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  • The Feast of St. Francis

    Every year, as my birthday approaches, my spirit returns to the Prayer of St. Francis whose feast day is Oct 04. I know that many of my brothers and sisters in the Ether are not Catholic, but I ask you… Continue reading

    The Feast of St. Francis
  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt Takes on Love, Expectation, and Frustration

    A superb new film from Joseph Gordon-Levitt with Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, and Tony Danza. I will say  that it is one of the best movies I have ever seen about what it means to love and to learn how… Continue reading

    Joseph Gordon-Levitt Takes on Love, Expectation, and Frustration
  • ▶ Happiness in life – YouTube

    Ajahn Brahm giving a Dharma talk in Bangkok. Related articles Just two small bricks (keithwaynebrown.com) Liberation Through Non-Clinging (keithwaynebrown.com) Whatever, Etc. 0026: Become Your Breathing (keithwaynebrown.com) Alan Watts on Waking Up (keithwaynebrown.com) Continue reading

    ▶ Happiness in life – YouTube
  • Buddhist Response To Terror

    Posted by KWB wandering among the borderlands of the Ether. Related articles Daodejing 38 Redux (keithwaynebrown.com) Becoming a Buddhist (prixiescrib.wordpress.com) The Face of Buddhist Terror (freedomnewsgroup.com) Wirathu: The Face Of Buddhist Terror – OpEd (eurasiareview.com) Continue reading

    Buddhist Response To Terror
  • 523325

    There is but a whisper of truth in facts Only a rumor of wisdom in philosophies. Trace a falling teardrop Dance in a gentle breeze Roll on the ground Dream beneath the sky Live and believe and love… Living and… Continue reading

    523325
  • Whatever, Etc. 00025: Alteration

    Related Articles: Whatever, Etc. 00021: The Loving Struggle 1 (keithwaynebrown.com) Whatever, Etc. 00022: The Loving Struggle 2 (keithwaynebrown.com) Whatever, Etc. 00023: The Loving Struggle 3 (keithwaynebrown.com) Whatever, Etc. 00024: The Loving Struggle 4 (keithwaynebrown.com) Whatever, Etc. 00026: Becoming Your Breathing (keithwaynebrown.com) Continue reading

    Whatever, Etc. 00025: Alteration
  • Shiva Nataraj

    “In Shivaite tradition, the god’s companions are described as a troupe of freakish, adventurous, delinquent and wild young people, who prowl in the night, shouting in the storm, singing, dancing and ceaselessly playing outrageous tricks on sages and gods. They… Continue reading

    Shiva Nataraj
  • A Frank Prayer

    Oh thou endless Great Way, broad and flowing in profound tranquility, Where hatred happens, let there now be love; Where weakness occurs, fortitude; Where doubt arises, faithfulness; Where despair crushes, hopefulness; Where darkness encroaches, enlightenment; Where sadness lingers, joyfulness. Encompassing… Continue reading

    A Frank Prayer
  • AI, or Awakened Intelligence

    unfueled – uncompromised – undefined – unconditioned – unbounded : mindful #liberation : #nirvana — Keith Wayne Brown (@pahndeepah) March 1, 2013 Let me make this over the top claim: “Artificial Intelligence” is actually what we do on a regular… Continue reading

    AI, or Awakened Intelligence
  • Asking Questions Beyond Thinking

    Many who #meditate are surprised by the #etymology of #Mantra. Deepen your practice by embracing #uncertainty. goo.gl/5NhNZ — Keith Wayne Brown (@pahndeepah) February 18, 2013 “All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual… Continue reading

  • Clouds drifting colorful

    “Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” ― Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds Related articles Cloud Quotes (arlene1956.wordpress.com) Stories from Tagore, by Rabindranath Tagore (spr07.wordpress.com) Clouds And Waves… Continue reading

  • Love is not a duty or trade

    “Freedom and love go together. Love is not a reaction. If I love you because you love me, that is mere trade, a thing to be bought in the market; it is not love. To love is not to ask… 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

  • Textimony 20130202

    Friendship cannot revolve around indebtedness & be a relation of excellence. Choose your companionships well: shall it be veiled vicious slavery or clear virtuous solidarity? Source: fineartamerica.com via Keith Wayne on Pinterest Related articles Letting-go Hateful Circumstance by the Naming… Continue reading

  • Don’t Look Down!

    The next time you go rock climbing or scrambling up a peak, someone may give you some clichéd but good advice: “Don’t look down.” This is not just a recommendation that works with struggling up a physical height. Often, you… Continue reading

  • The Socratic Sign

    There comes a time when you notice that a good swathe of your contemporaries are only worth engaging in order to sharpen your rhetorical weapons. To improve your mindful practice, you must turn to those much younger who recover within… Continue reading