Did this make it into Radical Men?

ACTIVIST
...the citizen who thinks he sees that the commonwealth's political clothes are worn out, and yet holds his peace and does not agitate for a new suit, is disloyal; he is a traitor.
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Mark Twain

Two Ducks in One Separate Place

Love and hate -
-Same person
-Same place
-Same time,
It's a paradox
yet I sense that
if I accept they
can both exist
at the same time
it is as if
I have slipped
out of one field of being
and into some other dimension
where I enter the field of the divine
which - of course, is a paradox.

Tuscarawas-January 28, 2005

Within the Sufi tradition the human being is considered the representative of God on earth. If we took this to heart as a truth and if for perhaps one day we would live as though everyone we love and relate to in our ordinary lives were the embodiment of the divine, then would we be completely transformed. What if you woke up next to your wife or ( Read more... )

"The world debate about who has the true God reminded me of the story of the five blind men who described the elephant after examining only one part of the elephant. This huge animal is so much more than a snake, a column, a hose, a fan and a throne as is the God force. It is so much more than a narrow description from one perspective and there ( Read more... )

I have found my drive again and again it was hidden between trying too hard and apathy. I was off-plane trying too hard and coming across the ball and fading everything. I was swinging too hard and the harder I swung the closer to me it landed. I have moved to a 10 degree and am on plane with a quiet relaxed swing and driving 250 yards or better ( Read more... )

Now I Know ( Read more... )

I did not go on a charity walk tonight. I wanted to be elsewhere. My contribution is sufficient, I guess. I wanted to cheer my Giants to victory and it happened. My contribution is sufficient ( Read more... )

A Moment Later and the World Changes ( Read more... )

C is being very difficult to get time with. I know this was an aspect of our relationship the first time but it is still very difficult. Which means it is an excellent opportunity to grow myself. Perhaps that is what this is about ( Read more... )