“What Goes on Tomorrow”
by Ben Bussewitz, D.D., M.D.
Yeti Publishing. 2023.
Upstate
I will play my guitar in front of my camera and post it on YouTube. It will be a ball. I will do it with all kinds of songs, and what do you know, it’s tomorrow somewhere.
The name I go by is Ben but my birthname is Benjamin. When someone told my mother that I was the newborn king of the world, she said, "He needs to have a regency. Get him a regency," and it should have happened, but that never came to be.
The way to the world wide net is on the porch of my house. I keep going there to get the internet because I don't have it at my apartment right now. I will now walk to the porch of my house now to post on the world wide net the post of the century.
I am king of the world. I was born king and will always be king, the king of the East, the King of the West, the king of the Jews, the king of Israel, the king of the wide world.
by Ben Bussewitz
"the sound of the alarm"
Socrates, a Defender of Democracy
Socrates lived through the golden age of Athens, the deterioration into a 25 year war with Sparta, the rise of an oligarchic regime, and the ultimate restoration of the Athenian democracy. At the age of 70 he was executed by the state for supposedly corrupting the youth and insulating the Hellenic pantheon of gods. It can be expected by a democracy to find offense to the thoughtfulness of questioning basic truths, as democracies function according to group dynamics, and the more individuals are questioning themselves, social structure, social norms, wide and cutting principles, the less likely they are to immediately get along with authority unless they patiently corporate, like Socrates always did. It defends democracy to question, as it is by questioning, individuals expose truth, and the Greek people followed two traditions of a democracy: paeidia and parresia, an upstanding, morally grounded citizenry, and bold, courageous speech that gets to the heart of the matter and burrows under, even while staring in the face of mendacious political institutions. Socrates was essentially accused of being a monotheist by the state, not submitting to the Hellenistic vision of a polytheistic pantheon.
by Ben Bussewitz D.D., M.D.
Her
At the right hand of his palm,
The sun hanging high,
By the window near the garden,
The chipmunk running by,
All alone with the can,
And a splash of her eye,
All away by the water,
And the sun of the smile,
In alone on the land,
While the stars simmer on,
All away for the miles,
With life simmering on,
While the ocean pulses and rages,
To the life drifting by,
To the son of the reaper,
In the window of her eye,
To the life without taker,
All for love glorious,
A beautiful sunrise and rest,
As the love infinitely takes her.
by Ryan Ventriloquist
https://mullsaythezineusa.blogspot.com/
founded by Ryan Ventriloquist and Taylor Swift
created by Ryan Ventriloquist
Bethlehem to Egypt
a traveling nomad on his way to Chicago,
the heart of a girl in the heart that he cargoes,
he is not even in the most profound of moods,
he is not even in the heart of a swarm of bees,
he is not even drizzling or fizzling,
he is on the way to a wagon of speed.
by Ryan Ventriloquist
She is a cause without a beginning,
She is a majesty, the heart is forgiven,
She is a turnip, attached to the vine,
She’s waiting for harvest to come,
She’s on Texas time,
She’s out of this world in imagination,
She is like the thin air,
The smell of carbon fresh,
Right from up there.
by Ryan Ventriloquist
the birdsound spell is chilszeiling
- Ryan
here it is, for your quaint listening ears, you pair of funungles (that's my word, I, Mr. I, Ry, Mr. Rye). (I just wrote this song trying to remember.)
- R
Ryan Chief (I) is a citizen of the country of America. America is half the name of two continents (N. and S. America), and the name of a country.
I am king of this country.
That's all I know.
I took a drug to forget the rest.
What does top-secret mean?
Can anyone help?
- Rye
Pan-nationalism. That's my term. Mr. R.—I. The humble Jedi.
That's thinking of the whole world as a nation, and wishing the best for neighbors who are on a shared path.
- Ry
Humble me, scholarly machine, high-school diploma, K-12 pristine, knows all about the big country China.
China is in East Asia, a country with a border that is shared by several East Asian countries and a European/West Asian country (big Russia). (The big countries are Russia, China, the U.S., and Brazil. That's the bigs. [humble me, scholarly machine]).
China has the biggest population of all nations. If everyone jumped at the same time, the world would fall off its axis. It already has, when China had overstepped its boundaries on climate pollution.
China is not in the ASEAN but should be. The U.S. should be too. All the bigs should be. All the bigs are friends, partners, and allies with Asia.
China's Communist Party pretty much runs the show as far as domestic and transnational policy goes, that's the way it goes, from big China down to run-of-the-mill Mexico (Mexico is one of the run-of-the-mill nations; this is how it goes; the big countries are China, Brazil, the U.S., and Russia [Canada, France, and Germany almost made it, but they're run-of-the-mill], the run-of the-mill countries are all the other countries except the two poorest, Burundi and Central African Republic—those are the small countries.) But the People's Liberation Army serves as a moderating force in the running schemes of governing machines (says I, me, myself, me, I [how many ways can I put it says Me, Mr. I] the humble scholarly machine), and could overstep the Communist Party as the most powerful governing body in the country, were the People's Liberation Communists of China (that's my term) to overstep their authority and go outside the border of the adults' illustration books images.
It's an interesting observation that only I can call myself Me with a capital 'M.'
- R
Pragmatic idealism can be understood as envisioning the ideal world, and then working through practical steps to achieve the vision. This is why utopias are so useful to the pragmatic idealistic. It is in utopias that the artist opens the engager’s mind to a world unhinged, in the rhythm of the melody of the world working together in symphonies uncontravened splendid. Virtue and happiness go hand in hand with getting the job done, as the ordinary individuals of the polity delight in time’s well-made, and tend to accomplish their most productive work. And with the labor of society working together, with a clear plan and vision, on the road to perfection (idealism), taking practical steps of reason (pragmatism), society is capable of producing tremendous momentum that spills out to a changing epoch in the world’s well-being.
- R
East Jerusalem, one of the most sacred of places in the world, is currently inhabited by mostly Palestinians, as it is under Palestinian control, yet is occupied by Israel and the Israeli government is encouraging Iranian settlers, which is leading to Palestinians being displaced. What is happening between Palestine and the Occupied Gaza Strip is downright--truthfully, downright-- apartheid, rooted in national identity. The Israel government does not treat Palestinian's well, as they do not negotiate, or, rather, aim to put into motion, their hopes, yearnings, and ambitions as a peoples, and they constantly forcibly displace them to make way for more Israel settlement in East Jerusalem (which is part of the Occupied Gaza Strip), and the rest of the Occupied Gaza Strip. Perhaps, because Palestinians have shown hospitality to Israel citizens who are engaged in a settlement process in territory under Palestines control, and especially because West Jerusalem already has so heavily been occupying East Jerusalem-- perhaps it would be appropriate to open the borders of Israel so East Jerusalem can saunter through and even settle down in West Jerusalem, one of the most sacred places in the world. There, as the Occupy The Noble Sanctuary, they can peacefully protest against Israel's continual human rights abuses and their circumcision of international law.
The Garden
In the fading garden of youth and love,
She is the rose that never fades and always shines bright and brilliant,
In the Fall, by the rose garden,
She has no doubt for her Springtime harvest
And she bundles up in enfolding spirit,
Always touching everyone she sees,
Never leaving them for a moment.
In the line of freedom,
Liberation and truth held high,
So we do not doubt what is on the ground
Or in the sky. The awesome breeze she brings
So inviting, to make the garden grow
Into a blooming masterpiece,
She is the creator.
by Ryan Ventriloquist
episode 2: "two"
It was all good, all the time.
That’s what the man said to the woman,
About their lives sublime.
It was all right and just great.
That’s what she said to him,
Then said it makes her fate.
She said okay, all right,
That’s what I’m talking about
All night.
And it was just perfect.
All night.
She meant it.
Which was ideal for the man.
Because what he was doing
He meant too.
And that was the way
This was unfolding
Two of them going
Where they ought to be going
Two of them wildly going
To where they are better off being
Hand and hand
On top of the world.
They were there.
They were both there.
And they both shared it
And it was only with them
And it was perfect
And just right
And they both had it
All night
Okay, all right,
It truly last all night.
And all day.
That’s what they knew.
But they kept that inside.
They held close to that miracle.
They watched the peach trees
Turn to yellow and maroon
And then said, “I do,”
And then they were happily married:
Tiea and Blu, two.
by Ryan Ventriloquist
Ryan Ventriloquist
Mullsay Publications
21 March 2023
Pragmatic Idealism
Over the course of the eons of time of the antediluvian
to the pre-ancient to the time considered ancient by the ancient past that is
now considered ancient according to today’s observers—the city of Xois was
already considered ancient by 3,100-2,180 B.C. according to what is inscribed
on the Palermo Stone—to the ancient, unwinding its way to the present, it has
become less common as one considers and ponders upon motley ruminations to make
efforts to fathom up the ultimate idea, as ideas have become more focused on
immediate gratification and less steered toward spiritual insights of what
constitutes the ultimate life for oneself or one’s community. It would be
ironic to consider how immediate gratification would be considered more
throughout time, as conveniences have always improved with technology. It would
be difficult to hone in on what would be characterized as the ultimate idea,
albeit an ideal world, i.e. a utopia, may top the list of lists of ideas that
might encompass where the ultimate idea falls out of all lists of ideas. This
is why, you might say, it is of use and practical to ponder over what constitutes
a utopia. It is also because utopias are a guarantee if people use reason in
common sense. It is not a necessary condition for people to possess ultimate
reason, i.e. fullproff reasoning capacities, for a utopia to take shape.
Although, were a utopia to take shape the ability as such would necessarily
develop organically. In this article on Mullsay the Zine U.S.A., I am
not discussing what constitutes a utopia, but rather, how to create a utopia.
In the course of time since philosophy has been around,
ever since ancient Egypt with the instructions of Ptah, philosophers have been
discussing how to create a utopia. It is one of the central elements of
philosophy. In this day in age people are dismissive of the idea of a utopia
because of contingent conditions. This is unnecessary. Those contingent
conditions are not a problem that prevent a utopia from eventually developing
and these contingent conditions can be ameliorated. For instance, the negative
impact of global warming through climate change as a result of manmade
technology can be reversed if the climate does not drop 1.5 degrees by 2050 and
this can happen if wealthy nations cease use of coal, gas, and oil by 2040.
There are myriad plans in place that can easily be implemented.
Pragmatism entails considering the merits of ideas in
terms of practical applicability on being implemented in a virtuous fashion.
Idealism is the philosophy that involves finding the best situation of a given
situation. Often, utopias are reflections of the world functioning in the best
given situation. However well-meaning the purpose of a piece of art from the
utopia genre is, often they do not consider the best way to implement the utopia.
The best way to implement the utopia is through pragmatic idealism because it
guarantees a utopia develops and ensures only positive outcomes on the way
toward the utopia, moving from the present into the future. Pragmatic idealism
is the idea that through practical application of ideas, policies, and
proposals in the direction of a utopia, while gazing straight on at a prototype
utopia that is derived from a sequence of hypothetical utopias, that is then
adopted into a newer prototype utopia that derives from another sequence of
utopias, with the latter prototype utopia taking account of the meritorious
elements of the previous prototype utopia and how its adoption surfaced into
real-life implementation—elements that were adopted from this prototype utopia
and translated into real-world success—all the while the elements of the series
of hypothetical utopias that stand out as reasonable elements to translate into
real-life implementation are voted upon by a democratic order to translate into
a prototype-utopia which then goes through a democratic process of votes being
taken down regarding virtuous elements of phenomena related real-life
implementation, interfusing elements of the real-life situations that the
voting body wishes to be translated into implementation into the utopia,
followed by repeating the same process of creating a series of hypothetical
utopias based on the newest prototype utopia and considerations in relation to
how it was translated into real-life success, and hence, there is continuous
pragmatic direction toward an ideal future that is always in the direction of
virtuous elements of the philosopher’s vision.
The way to a ideal future is through communication and
dialogue between many parties.
A Global Ethos with a Human Outlook
by
Ryan Ventriloquist
A Way to Understand
All people love the
world. When one inquires into the deepest desires of the heart, she finds that
universal solidarity, world peace, and unrestrained compassion is in the root
of all people's conception of the good. The concept of a global federation of
states has been prevalent in academic thought since the time of antiquity, but
with the ushering in of a truly globalized era, a global ethos rooted in
brotherly and sisterly global citizenship has become more prevalent and
commonplace.
All people love people. Indeed, the heart is a blessing
that fills all individuals up with love and the will to act according to good
deeds. When you take into account the heart of man, it is apparent that his
heart is overflowing with brotherly and sisterly love for his neighbors,
friends, and family. He does not cherish what he cannot have when he is in
peaceful rest. He does not dwell on possibilities that are outside of his
control when he takes in the Heart of Love. In the twenty-first century and the
twentieth century, there is a new epoch of human right oversight and scrutiny
and accountability that is above and beyond the preceding eras and good for the
common good. It is without question that overturning Jim Crow laws in the south
of the U.S., giving black people and women the right to vote was uplifting for the
U.S. democracy and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights declared by the
United Nations General Assembly in 1948 served to ameliorate the wantonness of
human rights violations and injustices. It is good for every law-abiding
citizen to respect and uphold natural law as leading principle that enables
authority to uphold all people's dignity, integrity, freedom, agency,
well-being. The people of the global community have grown to be more insistent
that natural rights are protected and
preserved.
Looking deep into the person, or widely throughout the
world, enables one to see both more clearly. The mind is a semi-permeable,
thermodynamically-open, organizationally-closed, nimbus plasmas kernel
membrane, embedded in an external world in streaming conscience. The
knowing-subject is fused and interwoven with the world, surrounded by the
world, and acts in direct connection with the world, so much that experience
and the external world are bound up in one another. Accordingly, if one does
something to harm the world, all the world is affected. And if all the world is
affected, he is affected. And if someone does something to help the world, all
the world is benefited. And he is affected. This is also demonstrated in the
phenomena of skandhas movement in terms of their love shifting from one
environment to another. A person takes in love and gives off love, and each
moment of their life accounts for another bit of love building up or receding
in their spiritual framework. This is clear in that all moments are important
and have to do with love in one way or another and a person is never
impermeable to love's movement. Love moves throughout the environment, from
environment to environment, and ultimately, all throughout the world. Each bit
of love contributes to the overall health of love in the world. As a person is
made up of love they are responsive to love at the core of their being. Love
makes up the world. The world is love. God is love. Brahman is atman. Jesus
Christ died to atone for the sins of the world thereby bringing all His people
into freedom by their faith from sin. That is love. Jesus Christ is the heart
of the world. Praise and worship is therefore due to the Almighty, Most High
Jesus Christ, the Lord of Heaven, the Maker of Life.
Mullsay dialogue—
Thank you for reading what I have shared with you here in this publication. I am sincerely grateful for your engagement in this democratic exchange of which I am presiding over. I ask you to take some concerted time to mull over this piece of writing and then to say your thoughts by responding to the following prompts (hence, Mullsay the Zine). And with as much earnestness and yearning, I ask you to read through carefully and consider the thoughts, ideas, affect, desires, concerns, and considerations of the various people who also put forth comments. If you have input you wish to offer that is not related to what I guide you through in prompts, I invite you to share it in the comments section that is located below the prompts. Please keep in mind, in democratic dialogue, it is of essential importance to be respectful and kind, thoughtful and peace-oriented.
What are some ways of focusing on carrying out righteous deeds?
by Ryan Ventriloquist
And I invite you to mull over additional thoughts related to this essay and offer your input in the comments section below.
Mullsay dialogue—
Thank you for reading what I have shared with you here in this publication. I am sincerely grateful for your engagement in this democratic exchange of which I am presiding over. I ask you to take some concerted time to mull over this piece of writing and then to say your thoughts by responding to the following prompts (hence, Mullsay the Zine). And with as much earnestness and yearning, I ask you to read through carefully and consider the thoughts, ideas, affect, desires, concerns, and considerations of the various people who also put forth comments. If you have input you wish to offer that is not related to what I guide you through in prompts, I invite you to share it in the comments section that is located below the prompts. Please keep in mind, in democratic dialogue, it is of essential importance to be respectful and kind, thoughtful and peace-oriented.
What is the best hour for meditating?
What does the tree say when it contemplates the way it was planted?
by Ryan Ventriloquist
And I invite you to mull over additional thoughts related to this essay and offer your input in the comments section below.
