This simulacrum loft in France Matins, organ baseline, night Dwelling Christ unknowing

Om       mane            padre hum Behold       the jewel                in the lotus Behold       what is            within without Behold ...

At times the Christian metaphor feels like, in Weil's words, affliction and humiliation.  There's so much I do not understand.  INTR...

 Then, there’s this: Israel’s parliament approved a one-sided death penalty measure to execute Palestinians. It’s one of the most extreme la...

In prison this morning conversation about AI, evil and good, craving and aversion, truth and illusion, and the fact that “withholding” or se...

 No palms No Eucharist Just walking sticks And cups of tea Circling the field A tired mantra Om mane Padme hum

Two out of three ain’t bad. From the Dīgha Nikāya :    “Desire is threefold: namely, desire for sense pleasures, desire for becoming and des...

"Sometimes, with a little imagination, you have the chance to see what’s right in front of your face.”  ( --Sheldon Whitehouse, US Sena...

 non-feeling, non-thinking cunning, monomaniacal, ego-unsatiated, greed-lusty they say we should not despair stay ebullient, see thin cracks...

 The woman cried after reading 'Iran and Gaza Are ONLY THE BEGINNING' (Chris Hedges at Princeton). Something about the historical pa...

 Walking into prison Walking out of prison Thirty eight years Conversations

 We go on.

 Martin made it  out of house where fire raged falling to ground a pebble kick from  front door inside, two old guitars he'd played for ...

“It’s Not Trump. It’s America” Like a lot of other Americans, I’ve oscillated in these dark times between two emotional poles. At points, I ...

 Thanks For saying Yes, Mary 

Sometimes I'll look at one of the articles sent by Academia.edu. They are all worth the time and effort. Today a question of God and the...

I won't be throwing out the first pitch baseball season opens tonight instead I’ll eat a hotdog, loaded, sip a diet tonic water, pretend...

 You would think, with the myriad of product advertisements flashing across every media, devise, magazine, email, radio, and newspaper, that...