Keith “Maggie” Brown
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Doing nothing, all is done
From Acharya Pahndeepah’s own translation of the Dao de Jing. Verse 47 Never venturing beyond the door, the world is always comprehended. Never peering outside the window, the Beautiful Order is already envisioned. The farther afield, the more uncanny. Thus… Continue reading
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Love is always already letting-go
Be resolute via detached mind. When we take on people, places, & things, our attachment is to a memory of what no longer is and a projection of how things may never be. Thus, the present is so often a… Continue reading
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Textimony 20110805
Time belongs to NOTHING. EVERYTHING passes away yet the ENCOMPASSING remains stupendous. Take responsibility for THIS, let-go & be-now-here. Continue reading
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Dialog #5 between Younger & Older
Y:Little father? O:Ready little brother… Y:Why did you drop out of college? O:I wanted liberation from education. Y:And colleges are in the business of education so you had to leave? O:They are certainly very busy, aren’t they? But I think… Continue reading
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Mentorship
The highest function of the teacher consists not so much in imparting knowledge as in stimulating the pupil in the love and pursuit of knowledge. To know how to suggest is the art of teaching. Henri Frederic Amiel, philosopher and… Continue reading
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All and None
Get-over unnecessary bias. Esteem one: hate the rest. Esteem NONE: esteem ALL. No human position is so absolute that there is no counter-position available. With ALL, certainty melts into insecurity. With NONE, security slips into uncertainty. Let go one: gain… Continue reading
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Singularity & Plurality
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning… Continue reading
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Discipline & Control
An op/ed piece by David Brooks accidentally (i suppose) lays out the very differences within the distinction DISCIPLINE vs. CONTROL. Brooks musings point out the hierarchical structure of book reading. That there are books which are perennial as well as… Continue reading
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gospel music
I am from a family that likes to sing. I started as a young boy in the mid-60’s singing along with my mom and aunts and my brother. Lots of religious music infuses my way of looking at the world.… Continue reading
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Society of Control
CLICK HERE TO READ POSTSCRIPT TO THE SOCIETY OF CONTROL BY Giles Deleuze Society is changing. In fact, society is always changing. From generation to generation, the alterations may sometimes seem slight. At other times, the variations may seem quite… Continue reading
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Serving the Masses
When the titanic apparatus of the mass-order has been consolidated, the individual has to serve it, and must from time to time combine with his fellows in order to renovate it. If he wants to make his livelihood by intellectual… Continue reading
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