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Prajnaparamita
With what great faculty would you describea something that is nothing in itself – an emptiness that does not rise or fall,but is and isn’t, both, at the same time, and lights, but doesn’t land, adrift in time(which is not … Continue reading
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Tagged emptiness, heart sutra, knowledge, poetic forms, sonnet, wisdom, Zen
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The Tuition of Wisdom
True knowledge is free; it grows like roadside flowers. Who can afford it? The trick is letting it go so it can keep blossoming. Paying tuition at such a school is so hard: you owe attention. You can’t write a … Continue reading
6. Use Little Tricks
Every mystery or philosophical tradition from the beginning of time has invented mechanisms to help adherents pay attention to the right things, or stop paying attention to the wrong things. I’ve always been fascinated by Zen koans, Sufi teaching stories, … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, knowledge, mind games, Montaigne, religion, tricks
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I don’t believe that we have met
I don’t believe that we have met, and yet, you know my name and act as if you know me well, at least enough to speak informally, as if to say what protocol exists you can brush quickly to the … Continue reading
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Tagged assumption, communication, friendship, illusion, knowledge, NaPoWriMo, strangers
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The Know of Unclouding: descort
What if I thought for just a moment of some mitigating circumstance that might prove beyond a shadow of doubt the single truth behind all appearances, and in that fleeting instant, found instead of solid rock, just cloud, and what … Continue reading
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Tagged daily poems, descort, French verse forms, ignorance, illusion, knowledge, paradox, poetic forms, thought
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This is Bliss
I don’t know what you know, I only know what I’ve been told; I don’t know just when this thing started, I only know it’s getting old. I don’t know where we’re going (barely remember where we’ve been), but I … Continue reading
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Tagged apocalpyse, knowledge, lyrics, relationships, responsibility, sacred cows
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The Great Unknown
It’s not so much the great unknown that gives me pause and food for thought. The universe may hide itself as it sees fit, and choose to show what tiny bits my mind can grasp according to some private plan. … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, culture, hypocrisy, knowledge, mystery, unknown
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