an itinerant observer

T oday heralds beginning of an era Not of interest to meaningless minds Regardless, time’s story must be told. However, if you believe Time irrelevant, So is yesterday, today, tomorrow Thus, forget past and start afresh, That’s all you’ve got… Why assume present is from past And future you seek does not come your way. An assumption: time was, is, will be linear. If Shams’ past an interpretation, future illusion Then t ime was, is, will always be there Time eternal. **************************************************** Narcissus observes a watch Tiny cogs fitting perfectly A rotation yielding time. Time yielded - timeless With time standing still, time appears limited And yet there is so much; as much required - no more, no less. ***************************************************** Narcissus dances in head-heart, albeit intermittently When he pauses for breath, Agitation That time is limited in a sea of timelessness “What next? Where do we ...

If you are lucky you may come across a book that challenges your assumptions, upends your convictions and knocks down your indoctrination. If you are really lucky then said book may present an alternative and limitless world view of possibilities that generates a warm fuzzy feeling within, perhaps because your assumptions have been challenged, convictions upended and indoctrination knocked down. I can safely say this has happened to me recently. After several years of sporadic reading of contemporary fiction, creative non-fiction and general non-fiction, I present to you….drum roll….Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari! This remarkable book belonging to the genre of ‘popular science’ per it’s cover is certainly that but goes far beyond. It is a highly evocative, provocative and candid outlook on Homo sapiens (modern human beings, in other words) – where they’ve come from, but more importantly where they are headed (hence, Homo Deus alluding to humanity version 2.0). All that, ...