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Self-Portrait
The more I learn about myself
the less I know about others.
I feel good about who I am,
questioning the good of others.
I may understand my behavior,
wondering about that of others.
This may change with a renewal
of dialogue among humans.
I accept who I have become,
I accept the responsibility for me.
I accept my humanness, but
not the organization of society.
To live in the actual world,
we develop an ability to cope.
By coping, I first came to know,
before I came to know-nothingness,
thus having an opposite for interaction,
allowing me to continue to search
sometimes not putting forth enough effort,
causing anxiety, guilt, and despair.
I am able to know by being in the moment,
I am able to know-nothingness by becoming.
The more I am able to know-nothingness
the more I am able to achieve enlightenment
by living life according to my possibilities
as I am able to actualize them.
— kenne
In the beginning was the relationship.
— Martin Buber
“What?” — Image by a Fellow Traveler
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“Here’s Looking At You” — Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly Image by kenne
What has to be given up is not the I,
as most mystics suppose:
this I is indispensable for any relationship,
including the highest,
which always presupposes an I and You.
— Martin Buber
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Ground Squirrel — Image by kenne
“An animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great language.”
— Martin Buber
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Two-Tailed Swallow Butterfly (Papilio multicaudata) On Mexican Bird of Paradise — Image by kenne
“Every man’s foremost task
is the actualization of his unique,
unprecedented and never-recurring potentialities,
and not the repetition of something that another,
and be it even the greatest, has already achieved.”
― Martin Buber
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Mt. Lemmon Mushrooms — Computer Art by kenne
To be old can be glorious if one has not unlearned how to begin.
— Martin Buber
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Two-Tailed Swallow Butterfly (Papilio multicaudata) On Mexican Bird of Paradise — Image by kenne
“Every man’s foremost task
is the actualization of his unique,
unprecedented and never-recurring potentialities,
and not the repetition of something that another,
and be it even the greatest, has already achieved.”
― Martin Buber
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Seven Falls In Bear Canyon, Santa Catalina Mountains (02/07/11) — Image by kenne
“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.”
– Martin Buber
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Which One Will You Feed?
Rain in the desert brings on renewal.
Nature takes the lead,
one we must follow,
for we are not separate
from nature.
How we follow depends
on whether we stand
in “relation”
without experience,
existing between
*****
An elder Cherokee was teaching
his grandchildren about life.
He said to them,
“A fight is going on inside me.
It is a terrible fight
and it is between two wolves.
One wolf represents fear, anger,
envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance,
self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority,
lies, false pride, superiority,
and ego.
The other stands for joy, peace,
love, hope, sharing, serenity, humility,
kindness, benevolence, friendship,
empathy, generosity, truth, compassion,
and faith.
This same fight is going on inside you,
and inside every other person, too.”
The children thought about it for a minute
and then one child asked his
grandfather, “Which wolf will win?”
The old Cherokee simply replied,
“The one you feed.”
— Anonymous Author
*****
Here the elder and his grandchildren
are linked
and there is the dialogue,
which is the beginning of relationship.
Enjoy the rains!
Kenne
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Bear Canyon Trail, February 2011 — Image by kenne
“I do not accept any absolute formulas for living. No preconceived code can see ahead to everything that can happen in a man’s life. As we live, we grow and our beliefs change. They must change. So I think we should live with this constant discovery. We should be open to this adventure in heightened awareness of living. We should stake our whole existence on our willingness to explore and experience.” — Martin Buber
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“Joy At Seven Falls” — Image by kenne
“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.”
— Martin Buber
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Becoming is Superior to Being 