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Work (and Meaning)
The individualism of the 60s and 70s gave rise to the freeing of the self, in good and bad ways. This lead us to the state we currently find ourselves, where the upper class seeks personal fulfillment...
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Reclusland, a remix
The true hero does not wait on society to cast off its many weights before he or she goes forth. For society is almost always a taming, though it doesn’t have to be. And do not shout for God to help,...
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Is it possible to live from the infinite fullness, and allow the...
(pulling this out of the comments in my last post, because it deserves better than that) Being in-the-moment can open up a dimension of timelessness that gives us a sense of the Infinitely-Full. And...
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The Abyss: A Coalescence (watching the tide come in, awaiting its retreat)
The abyss. Seemingly standing at the ever-growing-edge of the “known”, it is an infinite emptiness created by the heart’s (true) belief in the existence of infinite fullness. When this belief comes...
View ArticleThe White Page
And now for something a little different. A free-write, of sorts, which I will be leaving up for a while (ie: no new posts), so as to give people a chance to read it. Let me know what you think… A...
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On Demons
You must have often wondered why the Enemy does not make more use of His power to be sensibly present to human souls in any degree He chooses and at any moment. But you now see that the Irresistible...
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Upon Confronting a Recurring Barrier
1) Barriers often bar our path, sometimes for many years. It can take a lot of work to get ourselves to the point where we feel ready to tackle them. For sometimes, the root of the barrier exists in...
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On Strength
I’ve been reading Thomas Merton lately, as yesterday’s post makes pretty obvious, and there is a lot in that little book about surrendering to God, letting God come into your self and light you up from...
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Some thoughts on Dukkha and Fire
From “Pilgermann“: “Every action is under His control,” said Firouz. “How can that be, really? Think of the dreadful things that are done in this world every day.” “The child is under the control of...
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On Free Will, Determinism, and “Animals”
All this talk of “animals” has got me thinking. If our desires and thoughts can be compared to animals that, when seen clearly, run about fairly randomly within the wilderness of our own naked...
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Parable of the Door
A man, wandering late at night through a dark wood, came upon a large house. Inside the house, there appeared to be a great celebration going on. Lights, music, cheering; the man could smell food...
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Wind, Sand, and Stars
Wind, Sand, Stars (Terre des Hommes in the original French title) is the telling of the real-life aviary exploits of Antoine de Saint-Exupery, author of The Little Price, when he was flying mail...
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Breach Babies
Purple monkey wrenches, flung through the air by red baboons. Done they are, with working on the master’s cars. Time travel and the pyramids fill their thoughts. Lost continents… Whence Atlantis? And...
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Snakeskin: A Sesshin Story
So, here’s one attempt at capturing a moment from my sesshin session last week. During a sesshin (in the Mountains and Rivers Order, at least), the resident teachers or senior students will give a talk...
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Schizophrenia, Time Perception, and The Reduction of Awareness
This morning, I read the latest post up at Ann Seeker’s blog, where she’s been summarizing her experience of reading David Appelbaum’s book The Stop. I bookmarked the article for later reading because...
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The Prodigal Son Returns Home
The inner “I” is in touch with reality but cannot see outside of it. The outer “I” is aware of possibilities, but loses touch with the real. Oh, this fourth dimensional existence! What can we do but...
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NOW I Want to See Avatar
I recently expressed an opinion in the comments on Avatar (which, as the post title implies, I haven’t seen yet) saying I wasn’t too excited about it, other than to see the special effects (I hear...
View ArticleFrames Per Second
Just finished reading a great post over at “Imagining the 10th Dimension”: Consciousness in Frames per Second. In it, Rob Bryanton discusses the “frame rate” of human consciousness. He explains that...
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Lawrence of Arabia
“Reason calls the grave a gateway of peace: and instinct shuns it.” - T. E. Lawrence [The Mint (Penguin Books 1984)] I went to a screening of Lawrence of Arabia a few months back. Got to see a full...
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