A few years ago, a friend of mine got into the habit of stopping by my house once a week to talk about his new interest in Eastern esoterica and mysticism. A devoted practitioner of several meditative disciplines, he liked to tell me about his new discoveries, insights, and practices. Since I used to practice yoga, meditation and have had the ( Read more... )

To do is to be. - Plato
To be is to do. - Aristotle
Scooby dooby do. - Sinatra

(Graffiti rumored to have been discovered
on a bathroom wall in the ruins of Pompeii.)

A few years ago I was talking to a friend who, at the time, was very interested in yoga, Zen, meditation, and various other "Eastern" style teachings. Once a week or so we'd get ( Read more... )

I was reading some of the other bloggers, and two recent posts jumped out at me because they lead to a similar issue. In the blog Within Due Bounds, blogger J. Roberts admits to having been a rude driver, and gives a few thoughts on acting "Masonically". In The Burning Taper, "Widow's Son" mentions a humorously titled post on yet another blog, and ( Read more... )