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I just want what Buddha had

bobguyer — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:30:59 +0000

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 [...]

Of Plants and People

bobguyer — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 19:51:33 +0000

In my mid to late 20

Livability, not sustainability, should be our goal

bobguyer — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 16:39:34 +0000

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

Love, an Organizing Principal for Human Systems

bobguyer — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:41:30 +0000

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 [...]

As if We Live Only in a Social Hierarchy

bobguyer — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:45:59 +0000

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 [...]