The Impending Rebirth Of Symbols….
“Symbols hold the mind to truth but are not themselves truth, hence it is delusory to borrow them. Each …
Tag Archives: religion
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. …
Simplification….
“I eschew all clear cut interpretations: with increasing simplification the mystery heightens. What I know tends to become more …
Shinto… Simplicity And Awe….
“For Shinto, at root, is a religion not of sermons but of awe: which is a sentiment that may …
Zen Simplicity….
Meditation Gardens, D.T. Suzuki Museum, Kanazawa, Japan “The intellect proves itself as a kind of nuisance in more ways …
Les Foufounes….
Stepping out of my favourite Vietnamese restaurant last night was like plunging into a churning black sea with frothing …
Yesterday And Today….
My generation was lucky. We crossed the fraught years of adolescence before home video games took hold towards …
500….!
Yesterday WordPress notified me I had just published my 500th post here at the Omphalos Cafe. ‘Really?’ I …
Zen East and West….
Zen’s story goes back centuries, but it is a simple one. Buddhism was birthed in India and it …
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