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I act to react.

by Ashok Sharda

I act- It’s too egoistic a claim. I react- It’s too meek a submission. What do I do? If I can’t act And there isn’t present Any INTENDING ‘I’ When I react. The only way out It seems Is to ACT to react. I act to react.

01/26/2003

Posted on 01/26/2003
Copyright © 2024 Ashok Sharda

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Betania Tesch on 01/26/03 at 07:23 PM

I react to act. *smiles*

Posted by Charles E Minshall on 01/27/03 at 03:43 AM

Fun poem Ashok.....Charlie

Posted by Deanna M Gritsonis on 01/29/03 at 03:30 AM

In away its like a tounge twister.

Posted by Mara Meade on 01/29/03 at 03:06 PM

The dilemma and its conclusion... yes, act to react.

Posted by Glenn Currier on 02/07/03 at 04:25 AM

Oh how sweet it would be to able to always BE guided by Oneness and spirit rather than ego or mere reaction to externals. Very thought-provoking, my friend.

Posted by Oliver Drewman on 09/26/03 at 04:03 AM

i like it especially the logic.

Posted by Max Bouillet on 12/02/03 at 05:29 PM

If there is only action or non-action, then isn't reaction merely action? The stimulis that caused the reaction is basically the action of something else. But reaction implies an "I" to perceive the stimulis action therefore there is either an "I", or merely action and no re-action. I'm getting a headache. Great read full of thought.

Posted by Michele Schottelkorb on 12/17/03 at 05:14 PM

ok, i give up... my brain is flooded with thought and study every time i open one of your poems... how profound is this?... and what a true statement about egoism and meekness... it would seem there is no solution, but the solution is right there... laid out for all your readers... blessings...

Posted by Rula Shin on 08/31/04 at 10:12 PM

Even the act is a reaction, therefore no act at all. The ending, "I act to react", a solution? It doesn’t seem like it to me. Just a trap. :-)

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