The Sun and the Moon on my tongue
We will come together as One
Do you hear the distant sound of the drum?
Are you in on the one great Pun?
What is it that I seek?
How can you look for something
That flickers in and out of existence?
Why do I feel as if my mind
Is coming unglued?
There are two parts to my whole
Two energies competing for dominance
But they are both essential ingredients
And I must reconcile them
The dark and the light
The yin and the yang
The sun and the moon
The physical and the spiritual
They are both me
And I am me
Part of the endless wonder
That begins and ends in my soul
Friday, May 23, 2008
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Me
My body is a mere wisp of nothingness
A vessel for my soul
My unyielding consciousness
My universal completeness
I am one with everything
And nothing
I am more than this
But less as well
I am a wave on the cosmic ocean
Undulating up and down
I am a DNA helix
Spinning into infinity
I am
I am not
I do not exist
I am a mere illusion
A trick of the cosmos
I am here
But I am not here
There is no time
And no space to confine it
The universe is everything
And I am the universe
A vessel for my soul
My unyielding consciousness
My universal completeness
I am one with everything
And nothing
I am more than this
But less as well
I am a wave on the cosmic ocean
Undulating up and down
I am a DNA helix
Spinning into infinity
I am
I am not
I do not exist
I am a mere illusion
A trick of the cosmos
I am here
But I am not here
There is no time
And no space to confine it
The universe is everything
And I am the universe
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
An Economic Reckoning
Be afraid. Be very afraid. Our economic reckoning has arrived. Here are some of my predictions for the next few years.
1) The credit crisis is only going to deepen. It is not going to end with mortgage defaults. There is going to be a surge in credit card defaults and auto loan defaults as well. Not to mention an increase in corporate loan defaults.
2) As banks tighten their belts, consumers tighten their belts and corporations do likewise, you are going to see a full blown recession and it is not going to be over anytime soon.
3) The price of oil is just going to keep rising. It is not going to stop until it gets much higher than the $133/barrel that it is at now.
4) The stock market has a long way to go down. The Dow Jones industrial average is going to go under 10,000, but it would not surprise me if it hit as low as 7500.
5) The dollar is going to keep declining, making countries like China and Saudia Arabia eager to dump the greenbacks that they have before they continue to decline, thereby flooding the market with more dollars and making it even more devalued.
6) The rich are going to continue to get richer, and the middle class is going to disappear, and the poor are going to continue to get poorer.
The bill is coming due both for American consumers and the U.S. government. Did anyone really believe that you could just spend and spend and not have any money to back it up? American consumers have been living WAY above their means for over twenty years now. How was everyone going to pay for their party? The supersized houses and the multiple luxury cars along with all of the latest electronic gadgets and expensive clothes and shoes and thousand dollar handbags. I don't feel sorry for a single person who lived above their means and got caught holding the bag. No one should get bailed out for being greedy and willfully ignorant of economics.
I did not buy a house, I paid off my credit cards, and I only have a small amount left to pay on my student loans. I have a savings account. But I did all of this by being fiscally prudent. You have to spend less than you make. It is that simple.
As for the U.S. government, it has no money. Bush and his administration have blown through the surplus and put us trillions of dollars in debt, with that number growing by the millions every day. In the meantime, our infrastructure is rapidly deteriorating, our Social Security fund has run dry and cities all over the country are having trouble paying for essentials like police officers and firemen. This greed has indebted not only us but future generations of Americans who have not even been born yet. Don't believe the economic data coming from the U.S. government either. For the Consumer Price Index (CPI) or inflation or unemployment or anything of that nature, look somewhere else for the real figures. A good place to start is www.shadowstats.com.
In summary, I would not expect economic conditions to improve any time soon. Don't trust a single statistic coming from the U.S. government. Cut back on your spending, and even sell things off if you have to, but get some money in savings and put some into investments. It will be the only way to keep up with the rich.
1) The credit crisis is only going to deepen. It is not going to end with mortgage defaults. There is going to be a surge in credit card defaults and auto loan defaults as well. Not to mention an increase in corporate loan defaults.
2) As banks tighten their belts, consumers tighten their belts and corporations do likewise, you are going to see a full blown recession and it is not going to be over anytime soon.
3) The price of oil is just going to keep rising. It is not going to stop until it gets much higher than the $133/barrel that it is at now.
4) The stock market has a long way to go down. The Dow Jones industrial average is going to go under 10,000, but it would not surprise me if it hit as low as 7500.
5) The dollar is going to keep declining, making countries like China and Saudia Arabia eager to dump the greenbacks that they have before they continue to decline, thereby flooding the market with more dollars and making it even more devalued.
6) The rich are going to continue to get richer, and the middle class is going to disappear, and the poor are going to continue to get poorer.
The bill is coming due both for American consumers and the U.S. government. Did anyone really believe that you could just spend and spend and not have any money to back it up? American consumers have been living WAY above their means for over twenty years now. How was everyone going to pay for their party? The supersized houses and the multiple luxury cars along with all of the latest electronic gadgets and expensive clothes and shoes and thousand dollar handbags. I don't feel sorry for a single person who lived above their means and got caught holding the bag. No one should get bailed out for being greedy and willfully ignorant of economics.
I did not buy a house, I paid off my credit cards, and I only have a small amount left to pay on my student loans. I have a savings account. But I did all of this by being fiscally prudent. You have to spend less than you make. It is that simple.
As for the U.S. government, it has no money. Bush and his administration have blown through the surplus and put us trillions of dollars in debt, with that number growing by the millions every day. In the meantime, our infrastructure is rapidly deteriorating, our Social Security fund has run dry and cities all over the country are having trouble paying for essentials like police officers and firemen. This greed has indebted not only us but future generations of Americans who have not even been born yet. Don't believe the economic data coming from the U.S. government either. For the Consumer Price Index (CPI) or inflation or unemployment or anything of that nature, look somewhere else for the real figures. A good place to start is www.shadowstats.com.
In summary, I would not expect economic conditions to improve any time soon. Don't trust a single statistic coming from the U.S. government. Cut back on your spending, and even sell things off if you have to, but get some money in savings and put some into investments. It will be the only way to keep up with the rich.
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