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States of Being
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To Be

To be or not to be


To be informed or to be uninformed


To be conscious or to be unconscious


To be aware or to be unaware


To know or not to know


To think or not to think


 


What shall it be?


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 Reviews of "States of Being"
Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on February 14, 2008
I think many of us do not know the difference between these opposites, Willie. Substance for thought. Thank you. Love and peace to you,

Regis

Reviewed on December 29, 2007

"States of Being" takes one to an ontological auditing. Outstanding composition.

In admiration,


Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU

Reviewed by Tom Kitt
Reviewed on December 27, 2007
I choose 'to not think'. Non-thinking may only be achieved by knowing. Thinking is merely a bridge to knowing. When knowing is complete thinking ends and love prevails. Well done Willie - clever!
Happy new year, Tom

Reviewed by Axilea MU
Reviewed on December 26, 2007
Hmm... you leave us little choice. Although once we have replied in the affirmative, we end up having choice.

Axilea

Reviewed by Rafiriio Daniels
Reviewed on December 26, 2007
This was a great poem! Help keep poetry alive!

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on December 26, 2007
Kyk boetie Willie...my kp is te vol muisneste om reguit te dink vandag....gister het ek gese HAPPY CHRISTMAS not Merry...want MAry was Happy en in kraam....in die krip.......reg??

So nou het ek gedink.......nevermind........ek het myself belowe om nooit weer te dink voor ek praat nie!!

Happy New Year.........dis bledie NAT hier by ons!!

:Love Tinka

Reviewed by Keith Rowley
Reviewed on December 26, 2007
It's always a choice isn't it Willie! Some people prefer dogma to truth.

Keith

Reviewed by Rafika Anderson (Reader)
Reviewed on December 26, 2007
Good questions all. Nicely posited. One does wonder what the answers shall be. Oh well, thanks for sharing your philosophical angst. Best wishes for the new year. -=ra=-


Popular Poetry (Philosophy)
  1.  Value of Humility
  2.  Rainbow-Song 2025 (Part 3)
  3.  Accepting Yourself
  4.  heavvy fogg
  5.  Float Your Boat
  6.  What Do I Want?
  7.  Until....
  8.  Falling Off the Mountain
  9.  Land of the Living
  10.  Houses of Cards
  11.  Uncounted
  12.  Footprints in the Snow
  13.  Chapters
  14.  Who I Am
  15.  The 'Voice of Reason' Contends...
  16.  The Fugitive Facets of Being (Faith)
  17.  Power
  18.  Different
  19.  The Dabbler
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