‘he aint’ ready yet.’ the statement was bald, just a tone or two shy of defiant. in it, overtly challenging. ‘of course he is, look at him, he’s done fell down twice for not having the right shoes on his feet.’ we both looked over to the boy, staggering into a tree and going down hard on his tookus once again, ‘see? he fell. he ain’t ready, i tell ya. and if’n i put him on those new shoes, he may fall and break a leg.’ there was a quiet pause and then, ‘or maybe even his neck. how would […]
medallion of hope
a small snippet of a much longer piece from the roleplay days. archival.
dream a not dream
synchronicity is usually odd, often surprising, sometimes comforting. and now and then, just amazing.
“fixing samsara”
very likely one of the most powerful teachings i’ve ever encountered. seems to be the theme this week. this one, by Traktung Rinpoche, deals with the difference between finding comfort in this life and world (samsara), and really fixing samsara — the common ‘title’ given is ‘The Guru’s Purpose in Relation to Samsara’ — the point being to explain pointedly what all these teachers, lamas, gurus, Rinpoches are actually working toward.
06-27-07 insight
reading tonight, i have stumbled onto what is very likely the most profound sentence i’ve ever read in my entire life. i cannot begin to tell you why it is so. chances are that any attempt would only confuse things. so, instead, i merely say it is so and then, quote it to you: everything possible to be believed is an image of truth. i know i’ll be compelled to try to explain it, eventually. but, for now…. i’m just letting it chime softly as the perfection that it is.
Save Net Radio (seriously — act… now!)
www.savenetradio.org please. do it. now. it matters and it may well be the only thing to make a difference. read up on it. especially if you listen to net radio. many of the stations you enjoy are simply going to fade away if this law passes. retroactive royalty increase of 100% going back to January of 2006. can you even imagine? for most independent stations, you may as well just take them out back and shoot them in the head. perhaps that is precisely what is intended. :( thousands of internet radio stations are going silent today in protest. as […]
some mac smack
returning briefly to give kudos to mac’s dashboard. widgets are beyond cool! check out these guys: http://www.starrynight.com/ (a look at the night time sky from your zip code. configurable!) i also have a one click search for wikipedia, a translation tool that whips my words into twelve languages (!!), and er… more than i can remember without looking again! so there! damn, i love this mac. :) addendum — heh, screenshot!