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The Madness of the Crowd and Other Popular Delusions

(Dzachuka Tibet, summer of 2017)

The Madness of the Crowd and Other Popular Delusions

The crowd is always prone to madness
Since reaction as a herd in danger
Demands conformity without reason.

The fact we live in a time of madness
Is nothing new or unusual,
Relative Reality after all being
Merely a conspiracy of relatives.

But sometimes it seems it’s all now extra crazy
As traditional boundaries break down
And everyone is free to think and say
And increasingly do whatever they want.

The ascendency of gender dysphoria
And acceptance, even celebration
Of child mutilation 
Being a case in point.

But the fact is, we live in a world of illusion
Which the madness and delusions of the crowd
Is merely attempting to adapt to,
As all our perceptions and thoughts filter through
A mind which can do no other than interpret and distort.

These are the tools we are given,
A mind and body hardwired to survive
In a world of illusion, thus adapted
To the point of expertise with spinning illusions.

It’s not our fault, but instead our destiny
To find a way through
Out of the Cave of Unknowing
Into the Space
Of a land before time.

(12/6/24)

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