The greatest strength
is the strength to look beyond
your own strength
and find in your weakness
strength in other people’s strength.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije
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English
JOYFUL ACTIVITY
There’s a reason why it’s called Eternal Life,
Not perpetual snooze or eternal sleep.
Stop saying “rest in peace”
to those who have left the earth for the afterlife.
Wish them instead a safe journey
And Joyful luminous activity
For all eternity.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije
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LIFE GOES ON
The departed are not dead
They do not rest in peace
If they rest, they have no peace
If they have peace, they‘re not at rest.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije
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EACH IS OTHER
Life is made up of many realities
living next to each other
They are not pretending
to get along with each other
They think they are getting along
with each other
And so they do. Coexist.
Mainly unaware of each other.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije
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DESTINATION UNCERTAIN
The earth is not just carrying us
We are carrying the earth too
We attract each other with gravitational forces
Where are we carrying the earth to?
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije
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STATE OF BEING YOU
It’s hard to get excited when you see through everyone and everything.
And also when you’ve seen through your own self to the core, it’s hard to whip up enthusiasm for things you know well are not you or yours. It’s like a kind of boredom.
Only your small simple little things satisfy your life now and you tend to just want to stick to them, whether the world says they’re right or wrong. They’re yours.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije
INTERVIEW IN OSAKA
BEGEGNUNG IN OSAKA, 23.02.2020
So eine schöne Begegnung, aus der ich so viel mitnehme. Vor allem: Es ist gar nicht so schwer, Verständnis für einander zu entwickeln und in Frieden miteinander zu leben, wenn der Mensch es einfach wirklich will! Und was anderes habe ich auch gelernt: Die Macht des früh (falsch) Gelernten oder Verinnerlichten. Ich zähle seit ich von den Alpen das erste Mal erfahren habe, vor vielen Jahren, die Zugspitze irgendwie zu der Schweiz! Frag mich nicht warum. Liegt nicht mal an deren Grenze. Dieser Fehler hat mir jahrzehntelang still schweigend gefolgt und mich heute in Osaka eingeholt. Anhand solcher Kleinigkeiten merke ich, daß ich nicht in Deutschland zur Schule gegangen bin. Bei “Wer wird Millionär?” würde ich eher an den ersten 5 Fragen scheitern, als an den restlichen 15. Also muß ich, nach dem ich Osaka besucht habe, auch endlich mal die Zugspitze mit einem Besuch erstatten. Denn interessante Menschen und interessante Begegnungen gibt es überall, wie man sieht. 😉
*ps – the highest mountain in Germany is called the Zugspitze.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije
MIND THE MOMENT
Your time will always pass
And it will pass at a time
Least convenient to you
Just as it came at a time
Not quite expected by you
And lasted for a length of time
Unappreciated by you.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije
RECALIBRATION
When you don‘t know
what to throw away and what to keep
When you don‘t know
when it‘s time to laugh and when to weep
When you can‘t tell
if you’re wide awake or fast asleep
When you can‘t tell
the difference between shallow and deep
any longer
like you could when you were younger
and materially weaker but spiritually stronger
then you need again to reconnect
with your original and most honest hunger
For the inner voice of your deepest hunger
Is always correct.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije
ATTENTION TO DETAIL
Every shift in form takes a bit of attention away from content as the consciousness or subconscious seeks through a reappraisal of form, and an attempted understanding of the reason for the shift, to glimpse a hint at the current nature of content. So, the understanding of content – on its way from itself to itself – takes a detour via attention to and understanding of form.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Che Chidi Chukwumerije 