tranquility
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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
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Textimony 20130911
If we live without regard for harmony, then we shall expend our precious energy waging pointless struggles. And the benefit? Vicious exhaustion. Posted by KWB wandering among the borderlands of the Ether. Continue reading
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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
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Liberation Through Non-Clinging
A dharma talk where Buddhist teacher Joseph Goldstein discusses the nature of impermanence and letting go of the grasping mind. Related articles The Buddha as counter-evolutionary (thenonbuddhist.com) The Buddha’s Struggle With Anxiety? (thebuddhasmind.wordpress.com) Beginning Buddhism (busybuddha.wordpress.com) Four Noble Truths (maribelquinones.wordpress.com)… Continue reading
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Daodejing 31
#31* Powerful weapon: inauspicious instrument. The person on the Way disapproves of such instruments. Such are disgusting. The worthy person in daily life respects the Left as place of honor.† The person in time of war regards the right as… Continue reading
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Daodejing 30
#30* The minister who relies on the DAO never threatens all under heaven with violence. Surely such an action must lead to retaliation. Wherever troops walk, weeds grow After the time of war, must come the time of famine. The… Continue reading
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Boon of Dandelions 7
Anything done to excess opens the door to more excesses. The spiral downward–slow or fast–can only be arrested with real moderation born of bold honesty. Any Existenz who lies to himself with the con game of “I am NOT an… Continue reading
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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
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The Philosophy of the Technology of the Gun – Evan Selinger – The Atlantic
Dobbs questions the role of gun culture in steering “certain unhinged or deeply a-moral people toward the sort of violence that has now become so routine that the entire thing seems scripted.” But what about “normal” people? Yes, plenty of… Continue reading
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