Reply to "What To Say When You Talk To Your Self"

Here are a few more to compare and contrast:

For God's Sake - Feel Good

As you return
Remember to choose consciously

Power is the heavy stone wrenched
from your garden of tenderness.

Virtue is the heavy stone crushing your innocence

What can be learned
From nature is
Harmony

Therefore -
Shun the social
Cuddle the elemental
Avoid angles, lie with the round
Shun plastic, conspire with seed

Do no good
But
For god's sake
Feel good

And

Nature's order will prevail



Walk Carefully When You are Among

"Holy men" and
"Righteous" deeds
Distract from the internal

"Learned men"
Distract from
Natural wisdom

Professional know-how
Addicts people to the contrived
And the external

Be respectful and compassionate
But walk carefully when you are among -
learned men
holy men
doctors
government officials
reporters
publishers
professors
religious leaders
psychologists
rich men
social scientists
women with beautiful faces
artists and writers
men who charge fees
city men
movie makers
men who want to help you
men who want you to help them
Christians and Jews

For such as these
However well meaning
Place you on their chessboard
Addict you to their externals
Distract you from the TAO within

The lesson of the TAO is more likely to be found among -
gardeners
hermits
mountain men
smiling eccentrics
men who build their own houses
children
parents who learn from their children
loafers
amateur musicians
serene psychotics
animals
men who look at sunsets
men who walk in the woods
woods
beautiful women
cooks
men who sit by the fire
wanderers
men who make bread
couples who have been in love for years
unemployed men
smiling men with bad reputations

From Psychedelic Prayers by Timothy Leary