African American: What a Meaningless Term

As I watch the presidential inauguration with mounting interest I just have to ask, what is the point in man’s obsession with labels? I mean I doubt Barack Obama would feel anywhere comfortable living here in Africa.. not that he should, but the point being that he is way more American than he’ll ever be African.

Now, take me for example.. I’m white and African (and damn proud of it too).. hmm, but nobody calls me European African now do they? It just sounds too bloody absurd. Now I was born and bred in Africa and [Read on...]

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Does the Soul Desire?

I find this a rather perplexing question. Ask any metaphysician today and they will most likely tell you that the universe is an illusion.. that the only real thing that exists is the soul or God and that we are the participants on an unending stage of cause and effect.

In the movies, frames are played back 24 times a second with a small pause in between each frame as they are changed out sequentially from one to the next. Of course our eyes do not perceive the small pauses in between due to the high frequency changes. This is, essentially, how the analogy goes.. and so it seems that, backed up by quantum physics  [Read on...]

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Meditation: Being vs Doing/Having/Thinking

06:00am.. the alarm clock tolls and wakey-wakeyness beckons. Of course it’s winter and your latitude on the globe says that it won’t really be light outside till about 08:00, but that doesn’t excuse you from work though, does it? The routine is set: shower, dress, eat, travel, work, eat, work, travel, eat, watch telly.. “hmm I have an hour before I’d like to hit the sack.. perhaps I’ll just watch some more telly”..sleep. Then, repeat 5x out of 7, perhaps 6 if you’re really dedicated to your work.

Come weekend and well there’s really so much that needs to be done.. things that you just don’t have the time to do during the week. Things that you prefer to do and things that you’ll [Read on...]

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disconnected

lost in separation
a caste carbon prisoner of time
drifting on the fringes of consciousness
that bliss i once knew now eludes me
total disillusionment wants me resurrected
i am disconnected, i feel disconnected

you could call me heaven
you could call me [Read on...]

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i am

i am a leaf in the wind
my home is neither here nor there
but everywhere
i come and go like temperemental snow
caught in the cycle
part of the whole
changing with the seasons
if you truly looked you would see
the life force that is me
guided by grace, moulded by intelligence
the journey is the mystery
and there i [Read on...]

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