fear, gratitude, and humility

Thought is mostly fear.

Free associations deconstruct prejudices.

Souls are not acne purged by action.

Gratitude makes no mention of meaning.

A man practiced in the art of gratitude will give thanks for his inevitable passage from this plane, not his end, which will never come, due to eternity.

Generosity begs the receiver for its hidden rewards.

We cannot speak about having or being, for in the word the truth is lost.

Goodness and badness adjectives are the disposition of the mind, and the ulcer of the soul.

"Avoid adjectives of scale; you will desire the world less, and love it more." Basho

If considered automatic, not willed, this writing assumes divinity.

People are mostly situational, occasionally absolute.

As contemporary humans, the world appears superfluous; it has served its function- it has mothered.

As spiritual beings, the world is a divine being, and can never be superfluous.

Humility liberates one's attention on one's self.

Despair is the necessary truth for one engaged in illusory self suggestion.

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These selected fragments are excerpted from unpublished writings by Jack Haas; selections from the notebooks 1990-2005.