{"id":2592,"date":"2012-12-04T01:11:36","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T01:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/?page_id=2592"},"modified":"2012-12-04T01:13:23","modified_gmt":"2012-12-04T01:13:23","slug":"poetry-martin-squibbs-being-and-doing-and-knowing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/poetry-martin-squibbs-being-and-doing-and-knowing\/","title":{"rendered":"Being and Doing and Knowing  by  Martin Squibbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Being and Doing and Knowing<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Matter and energy, in motion, in change<br \/>\nSome Universal event, with force, rearrange<br \/>\nWithout end or beginning, reality is<br \/>\nNow, and always, this place where we live<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This essence then, of all for us defining<br \/>\nOf matter, energy and force combining<br \/>\nFrom laws emerge, the present norm<br \/>\nAnd repeat, and build, so shaping form<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And one of these, so comes to be<br \/>\nThe conscious mind, that&#8217;s you and me<br \/>\nHeld within this reforming body of life<br \/>\nForming on Earth, in shifting light<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our mission, it seems, in this form we fill<br \/>\nWith common sense as our input, and a body to will<br \/>\nWith a mind with thoughts and feelings to use<br \/>\nAnd these growing memories we hold as our only tools.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our mission then, in this conscious reflection<br \/>\nOf sensed reality that reveals this remembered projection<br \/>\nOf past memories growing from our common sense<br \/>\nAnd possible pasts yet to be, that&#8217;s our future tense<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our mission then, with this history in mind<br \/>\nAnd a bunch of futures which from it we find<br \/>\nWith the knowledge we discover from these memories we hold<br \/>\nWhich we combine together in this world we behold<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our mission then, with this world we behold<br \/>\nAnd share in language, in truths carefully told<br \/>\nTo extend its boundaries in time and space<br \/>\nTo discover our Universe, this beautiful place<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our mission then, with this Universe to know<br \/>\nReflected forms within memory where we consciously flow<br \/>\nWhich we use to intentionally will our body to reshape<br \/>\nReality now, and so civilization make<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our mission then, as civilization we form<br \/>\nFrom reflected memories in which our world is born<br \/>\nTo realize health, peace, and beauty, in our life<br \/>\nAnd alleviate suffering, misery and strife<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our mission then, as with sense and with feeling<br \/>\nAnd with our memories, love and knowledge revealing<br \/>\nAnd so shaping reality now, for better, with freedom<br \/>\nBringing joy and diversity, from hard work and good reason<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our mission then, as we love, work, and discover<br \/>\nFilling our minds with good memories to store and recover<br \/>\nAnd act in this moment from this world we behold<br \/>\nAnd then watch the reality of civilization unfold<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our mission then, as on Earth we revolve<br \/>\nWith joys to embrace, and problems to solve<br \/>\nWith our world&#8217;s in mind to grow in time and in space<br \/>\nWith balance to find, and challenges to face<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our mission then, as we live here and now<br \/>\nWithin this Universe we behold in our mind, somehow<br \/>\nWhat next to do, where next to go.<br \/>\nTo do the best that we can, I will surely never know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being and Doing and Knowing Matter and energy, in motion, in change Some Universal event, with force, rearrange Without end or beginning, reality is Now, and always, this place where we live This essence then, of all for us defining Of matter, energy and force combining From laws emerge, the present norm And repeat, and &hellip; 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