PREAMBLE What does EEG stand for? Exceptionally Enlightened Genius • Evolutionary Exemplary & Great • Excellent Estimable Giant • Engaging, Eager, & Generous • Entrepreneurial, Enterprising Go-getter • Entertaining & Effervescent Gardener • Eloquent, Ecstatic, & Grand
Let’s talk about Alarik’s brain . . .
Is there anything it doesn’t contain?
The answer: Not much
It’s capacity is such
That no one’s been heard to complain
His brain has two lobes, left and right
They’re the usual length, width, and height
Frontal, occipital —
The size is quite typical . . .
So — what makes him so brainy and bright?
Perhaps it’s the prefrontal cortex . . .
A very voluminous vortex? . . .
(Here comes a curious
Thought that’s quite spurious:
Why am I thinking of Gore-Tex?)
What reason, then, might we divine
That gives to his brain such a shine?
Perhaps his amygdala
Is unusually big-dala?
No — it’s like yours and mine
What can we say about his?
About his brain function, that is?
What’s happening there
Beneath that great hair
That makes him this wonderful whiz?
Now we can confidently state
The answer you yearningly await
We’re given the clearance
To say . . . it’s coherence —
Coherence that makes the man great
Coherence among all the parts
Coherence between mind and heart
And if you need proof
He waves, and then — poof!
You’re buried in graphs and in charts
And there’s this about Alarik’s brain —
It’s free of all stress and all strain
From each furrow and fold
Shines a light of pure gold —
And transcend is his constant refrain
Energy? He sprints circles around us
His stamina tends to astound us
This established non-stopper
High hopper, cash cropper —
In the Self he will ceaselessly ground us
His speech goes a mile a minute
And look at how much he loads in it
How densely he packs
The research, the facts —
It’s pure knowledge, however you spin it
Powerpoints — the man is sensational
He’s an artist — supremely creational
The colors, the bars,
The arrows, the stars —
Informational and inspirational
He’s author of numerous papers
Reflecting his white-coated capers
Showing the reality
Of experiencing totality —
Heaven on earth? He’s a shaper
He’s established, we’d say, in the main
And what beautiful boons we obtain
Nature supports him —
In fact, nature courts him —
The man’s an unstoppable train
And look what pure Being becomes
With Cynthia, his choicest of chums —
They’re running a business
Infused with pure Is-ness
To care for our teeth and our gums!
Swish with their oils each day
Brush with their frankincensed clay —
Use what they’ve made you —
You’ll smile like they do
And keep dental problems at bay
His doctorate’s in culinary arts —
Through our palates he nourishes our hearts
A blender of flavors
That everyone savors —
Alarik’s got all the right smarts
He’s out on his porch steps to meet you
He’s blowing his conches to greet you
Wearing shirts that are Hawaiian
(Which he’s constantly buyin’) —
At a sumptuous spread he will seat you
Alarik — such dazzling deeds
Alarik — the one name he needs
Alarik — the great
And Alarik can’t wait
As onward to Brahman he speeds
Alarik — the glorious gardener
Alarik — the at-work-in-the-yardener
The water-the-rooter
The enjoyer-the-fruiter —
And his working is easier, not hard-ener
Alarik — the keeper of bees
Alarik — the tender of trees
Alarik — pure friendliness
Without any end-liness —
He’s the Self in whatever he sees
Alarik — we have to say this:
He’s a generous sharer of bliss
What can you do about it?
I’ll give you a clue about it —
Go give him a hug and a kiss
His chariot’s gear: hyperdrive
His physiological Devatas thrive
They lend luminosity
To his vibrant velocity —
He’s evolving full throttle,
Brahm in a bottle —
He’s awake and alert and alive
He’s radiant, silver-haired Ved
In his presence all fear is allayed
He’s totally nourishing
Flowering, flourishing —
Alarik — we’re made in the shade
So happy birthday to Alarik Arenander
There’s no one who quite can compare-enander
We conclude, as we’ve ruminated —
You’re enlightened, illuminated . . .
It’s thrilling to know that you’re there-enander
JUNE 2, 2012