If Only I Could Believe In a Satan

If I could believe in a Satan, it would explain
why things like this happen:

Little girls in Thailand kidnapped or sold
into prostitution.

In rare cases, innocent children killed by a
parent or both parents.

Children sex trafficked in many countries.

Women raped and murdered.

Mass shootings of adults and children.

Terrorists bombing innocent people to death.

Thousands killed in wars.

Broken dreams and broken hearts all
over the world.

Mean as hell people.

But since I don’t believe in a Satan, I cannot
understand how a loving God, that I believe
exists, could ever allow all these evil things
to happen in this bedeviled world.

Although, I believe when I die, I’ll find out.

Bob Boyd

When I See a Beautiful Young Woman

Seeing a beautiful young woman at 80
is different for me.

Instead of seeing only her beauty,
I see her fast forwarded into the future
when her beauty,

like the transitory nature of life,
will be gone.

And I see the older woman in
the making within her.

If my vision were better, I would
see the skeleton, the death
beneath her beauty

and the fact that beauty,
like one’s life, is as if illusionary
when it is no more.

Bob Boyd

Ramana Maharshi, 1879-1950, to Me He Was the Real Deal

At age 16, sudden fear of death
Despite the fear
He went into the fear
Simulated Death
And Kaboom
He experienced
A Full blown awakening
of the eternal Self
Years later
People from all over the world
Sought Wisdom from him
And felt his palpable
Spiritual radiance
The life changing
cosmic energy
Radiating out of him
Charging seekers up
With profound Peace
And ineffable bliss

Unlike most of the
Gurus I read about
Whose lives I followed
Never heard or read of
Any sexual scandals
Connected to him
In my opinion
He seemed like a saint
The real deal

Bob Boyd

You Know You’re Getting Old When ….

You are offered a senior discount for the first time in a store.
You bend over and hear yourself grunt like never before.
Doctors become younger than you.
Even if you have stayed slim, you have more body fat.
For the first time in your life you start having health problems
and for the first time in your life have to take medications.
A fall becomes more likely and could kill you.
The sun becomes like an enemy that could cause skin cancer to
your aged and more vulnerable skin.
You might be all alone even if you have family.
The worst, you find yourself in a nursing home that you never
imagined you’d be in, and you are no longer able to take care of yourself.
I’d rather be dead than to get old like that.

Bob Boyd

Keep Feeling I Should Learn More About Astronomy

I have a desire to learn more about astronomy.
I even subscribed to a newsletter about the
planets and stars in the skies.

But I just can’t get my head into it. So far, I just
can’t force myself to learn about it.

I’d rather watch videos about news, crime,
cryptids, and various other subjects.

I’m not sure why I have this resistance to it.
It would be cool to have knowledge about the
celestials skies, but I just cannot force my
mind to do it.

Maybe someday.

Bob Boyd

In the News a Pit Bull Breeder Was Mauled to Death by His Pit Bulls

Man, what a horrible way to go out.
Mauled to death by 13 pit bulls,
and a father of three.

The guy’s female friend found him
bloodied and dead, cannot imagine
how horrible that was for her

and how she will have the trauma
of that for the rest of her life.

Some people say pit bulls aren’t
bad unless treated badly, but
the deceased guy’s female friend
said he never treated to dogs badly.

Though I like the look of
power dogs, especially Dobermans,
were I young and were to have
a dog, it would never be a pit bull.
I’ve read too many bad outcomes
with them in the news.

Bob Boyd

What Will God Do with All These People?

Over 8 billion people populate this entire planet.
Where is God going to put them all when they die?
Will he just recycle them life after life to save space
In the towns, cities and mansions of the Great Beyond?

Or being environmentally concerned, will he dispose of them
Like hazardous waste in some afterlife Human Disposal Machine
To save this globally warmed overpopulated, over polluted world?

Last I heard, heaven and hell were overcrowded, no vacancies.
What did you expect with humans existing for over 6 million years?
Did you think these afterlife locales would never run out of space?

Sorry, you were born too late to make it to the pearly gates
Or find a home in the low rent burning flames of hell.
You’re SOL. See you next life – maybe.

Bob Boyd

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