The Path to Universal Understanding

commitment calls for courage
and confidence carries one when time comes to turn the page

if children are brought up to exercise compassion
it’ll be a blessing and advantage when they come of age

a meagre bank balance and measly asset base can cause all kinds of discomfort and pangs
but a man that confronts challenges and constantly seeks solutions always stands to gain

to live life by the words of a sage without looking inward for truths to mysteries in question
is like finding temporary relief in self-deception

to learn from books prescribed through a system of education equips one for their chosen occupation
but to cultivate a habit of observing aspects of earthly existence is the path to universal understanding

The Colour of Persistence (Evergreen)

free your mind to seed wild dreams
map the milestones then take a leap
everything else will follow
for faith flows as we move in perpetuity

embrace the toil
so that when your plans are foiled
you don’t forget that nature never promised the path to growth
would be evergreen

Forces of Thought, Expression & Experience

Love is everything
This I’ve come to know
From thought to experience
I’ve felt the force

Business is accounting
And banking the clearinghouse
Money is debt
Fundamentals we ought to know

Truths about loans and deposits
Shares, stocks and bonds
Summed up by the axiom
Sell or be sold

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A stop loss order cannot be placed on life
So by virtue of being alive
You’ve already taken the biggest gamble

So seek not security and stability from the unknown
Because blood is but jasper set in stone

Work not for money but prosperity
Because only when it works for us
Will our problems be solved

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Using fortune the right way
As with any resource
Adds value and benefits the mass
Giving the effort much needed resolve

To be a capitalist
Is to survive in our times
But to earn an honest living
Is to love our working lives

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Fulfilment is in the service
Not the gain or the pleasure
And only by nature’s ethical standard
Can a soul be judged

So when systems and structures work to promote depravity
We should question our complicity
And whether equal opportunity is a right or entitlement

In doing so, we may find that often the change we seek
We must first embody
Whether that’s a change in thinking
Or doing whatever’s necessary, as Gianni did
When he renamed Bank of Italy – Bank of America
So that business could operate smoothly
In what would’ve otherwise been hostile territory

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Saying that to say this
That while we are here
Still living and breathing
Responsive to our environment
Let us remember, that it’s always been our relationship to everything
That ultimately shapes the world in which we exist

And love is everything
This I’ve come to know
From thought to experience
I’ve felt the force

Allegory of Love

lily of the valley
flower for the heavenly garden

exotic bloom
like a peacock’s plume

scented beauty
holy womb

teach me to be prudent
and affable

to be honest and truthful
not to trim nails at the table and spoil the revel

to serve the soul sweet food
and bedazzle with a balloon festoon

to be good and cheerful
to experience heavenly perfection through earthly passion

no sedition, no scandal
no gossip, no gamble

lady with skin dark like Kaffa coffee beans
in a prestine white wedding dress like Anne of Brittany’s

not a virgin
but pure nonetheless

this honeyed wine on our honeymoon
is made to make us glad

let’s taste the forbidden fruit
and indulge in sacred sex