The Ever-Recurring Birth Of The New
The sun rises on a new day, new year, new age, new born. It supersedes the old, the outworn, the …
Tag Archives: culture
Playing Music At The Cafe
“History, religion, civilization, the conquest of the universe by man, his pathetic creation of God, all this …
Hobbled By History…. (or, Psycho-Spiritual Babble (Babel))
The doorbell rang five minutes before Sonny-boy and I were to leave for hockey. “Who’s sellin’ what?” flashed before me …
The Quotes
A post dedicated entirely to the quotes of others? Why not, I think to myself, considering they are all germane …
Why Black Elk Matters
“But if the vision was true and mighty, as I know, it is true and mighty yet; for such things …
Simplicity Amidst The Complexity
“What Zen attempts is no other than the most radical revolution of our world view.”— D.T. Suzuki, Living By Zen …
A (Nearly) Wordless Journey Toward The Light
*** What difference is there between us humans and the plant world besides the fact that some of us can …
Open Mic… And The Symphony
“Wagner. And yet the world, the human heart and mind—To understand these things must be our aim. Faust. To understand—And …
“Literature Is Finished”… and The Middle Way
“The way of ‘self-expression’, individual acknowledgements, results in egotists, sure of the right to their private interpretations of God and …
Why?
“God!” she exclaimed, “why are men such homicidal mass killing maniacs?” “Why?” the man echoed. “Yes, why…?” she repeated, nearly …
Omphalos Cafe 