A Distinctly Western Buddha….
James Joyce/Stephen Dedalus, circa 1904 Thanks goodness for the internet, WordPress, and now YouTube. They afford me—and everyone with …
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This Will Blow Your Mind!
“Wow. You hear that? That’s the sound of minds being blown.” That’s a quote from my latest video uploaded to …
Nonsensical Sensemaking….
Why be confined to making sense? What is sense anyway? Who’s sense and what sense? Nonsense and totalsense. We are …
A Strange, Flowing Place….
Spent time yesterday watching YouTube videos featuring guys (and they’re mostly guys) like Eckhart Tolle and Deepak Chopra, others too …
Life (Beyond the Words) is ALL There Is….
“He is, of course, attempting the impossible—to describe in words (which always lie) that which is beyond words.”—Timothy Leary, forward …
(Don’t) Hold That Thought!
But then, it’s precisely that which differentiates us from every other life form on planet Earth. And pretty much only …
Crazy (Crazy?) Jottings…
So I’m back from the auto shop where our vehicle was in on a recall. Quick and painless, these recalls …
Something Happened… The Flesh Became Word!
Something happened. If I had to guess I’d say it started somewhere between 50 and 100 thousand years ago. For …
Corroborative Quotes….And the Updated Four Noble Truths
Let the quotes speak for themselves. Last post I had the temerity to offer an updated for the modern era …
The Omphalos Cafe’s Four Noble Truths…
Go big or go home, as the saying goes. And what these days is so big in the spiritual domain …
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