“If we do not accept the existence of archetypes, reading ancient myths and fairy tales can be very helpful because these stories came spontaneously from...
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There’s a kind of wisdom that only arises automatically as time passes that no amount of learning or practice can induce. No shortcuts. There’s no...
Set off early and made it in to work this morning. Many roads still flooded and closed but managed to crawl through some shallow standing...
“Our punishments are strong and unequivocal. Our preventions are weak and paltry. The whole idea of punishment is irrational. Why? Because everything … Hang him...
No work today. Roads completely flooded in multiple places. The brook running high and fast too.
It’s weird stepping outside into 15 degree warmth this evening when only yesterday it was -2 degrees. And the brook is beginning to rage brown...
“The Heart says, ‘Enough is enough. What I want, I have.’ The Head says, ‘What’s the plan? What’s next?’ The Manosphere says, ‘Stay hungry! Fight,...
“The experience of suffering is no less significant than that of liberation. The experience of confusion is no less necessary than that of clarity. The...
“For a time, words may encourage and inspire, but if you cling too long to a teaching, any teaching, it will blind you to your...
“Some years back, Charlotte Joko Beck was asked by a reporter whether, after all her years of spiritual practice, she had eliminated her neuroses. Joko...
Yes. “Stillness, the open awareness of what simply is, would appear to be all that is needed: only to give up all of our effort...
“Self-continuity is a sparkling chain of mirages, of emptiness. — Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche”
“What are you afraid of losing when nothing in the world actually belongs to you. — Marcus Aurelius”
Today I have found myself quite literally chopping wood (with a new splitter) and carrying water (bottles) from the supermarket 🤣
Every now and then I fire up an AI app and just end up staring at the blinking cursor with absolutely no idea what to...
“There can be hollow victories that exclude too many people, as well as powerful losses that can lead to wider, more inclusive movements. — Are...
“To become one with just what is, one is at one with both presence and loss, with being and not being. It doesn’t feel like...
“The peace you’re looking for isn’t something to acquire. It’s what’s revealed when you stop searching. — That missing piece (peace)”
I appreciate the way Zen embodies, with humour and mischief, the futility of describing and/ or expressing the qualia of our aliveness.
First snow. Just a soggy dusting quickly turning to slush. More to come this week though.
