The Common Vein

Who Knows One

Who knows one?
I know one
I know you and me can be one
I know many people can be one
I know the world can be one
I know one is any number between zero and infinity to the power zero

I know to know one
One must know zero

Who knows zero?
I know only part of zero
I know we need to get to the power of zero be one

How do we get to the power of Zero?

That is the answer I do not know
But I have some thoughts of how

Zero abuse of power
Zero malice to others
Zero greed
Zero fear
Zero waste

This is my version of the Shema that I recite twice a day

Leb Ben Nechemia Hacohen

Eric the essence of all that is good is in the first line of the Shema. The rest of the tanach is to keep the masses from revolt and worshiping the golden calf. Long ago while in Paris and working for a large mutinational as a big shot I gave up on the golden calf. I have been in revolt since but as I age I am learning revolt is just as worthless as the golden calf. Now that am trying to understand and live by the power of zero very simple sentences like the ?Lord is One? mean more to me. Just started staring at One and realized it is Eno spelled backwards. If you don?t get One correct you can wind up with perpetual dispepsia.

Pursuing 1 and 0

Eric the power of one always means that the number remains the same. No growth, no knowledge, just stagnation. Six point seven billion to the power of one is still six point seven billion and all of them are still into the golden calf. The trick is to lower the power just like one lowers the volume and all of us can hear a pin drop and then we are approaching the power of zero. But because we think we always need our senses stimulated we can never turn the light, the noise, the smell, the touch, and of course the bacon down to full zero. Politicians always want the power of touch if it is a young intern. How fat was Helmut Kohl? How noisy are political rallies? How stinking is Madoff. The only thing they come close to zero in is intellect and brightness.

Do not try for the power of one, just aim for nothing and you have everything