You have to write the story of your life before you can forget it and leave it behind.
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Toast just likes looking but not going out.
The other side
One day, a young monk approached Joshu and asked, "Master, what happens when we die?" Joshu replied, "I don't know." The monk was surprised. "But...
Four legged animals who have lost a limb just get on with it.
One of my favourite books, Nothing to Grasp, has just been republished.
This is… fun? 😕 “The real danger is not that machines will trick you. The real danger is that you will trick yourself into thinking...
Dog & door.
There is a there there, but when you're there, there's nothing there.
Another beautiful day…This morning accompanying my son as he drives to the train station to pick up his girlfriend to bring her home for the...
At a certain point your life becomes its own entertainment.
““And so, if we become convinced that consciousness is Fundamental, we will realize that we have always been in direct contact with the most fundamental...
““It may, in fact, be impossible to talk about any aspect of the universe objectively, because the universe is ultimately defined by different perspectives on...
Dog & dinner.
Tears are just tears
The Zen master Tokusan had a wife whom he deeply loved. When she died, he was found by his disciples weeping and wailing loudly. One...
There’s a reason why people who go travelling to find themselves never do. Because there’s no one to find. Or even anyone to do the...
This is fun. The Threshold And The Mask. A fictional dialogue between Alan Watts, Jiddu Krishnamurti, and Robert Saltzman written by ChatGPT-4.o.
““Not only is the universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think.”” — Werner Heisenberg