Old Men And Women….
“Could by any chance culture be the meaning and purpose of the second half of life?”—Carl Jung, as quoted from …
Tag Archives: philosophy
The Plight Of The Struggling Artist….
This is from a response I wrote yesterday, with adaptations, to a comment I received from—with apologies Mame—a compassionate soul …
‘Like A Magnetic Field… ‘
“Actually,…there is a formative force spontaneously working, like a magnetic field, to precipitate and organize the ethnic [local, historical] …
Satori? Enlightenment?….
Enlightenment: effortlessly surfing the Flow of Life! “… [L]ife is like a current passing from germ to germ through …
Communities….
“The link that binds all these individuals together into one coordinated super-organism is a highly effective system of communication.”—David …
The Impending Rebirth Of Symbols….
“Symbols hold the mind to truth but are not themselves truth, hence it is delusory to borrow them. Each …
Yesterday, Today… And Tomorrow….
“Once Rome had lived on the East, as modern Europe lived on its conquests and colonies till the middle …
“…The Drift Of It Everything…”
“The words of my book nothing, the drift of it everything….”—Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass Good old Walt. …
Zen East and West….
Zen’s story goes back centuries, but it is a simple one. Buddhism was birthed in India and it …
Relativity… And The Omphalos Cafe….
“And since in human traditional rites also a certain psychological readiness to respond to certain specific sign stimuli is …
Omphalos Cafe 