Every Challenge is an Opportunity!
What better way to spend a few moment’s time on a rainy day out in Vancouver than writing a few …
Tag Archives: culture
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 …
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 …
(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 …
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 …
The Music of the Spheres…(A Western Symphony)
“There is a wondrous music of the spheres which wills to be heard and which a few of our deepest …
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 …
Dangerous Stuff….
‘“Mankind,” however, has no aim, no idea, no plan, any more than the family of butterflies or orchids.’—Oswald Spengler, Decline …
