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Thoughts on Consciousness
I
What is perceived
Is conceived
By consciousness
From the coruscation
Of 'Out
There' and
'In
Here'
II
What we call
'The world'
Comes through
The electric
Buzz of our
Life 'in here'
Evolving
With every
Instance of life
Out of inert
Numbness
To find thin
Pathways through
The confusion
Of the possible
Crushing
Clanging,
And so also
Out there and in here
Are just terms
Of convenience
For scientists
As they dissect,
Measure, analyse,
But there is
No separation -
In here is out there
Out there in here
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III
The sensors
On scientific probes
Compensate for
The limited range
Of the sensors
In our bodies,
Reporting back
From forays
Into the unknown
Until they reach
No further: their
Resolution gives out,
What we think
Of as 'all', is only
The smack of one
Grain of sand in a
Sandstorm that begins
Where it ends,
The tracks of man
Are birdprints
On boundless infinitude
IV
So - and perhaps
We've always
Known this -
Not being
A part
Apart,
Is to be immersed
In the immense,
From the first breath
That inhales
The dimensions
Of the universe
And exhales
Tremors that race
Into timelessness -
We know that all
Is not out there,
It is here, now, in us. |
