http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_Sutra

"Is not Defiled, Is not Pure."

The opal is a crystal (quartz) which has been muddied with water.

Lapis Lazuli is worth the most when it is thoroughly mucked up with pyrite.

Steel is strongest when carbon is mixed in all the way through.

The practice of the dharma itself is just like this.

The process of looking ( Read more... )

I am frankly terrified by what happened in Nashville Knoxville, at the local Unitarian Universalist Church there. Apparently, someone decided that the "jokes" of the far right media aren't jokes, and need to be followed through. While I can certainly understand the rage someone might feel in the circumstances he may have been presented with, having ( Read more... )

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As would be expected, having taken on a job with more responsibility, I have, shockingly enough, found that I now take a portion of my work home with me. As much as I would prefer to avoid attachment in my day to day existence, I find some things, like helping professionals help people, have merit. I have begun to become exited by the little ( Read more... )

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Now, I have come to realization about myself, that is quite uncomfortable to admit.

I am quite afraid of the money I owe.  I know it is a fairly largish amount, but after the repossession of the car and the foreclosure of the house, I know it is now probably manageable.  I don't want to know how bad my credit score is, but I know it is bad enough ( Read more... )

Well, I've finally started the long slow process of house cleanup and packing, trying to figure out a way to get 1600 sq feet of junk into a studio apartment. A large portion of it is deciding which things are junk and which things have value, and which things of value I intend to keep. Take, for example, my big screen rear projection HDTV ready ( Read more... )

The true danger of prolonged unemployment is that, after enough time, one makes a job out of doing nothing. If only to avoid maddening desparation, one has to have a certain level of form and process to their day. Whether it's checking through a list of 30 webcomics for updates, trying to fight back the tide of spam for the miniscule amount of ( Read more... )