The Ten Secular Commandments

1. Learn to tolerate mediocrity
2. Give equal respect to the elite and simple
3. Learn to think for yourself
4. Find your own guilt in your hate
5. Learn to live with injustice
6. Accept age and decay
7. Have compassion for all, especially those you dislike
8. Spend all your money by the time you die
9. Look for God in your own heart
10. Let ethics define your morals.
04.15.11

Insanity & Sanity

Insanity is universal
We all have been insane
With anger, hunger, love, hate, passion, youth, power
And only realized it after we had returned to sanity;
No one is sane at all times
And no one is insane at all times
The most rational among us have insane moments
And the most insane among us has some lucid moments;
Mental instability is one of the defining features of humanity.
04.14.11

Freedom & Abuse

The destiny of freedom
Is to commit slow suicide
Through cumulative abuse.
04.13.11

Socialism & Capitalism

Socialism deflates with time and then implodes;
Capitalism inflates with time and then explodes.
04.12.11

Confusion & Reality

Let’s not confuse
Faith with insight
Success with worth
Morality with ethics
Popularity with truth
Fame with substance
Beauty with goodness
Leadership with wisdom
Expertise with knowledge
Power with farsightedness
Education with enlightenment
Religion with spirituality
And what we appear to be
With what we really are.
04.10.11

Jails & Skies

No matter where we think we live
Or what addresses we give
All of us, at all times,
Live within our minds
Which can be jails or skies.
04.09.11

Generalization & Imagination

To generalize
Is to advertise
One’s restricted vision
And limited imagination.
04.08.11