prepare for the great techno-being
UNIVERSAL IDEA
Looking for the universal idea?
A way out of the body, perhaps?
not a mere escape to another carnival,
no, the spit of the gods, an inspiration,
ultimate harmony of self and nature,
that mythical metaphor like the will to live...
but on a higher level, that supernal kingdom,
at the foot of the grand panjandrum,
non-stop Easter epics all around,
a flood of karmic meaning in an ocean of divinity.
You want to climb up that glass helix of the soul
to the comet head of non-being, step right up!
Here it is, guarantied not to rip, snort, tear or bag-knee.
Since you choose to live your life
by distorted memories, why not have
an equal array of distorted goals?
Confucius say: goals very bad for you.
Don't embrace the idle wish,
don't just wait for the saucer pilot,
prepare for the great techno-being,
he who has long since overcome
ambiguous concepts such as
love, hate, desire and rejection.
Wait till they get their hands on you, space age wimps,
as they tear you a new air hose, plant zener diodes
in the pleasure pathways of your brain.
You see, gods and ancient myths
were never meant to be taken literally.
We just made 'em up to tell the real story,
let people know how the culture works,
and teach the kids what we're made of.
You can still go to the holy places, but
the best thing you'll find there is yourself.
I got one more question, a no-brainer, one
that none of my teachers was ever allowed to ask:
don't human beings have instincts?
I mean, they know who the bogeyman is, right?
ŠJimmy Warner Design, 2011
