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I Beat My Heart

I The language of "being" escapes language alienation we don't say, "I beat my heart, - but, "My heart beats" even as "I breathe" II Babies are born OUT of the world Much as flowers flower The Earth peoples Said the Man Yet we say, "I was born into the world." We thus choose NOt to be of the Earth As the flowers just are, to say, "I am."

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Date: 4/9/2020 5:48:00 AM
Sir Harry, great question. If you ask Buddhist philosophers, it is not INTELLIGENCE as much as our circular thinking, re-hashing past conversations and events. That is taking PRESENCE away from us. Bless you and shalom, shalom Friend. Anil
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Date: 4/8/2020 11:21:00 PM
Is human intelligence a burden, while the flowers just keep on flowering year after year, do like your philosophizing Anil.
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