Peripheral Madness
by suzie via reg - Inverse Times Friday, May 17 2019, 11:05pm
international / poetry / post

there they are
torn between conflicting beliefs
this god or that,
this political ideology or that;
binary oppositions abound
but few look past the taught and inculcated

this game has no resolution, it was never
meant to be resolved,
notwithstanding that binary oppositions
clearly remain in conflict as they are bound eternally
in opposition therefore are mutually dependent
“but for the notion of good, there would be no evil,”
you see? [thank you Lao]

surely it is better to question the original underlying notion/concept,
for example, God

you would soon realise who created 'God/s'
in order to enslave, blind and bind believers
and lock them in opposition, which God?
mine is the 'real' God though both were invented/created
by men, infantile games in adult minds;

or socialism is preferred to capitalism though both are destructive
belief systems/ideologies, proven historically and daily,
the core is always rotten,

which taught or learned system is better? 'mine' of course
the arguments of children that adults engage, but to what end?
division and management by those that teach and herd,
which minority only believe in their rule and whatever it takes
to maintain it

everything u argue about or even think has been taught
as all ur thoughts are based on signs, symbols, Language,
did u not learn to speak and think with language in order to survive
in a group?

how could u hope to reach the centre of it all if u
remain on the outside, the periphery?
you cannot, unless u discard everything learned
as then u may discover who or what u really are,
which is NOT the identity that culture created and reinforces daily,
while u take this learned identity for granted, as indeed it was granted
and continues to be maintained by those that use culture as an instrument
of mental, consequently physical slavery, who are you beyond what is learned?

have u questioned ur work status and why others
make (not earn) more than u?
a corporate exec/CEO
makes tens of millions while u make an infinitesimal amount
in comparison, so the question should be, is that CEO
tens of millions times more the better person than I/you?

clearly not, the answer then becomes plain, viewed from the
objective analytical stillness of the inside, not the trap of peripheral
divisions and warring entanglements: the executive, in this example,
is a liar and a thief, plain to see, no man is tens of millions times
better than any other, regardless of how lowly that other may be
– so what have you?

You have been trained/taught and accept that he is, what an obvious
transparent farce if u dis-entangle urself from the peripheral game
managed by those that enslave YOU psychologically,
therefore in every other way, with false beliefs and other distractions
so you never question beyond the enslaving game and its binary oppositions

so why this gross injustice, unfairness, bloodshed
and mass murder for the PROFIT of the few?

simply due to the appalling fact that you accept ur slave status and psychological
chains passively, tho u may whimper and grunt occasionally, but u will never
overcome and scream, "injustice, unfairness, LIES – i was born free
and ur inculcated thought-chains no longer enslave me"

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