"How did the rose ever open its heart and give to the world its beauty? It felt the encouragement of light against its being. Otherwise, we all remain too frightened"
-Hafiz, Sufi poet

The greatest existing entry in my journal is a compilation of rules and maxims (entitled "Zenguard") that I learned in my first year of college. Now that I've had two years off and am gearing up to return, I thought it might be time to collect the wisdom I've learned since ( Read more... )

It's been awhile, hasn't it? I must admit, at different points I was going to update to let everyone know in what sort of shit I was engaging, but I never did--obviously. This was mostly to preserve my "privacy", which has been of the utmost importance to me recently. Yeah, well, fuck that already. I've realized that I have learned some important ( Read more... )