Sunday, September 2, 2012
The Mouth
Every era has its god. The god today is The Mouth. The Mouth, which incessantly whispers and shouts its Story: that there ain't nobody here but us chickens, that might is right, that money talks, that there is only room for so many at the top of this struggling writhing heap, that those at the top deserve to be there, and if you ain't you don't, and the devil take the hindmost. The god of today is The Mouth and its story. Its whispering is everywhere. We either succumb to or fight its illusions. Either way we acknowledge it and thus serve its need: the need to lock us into a spin and out of new birthing. The Mouth! The Mouth! We either love The Mouth or fight The Mouth! All hail The Mouth!
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It's a uniquely 'American era'...
ReplyDelete♥ Cathy
Nothing is unique. Nothing has changed in over 2000 years. The Romans had their wars and financial crises. After the Western Empire fell, it took 1500 years or so for Western Civilization to rebuild itself and discover sewers and medicine again. We put to death or marginalize those who tell us that there is a better way to live, or make them saints after death and tell ourselves that it's impossible to become like them when actually it's all really simple. But, being the sane person in the insane asylum is a lonely business.
ReplyDeleteListen to the deafening Silence and be Whole!