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Every Challenge is an Opportunity!

March 27, 2020

What better way to spend a few moment’s time on a rainy day out in Vancouver than writing a few …

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A Distinctly Western Buddha….

September 23, 2016

 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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A Strange, Flowing Place….

September 7, 2016

Spent time yesterday watching YouTube videos featuring guys (and they’re mostly guys) like Eckhart Tolle and Deepak Chopra, others too …

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(Don’t) Hold That Thought!

August 22, 2016

But then, it’s precisely that which differentiates us from every other life form on planet Earth. And pretty much only …

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Something Happened… The Flesh Became Word!

June 30, 2016

Something happened. If I had to guess I’d say it started somewhere between 50 and 100 thousand years ago. For …

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Corroborative Quotes….And the Updated Four Noble Truths

June 27, 2016

Let the quotes speak for themselves. Last post I had the temerity to offer an updated for the modern era …

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The Omphalos Cafe’s Four Noble Truths…

June 23, 2016

Go big or go home, as the saying goes. And what these days is so big in the spiritual domain …

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The Music of the Spheres…(A Western Symphony)

April 8, 2016

“There is a wondrous music of the spheres which wills to be heard and which a few of our deepest …

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Ahhhh…Just Breath….

April 6, 2016

It’s us against them…. Or so we’ve been led to believe. It’s in our nature, our makeup. Hardwired, if you …

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Dangerous Stuff….

April 4, 2016

‘“Mankind,” however, has no aim, no idea, no plan, any more than the family of butterflies or orchids.’—Oswald Spengler, Decline …

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