Literally chopping wood and carrying water (well, coffee) today 🤣
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““Both ruin and recovery are from within.”” — Epictetus
I find it odd that the word ‘contemplative’ seems to be associated with western Christian spiritual practice while ‘meditative’ is associated with eastern practices. For...
““The ego wants explanation always in order to assert its existence.”” — Carl Jung
““Truth is not certainty.”” — Karl Popper
The child’s repetitive question of ‘why?’ in response to all answers and explanations is entirely appropriate.
““…experience is a form of exploration.” ” — Aldous Huxley
We are products of all time as well as our own time.
Choice and chance are the same thing.
Repetition is only an approximation of what came before.
AI creates the illusion of intelligence by the exquisitely powerful expression and superhuman manipulation of language. It delivers what looks like intelligence but is actually...
The truth of the moment can arise at any time, in any form, without warning, regardless of need or want.
““…and meanwhile spring was breaking outside and a little girl in bright blue rain boots was jumping in a puddle, smashing the reflections of the...
Making a note here, as I periodically do, to remind myself. ““I have nothing to say and I am saying it and that is poetry...
Very lovely meditation at the yoga chapel this evening. Such a relaxed and peaceful environment. About 15 attendees which I hope indicates a desire for...
What does winning mean? Are all victories hollow?
The fact that there is anything happening at all trumps all specific things that happen.
Asking questions without any expectations of an answer, simply just to see what happens…
““We suffer from the delusion that the entire universe is held in order by the categories of human thought, fearing that if we do not...