I have thought often how it was possible that scores of German soldiers – people, all of them – could take such an active part in mass killings and torture of the Holocaust. It might be that some power was driving the war for its own political reasons, but how could such a thing be …
Category: Philosophy
Swirl
I swirl I flow among these bodies of the so-called truth. I push some, I sink some and raise others. And the people Readjust And the bodies, their bodies of truth Turn paramount once again. I hold I hold up these people and their masses of reality I warm them, assure them To nestle …
Resume
Vignettes of an old puja are embedded in me. I feel it now, when it has arrived again and I’m listening to the songs that were released around that time. That cheap blue hair gel, that girl. People keep telling me to just throw it all away for ever from inside me, and I know too that it …
The Vapour
There are little unseen tendrils of vapour around you. Yes, now. Look around. No, I didn’t say you’d be able to see them. But they are there. They coil slowly heavenward and return with the rains. They crawl over the wet rocks, float low over the breathing grass after the rain, slip down beaver holes …
Mind & Matter
It would be pretty weird if there were no purpose in all this. Think: we are now decoding the mysteries of life and evolution, and wondering about these questions. Could we be mere interaction of particles then? Even if we were, why in the first place do we view particles and their interactions as something …