{"id":2018,"date":"2015-10-21T08:48:14","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T13:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=2018"},"modified":"2015-10-21T08:48:14","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T13:48:14","slug":"poem-fore-awe-that-can-be-souled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/21\/poem-fore-awe-that-can-be-souled\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Fore Awe That Can Be Souled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>He lived buy<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>The law of the jungle<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Except for that whole jungle thing<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And law<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Fore that madder<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Welcome too<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Living bye<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>A-morality<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>A-weigh of living<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>A-lien from nature<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>As not giving<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>One ascent<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Fore awe that can be<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Souled<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The so-called law of the jungle is largely disrespectful of nature and law.\u00a0 The presumed law of the jungle is typically a rationalization for amoral behavior.\u00a0 Buying such low living is not becoming to humanity.\u00a0 Greedy, fear-filled, and violent people swear by the notion of a &#8220;dog eat dog&#8221; world, even if they have never seen a dog eat a dog.\u00a0 And if one has witnessed firsthand a dog eat a dog, it is a near certainty that this resulted from the instigation and\/or training by a human.\u00a0 Contrary to popular mythology, the overwhelming majority (95+%) of living beings on this planet live and die without being eaten.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Religious-Spiritual\/Buttons\/Live-and-Let-Live-SPIRITUAL-BUTTON.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Religious-Spiritual\/Live-and-Let-Live.gif\" alt=\"Live and Let Live SPIRITUAL BUTTON\" width=\"172\" height=\"172\" \/><\/a>Live and let live is a far better characterization of the nature of nature than some arena of death thrust upon us to bedevil us to our untimely end.\u00a0 So, this poem is about respecting the higher harmonies of nature, including human nature &#8212; the nature of the soul, if you will &#8212; as we experience the gift of life.\u00a0 Such higher harmonies lean into the predominant reality of life as a gift rather than a curse.\u00a0 It is a destructive lie to characterize nature, or our nature, as a taker rather than a giver.\u00a0 The jungle is a wild and beautiful place, but the awe and wander of its presents inspires its true companions to revel in reverence rather than dreadful competition or wanton violence.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Political\/Buttons\/A-Savage-Is-Not-The-One-Who-Lives-In-The-Forest-But-The-One-Who-Destroys-It-POLITICAL-BUTTON.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Political\/A-Savage-Is-Not-The-One-Who-Lives-In-The-Forest-But-The-One-Who-Destroys-It.gif\" alt=\"A Savage Is Not The One Who Lives In The Forest, But The One Who Destroys It POLITICAL BUTTON\" width=\"172\" height=\"172\" \/><\/a>May you find that the wild places in your life bring you life-affirming inspiration and render you a lousy accomplice to greedy and guarded weighs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He lived buy The law of the jungle Except for that whole jungle thing And law Fore that madder Welcome too Living bye A-morality A-weigh of living A-lien from nature As not giving One ascent Fore awe that can be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/21\/poem-fore-awe-that-can-be-souled\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":[294,537,435,533,385,392,428,462,608,117,482,305,292,157,359,155,81,379,658,94,491,316,601,502,524,531,529,163],"class_list":["post-2018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-political-and-philosophical-musings","tag-awe","tag-beautiful","tag-character","tag-competition","tag-death","tag-evil","tag-experience","tag-fear","tag-gift","tag-greed","tag-human-nature","tag-humanity","tag-inspiration","tag-law","tag-life","tag-moral","tag-morality","tag-nature","tag-poems","tag-poetry","tag-present","tag-rationalization","tag-reality","tag-respect","tag-reverence","tag-soul","tag-time","tag-violence"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>POEM: Fore Awe That Can Be Souled | Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! 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