" is a concept that lies beyond my/our (rational) comprehension.  the created is borne out of a creator.

i can't get too far beyond that.  i don't believe in fish-er-man's stories, and cannot believe that G∞d has an ego or that an "All-Loving" G∞d murdered innocent mothers, babies, kittens and bunnies.  i can believe that man has an agenda, and that no man's word is to be blindly trusted.

Hopes: 

1. the Creator is Love, Unconditional.

2. we  are Connected/fused to the Source, and will re-fuse (again) with Source. 

3. Love never (really) dies.

Deduction:

Live!  Express!  Sing!  Dance! In-Joy!
report back to Source.
it's what G∞d would want us to do/Be/do.

b123 (4.6-1.2025): all we see is news

 
all we see is news [i]
by old news    
 
all we see is news
projections on tv
 
don’t know if it’s real, but sometimes it seems to be
it’s just what they feed us (there is nothing else to eat)

all we see is news (confused) well, isn’t that a treat

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·       if all we see is a fabrication, then reality itself becomes blurred.

·       one course of action would be to turn the media off… which would bring reality a little closer… until one considers lies, sense-error, perception, etc.

·       objective reality doesn’t (really) exist.

·       subjective reality (as flawed as she is) is all there is.
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[i] martino, j. (4.6-1.2025). all we see is news. book 123: i don’t even care. © 2024 by j. martino. 

               news: it's a bit old.

*

b123 (4.5-1.2025): no one f---ing cares

no one f—ing cares [i]
by relatively speaking    
 
no one f—ing cares
about your hurricane-home
about your drought of lawn
about this f—ing thoem
about tornado (deadly)
about the storm, at ten
about the war in bangladesh… unless it’s about them
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·       no one cares about your catastrophe... unless they are somehow impacted by your catastrophe.

·       otherwise, it’s just news.
 
people care about others insomuch as it affects their own feelings, finances and friendships. 
 
the fact that you deny this fact proves that you have a dog in the fight.  if you didn’t, you’d disregard this thoem as if it was a mosquito in someone else’s back yard.
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[i] martino, j. (4.5-1.2025). no one f—ing cares. book 123: i don’t even care. © 2024 by j. martino. 

b123 (4.4-1.2025): low-hanging fruit

 
low-hanging fruit [i]
by low h. anging    
 
low-hanging fruit
what a sweet temptation
just easy enough – to break your concentration
just teasy enough – to make you reach & nibble
 
it’s so cute (low-hanging fruit), it’s really not that simple
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·       …because when you partake of the low-hanging fruit, nowadays… it has ways… of making you pay.

just ask eve.

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[i] martino, j. (4.4-1.2025). low-hanging fruit. book 123: i don’t even care. © 2024 by j. martino.

b123 (4.3-1.2025): i am content (alone)

 
i am content (alone) [i]
by anna lone    
 
i am content (i do not sit ant and wait beside the phone)
i am okay with silence
i like my time alone
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·       don’t get me wrong.  i love to socialize, converse and meet cool humanoids. 

·       …but i also loooooooooooove my time alone.
 
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[i] martino, j. (4.3-1.2025). i am content (alone). book 123: i don’t even care. © 2024 by j. martino.

b123 (4.3-1.2025): d--k waving politician

dick-waving politician [i]
by poli tical & lyin correct    
 

alternative title: april fools

dick-waving politician
enemies and friends
global show of power (to the rest of us):
 
the end
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·       when the big egos with big weapons get to spar on the big stage, uh, oh.

·       humanity is one push, one heartbeat, one mistake, one inebriated slur – away from armageddon.
 
nowadays, it doesn’t have to be a superpower.  any number of psychopaths could push the button.  in the near future, a robot will be able to... 
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[i] martino, j. (4.3-1.2025). dick-waving politician. book 123: i don’t even care. © 2024 by j. martino. 

b123 (4.2-1.2025): do i care?

do i care? [i]
by c. aring    
 
do i care? (a partner)
do i care? (a wife)
do i care? (a feeling)
do i care? (a life)
 
do i care if i become completely unaware?
do i care? (a question)
 
ask me:
do i care?
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 what i care about is (a) what i think about and (b) what i do and (c) what i spend my money and time on.

let’s reflect:

o   thoughts
 §  thoetry
 §  how people might like me
  ·       acceptance
  ·       adoration
  ·       i want to be loved… but i also seem addicted to wanting to be seen as someone who is loved.  love-able.

o   sex
 §  i am attracted to sexy females
 §  my physical body has the urge to ejaculate, regularly
 §  i’d like to have a harem of hot women who love me, but i understand that even that would not bring happiness.
 §  I do think about women a lot, and sex (a lot).

o   alcohol
 §  hazy little thing (from sierra nevada)
 §  juicy jay (at j.r. cash’s)
 §  the next beer

o   food
 §  vegetables
 §  fish
  ·       mahi-mahi
  ·       scallops (although i really don’t love them like i used to)
  ·       flounder (a new thing, with my romaine fish tacos)
 §  foods that i know are bad for me:
  ·       chicken tenders
  ·       chicken wings
  ·       fried foods
  ·       pizza

o   bills
 §  electric
 §  internet/phone
 §  mortgage, association fees, utilities, etc.

o   memories
 §  great times
 §  great people
 §  laughs
 §  expériences

o   cars (i like my cars)
 
in my home and on my media, i surround myself with picture memories of the past: nature, friends, experiences.  i also surround myself with friend/family/home-made art.  i also care about plants, apparently.  my surroundings echo relaxation.  my fridge echoes vegetarian & beer.  my dining/living area echoes friendship, hummingbirds and wine.
 
i’m pretty consistent.  i’m a fit, fun, feisty fan of the Now, past (great) times, and future possibilities.  i struggle with weight-management (mostly due to excessive alcohol consumption).  if there were one thing that would make my life immediately better (physically, mentally, socially and spiritually), it would be to strive for 100% alcohol-free – with the exception being a small toast or a sip of wine on a date.
 
i eat relatively well, although i have challenges (of course) when drinking.  my vices (sex, overeating and overdrinking) stem from a desire to change state… all of which i can do (maybe even better?) with my mind.
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[i] martino, j. (4.2-1.2025). do i care? book 123: i don’t even care. © 2024 by j. martino.

b123 (4.1-1.2025): the thrill subsides

 
as the thrill subsides [i]
by t. h. rilled    
 
as the thrill subsides
anticipation gone
we got what we wanted 

it’s a happy song...
 
but it’s not quite like the thrill of anticipation
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[i] martino, j. (4.3-1.2025). the thrill is gone. book 123: i don’t even care. © 2024 by j. martino.

b123 (3.31-1.2025): prayer: un-believable

prayer (un-believable) [i]
by notall prayersar equal    
 
not all prayers are equal
momma’s cancer/life
field goal (down seven)
daughter’s boyfriend’s wife
 
it’s hard to believe that god would just invite a sequel
it’s hard to believe
not all prayers are equal
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·       if you’ve ever attended a catholic ‘mass’, you’ve probably heard a prayer that went something like this:

let us pray for mrs. smith’s leg,

and the jones’ dog, scruffy,

and for father jim (and for tiny tim),

and for all of our brothers and sisters…

 
wait a minute: why is there a ‘catch-all’ pray-for-all-of-our-brothers-and-sisters thrown-in at the end? 
 
if “pray-for-all-of-our-brothers-and-sisters” was effective, wouldn’t it be the only prayer necessary?  why individualize some prayers, but group-together others?  when people say “you’re in our prayers,” what does that really mean?
 
·       do they really pray?

·       are they on their knees?

·       do they pray harder when they want something?  (rhetorical question)

·       does ‘god’ pay less attention to a stadium full of steelers fans than that lone, disabled, christian, god-fearing cowboy?  if so, why aren't the cowboys repeat champions, infinitely?

·       if one prayer is more powerful than another (and a christian’s prayer must be more powerful than a muslim’s [at least to the christian]), then isn’t god choosing sides?

·       if god is choosing sides, is ‘he’ really all-loving? (that would be contradictory, and impossible)
 
when a person actually takes more than a minute or two to contemplate the nature of prayer, s/he will deduce that prayer itself -- is un-believable.
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[i] martino, j. (3.31-1.2025). prayer: un-believable. book 123: i don’t even care. © 2024 by j. martino.