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Permalink Reply by LuLu on January 28, 2010 at 9:57pm

LuLu: essays & editorial. reviews & interviews. i also specialize in the soundbite & spin.
see profile blog for samples

Permalink Reply by Cole Mitchell on January 29, 2010 at 12:39pm

I'm a singer, song writer and poet a lot of my writings are riffs on song and album titles as well as observations of moments in time. I have a new release (Cole Mitchell/Primordial reckoning). Here is a riff on that title:

Primordial Reckoning

Primordial reckoning in this context is dealing with one’s past in the mist from whence we came and after doing so hopefully recognizing the light that illuminates the exit from this stage to the next. Now this is no small feat, to even slow down long enough to recognize what’s always been there. For we as human beings move as instinctively to distraction as a herd of cattle going to water, almost mindless, or with no mind fullness. So familiar are we with the mind of distraction that it is effortless to find. Slowing down long enough to recall, much less study, the history we have at our grasp can be tedious, almost painful, especially when we are trying to highlight the mistakes and misdeeds that have caused us misfortune. With careful contemplation, it is without question always ourselves who are the culprits of blame.

So vigorously do we try to shirk responsibility for these actions that the recountings become more and more elaborate as time goes on until our rose-colored history is woven into the fabrics of our minds. Mindfulness and contemplation, avoiding distraction, slowing down and going inside to study what has actually gone on and why, although extremely difficult, is necessary to keep from committing the same mistakes over and over and therefor reducing the difficulties we create for ourselves.

A primordial reckoning may sound like a one-time housecleaning, organizing our thoughts and memories into an understanding of what has and will happen; but, once the reckoning has begun, one is locked into a continuous analytical process the duration of which hinges solely on the effort applied. To this end, we spend our lives on the path seeking illumination from entrance to exit, one stage to the next, and one moment to the next. If our contemplation has been correct, we will have realized early on that to make a journey so long and tedious it’s a pretty good idea to have an experienced guide, one who’s made the trip, who knows the way.



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