Picturing The Flow Of Life….
Can you see the Life Flow here? This isn’t ‘literature.’ This isn’t me trying to ‘write’ something that …
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500….!
Yesterday WordPress notified me I had just published my 500th post here at the Omphalos Cafe. ‘Really?’ I …
The Ten Thousand Voices….
““And do you know,” continued Siddhartha, “what word it [the river] pronounces when one is successful in hearing all …
A Golden Age….?
Hong Kong Here’s a strange topic for a blog purportedly devoted to Life, understanding, personal growth and the importance …
Buddha Laughter….
“I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.”—Walt Whitman, Leaves Of Grass I happened yesterday …
Zen East and West….
Zen’s story goes back centuries, but it is a simple one. Buddhism was birthed in India and it …
A Zen Moment….
Zen is unthinking oneness with the instant we are living now. And I suppose you could say there …
Photography… And ‘Luck’….
It had been raining and the light of day was failing and I was exploring the upper Montmartre quarter …
Hubris….
Hubris. A quick definition search brings up arrogance and an excess of pride or self-confidence. In Greek tragedy …
An Outlook Divide….
Jean-Marc and I exchanged a few friendly words in the Carré the other day. He was sitting on a …
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