Click on Image to Enlarge… This was taken at our timeshare in Breckenridge. I had to put five shots together in Microsoft Paint but it stills barely captures the drama…
Entangled mesh, you dirt-dark roots ‘going under’; unseen, cool earth Rising up, you praise-filled ascension Boughs outstretched; mirrored mesh Sun soaked self Sunk deep from night We trees are thoughts We leaves our passions We forests; worlding Budding moments Whirling wind On spinning orbs Exploding out We fertile voids
For those who would seek virtue: The news media is not the only ones that edit, conservatives and liberals are editing what they hear and see all the time. We tend to pick the facts that validate us, our ideology and worldview. The world presents us with a smorgasbord of perceptions that we can establish [...]
A case of Orwellian Double-Speak: The site http://www.beliefnet.com/ is a part of the Fox Entertainment Group. The first statement under their “Rule of Conduct” states: “Welcome to Beliefnet! Beliefnet is committed to protecting a high level of freedom of expression, and to maintaining a welcoming and safe community in which that expression can flourish.” http://www.beliefnet.com/About-Us/Rules-of-Conduct.aspx [...]
Professor Loy writes about the Diamond Sutra and the logic form utilized by the teaching as: A is not A, therefore it is A So, “Purity is not purity; that is why it is purity.” This is transformative as we come back to purity with a different approach as a result of the process. This [...]
In the post on Necromancy (http://mixermuse.com/blog/2010/07/05/necromancy-%e2%80%93-when-we-dance-with-death/) I tried to illustrate some arm chair thinking I have been doing on psychology. Since I am not a paid sophist with a vested interest in defending a particular point of view I can play a little. I think that the external and the internal may be somewhat artificial [...]
This is what Sarah Palin does to grizzles: http://www.grizzlybay.org/SarahPalinInfoPage.htm This is what Sarah does to grizzly’s homes: http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Sarah_Palin_Energy_+_Oil.htm Any mamma grizzly that cares about her cubs should run fast and far from Sarah Palin!
HER EYES Two galactic black holes Space-time smear Whirling, Swirling Vortex Time, space melting into cosmic goo Dwelling, meaning, home – soul tossed asunder to cosmic wind Event horizon, going under Weight of absolute necessity – Desire Singularity Infinity Eternity – “Now man has become like one of us…” Inanimate animates Anima seduces Shards of [...]
Check out this article: http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-MISC/91932.htm The title is “What’s Wrong with Being and Time: A Buddhist Critique” By David Loy Not only does it elucidate Heidegger but it also points out and contrasts Heidegger’s philosophy with Buddhism. Here are a few tidbits that occurred to me while reading it: As one gets older a certain [...]
