Tag Archives: Existence

Self Awareness Penned In Resurrection

Posted on December 23, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Self Awareness Penned In Resurrectionby Michael DoyleA dull cubicle’s existence jabsLeaving the feel of bruising hopelessnessPondering the future’s uncertaintyLife’s lemons squeezed with a twist of darknessIt’s an endlessly looped sense of stuckTrapped inside a mental simulationWith crushing inertia’s dominant luckSetting … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: I Am Grateful For What I Am and Have. My Thanksgiving Is Perpetual.

Posted on November 25, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite – only a sense of existence. Well, anything for variety. I am ready to try this … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Segregation of the Spiritual Life From the Practical Life Is A Curse That Falls Impartially Upon Both Sides of Our Existence

Posted on November 24, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The segregation of the spiritual life from the practical life is a curse that falls impartially upon both sides of our existence.” – Lewis Mumford, in Faith for the Living “

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Reflections On Dorian Gray VI: Tethered Leashes

Posted on October 25, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Reflections On Dorian Gray VI: Tethered Leashesby Michael DoyleA slit-throat bloodied scarf knows its sacrilegeAs Dorian’s portrait holds his stains like privilegeHiding what’s done in the waters by the river bankIt offers little good to say about position and rankUntil … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Welfare’s Purpose Should Be To Eliminate, As Far As Possible, the Need For Its Own Existence

Posted on May 18, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Welfare’s purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.” – Ronald Reagan

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First Principles: The General Principles On Which the Fathers Achieved Independence Were the General Principles of Christianity

Posted on December 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity. I will avow that I then believed, and now believe, that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and … Continue reading →

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In Our Persistence

Posted on July 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A fascinating presentation on cognition and how we’re all allegedly living in some sort of a shared hallucination that we call reality, led to this… In Our Persistence by Michael Doyle As I sit there listening My neurons sparkling and … Continue reading →

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Nervous Man In A Four Dollar Room

Posted on February 3, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Nervous Man In A Four Dollar Room by Michael Romani Jackie Rhoades stumbles into age thirty four Like a blemished dot behind the cheap hotel’s door While some men leave a mark of fragmentary existence All Jackie has are traces … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Time Is A Fluid Condition

Posted on September 26, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Time is a fluid condition which has no existence except in the momentary avatars of individual people. There is no such thing as was — only is. If was existed, there would be no grief or sorrow. I like to … Continue reading →

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WordPress – #Weekly Photo Challenge – Texture

Posted on August 2, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Existence In Balance – Cyclical Spin Vortex

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