A comprehended god is no god.
quote by John Chrysostom

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To Be Understood
Nothing believed comes,
If one should run from it.
And...
Nothing believed comes,
If one is stunned by it.
Nothing is comprehended,
To understand.
And...
Those who become offended,
Often demand...
To be understood.
Observe and listen with a sitting,
Not too many do.
Too many are quick with their lips,
And...
Prove they are rude.
To then to accuse,
Someone to be abusive.
Nothing is comprehended,
To understand.
And...
Those who become offended,
Often demand...
To be understood.
And wounds are never mended.
With a healing recommended...
'Cause...
People wish to brood as they choose.
Nothing is comprehended,
To understand.
And...
Those who are offended,
Often demand...
To be understood.
But they aren't listening,
As they could and they should.
No they're not listening as they should and they could.
And if they listen they would be understood.
No they don't listen to,
Be understood.
No they don't listen like they could and should.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

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While science and technology play critical roles in sustaining modern civilization, they are not part of our culture in the sense that they are not commonly studied or well comprehended. Neither the potential nor the limitations of science are understood so that what can be achieved and what is beyond reach are not comprehended. The line between science and magic becomes blurred so that public judgments on technical issues can be erratic or badly flawed. It frequently appears that some people will believe almost anything. Thus judgments can be manipulated or warped by unscrupulous groups. Distortions or outright falsehoods can come to be accepted as fact.
quote by Henry Way Kendall

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This whole beauty thing is something I've never comprehended.
The infinite God can not by us, in the present limitation of our faculties, be comprehended or conceived.
quote by William Hamilton

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Technology Within Humanity
Technology realized
is the conceptualization
of nature harnessed.
Technology flourishes
expands upon laws
of nature studied
comprehended utilized.
Technology interacts
threatens the psyche
of humankind with
Jackal and Hyde
mirror images
creation destruction
potentialities
attesting to divinity
bestiality of nature
incorporated within.
Technology nature
are aspects affirming
environmental
comprehension
control divorce.
An absence
of nature
impoverishes
humanity
which imitates
creation
comprehended
striving
to evolve
reconcile back
to a godhead
where deep
division
dominating
beastly deeds
emotions
can be slain
forever
as passions
fertilize
humane intellects
with mind
warmth
as minds link
with enriching
harmony
honouring
life
uniquely
individual.
poem by Terence George Craddock

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Recesses
Withheld,
Springs,
Recesses,
Shadows,
Comprehended! !
Your love to me is better than sweet wine,
And you will never walk alone.
poem by Edward Kofi Louis

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Enjoying the Feast of It
Some write,
Showing an ineptness as an appetite.
Enjoying the feast of it.
Without a nibble digested.
Or a taste of it comprehended.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

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If you were not a sinful, polluted, helpless, and miserable creature, this Savior would not be suited to you, and you would not be comprehended in his gracious invitations to the children of men.
quote by Archibald Alexander

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Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge their Father and Lord, whose excellence cannot be estimated, nor His greatness perceived, nor His beginning comprehended.
quote by Lactantius

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A signal is comprehended if it serves to make us notice the object or situation it bespeaks. A symbol is understood when we conceive the idea it presents.
quote by Susanne Langer

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It was also Hegel who established the view that the different philosophic systems that we find in history are to be comprehended in terms of development and that they are generally one-sided because they owe their origins to a reaction against what has gone before.
quote by Walter Kaufmann

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Removed From a Kept Priority List
To know thyself is the greatest of all happiness.
With a joy and fulfillment free of tensions to mention.
So much is understood and comprehended then.
And so much can be accomplished when that happens.
It is as if obstacles do not exist.
At least the ones we are familiar with...
Are removed from a kept priority list.
To forget and be left unaddressed.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

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Research Can Unearth a Wealth of Knowledge
New England.
Colonialism.
The influence of the Dutch.
And...
Apartheid!
Things have a better chance,
To be comprehended.
When the basics of historical facts,
Are understood and 'not' left to be ignored...
As many wish they could!
Research can unearth,
A wealth of knowledge.
And dispel rumors,
With attached innuendo!
As the 'new' saying goes.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

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Hugs
A hug
E’en if given
Only in jest
Tis still yet
a hug
No more no less
While Intended
Perhaps only
To be received in jest
I shall instead
Choose to Treat it
As a sweet caress
For no matter
How tis intended
The hug to be
How tis comprehended
Is totally
Up to me
poem by David Whalen

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Showmanship
I thank you for that depiction,
And description given to others...
Of the origin and depth of my pain.
And even though you believe,
You have more to gain...
With your pointless explanations.
I think it would be best,
If you left the podium...
To let me give my own analysis.
Your interpretation given,
Although quite entertaining...
Would be better comprehended,
If I included more temperment.
That connects to an attitude,
I've come prepared to deliver...
Without such showmanship.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

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Palindrome - Once I Knew That
Once I knew that
Never fully comprehended
Things of this world;
Worse, always underestimated
It's purposes, the trajectory of despair-
Might some things not
Be done differently,
And maybe physics or
laws of gravity
Would be less dependable,
But child needn't be sacrificed
Just so adult be birthed,
And you would not have to destroy love;
Determining what love was worth keeping.
Keeping worth was love
What determining love destroy
To have not, would you
And birthed be adult
So just sacrificed
Be needn't child
But dependable less be
Would gravity of laws or physics maybe
And differently done
Be not things, some might despair
Of trajectory, the purposes it's understimated always:
Worse world this, of things comprehended fully, never-
That knew I once.
poem by Patti Masterman

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Why Should I Be the Bait For You to Satiate Upon My Irritation?
I could make more sense,
If I chose to leave you some.
But I know if I did...
A clarity would not be recognized.
Or something like it,
Has been welcomed.
And I'd be left to explain,
What still would not be comprehended.
And my patience can no longer wait...
For that date to come,
Each time a thought in your mind is placed.
Or your eyes to show me,
An understanding has been done!
Why should I be the bait,
For you to satiate upon my irritation?
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

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Just A Few Moments Of Thought
I use to think,
Making sense was an objective...
Many people had.
Like the establishing of common sense,
In those conversations once comprehended.
But as I grow each day,
And know a little bit about communication...
I have come to realize,
More people are caring less to understand...
What would take just a few moments of thought!
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

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Recharged to Boost Your Energy
I am with you,
And I will be.
I know we've exchanged,
Spoken words with inconsistency.
But...
You are like a seasoning I need,
Once sprinkled on something eaten I crave.
And I want more of that,
To fulfill the inside of me.
I am with you,
And I will be.
I'd like to see you touch the sky,
And be troubled free.
I'd like to know you would come to me,
To be recharged to boost your energy.
I am with you,
And I will be...
If this is what you believe you need.
I do!
If this means that I am and will be.
I can.
Part of a shared happiness,
That is comprehended...
As I understand it.
And there to be what you and I together wish,
Without 'this' despondent distance.
Like two peas in a pod that has been split.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

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Leaving One Taken For Granted Missed
When accessible and available,
A taking for granted took place.
When hard to find and out of touch,
A curiosity arises.
Questions are asked.
And a search begins.
But that which is sought...
Has long gone away.
Leaving one taken for granted,
Missed!
With that which had been misunderstood,
Now comprehended.
And a wishing for more,
Of what was there to freely give remembered.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

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