The Vocation….
“The old god is dead, with his little world and his little, closed society. The new formal center of …
Category Archives: Life
Challenges….
“‘The men of old,’ say the Chinese, ‘reckon it the highest excellence in poetry that the meaning should be …
Fall….
This was taken outside the Tokyo National Museum. I had spent a pleasant few hours wandering the Museum …
Leaving….
Lao Tsu “As you are about to leave the world behind, could you write a book for my sake?—Words …
Zen Wholeness….
“Zen, it might be said, is the art of being ‘in form’ for everything, all the time. There is …
“Hey! What Are You Lookin’ At?”….
Check!….
“Usually in history, when two nations have contested for the same markets, the nation that has lost in the …
Again Hesse’s ‘The Poet’….
“Therefore, I beg you to let me go my own way in loneliness for a while and devote myself to …
Words Of A Genuine Shaman-Type….
I don’t usually quote at such length, but I’ve been returning to the following passage again and again since first …
Old Men And Women….
“Could by any chance culture be the meaning and purpose of the second half of life?”—Carl Jung, as quoted from …
