i had a dream about you tonight. it woke me. i dreamt something had gone terribly wrong in your life, something new and awful and you were distraught, lost, and despairing.
The Eightfold Path, Right Speech
some time ago, i purposed to do a series of contemplation on the eightfold path. life decided to jump up and snarl the traces for a time and i did not proceed as planned. i am doing so. this is the third of what will eventually be eight posts, upon the eightfold path as outlined in the Buddhist tradition: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration. as with much of Buddhism, the appearance of these paths are initially seen as simple. almost childishly so. but upon closer consideration, they open themselves […]
passengers on the bus (scrytch)
(note: the originating items, written by another, are italicized. the scrytch’d component follows. when it is a complete re-writing, it is presented sans formatting.)
about face(s)
used to keep up on this and a few other ‘new science’ and psychological relations. got out of the habit. but this most interesting article reminds me of many things…
must love dogs
i don’t usually watch romantic comedies. kind of my way of avoiding unnecessary suffering.
little star
i’m not really sure if these are any ‘good’ or not, but to make them makes me feel good… so i do.
personality profiling update
i do not look for these, but when they present themselves, i take them. this, the first one to do so in almost ten years, lends interesting results. mostly because it seems to indicate a rather profound shift in effect. not that i couldn’t have said as much. (chuckle)