Hi I'm BOB &I'mselfish. I constantlyharm myself &those closetome
by succumingtomydesires &defending the self I think I am.
When I was twelve I left my asphaltplayground of summervacationbliss
to bike to our local library to findout what "Cogito ergo sum" meant
&who Descartes was. I was searching for somecontrast tomy Lutheranupbringing.
It wasthen that I set mylife'sgoals tolearn what the "rightlife" is &train toliveit.
Absurdlypresumptuous & in a sense sad because it's an intellectualaspiration
that resulted in stunted social interactions.
Overtheyears I'veassembled a puzzle picturing myproposed "rightlife".
It suggests that corememories are my self &that self is thesource of mysuffering.
Lackingconviction topretend mystory tobe nonfiction I offer mypuzzle in poeticform
hopingyou can use a fewpieces in yourpuzzle.
I share with humility&apprehension dancingmylanguagedance
asif noone isreading.
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OfAll IAm
Beingall Iam neverwishing will
a being seeminglyborn toacquire
challengedbydesire trainingself tostill.
Separation beingsuffering'schill
runningtoyou seekingwarmth fromyourfire.
Beingall Iam neverwishing will.
Havingcounted allnumbers uptonil
havingseen stainedglass havingheard churchchoir
challengedbydesire trainingself tostill.
Exhaustingwant havinglived for eachthrill
needingtorestrain as I finallytire.
Beingall Iam neverwishing will.
Fishingmylife havingbecome lakegill.
Rowingmykayak until I perspire.
Challengedbydesire trainingself tostill.
Blossoming as winterspring'sdaffodil
neverfoundagain lostintransform'sgyre
becominglessI neverwishing will
challengedbydesire havingtrained towardstill.
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Whyhasit takensolong for me to completemypuzzle?
Whydid I needtosuffer somuch alongtheway?
Eachthought a wish
a hope a dream a risk
thatwhat I choosetosense
canbefashioned into a
wellfittingsuit
coveringmy nakedembarassment
forbeingalone
inaworld oflove.
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WhoAmI?
Who am I &how sever ismy sociopathy? Mondays stillintrude on myweekends.
I still catchmyself enjoyingdifficulties
Myparents were nonloving butnot hateful. ofthose I judge.
Mymother misunderstood duty aslove. I speak justonelanguage.
Shesuffered hermother. I'velived in justoneculture.
I have faintknowledge of the
Myfather sufferedhisfather Bible Shakespeare or Greekmythology.
in bipolaranxiety&alcoholism. I eat somemeat. I wear someleather.
I fish (catch&release ofcourse).
I drag what'sleft oftheircorpses withme.
Forever itseems. I train witheachbreath
tostill the exquisitesound
Iwas twenty before I reallysmiled. ofmyownvoice yet I runmymouth.
Iwas thirty before I couldsay "I love you"
but to only oneperson for many years. Pleasedon'texpectmuch.
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Structure
Divinity/SuperNatural Duality/SupraNatural
- BeforeCrossOfSelf (b+) - - OnCrossOfSelf (+) -
Mywanderingbegan withintherealm For mynext twentyyears I wandered within
of the SuperNatural havingbeenurtured therealm of the SupraNatural thinking Reason
within the LutheranChurch. mightleadme tomy rightlife.
I beganassembling a starterpuzzle Thatpuzzle provedprovocative but ultimately
during myfirst twelveyears. also failedtosatisfy.
It failedtosatisfy.
In Glossary - 2 I offer somevocabulary
I setaside thatpuzzle longago &Poems fromthat longjourney through
but in Glossary - 1 offer ourculture's hiddeninplainsight challenge.
somevocabulary&Poems
of that downsideupbeginning
ofmystruggle with selfishness.
SimplyNatural ElementalBeing
-BeyondCrossOfSelf (+b) -
From thirtytwo to seventytwo I worked as hard discardingpieces
as assemblingthem. I had noidea how intellectuallyembedded
wasmynotion of a bindingprinciple inouruniverse (soul/spirit...) with "mind"
being its finalmanifestation for me.
Onlyafter I began at thebeginning withjust stardust&gravity
&workdemywaythrough eonsofevolution could I completely
discard Divinity &then Duality asmy mapofreality
utterlylettingo both SuperNatural & SupraNatural being.
I wasleft with SimplyNatural ElementalBeing within a
random&hopeless universe in which the cellularorigin
of myselfishness is basicsurvival forwhichmemory is necessary.
But memories ofmybehaviors reinforcedbyothers leadto a secondaryreality
manifesting as a selfconciousness seducing me fromliving in thisnow.
That secondaryreality offers the safety&comfort of living in dreams&memories (dreamories)
but separatesme fromothers causingthepain of lonliness &preventing the fellowship&intimacy
called "love".
I needed to understand mybehaviors entwinedwithin
biologicalcomplexity &lost within my socialmilieu all while
sloshingthrough a synapticswamp of neuraltransmitters.
I finallylearned thatheroot of myselfishess is fulfillingdesires
&defending my self. That fledglingunderstanding involves
psychological&socialdepths I'mstill plumbing.
I alsolearned thathe symptoms of myselfishness are often
counterintuitive subtle &startling &that treatment toward
lessening myselfishness&suffering
is everymomentraining.
Glossary - 3 mayhelp withunderstanding
COST & ElementalBeing.
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InSummary
Iam a smidgen of stardust&gravity trappedwithin a semipermeablemembrane.
Myseparation is manifested in selfconsciousness. The separation leavesme lonely.
What is self? Can I prevent it?
Corememories ofmy No.
physical&social Can I cure it?
survivalbehaviors. No.
Wheredidit comefrom? Can I treat it?
Fiftythousandyears Yes withpatient
ofevolution & myfirst introspection
fiveyears (mostly) &training to
postfertilization. everymoment
Whatare its primarysymptoms? awareness.
Desiring&defending.
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Links
Cost of Self are poems of my mostcomplete puzzle todate.
Glossaries - 1/2/3 are discursivediatribes definingvocabulary in a form that
fits mypuzzle. There are poems following each dip into duality.
RipplingStill are poems not specificallyaimed at
myproblem withselfishness.
They'resimply for entertainment.
Haiku &my bestattempts at **Humor**
are scatteredthroughout.
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CreditDue CreditToo
Mypuzzle maynever havetakenshape without Lookingback I realize that I mustpay
my sinequanon specialhomage to a singlestar within
my constant realitycheck the constellation of myteachers.
my firstlove &primaryteacher (beforeKaren&Hank)
the beautifulsport of basketball. "Apparently the brain cannot
or does not differentiate between
From selfish playgroundball (b+) intelligent protection of the organism
to selfconscious chalktalkball (+) and protection of the accumulated
to the fluidgrace of trained lesselfplay (+b) memories of oneself.
mypuzzle hasbeen informedby
&infusedwith that danceoflife. It mobilizes to protect memories
just as it does to protect the body
Thankstobasketball I'velived from physical harm."
a completelifespan (ofsorts)
from fourteen to thirty yearsold. Toni Packer
The Work Of This Moment
Sadly mybody'swisdom whilemastering
thatsport didn't transfer tomy hardhead.
I continue sufferingselfishess
tothis veryday.
AllCredit ToTheseTwo
What am I owing
in my incessant taking?
At longlast sharing.
Karen&Hank
helpingmeforget
mydebt.
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If I weretojudge
I'dbe outside looking in
&itscold out there.
Karen&Hank
keepingmewarm.
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