"When attention lives in becoming something else, something better, I ignore what and how I am in these passing moments." - M.E

"Rest and be kind, you don't have to prove anything." - Jack Kerouac Love. It's a haunting word, isn't it? And we love some things, but not others, we are conditioned to love some people. and not others. We carefully guard our love, it's very valuable. This thing called love. You can't just give it... Continue Reading →

"A Myth is something that never was but is always happening." - Jean Houston Lately I've been trying to rejoice over things that aren't. I'm starting to find it's a bigger deal than I thought. There's also a lot of important stuff missing, you know? Like good looks, a lot of money, success, fame, and... Continue Reading →

"Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth." - Albert Einstein I was invited to attend a meeting of Zen Buddhist "teachers" who are based in California. The subject was about the content of teaching, what was taught and how the content might be useful as part of an overall process. The group... Continue Reading →

"We yearn for the beautiful, the unknown, and the mysterious." - Issey Miyake Sometimes there's longing, I mean the mysterious and unknown are OK. Mostly when I'm feeling content where I am. Beautiful is good I suppose, depending on what you believe is beautiful and how you apply your standards. I think preying mantises are beautiful,... Continue Reading →

"Time isn't the main thing, it's the only thing." - Miles Davis OF course, the young person in the photo could care less about Miles Davis, it would be years later that he would discover Tony Williams driving Bitches Brew and become entirely mesmerized listening to the melodies Tony plays on the drums. I wasn't discerning... Continue Reading →

"The internet has become so big, so powerful and pointless, that for some people it is a complete substitute for life." - Andrew Brown I’m writing this blog today sans Internet. A.T&T tells me they will have it back up by later this day. It seems odd, they treat outages in such a relaxed and... Continue Reading →

"Life is a privilege, but to live life to the fullest-well, that is a choice." - Andy Andrew It's a interesting one, this whole idea of having "Choices." And the idea that you can live a full and wonderful life no matter what the circumstances. That "How you think determines how you live your life."... Continue Reading →

"And so Castles made of sand slip into the sea, eventually." - Jimi Hendrix I connected with some monk friends yesterday, I love the "ambiance" of monks, they way they show intent. They have a dedicated intent, don't they? Everyday, in most ways, they dress, talk, and walk the walk. An interesting life if monkhood... Continue Reading →

"Fantasy and Reality often Overlap." - Walt Disney Fantasy is one of our strongest attributes, that ability to intellectual change the future, to warp it into all possibilities and probabilities. I readily build entire scenarios in a made up world. It's all about having information isn't it? Without information I know conditioned separate personality will... Continue Reading →