Inner Wakefulness ( Read more... )

And the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles,
no matter how long,
but only by a spiritual journey,
a journey of one inch,
very arduous and humbling and joyful,
by which we arrive at the ground at our feet,
and learn to be at home.

-- from The Collected Poems of Wendell Berry, 1957-1982, by Wendell Berry
Poetry Chaikhana | Wendell ( Read more... )

( A strange title for a post, and i am in a strange mood. The request for comment is made to myself, not necessarily to others. ... Read more... )

Pearls Before Swine Comic Strip on GoComics.com

Maybe?  Think about it/

Well, the strip (for Jamiary 3rd, is gone now:
Here is the text:

Pig: I'm tired of failing at everything i try!
Rat: We'll fix that.
Pig: How?
Rat: Stop trying
Pig: (Exubberant) Trying is for losers!
Goat: (Sarcastically?) You could be a motivational speaker.
Rat: I know.

God is always bigger than the boxes we build for God, so we should not waste too much time protecting our always too small boxes. (Sunday ( Read more... )

Taoism.net / TrueTao.org

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English version by Eiichi Shimomisei
Original Language Chinese

The Great Way has no gate,
A thousand roads enter it.
When one passes through this gateless gate,
He freely walks between heaven and earth.

Poetry Chaikhana | Wu Men Hui-k'ai - The Great Way has no gate

Poetry Chaikhana | W. S. Merwin - Is anyone there

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Morning Poem ( Read more... )

We adnitted we were powerless over alcohol, that our lives had become unmanageable. -- Step one of the twelve steps of AA and Al Anon.

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