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Category Archives: History

If You THINK There Is A Problem… You Are Part Of The Problem

September 21, 2013

I forget exactly what he had said. Something about subscribing to the doctrine of the amended reformation of Martin Luther, …

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The Psycho-Spiritual Field

May 5, 2013

Nothing like a few cheesily amateur Photoshopped images to illustrate grand concepts of history and life. Call it a psycho-spiritual …

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Don’t Ask Me To Dinner

April 28, 2013

Don’t ask me to dinner. Just don’t. I’m not very good at playing nice anymore. I’m not very good at …

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The Ever-Recurring Birth Of The New

December 16, 2012

The sun rises on a new day, new year, new age, new born. It supersedes the old, the outworn, the …

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Hobbled By History…. (or, Psycho-Spiritual Babble (Babel))

October 28, 2012

The doorbell rang five minutes before Sonny-boy and I were to leave for hockey. “Who’s sellin’ what?” flashed before me …

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Simplicity Amidst The Complexity

September 26, 2012

“What Zen attempts is no other than the most radical revolution of our world view.”— D.T. Suzuki, Living By Zen …

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“Literature Is Finished”… and The Middle Way

July 31, 2012

“The way of ‘self-expression’, individual acknowledgements, results in egotists, sure of the right to their private interpretations of God and …

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Why?

July 24, 2012

“God!” she exclaimed, “why are men such homicidal mass killing maniacs?” “Why?” the man echoed. “Yes, why…?” she repeated, nearly …

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A Western (Zen) Oneness

July 2, 2012

At the heart of the Omphalos Cafe is a Western approach to a oneness which, for want of a better …

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Bloomsday Is An Intellectual Game… Dedalusday A Spiritual Journey

June 16, 2012

“Bloomsday is an intellectual game… Dedalusday is a spiritual journey.”—Xenon “When Zen gives utterance to itself, it goes against the …

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