Poemranker [Replying] Thu Nov 21 14:46:07 PST 2024

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I observe a mind with facets watch its anger swell and dwindle see its joy flap high, then flounder inhale a smile while passions kindle Detached and free to lend critique I watch an actor come of age capture each new scene in wonder canât wait to turn the page Through all, I do not tamper play moralist or God for that would cut my pleasure and make this poem a wad

-=Dark_Angel=-, P.I.

11-Dec-05/1:35 PM

You're talking a load of bollocks. I doubt you've even thought deeply enough about "serene acceptance" to treat it as anything other than a cosy way looking at life. It was only when I pointed out its moral bankruptcy that you had to start spouting things like, "No I actually look at myself without judgment in phase 1, then I look at myself with judgement in phase 2." Well good for you. I look at myself WITH judgement in ALL phases, which is why I've achieved a greater degree of moral excellence than you. The whole "acceptance" exercise is an abdication designed to make you feel better about yourself. "If I judge myself harshly, condemn or punish for imagined failings, I undermine contentment." Of course you undermine contentment. That's what punishment is all about.

You're right about one thing, though: many people have reached the same conclusion as you. They're called Cockneys, and if any of them could read, I'm sure they'd have whole shelves full of Gillian Stokes self-help claptrap.

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