COST of Self
(CellularOriginSymptomsTreatment)
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 localibrary to findout what "Cogito ergo sum" meant
&who Descartes was. I was searching for somecontrast tomy Lutheranupbringing.
Itwasthen thatIset mylife'sgoals tolearn what the "rightlife" is &train toliveit.
Absurdlypresumptuous & inasense sad because it's a rather intellectualaspiration
&didn't luremeinto socialinteractions.
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 neverwishingwill
a being seeminglyborn toacquire
challengedbydesire trainingself tostill.
Separation beingsuffering'schill
runningtoyou seekingwarmth fromyourfire.
Beingall Iam neverwishingwill.
Havingcounted allnumbers uptonil
havingseen stainedglass havingheard churchchoir
challengedbydesire trainingself tostill.
Exhaustingwant havinglived for eachthrill
needingtorestrain as I finallytire.
Beingall Iam neverwishingwill.
Fishingmylife havingbecome lakegill
rowingmykayak until I perspire.
Challengedbydesire trainingself tostill.
Blossoming as winterspring'sdaffodil
neverfoundagain lostintransform'sgyre
becominglessI neverwishingwill
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
coveringmynakedembarassment
forbeingalone
inaworld oflove
whilethinking love a Sundaymorning
goingtochurch dressupaffair
with starknudity unbecoming
thus needing a suitofarmor
against ElementalBeing.
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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 assembled that 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.
Reality/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 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 whichasbeencontorted
byourculture into a labyrinth of socialinteractions.
I needed to understand mybehaviors bundledwithin
biologicalcomplexity &lost within our socialmilieu all while
sloshingthrough a synapticswamp of psychoactivechemicals.
I finallylearned thatheroot of myselfishess is fulfillingdesire
&defending my self. My 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&sun 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 in
postfertilization. everymoment
Whatare its primarysymptoms? awareness.
Desiring&defending.
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Links
Cost of Self arepoems ofmy mostcompletepuzzle todate.
Glossaries - 1/2/3 are discursivediatribes definingvocabulary in a form that
fits mypuzzle. There are poems following each dip intoduality.
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
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
Karen&Hank
helpingmeforget
mydebt.
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