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Beyond The Known E-Book Now Available
It is finally here…
Beyond The Known – 365 Days of Exploration
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About the Book
398 Pages / 2.79 MB
This book is a calender of very short meditative explorations; one per day for an entire year. Some are statements, some are questions, and others just simple [...]
Upcoming E-book Release – Beyond the Known
Just a quick note for everyone…
On Thursday the 17th, I’ll be releasing my first e-book. It is called, Beyond the Known: 365 Days of Exploration. At almost 400 pages, it will seem daunting to any reader. But don’t worry…it is not as bad as it seems.
From the Preface:
This book is a calendar of short contemplations; [...]
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The Raven
Today is the 160th anniversary of the death of Edgar Allan Poe.
I was a fan of Poe in my younger days, but lost track of him around twenty years ago. I recently went back to re-read some of my old favorites and discovered some new things about Poe that surprised me. Namely, that Poe was [...]
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Relationship – Two Years Later
On this day two years ago, I wrote the post, Relationship – Part One (There is also a Part Two). At that time, judging by reader response, it was my most popular post. But not due to comments. I received over thirty emails on this two-part series, which at the time, was a reader response [...]
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The Day After
I recently found, quite by accident, a few words I wrote on December 2nd, 2006, one day after the event of liberation, if that is the right way to say it. I have no memory of writing any of this. It is fairly disjointed, and it seems to have been written all at once, around [...]
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Michael Caine on Awakening
I’ve loved Michael Caine ever since I saw him in the film Deathtrap when I was a kid. He is known not only as a wonderful actor, but also as a very compassiontate teacher, especially for the young artist. This quote, while about editing as it relates to filmmaking and acting, illistrates very clearly a [...]
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A Question for My Peers…
This is a question for fellow writers of spiritual matters, but anyone is free to comment below.
I have noticed a trend - and it is nothing earth shattering - in this world of spiritual teaching:
A man or woman may come to a realization, perhaps only a realization on a superficial level, or perhaps something deeper, then...
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Zen and the Cockroach
Takuin sat in a Zen temple in Kyoto, waiting for a Zen Monk and an interesting conversation.
During his wait, he saw a little cockroach making its way across the floor. It was indecisive; move one way, go back, move one way, go back. He sat with this little creature for some time while waiting.
Then, a [...]
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