These are my own observations. They may not hold for everyone. I am not an authority for anyone, except myself. But I thought to share these observations as they may be of benefit or interest to someone else. In my…
Yearly Archives: 2016
(Black Moon Bonus Story) ~ Gesar of Ling defeats Satham of Jang
I downloaded Douglas J Penick’s book The Brilliance of Naked Mind to my new Kindle (thanks, kids!) and this story was in the first few pages. It made my heart soar. Gesar was a Warrior Hero of Tibet. This…
Gareth Porter ~ How We Could End the Permanent War State
Gareth Porter ~ recent talk (extracts) http://worldbeyondwar.org/end-permanent-war-state/ I want to present a vision of something that has not been discussed seriously in many, many years: a national strategy to mobilize a very large segment of the population of this country…
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized
Akka Mahadevi ~ Female Devotional Poet
12th Century Poet. Married to a King when young, Akka Mahadevi rejected life in the palace and left to become a naked wandering mendicant. Her life was devoted to Shiva. I have fallen in love, O mother with the Beautiful…
Dandelion Root Medicine
Any of us may need to know about this easily-available and powerful medicine sometime. All parts of the plant may be used, but this post is just about the Root. …
Posted in Health and Healing
Tashi and the Monk
Really lovely, inspiring documentary ~ Tashi and the Monk https://player.vimeo.com/video/95735800?badge=0 TASHI AND THE MONK from Pilgrim Films on Vimeo. In a remote region of the Indian Himalayas, Lobsang Phuntsok, formerly a Buddhist monk, has dedicated his life to rescuing unwanted,…
Posted in Uncategorized, Videos
To Go Beyond Thought ~ Karen Armstrong
Parabola: Can you describe the Axial Age and the light it might shed on the difference between thinking and knowing? I realize I’m asking you to traffic in huge generalities here, but it seems to be a pivotal distinction. KAREN ARMSTRONG: You…
Posted in Uncategorized, Western Mysticism
The Monk Hanshan
(All images are of artwork from the MING DYNASTY) The Monk Hanshan (Deqing) was one of the most important Buddhist teachers in the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty in China stretched from the middle of the 14th Century to the…
Posted in Buddhism, Uncategorized
The Old Scientists Who Knew ~ Clarissa Pinkolo Estes
Vasavada taught breathing to me as prayer, as clearing, as vision. The popular tonglen practice aside for a moment, Vasavada AND Aunt Edna, both used to say in order to calm oneself: Breathe in blue, breathe out red. In our…
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
The Five Poisons and The Eight Worldly Concerns
”Learn to bear them patiently, as if they were mere echoes..” ~ Longchenpa In Buddhist psychology different types of mental affliction are categorised. These are the so-called mental poisons. In addition there are the eight worldly concerns, or those things that…
Posted in Buddhism, Uncategorized
Ancient China ~ Egyptian Connection?
An interesting possibility. Don’t know if it holds water, but will include it anyway. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/43.25.4/ An important archaeological artifact for understanding the early cultural and technological development of China is the splendid Yin-Shang bronze wares dating back to ca. 1400…
Posted in Oddities, Uncategorized
On The Physics of High Rise Building Collapses
Source ~ http://www.europhysicsnews.org/articles/epn/pdf/2016/04/epn2016474p21.pdf Europhysics News is the magazine of the European physics community. It is owned by the European Physical Society and produced in cooperation withEDP Sciences. It is distributed to all our Individual Members and many institutional subscribers. Most European national societies receive…
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized
Seyyed Hossein Nasr ~ On Tradition and Perennialism in the Contemporary World
Seyyed Hossein Nasr (Persian born April 7, 1933) is an Iranian University Professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University, and an Islamic philosopher.
Posted in Sufi Wisdom, Uncategorized
Possibilities ~ Wislawa Szymborska
I prefer movies. I prefer cats. I prefer the oaks along the Warta River. I prefer Dickens to Dostoyevsky. I prefer myself liking people to myself loving mankind. I prefer keeping a needle and thread on hand, just in case.…
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
We Had Each Other for A Long and Too Short A Time ~ Clarissa Pinkolo Estes
I know you’re going to your new love, I see your old white knapsack leaning at the door… your waiting lasso and your saddle outside, and I know, you’ve decided with finality, not to stay with me, not even one…
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Vision of Saint Ambrose of Optina
I read this recently in a book called The Christ of India and find it really lovely. As told by Abbott George Burke. “Suddenly, I am outside of the forest, somewhere far away, in another world, quite unknown to me, never seen…
Posted in Uncategorized, Western Mysticism
The Three Roots ~ Tau Malachi
Remember your Transcendence ”Always remember that God is with you, wherever you are, whatever is happening, all of the time. Cultivate this awareness, and throughout your days think of God with you often, and learn to abide in the this…
Posted in Western Mysticism
The Half Finished Heaven ~ Tomas Transtromer
The Half-Finished Heaven Despondency breaks off its course. Anguish breaks off its course. The vulture breaks off its flight. . The eager light streams out, even the ghosts take a draught. . And our paintings see daylight, our red beasts…
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
"Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire which consumes me, but I am the fire.'' ~ Jorge Luis Borges
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