While drinking cold tea from a glass jar and dividing your thoughts between Ernest Hemingway and Pablo Neruda, you cut a kiwi in half the long way and consider the oval ring of black seeds at its heart. You always see Our Lady Of Guadalupe there, proving that eating a piece of fruit can beContinue reading “Dragon Gates”
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Excerpt from The Way of Zen by Alan Watts
From The Way of Zen by Alan Watts ~ “All one’s intentional acts, desires, ideals, stratagems, are in vain. In the whole universe, within and without, there is nothing whereon to lay any hold, and no one to lay any hold on anything. This has been discovered through clear awareness of everything that seems toContinue reading “Excerpt from The Way of Zen by Alan Watts”
Stephen Levine’s Definition of Death
“It is the ultimate in natural conservation in which the container is discarded but the contents are recycled.” – Stephen Levine
Chogyam Trungpa’s Saddle Analogy
I just love this passage from Smile at Fear: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery by Chogyam Trungpa. To arrive at this place he describes, within one’s self, must be to arrive at a place of deep, deep peace. “In the saddle, as long as you have good posture and a good seat, youContinue reading “Chogyam Trungpa’s Saddle Analogy”
Siddhartha Considers Emotion
“He pondered this feeling which completely filled him as he slowly made his way. He pondered deeply, sinking down into the depths of this feeling, as through deep water, until he reached the point where the causes lie. For to know the causes – so it seemed to him – that is what thinking is. Continue reading “Siddhartha Considers Emotion”
Weather Report
To better understand nature you need to spend some time in it alone, observing. The more you do this, the more quietly aware you’ll become of what is happening there – the order, science, art, survival. The same applies to one’s body and mind, habits, tendencies, perpetual states, thoughts that come and go, emotions that change and pass. The solid and fluid. TheContinue reading “Weather Report”
Towards The Fire
When things unravel with such fury, we conclude that something should be held responsible. We look for a place to lay our blame, though the source of our pain often has the power to be a catalyst for growth, a facilitator of movement in stagnant waters. If we can un-stick ourselves from the quicksand ofContinue reading “Towards The Fire”
Nature’s Classroom
The wood at the heart of a tree cannot grow without wind. Once again, nature informs humanity.
A Note On “Awakenings”
My previous post, Awakenings, was written in reflection of my step-dad’s recent passing due to pancreatic cancer. Paul Hout was a great man. Throughout my childhood, he and my mom had a tumultuous on-and-off relationship, and were married for a brief time. In those days, Paul had some serious anger management issues, but he neverContinue reading “A Note On “Awakenings””
C.M. Rivers 