CALL ME MAGGIE

Keith “Maggie” Brown

  • Textimony 20130213

    Fretfully making, busily doing, absent the leisurely stretch that birthed Mona Lisa; heedless we run, without time for thinking’s yawning abyss: profound boredom.    Continue reading

  • The Struggle for Susiya

    In this context of legal impunity for settler attacks and military-sponsored land theft, Susiya’s villagers, often accompanied by Palestinian, Israeli and international activists, have maintained a consistent pulse of resistance, always rebuilding the homes from the ruins left behind and… Continue reading

  • Publications | Pete A. Y. Gunter

    It has been my great pleasure and honor, over the last 18 years, to sit and dialog with Pete A. Y. Gunter.   I have learned so much about Process Philosophy, Henri Bergson, Texas land values, etc. I am happy… Continue reading

  • Originally posted on Evolutionary Landscapes: The Philosophy, Cosmology and Consciousness Forum  just published their recording of Ursula King’s lecture on Teilhard’s evolutionary mysticism. A fascinating, two-part talk on the man’s life, passion, and most of all: spirit. King is a… Continue reading

  • Tree Sitting – A Rebuttal to Clay Shirky

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Clay Shirky observed at the Awl last week that he and I disagree over whether the trend toward MOOCs in higher education is reversible—he says no, and he says that I say yes—and I suppose he’s… Continue reading

  • Relaxed Light: Letting-go

    What are you holding on to there in your tight fists? Why are you holding back then in dark shadow? Now/here is CLEAR: Come on… Let go & let’s go! Source: pixdaus.com via Keith Wayne on Pinterest Related articles Are… Continue reading

  • Already Falling in Love

    The deluded among us who confound power with political position and happiness with wealth propagate a great confidence game, a colossal con, a great grift. They believe and would have all else believe that the great succession of their material… Continue reading

  • Translation of a beautiful poem with comments by my new brother in Christ Jason. Enjoy! Continue reading

  • History of Philosophy 115 – Me, Myself and I: Augustine on Mind and Memory (Podcast)

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Augustine explores the nature of the human mind in order to establish its similarity to, and dissimilarity from, the divine Trinity.   Source : historyofphilosophy.net See on www.historyofphilosophy.net Continue reading

  • Freedom of the Age

    “Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself in all cases as the age and generations which preceded it.” Thomas Paine  Source: piccsy.com via Keith Wayne on Pinterest Related articles The Leisure to be Your Own… Continue reading

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  • Daodejing 22

    #22* Sacrifice the part & save the whole. Bend that to make this straight. Hollow that to make this full. That withers, this blooms. Lose that, gain this. Determined then, confused now. Thus the sages insist on the one as… Continue reading

  • Daodejing 21

    #21 Great excellence relies only on the Great Way (DAO) How does Great Way make the way? Indefinetely & vaguely. Though indefinite & vague, there are images. Though indefinite & vague, things do happen. Too small to see & too… Continue reading

  • Originally posted on sittinginthewoods: The birds may sing their presence, the squirrels may chatter, and my breath may blow steadily across this landscape, but all of these songs and motions bespeak a profound silence, a deep collecting of all time… Continue reading

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  • Many Rivers, One Foot, No Certainty

    “One can, therefore, step twice, and even innumerable times, into the same river, if the river is located by its slope, its banks, its direction, its flow, as it is by any discriminating mind-body; but one never steps twice into… Continue reading

  • Intersecting Wisdom

    “Are you the new person drawn toward me? To begin with, take warning – I am surely far different from what you suppose; Do you suppose you will find in me your ideal? Do you think it so easy to… Continue reading