The Ever-Recurring Birth Of The New
The sun rises on a new day, new year, new age, new born. It supersedes the old, the outworn, the …
Category Archives: History
Hobbled By History…. (or, Psycho-Spiritual Babble (Babel))
The doorbell rang five minutes before Sonny-boy and I were to leave for hockey. “Who’s sellin’ what?” flashed before me …
Simplicity Amidst The Complexity
“What Zen attempts is no other than the most radical revolution of our world view.”— D.T. Suzuki, Living By Zen …
“Literature Is Finished”… and The Middle Way
“The way of ‘self-expression’, individual acknowledgements, results in egotists, sure of the right to their private interpretations of God and …
Why?
“God!” she exclaimed, “why are men such homicidal mass killing maniacs?” “Why?” the man echoed. “Yes, why…?” she repeated, nearly …
A Western (Zen) Oneness
At the heart of the Omphalos Cafe is a Western approach to a oneness which, for want of a better …
Bloomsday Is An Intellectual Game… Dedalusday A Spiritual Journey
“Bloomsday is an intellectual game… Dedalusday is a spiritual journey.”—Xenon “When Zen gives utterance to itself, it goes against the …
“I Am Essentially A Religious Person…”
“It goes without saying that I am essentially a religious person, and always have been.”—Henry Miller, The World Of Sex …
Humankind… The Tool Maker
“My guess is it probably started somewhere between twenty-five and seventy-five thousand years ago, when Homo Neanderthal was gradually being …
Back To Basics (Life)
“I adjure you by the living God Almighty and by your duty to our Order and by the love you …
