I am a big fan of Aesop’s Fables. You can find no better material describing the movement of thought and the self (although you may need to use your imagination to do so).
According to legend, Aesop was a slave in Greece during the 6th century B.C. Here is a bit from Wikipedia:
During the reign of [...]
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Question of the Week: 6/30 - 7/6
A recent question through e-mail:
Are you a member of any religious, philosophical, or spiritual organisation? You never really talk about that, but it seems to me that you’d be resistent to the idea.
Because one is not a member does not mean that one is resistant. It simply means one [...]
I have seen many familiar faces today; some for the first time in several months.
There is a recognition there, but at the same time, I do not know them. It may seem natural to say that you know someone, but in this organism, there is nothing more unnatural.
If I see my brother, there is recognition [...]
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When the sun rises, and the eyes open, don’t wait for someone to come.
You are alone now.
The years of fog will lift.
But watch the first step going into the bathroom.
When you see a couple violently arguing, you’ll simply watch.
When the child plays too close to the road, you’ll simply watch.
When the friend gets her hair [...]
This comment is from the previous post, Questions on Peace and War.
War will always be a constant in our lives. Violence and peaces are just smaller peices in the stream of chaos. Chaos rules all of us and everything we percieve as reality.
The war within ourselves, I believe is nothing but the constant struggle one [...]
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These questions come from various e-mails received over the last week.
“Do you think we will have peace in the world?’”
It is difficult for one to project a future in order to see what may happen. One can only sit with what is essentially the blood that pours through the veins.
The future, if seen as a [...]
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I am leaving Tokyo tonight, and going to Toyama. I’ll be in close proximity to a huge mountain range known as Tateyama. I’ll be gone from the 21st through the 26th. I am planning a trip into the mountains on my birthday (the 24th). I can think of no better present than that.
Toyama is one [...]
These are question posed to me by Jerry on the post, Sitting #2.
Not judging the thoughts and or compulsions that seem to be unsavory and dark is one thing. However, is reducing them and even eliminating them possible?
Who decides that the thoughts are unsavory and dark? There needs to be the judgment of good or [...]
This energy is massive. It bursts through the room and reaches out into infinity.
There is also that pain or pressure in the upper right portion of the brain. It pulses and seems to surge forth, but it in no way obstructs the liberation that allows clarity.
As one sits in the chair, this aliveness seems to [...]
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This is a short essay I wrote on screen writing back in 2005. I usually never revisit anything I write, but in this case, I found it to be interesting. When I found this piece on my computer, I wasn’t sure who wrote it until I nearly reached the end.
This was written before the realization [...]
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