I just want what Buddha had

I just want what Buddha had
A nice, hot, mom, and a rich ass dad
and something that’s missing and hurting real bad

I just want to do what Buddha did
To sit by a tree till the truth is unhid
To take a cool raft to the other shore
Then tell the cool raft I don’t need you no more

I’m [...]

June 13th, 2009 | Category: Economic Systems, Human Identity, Living Earth, Morals-Ethics, Poems | Leave a comment

Of Plants and People

In my mid to late 20

January 26th, 2008 | Category: Change Advocacy, Depth Politics, Economic Systems, Human Identity, Living Earth, Personal Sustainability | 3 comments

Livability, not sustainability, should be our goal

Thinking in terms of sustainability is better than not taking the impact of our actions on our environment seriously, but I think there is a subtle and important fault in looking at the relationship this way. Having grown up in an industrial capitalist economy, most of us unconsciously accept

December 24th, 2007 | Category: Change Advocacy, Economic Systems, Living Earth | 2 comments

Love, an Organizing Principal for Human Systems

My original idea of how to define Love as an organizing principal for human systems was formed like this; Love = consciousness of mutually beneficial exchange across semi-permeable boundaries. I thought that would be a good systems oriented working definition.

Now I want to change the systems definition of Love to; Love = Consciousness of existing [...]

August 28th, 2007 | Category: Change Advocacy, Economic Systems, Living Earth, Political Commentary | Leave a comment

As if We Live Only in a Social Hierarchy

When I watch the world around me, particularly the activity of commerce, employment, consumption, marketing, and communications media, it appears as if human life is almost exclusively the life of social relationship and position within our many social systems. Where do you rank in sexual attractiveness, in earning power, in political influence, in popularity, in [...]

August 28th, 2007 | Category: Economic Systems, Human Identity, Living Earth | Leave a comment