Well, the Cardinal closed in the wee hours last night ( Read more... )

I like weddings. They work a kind of magic on everyone who goes - they disconnect us from the present. They pull us forwards to the future we hope comes true for the bride and groom. The days at home, the days of happiness, the children(?) that all come from right now. And when we're looking so hard to see those days, today starts to seem fuzzy ( Read more... )

Well, I've arrived safely! I have to say, one of the more interesting travel times I've had recently. Tell you about it? Don't mind if I do ( Read more... )

The ideal of the Zen man is subject to an enforced passivity. One should not bow down under the yoke of desire, only acknowledge it and put it aside, preferring instead to exist in the manner the Tao would provide him.

So, the acknowledgment of desire. What do I want?

Everything, all the time.

Tranquility is a challenge.

I picked a strawberry in the garden today ( Read more... )

"If a beautiful woman tells you you're handsome, doesn't matter if it's true or not. You stand a little straighter, feel a little taller in your shoes, won't run away from the mirror as quickly as you used to."

The conditions of a solitary bird are five:
The first, that it flies to the highest point;
The second, that it does not suffer for company,
not even of its own kind;
The third, that it aims its beak to the skies;
The fourth, that it does not have a definite color;
The fifth, that it sings very softly.

San Juan de la Cruz

Man, I'm such an information junkie. Got unplugged from the net a little bit yesterday, and it was like getting a limb cut off! I hadn't realized how strong my habit of net research had gotten....topics of interest, dates/times, new people - I must internet search all these things!!!!

Think I'm gonna work on disconnecting a bit.

The military has conducted a survey on childhood nutrition and concluded that in twenty years we will have so many adults that are fatter than the military maximum BMI that army recruitment will be critically short ( Read more... )

To experience the unity of life is to see your own self in all beings, and all beings in your own self. When we do this, we will look always with an impartial eye.