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 …
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The Journey IS The Destination….
“Never mind studying contemporaries and those who strive with you; study the great men of the past, whose works …
The Impending Rebirth Of Symbols….
“Symbols hold the mind to truth but are not themselves truth, hence it is delusory to borrow them. Each …
No One Cares… That’s Pure Zen!
I took this photo in the gardens out front of the Tokyo National Museum. There are times I …
“…The Drift Of It Everything…”
“The words of my book nothing, the drift of it everything….”—Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass Good old Walt. …
Simplification….
“I eschew all clear cut interpretations: with increasing simplification the mystery heightens. What I know tends to become more …
Zen Simplicity….
Meditation Gardens, D.T. Suzuki Museum, Kanazawa, Japan “The intellect proves itself as a kind of nuisance in more ways …
500….!
Yesterday WordPress notified me I had just published my 500th post here at the Omphalos Cafe. ‘Really?’ I …
A Zen Moment….
Zen is unthinking oneness with the instant we are living now. And I suppose you could say there …
An Outlook Divide….
Jean-Marc and I exchanged a few friendly words in the Carré the other day. He was sitting on a …
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