So, the women of the world came out – apparently – in their hundreds of thousands, if not millions, to protest against Donald Trump, fearing that he is going to roll back feminism into the stone age. The motif they…
Monthly Archives: January 2017
Eros and Thanatos
Some fragmentary thoughts… Eros ~ appreciation for eternal beauty, life energy, the bright warm force within, passion for living, desire for immortality, libido, will to live, psychic relatedness (from Jung) – that is, interconnection and interaction with other sentient beings,…
Posted in Western Mysticism
Father and Mother
http://somathread.ning.com/groups/yoga-and-tantra/forum/father-and-mother The quotes on the home page over the past few days were written more than 1500 years apart. The first is ascribed to the anonymous author(s) of the Chandogya Upanishad in the 8th century BC – ”We should…
Posted in Uncategorized, Yoga
The Loss of Language
This is not a complex exploration of the subject, as I am not a linguist, or a scientist of any kind. This is a short account of recent observations and my initial reactions to them, as I find this subject…
One Auspicious Night or The Ideal Lover of Solitude
The Bhaddekaratta Sutra 2 Translations. Taught by the Buddha in Jeta’s forest. Buddha said to his monks, ”Let me teach you how to know one single auspicious night…. “Let not a person revive the past Or on the future build…
Posted in Buddhism
"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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