{"id":1254,"date":"2014-01-01T14:03:39","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T19:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=1254"},"modified":"2014-01-01T14:05:57","modified_gmt":"2014-01-01T19:05:57","slug":"poem-not-right-in-the-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/01\/poem-not-right-in-the-head\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Not Right in the Head"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am just<\/span>
\nNot right<\/span>
\nIn the head<\/span>
\nJust left<\/span>
\nOf center<\/span>
\nHeart beats<\/span>
\nFor know reason<\/span>
\nTo love<\/span><\/p>\n

The mathematician, physicist and philosopher, Blaise Pascal, said, “The heart has its reasons that reason knows nothing of.”\u00a0 For most of human history in most cultures, the heart has been considered the center of our being.\u00a0 Modern Western civilization is a notable exception.\u00a0 In fact, the infant modern state of America suffers from an exceptionalism founded on narrow logic gone crazy.\u00a0 This everyday insanity routinely considers it wisdom to destroy the natural world to grow business.\u00a0 We have rationalized ourselves into a path of destruction that seems necessary.\u00a0 We have come a long way since the so-called enlightenment, with its iconic cornerstone of “I think, therefore I am” famously penned by the philosopher Rene Descartes.\u00a0 I sometimes wonder if Descartes was actually at a bar when he scribbled his scrambled thoughts on a bar napkin, got home and couldn’t quite make out his writing: “I drink, therefore I am.”\u00a0 These days, it is common to consider nature secondary to business, a natural resource to be consumed in the course of making a profit.\u00a0 Of course, our war on nature cannot be won.\u00a0 Most people will assent to the overwhelming stupidity of this cruel logic, but our hearts may be so atrophied that we may no longer be able to muster enough courage to change our lemming ways.\u00a0 Fortunately, humans need not be bound even by logic.\u00a0 The heart has its reasons.\u00a0 The heart has its ways.\u00a0 No business plan can imprison love.\u00a0 It may be no accident that our hearts are situated left of center.\u00a0 Without love, logic starves.\u00a0 Now, the danger of a desperate, starving logic should not be underestimated or discounted.\u00a0 Nevertheless, when hearts reconnect and souls unite, human communities can be rebuilt, and in such a way that nature thrives rather than being consumed.\u00a0 When the logic of our dominant culture is self-destructive, only a fool would stay that course and not look elsewhere.\u00a0 That elsewhere is not some sci-fi future uncharted.\u00a0 That future is reconnecting to the ancient and eternal wisdom of the heart.\u00a0 There is a solution to not being right in the head.\u00a0 To delve into the workings of our hearts, not simply the machinations of our brains, is eminently reasonable.\u00a0 Let’s make it so…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am just Not right In the head Just left Of center Heart beats For know reason To love The mathematician, physicist and philosopher, Blaise Pascal, said, “The heart has its reasons that reason knows nothing of.”\u00a0 For most of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,15],"tags":[563,542,512,397,198,427,516,555,633,635,431,559,495,475,273,548,379,658,94,53,186,299,203,85,389],"class_list":["post-1254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-political-and-philosophical-musings","tag-america","tag-ancient","tag-business","tag-change","tag-courage","tag-crazy","tag-culture","tag-enlightenment","tag-exceptionalism","tag-future","tag-heart","tag-history","tag-insanity","tag-logic","tag-love","tag-modern","tag-nature","tag-poems","tag-poetry","tag-short-poems","tag-state","tag-stupid","tag-war","tag-western-civilization","tag-wisdom"],"yoast_head":"\nPOEM: Not Right in the Head | Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun's Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! 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