Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Sunday night
As Sunday winds down And darkness descends The weekend wraps up And the free time ends What tomorrow will bring Besides emails and phone calls We’ll see soon enough, thing is, it will go fast, after all That’s the nature of time As you get older and busier Time for hitting the sack Let it…
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Another Friday Night
Another Friday night in my life downtown, Good work week all done, time to wind down, The city at night below shimmers and glows, The Beatles’ Let it Be plays on the stereo, My cellphone beside me is silent so far, I’ve washed the dishes and vacuumed the floor I could go to bed but…
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Energy is never lost
The man’s mind meanders one morning. He thinks, as time ticks, my life’s hourglass is getting pretty small on the top half and, although I don’t believe in God, Jesus or Allah, There must be something, some meaning to this. The man’s soul sits silently behind the mind and softly whispers what the man needs…
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Be Clear
Be clear with yourself, first of all, Clean the clutter in your mind Sit down with pen and paper, be still Let the thoughts come, and you’ll find Smart and sharp insights will fill your soul’s cup of joy and align with the direction your inner man wants to go, and then you can design…
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You gotta be who you are
Life begins – a new soul or a soul’s return In a new shell for a short spell Vivid colour, senses splashed and dazzled Sounds abound, images formed and framed Myriad memories compiled and filed Social forces press in and push on the sensitive psyche Peer pressure pulls the pupil from parental power Be cool,…
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If you can choose to be you or someone else, what would you do?
Be you, not cool As a rule, be true To your soul You can’t control How people see you So do not pattern Your life after another And do not bother with a fad or fashion And do not party When you don’t want to You don’t need to drink To make people think That…
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One Man and his Sycophants
People want a strong leader It makes them feel better Greater than before, he’ll do it all Smooth voice sliding out lies He buys the minds of simple souls And absorbs the faith of religious folks The orange-haired monster grows and grows Malignant evil forward goes Foes become friends and friends foes Delighted dictators dance…
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