The New… and the Old
“The new religion destroyed almost all trace of the old.”—Catherine Hills, The Anglo-Saxon Settlement of England, from The History and …
Tag Archives: spirituality
words… or Words?
“The Zen master has no deliberate scheme on his part to make his statements of satori uncouth or logically unpalatable; …
It Goes Without Saying….
“It goes without saying that Zen is neither psychology nor philosophy, but that it is an experience charged with deep …
The Indescribable Essence…
Back again. Never really went anywhere, just playing at different things. Music, photography, taking video. Lots of reading, mostly review… …
Everyday Zen
Every moment Zen. Of course that’s what the Cafe is about. There is a retreat, a withdrawal, in order to …
Life … Without (Uber) Metaphor
Can we do it? Can we live without the backstory, the underpinning of … God, for want of another term? …
Je Suis… Omphalos
Forgiveness is the word for all. Here at the Cafe we don’t take sides. The world says a crime has …
Sorry, Had to Post Again… If Only For the Scenery
Have been reviewing posts of late with the idea of somehow mashing them into a digital book. Things do go …
A Fragment of Biology
“History is a fragment of biology—the human moment in the pageantry of species.”—Will Durant, The Age of Louis XIV A …
Ambition?
Chatted with an old friend last night. He finished university, became an engineer, married, moved to Florida and raised two …
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