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A Novel Introduction
For one of a number of reasons, you have stumbled across this journal, and there is some likelihood that you are interested in reading it. Perhaps the title intrigued you – a title that suggests to you a subject matter … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations, Poems, Statements
Tagged books, excerpts, fragments, introductions, personal history
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Five Books to Rule Them All …
What five books would you reccomend that others read to best know who you are, and where coming from, and what aspirations? Be Here Now — Ram Dass and the Lama Foundation: I’ve said many times before that this book … Continue reading
More on the Artist Within …
The poet’s or the painter’s vision of the divine in nature, the worshipper’s awareness of a holy presence in the sacrament, symbol or image – these are not entirely subjective. True, such perceptions cannot be had by all perceivers, for … Continue reading
Posted in Statements
Tagged Aldous Huxley, art, artists, books, poetry, The Perennial Philosophy
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Like a Bird on a Wire …
The other night I saw a portion of NOW with Bill Moyers on PBS. He was interviewing Will Hutton (author of the book A DECLARATION OF INTERDEPENDENCE: WHY AMERICA SHOULD JOIN THE WORLD, an old friend of America’s, but a … Continue reading
Current Reading List
Total Freedom, Collected Writings of Jiddu Krishnamurti Raja Yoga, Swami Vivekananda Jnana Yoga, Swami Vivekananda Be Here Now, Ram Dass Gitanjali, Rabindranath Tagore Selected Short Stories, Rabindranath Tagore The Books in my Life, Henry Miller 1984, George Orwell The Decline … Continue reading
Thought from the Dalai Lama
Perfection is not perfect actions in a perfect world, but rather, appropriate actions in an imperfect one. Share This:
Charlie Bucket vs. Veruca Salt
Did you ever notice something very strange about Disney’s (OK, so maybe it’s not Disney’s, but it’s the classic one starring Gene Wilder as Wonka) version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? You know, of course, that the whole idea … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie Bucket, children, Gene Wilder, influences, movies, reviews, Roald Dahl, Veruca Salt, Walt Disney
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