nature

February 9, 2013

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

January 29, 2013

Indus civilization food: How scientists are figuring out what curry was like 4,500 years ago. – Slate Magazine

Working with other Indian and American archaeologists, the two applied new methods for pinpointing the elusive remains of spices that don’t show up in flotation tanks. Instead of analyzing dirt from Indus kitchens, they collected cooking pots from the… Continue reading

January 21, 2013

Part or Particle of God

Standing on the bare ground, — my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space, — all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being… Continue reading

January 20, 2013

Textimony 20120105

Everywhere we consume & partake, seeking satisfaction. Yet only in abandoning this quest to be full do we ever achieve true abundance. Source: thevelardes.blogspot.com via Keith Wayne on Pinterest Continue reading

January 18, 2013

Frozen flow

Source: garyschollmeier.com via Keith Wayne on Pinterest As always, something eye catching from This Beautiful Order, this Embracing Lifeworld, at Master Schollmeier’s blog. Continue reading

January 14, 2013

A Slow, Graceful Pace

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Source: flickr.com via Keith Wayne on Pinterest Continue reading

December 20, 2012

Deep Springs College: the school for cowboys gets ready for cowgirls | World news | The Guardian

I know a really wonderful young man who just finished up his first few months at Deep Springs. I hope that we will soon get to talk about his experiences. The same year that Lenin’s Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Palace,… Continue reading

December 18, 2012

Nearly Squashed

sittinginthewoods. Continue reading

December 15, 2012

‘Blind Faith Of Climate Change Deniers Endangers Us All’ | ThinkProgress

Open Thread And Cartoon Of The Week: ‘Blind Faith Of Climate Change Deniers Endangers Us All’ | ThinkProgress. Continue reading

December 10, 2012

Leaving the woods

December 6, 2012

“Leaf me alone”

December 4, 2012

Dreamstate: Holographic & Multidimensional « Thoughts of a Taoist Babe

Interesting take on things from an artist… and some stunning art as well. For quite awhile now, I have been going on and on about my vivid dreams and the process of dreaming, ad nauseum. Not only have I given… Continue reading

November 12, 2012

Textimony 20121110a

Convictions benefit none when they are baseless: hopes for wisdom signify naught without love disclosing a resolute path to the heart of this Beautiful Order. Continue reading

October 30, 2012

The politics of prudence; or, how I learned to stop worrying about climate change and love therapeutic nihilism | csid

Nice new piece from Kelli Barr, one of my colleagues at CSID: Frankenstorm Sandy, currently ravaging the northeastern US, is testament enough to the predictable unpredictability inherent in global warming. What I mean by “predictable unpredictability” is something like the… Continue reading

October 6, 2012

CALL ME MAGGIE