Again Hesse’s ‘The Poet’….
“Therefore, I beg you to let me go my own way in loneliness for a while and devote myself to …
Tag Archives: Hermann Hesse
Words Of A Genuine Shaman-Type….
I don’t usually quote at such length, but I’ve been returning to the following passage again and again since first …
The Ever Ongoing Flow Of Life….
“Cityful passing away, other cityful coming, passing away too: other coming along, passing on.”—James Joyce, Ulysses If you’ve …
The Impending Rebirth Of Symbols….
“Symbols hold the mind to truth but are not themselves truth, hence it is delusory to borrow them. Each …
The Street….
The heat and humidity of the day was relenting and a light breeze was blowing a blessed freshness over …
500….!
Yesterday WordPress notified me I had just published my 500th post here at the Omphalos Cafe. ‘Really?’ I …
The Ten Thousand Voices….
““And do you know,” continued Siddhartha, “what word it [the river] pronounces when one is successful in hearing all …
Buddha Laughter….
“I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.”—Walt Whitman, Leaves Of Grass I happened yesterday …
A Quiet Haven….
Call us lone wolves. Sometimes Steppenwolves. Lately I’ve come across a new term: Sigma males. We’re not …
Ephemera….
On the bench next to me sat Jean-Marc who I have known for nearly three years. He was reading …
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