Harley White Poet Sonnet

3 - Sonnet On Mind

When reflecting on the nature of mind
Of what wit or wisdom do we dare speak?
For the wind in the sky is all we find,
In a round and round game of hide and seek.
It’s mind over matter, sages surmise;
With power of mind as their driving force
Deductive logicians philosophize
From ‘We think, therefore we are...’ as the source.
We muse; we spin, in dreaming delusion,
Our webs of thought, until nought we behold,
And heady with sense, fall in confusion.
Or is yet the end of the story told?
   As our labyrinth journey turns and twists,
   We lose our way in miasmas and mists.

      
 – Harley White  

<  October 8, 1999 >

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Kurt Ravidas April 27, 2019 at 3:56 PM So, since our future is clear, I'm going to enjoy you poetry in the clearest way)

Kurt Ravidas April 27, 2019 at 7:13 AM I understand, Harley. Anyway, either intellectuals and the rest of the world have a true intellect – buddhi, ergo, all of them, sooner or later, will know what the reality and enlightenment is) Harley White April 27, 2019 at 8:38 AM Since we all have enlightenment, or the Buddha nature, within us, I agree with you that this will eventually come to pass.

Kurt Ravidas April 26, 2019 at 3:43 PM Frankly speaking, I'm not a real cross-eyed one. I disliked nasikagra-drishti, preferring bhrumadya) Harley White April 26, 2019 at 4:29 PM I’m not really versed in those terms. I refer more to the intellectuals of this present age or creative people with a strong attachment to a limited self… those who while knowing they don’t know everything often think they know how to know… I am of course referring to knowing 'reality' and enlightenment.

Kurt Ravidas April 26, 2019 at 10:52 AM I’ve read all 3. They are beautiful. But since I’m, in terms of you, a cross-eyed man with intellect, you shouldn't read too much into my point of view) Harley White April 26, 2019 at 11:04 AM Thank you. I appreciate that. Notice that I always say 'we' and do not exclude myself from such human categories.