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2019, 6*, acceptance, career, change, CPD, identity, measure, music, Pink Floyd, principle, reputation, system, teaching, wind
c’mon – keep up
I was a teacher
I was sometimes
very good, I cut edges;
things changed,
(they’d never
quite coalesced)
I stuck to
principle, fatal
to behold,
couldn’t shimmy
with the wind (there
was never a wall
that created the
draft) I was
still, sometimes,
very good,
but things just
changed –
~ O —
wazzat I hear,
music, far away,
can’t make it out:
“I don’t need no reputation
I don’t need no CPD
no starkly standards by which to measure
system leave them selfs alone … … …
hey, system, leave yourself alone …
all in all I’m just another brick in the wall”
from Bodhisattvacharyavatara, VI, 90-93: [90] And as for praise and fame and status, these will not necessarily affect my life at all; they will not bring me virtue or recognition, they will not extend my life-span or give me strength or free me from sickness or even make me feel good. [91] If I truly knew what was of benefit and import to my life, what value would I hold in pursuing such things? If all I want is some nominal, transient mental entertainment, perhaps I should just indulgently devote myself to gaming and getting high and such. [92] And yet if, in pursuit of fame, I squander everything I have or even get myself killed for some point of honour, of what use would be the mere sound of words to anyone? Once I am dead, to whom, of all the people I knew, would they bring satisfaction? Can you eat words as if they were flesh? When I am dead, what comes of my honour? [93] When their mud-houses (and sand-castles) collapse, children spontaneously burst out crying in despair and anguish; and, likewise, when my approbation and renown dry up, my own mind reacts just like a silly child.
————w(O)rmholes________________________________|—–
acceptance wormhole: the mantra of Maitreya
career & change wormhole: Renunciation
identity wormhole: looking for the right exit
music wormhole: there will be ovations
teaching wormhole: my uncomfortable life
wind wormhole: the old man;
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