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to have or to be  

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to have or not to have are the same thing: pretend letting go.
having can be things or people or ideas or feelings.
having things like: freedom, self-expression, peace of mind, choice, happiness, strength, health, love, clarity, simplicity, understanding, honesty, self-respect, generosity, compassion.
wanting that stuff is attachment, not being. i see how i'm really being when that stuff is threatened or not respected or taken advantage of or pushed to the limit or abused.

being is unlimited and unconditional

judgments are pollution  

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i saw the clear mind today. the responsible mind. the peaceful mind. the clear mind.

and as my thoughts drifted in, i saw the judgments like ink being poured into clear water.
they rolled in like a tiny compact cloud front, with visible edges that looked like rolling organic shapes.
every motion, every bit of the flow of the ink into the water is a multitude of judgments.
most are so small they aren't even named. thoughts beyond the conscious mind.
i see the thoughts that have the most force, but there are so many beyond it that i can't see.
choice seems to be dump this pollution here or not. because clean-up is beyond our abilities.
like an oil spill in the ocean, there's nearly total ruin and death.
decimation, like wrecking an entire ecosystem of healthy organisms.
like candida wrecks the immune system.
judgments are pollution.
and after they're dumped into the clear mind, and they're mixed together for a while,
eventually it becomes a stagnant hazy cloud. no edges, just a polluted grey.