Category: Words
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Drop away body & mind
How can we–using the various systems of our own bodies–begin to understand the ways in which we cling to our own images of self, our own self-image? The concepts we have, generally speaking, surrounding our bodies and our minds have a tendency to be quite fixed…even when it comes to formal practice! How does…
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The Limit Case for Credulity
“We are asked by science to believe that the entire universe sprang from nothingness, and at a single point and for no discernible reason. This notion is the limit case for credulity. In other words, if you can believe this, you can believe anything.” ― Terence Mckenna
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It was inevitable…
The Captain looked at Fermina Daza and saw on her eyelashes the first glimmer of wintry frost. Then he looked at Florentino Ariza, his invincible power, his intrepid love, and he was overwhelmed by the belated suspicion that it is life, more than death, that has no limits. “And how long do you think we…
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Happiness runs, happiness runs…
It’s a stunning Spring day here as I sit in my backyard with the dogs. Where the old gnarled apple tree used to stand, grows a young sapling–it’s blossoms few but healthy. Since pruning the birch the sun flows in in willowy striations and showers the young apple. Surrounded by all this beauty I am…
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