Joyce, ‘Bloomsday,’ and Turnips…
It’s been awhile, again. A pause for the cause you might say. I’ve been poring back over Joyce’s Dubliners and …
Tag Archives: Buddhism
Recipients, Containers, and Preservers of the Flow
“Here, strangely clear yet enigmatic still, we have a duel significance of all living happenings—on the one hand we sense …
Ahhhh…Just Breath….
It’s us against them…. Or so we’ve been led to believe. It’s in our nature, our makeup. Hardwired, if you …
Beyond Buddhism…
It was my first time to a Buddhist temple. Service was scheduled for 10 and I made sure to arrive …
The Self-Referentiality of Buddhism
A puzzling problem… Having a day largely to myself I decide to walk downtown with the object of taking in …
Just Seeds Pollinating the Future….
Maybe these things cannot be written down, are best shared by word, from one solitary soul to another. I’m talking …
Announcing the Omphalos Cafe, on Youtube! (ok, it’s a start….)
As painful as it is to say, the Omphalos Cafe YouTube channel has gone live. The first episode was no …
A Sunday Sermon…. (Not Really)
Just One Example Actually, we don’t do any sermonizing around here. I’ll leave that to others. We draw connections. And …
City Man…
Abstract: existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence: abstract concepts such as …
Everyday Zen
Every moment Zen. Of course that’s what the Cafe is about. There is a retreat, a withdrawal, in order to …
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