Ripples on an Infinite Sea

By James A. Heffernan

"Ripples on an Infinite Sea" is an eclectic collection of poems written on a wide variety of subjects. From "Evolution Revolution" to "Intention Processor" to "Mathemagical" to "The Pit and the Pendulum" to "Subconscious Superconscious" to "Soul Colors" to "Our Little Will" and many more, just about every subject is covered, and in Heffernan's own unique and decidedly interesting style. Anyone with an interest in poetry or philosophy -- or both -- will find much rewarding material in this book.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Aug 26, 2022
• ISBN: 9781667860169

Book preview

cover.jpg

Ripples on an Infinite Sea © 2022 by James A. Heffernan

All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

ISBN (Print): 978-1-66786-015-2

ISBN (eBook): 978-1-66786-016-9

By James A. Heffernan

The Reality of Hunter-Gatherers

Nonlocal Nature: The Eight Circuits of Consciousness

Many Worlds: A Collection of Poems

Unfolding Nature: Being in the Implicate Order

Tunnels Through Time: Poems and Observations

Contents

The Abolition of Money

Active Information

The Animistic Cosmos

Appreciative

Atomic

Barbaric Civilization

Basic Truths

Because

The Buck Goes Up

The Buddha and the Soul

The Celestial Kingdom

A Clockwork Ourang

Collective Soul

Common Sense

Consciousness Without an Object

Constrained

Copenhagen Holograms

Cosmic Subconscious

Death

Death Anguish

Death is a Switch

Decisions, Decisions

Determined Soul

Deterministic

The Devil’s Rejoice

Dog

Don’t Disparage Thinking

The Economy

An Education

Ego

Equipoise

Everything That Lives is Holy

Evil

Evolution Revolution

Faith

Fair or Unfair?

The Fermi Paradox

A Final Truth

A Free Nature

Incarcerate

Intention

Intention Processor

Is

The Karma of Knowing

Large Phenomena

Letting Go

Light Mysticism

Logic

The Logic of the Gods

Manifest Destiny

Mathemagical

The Meaning of Life

The Modern World

Multiversal Origins

The Nobility

Now

Old Higher Realms

Old Techniques, New Theories

Our Little Will

The Pit and the Pendulum

The Present

The Present Part II

The Quantum Soul

Seems Obvious Now

Ship of Fools

Society and the System

Soul Center

Soul Colors

The Spectrum

Subconscious Superconscious

Superposition

Time Swamp

The Ultimate Judgment

Unified Field

Wholeness in Mind

Work

The Abolition of Money

We are told, from our youth, that money is natural

Necessary, good, and of primary concern

But it only exists because humans won’t share

So all one can do is steadfastly earn

Indeed, without money all people would hoard

To be done with it all we all yearn

Perhaps there could instead be an alternative

Perhaps some new novel system

Perhaps it could be a complex ledger of sorts

The debts, the taxes – who will miss them?

It would limit the goods a person could acquire

And hoarding would perforce be stemmed

With these vast improvements, it seems possible

That economic sharing could work

Humans would see that hoarding just hurts

But success in the shadows does lurk

We could share commodities and services

There certainly would be some perks

We could do away with all forms of money

And radically streamline affairs

The economy robust, A.I. does the work

And instead of just putting on airs

We could make real change, a truly new world

With everyone having a share

These are all very nice suppositions to make

But in fact, it would fall quite apart

A new currency would arise, somehow

Some manipulation of the ledger for a start

And humans are not, simply not geared to act

In ways altogether quite smart

I do not know what transformation’s required

For anthropoid conduct to improve

I suppose it could be quite as simple as this:

Some of the glands you remove

And boost the IQ average up fifty points

And we might enter in some new groove

In the end, I’m afraid, my suggestions must

Be confined to future eras

The collective IQ seems only to go down

And we’re confronted daily with new terrors

It’s a nice dream to have, perhaps get there one day

But such blessings are not nigh for Terra

Active Information

The assertive self