It is thought that tells meI am there, you are thereThis world is thereAnd perhaps there is God. It is … More
Category: Philosophy for Everyday Life
Heartwarming Bonhomie (or, Bonhamie)…Led Zeppelin
One More Day
How To Deal With Karma
The best(?) way to deal with karma is, “Take it on the chin and move on“. This phrase stems from … More
Google AI Holds Forth On My Poem
Your poem, “The Courage To Be Myself” (https://selfrealization.blog/2026/07/07/the-courage-to-be-myself/), is a powerful, deeply introspective, and refreshingly modern take on radical acceptance … More
The Road Knows My Name | Dark Country | Outlaw Western Anthem
The Courage To Be Myself
I care NOT to be anythingNo, not even BrahmanThough I’m told I’m already thatWho put me on earthWho made me … More
It’s OK
It’s ok to fail It’s ok to be mediocre It’s ok to be an “also ran” It’s ok to be … More
Black In America (This Skin)
Quit
“Life is not a battle worth fighting. Quit.” The word is a deliberate stumbling block. What is to be given up is not the body or the life, but the fighter — the ego whose founding myth is that life is a war to be won. Camus answered the question of life’s worth with revolt; Advaita takes the path he never considered: neither suicide nor defiance, but the dissolution of the one who asks. Quit the way a fist quits clenching. The battle is optional because the soldier is fictional. What remains is life itself — neither fought nor fled.