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Monday, June 16, 2025

b124 (6.16-2.2025): dreaming dreaming-dreams

i’m dreaming (here) in seconds [i]

by ima dreamer

i’m dreaming, here (in seconds), an eternity it seems
in seconds i am dreaming, i am dreaming dreaming-dreams
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· have you ever dreamt that you were dreaming? let’s call that a ‘dreaming-dream’.

· i (it seems) can close my eyes and (within seconds) dream that i’m dreaming a dreaming-dream.

· it’s not a lucid-dream, per se… it’s more like dreaming that you are dreaming a lucid-dream (and then waking up into this Dream).

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[i] martino. j. (6.16-2.2025). dreaming dreaming-dreams. book 124: individuation. copyright 2024 by wellnesseducation.us

* written within the (Eternal?) Dream, after dreaming a dreaming-dream within that Dream.

* nickles & dimes

microsoft wants $$$, or it will delete my cloud storage (that i never asked for).

everybody (every $$$-making organization) wants to nickle & dime you just a little bit more & more & more... it's like waves on the beach.

b124 (6.16-1.2025): sights & sounds [& beers, oh my!]

sights & sounds
by soun d. sights

solar lights and hummingbirds (no need to whine) and beer
as i look around it seems those sights & sounds are here
solar lights (no drama/fights), a sip of beer (or wine)

come and play on my big deck:
the sights and sounds are fine*

*alternative endings:

the party ~~ends~~ at nine
the happy deck is mine
a way to pass the time
it must just be a sign
ahead or from behind
a place to be so kind
(a bit beyond their prime)
a kiss is not a crime
a grand attempt at rhyme
a grape upon the vine
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· In-Spired by a quiet little drink on the back deck… with the best of birds.
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martino, j. (6.16-1.2025). sounds & sights. book 124: individuation. © 2025 by wellnesseducation.us

Sunday, June 15, 2025

* pagans didn't know...

...that they were pagan.

when i was a kid, i was led to believe (by catholic followers) that 'pagans' were bad people -- akin to a 'race' of people or a 'country' -- akin to an organized group or religion.

truth is, there wasn't a religion called paganism. pagans were just people: rural (e.g. peasants) who believed in more than one god (e.g. the god of the sun, moon, river, etc.). virtually everybody was pagan.

'pagan' became a name-calling term, a bullying tactic, practiced by those who believed in only one god (the monotheists). once a monotheist decides upon his own 'right' (good, correct, etc., etc.) god, all others are condemned:

"if you don't think like me, to hell with you!"

the monotheists 'modified' and created their religions out of pagan beliefs, which were very much associated with the earth's cycles.

have you ever wondered why Jesus wasn't born on day 1 (january 1st) of year 'zero'?

uh... there isn't a year zero.

wouldn't that have made everything before Christ "B.C."?

-that's what i was taught.

if one were to do even the slightest bit of 3rd-grade research, one would discover how the bibles were really written, what we really know about the man Jesus, and how religions really came to be.

the term "divinely inspired" is a term made by men
who want you to think that what they preach is of the divine.

it's not rocket science.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paganism

* you might like yours black

alternative title: black & tan

you might like yours black, sometimes i might like mine frothy

you might want me back (but i want bailey's in the coffee)

b124 (6.15-1.2025): pre-tender

pre-tender
by a. pre tender

i ordered my steak ("pre-tender")
and then i disavowed
that this whole, dirty game (pre-rigged)
especially for the cow
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· humans might get a glimpse of this if/when we are being raised (inhumanely) as food – by an intelligence that is faaaaaaaaar Super-ior to us.

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martino, j. (6.15-1.2025). pre-tender. book 124: individuation. © 2025 by wellnesseducation.us

* i was never much good at goodbye

https://joalmartino.blogspot.com/2025/06/why-is-this-song-great.html

* lucky man

...but was he really?

Saturday, June 14, 2025

b124 (6.14-1.2025): God's entertainment channel

God’s entertainment channel
by enter aintment

God’s entertainment channel
tentacular prosthesis
sensor-sensing-senses
Buddha, Beatles, Jesus

ant (and damned mosquitos)
art and stream and tree
occasional mojitos
they and you and me
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· the relative (‘physical’) world... is God’s entertainment channel.

· sense-ors are we: particularized end-points of tentacular prostheses that are utilized for the channeling of that which is (virtually) physical.

some humans pre-tend to channel the Spiritual, but it is actually the other way around.
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martino, j. (6.14-1.2025). God’s entertainment channel. book 124: individuation. © 2025 by wellnesseducation.us

* more thoem ideas, inspired by God’s entertainment channel:
-the other way around (also a good title for a book)
-virtually physical
-tentacular prostheses
-chann e. l. ling
-end points

-pre tender

Friday, June 13, 2025

* she said: "tell me...

...are you a Christian, child, and i said: 'man i am tonight'."

-marc cohn, walking in memphis

b124 (6.13-1.2025): quick 6

quick 6
by joal poll

quick 6 (there might be more that might be getting in the mix)
there is no #1, so the top 5 are the quick 6
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·       you want her to be available.

·       you want to share experiences with her.

·       you want her to understand individuation, autonomy, confidentiality, variety, and inter-independence.

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*others receiving votes

guidelines:

there is no #1, until there's a #1
if/when there is a #1, there is no (active) poll.
only the top 10 make it to the playoffs.
while past performance counts, the most recent game has the most influence.
any #1 would have to recognize that (in the event of a bad season), the full poll would again be activated.

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martino, j. (6.13-1.2025). quick 6. book 124: individuation. © 2025 by wellnesseducation.us

Thursday, June 12, 2025

b124 (6.12-1.2025): it's all smoke & mirrors

it’s all smoke & mirrors
by s. moke & m. irrors

it’s all smoke & mirrors
the elders question why
the children don’t believe
they think it’s all a lie
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· of course, one of the first understandings of a child’s life is that of being lied to (to his/her face!) about “being good” so “santa will bring you presents.”

· adolescents watch as the loving “until death do us part” marriage ends in 'divorce' (or worse).

· teens expect politicians to lie, and (eventually, as adults) vote for the best liars.

· everyone knows that the ‘markdown’ was already overpriced.

· everyone knows that ‘virtual’ is the new reality.

· anyone who is paying attention learns that anyone with an agenda (including themselves) is apt to taint the truth.

· reporters create news… for the click.

· even our own senses lie. we hold our thumb up to a skyscraper -- and they are the same size. lightning strikes, and the instantaneous thunder isn’t heard until later.

advertisers?

gossip columnists?

used car salesmen?

heck, even the author of this thoem is using a pen name, and thoetry is a word that he made-up! even though he is human, you probably think he used AI for his writings (...which he did not).
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martino, j. (6.12-1.2025): it’s all smoke & mirrors. book 124: individuation. © 2025 by wellnesseducation.us

* fun fact: i'm publishing this to my blog on 6/1/2025 but delaying the 'date' to 6/12/2025! 😁