Tag: illusion

No Individual – 24th February 2025

~ shaun tenzenmen ~ 6 Comments

I understood it

At least, I thought that I did

Just an illusion

This haiku was inspired by this quote:

Even the feeling of having understood is likely to lead one into a sense of illusion because the individual thinks he has found something to impart to others, but there is no individual.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

I’m still contemplating the complexities of the idea that there is no individual, because, despite feeling that there is, deeper down I seem to understand that there isn’t.

Rorts and Payers – 27th July 2022

~ shaun tenzenmen ~ 1 Comment

Your mindless, meaningless sympathy
Does nothing for those in need
A charitable chunk of donations
Was never seen to stop the bleed
Thoughts and prayers, those empty words
Won’t disturb your life serene
Never stopped to consider your action
Won’t make your dirty hands clean
For every heartstring, there’s a scam
So that we may never be as one
The status quo has removed benevolence
And so nothing ever gets done

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

Saul Bellow

Gratitude Journal

I am so happy and grateful to go to Phayao after school yesterday with a great dinner by the lake as the sun was setting. It was very relaxing.