Of interest to me, of course. The following deal with the concept of dakini in particular; her purpose, role, and method. Also of the triad in which she operates – compassion, love, and their expression via inspiration and union. Related quotes from various places as well. “Sex is the seed, love is the flower, compassion is the fragrance.” – Osho “Why do you take by force what you could obtain by love?” – Powhatan “I am not suited to polite society, To social striving, upward mobility, and making good impressions. I am radically honest, sensitive, brilliant, and blunt. I hold […]
Named
The cat has a name. In keeping with the tradition set forth with his predecessors Zen and Kamma, I’ve given him the name Daka. In Tantric Buddhism the Daka/Dakini are believed to be aids to practitioners, examples of the limitless compassion of the transcendental Buddha’s. When female, they are called Dakini, when male, Daka. The work of the Daka is usually with a Dakini who is awakening to her path. He provides a base of unconditional love and devotion (to her truth, not her mind) which encourages the her flowering. He shows her, through her direct experience, that intimacy, love […]
coffee klatch
A somewhat fascinating scene at the local coffee shop tonight. Over in the corner, a gaggle of women were having what seemed to be some manner of support meeting. I took my latte and sat closer to listen in, and be damned if I didn’t wind up in the middle of it.
mid-week muttering
not much of it, really… a good week, great weather, general contentment, and only mild irritation for lacking presence of one or two others. i’ve re-established contact with a long-lost friend and that is proving enjoyable on many levels, not the least of which is meeting some of their friends and extending my network a bit. at distance, alas, but all the same, new friends are ever a blessing. the cat is adjusting, albeit slowly. no longer hiding in the bathroom, but he is still stubbornly refusing to use the box. apparently, the drain in the tub/shower is his place […]
self-talk
i have a crew of women in my head. well, mostly women, some are still girls. mind you, it has taken well nigh 20 years to get to the point where we can all just get together and talk about anything. and it is worth pointing out that a few never actually speak, but make themselves present because we have to be in agreement to function. these days, when the fertilizer hits the ventilator emotionally, we all pile into the middle of the attic and have it out so we can figure out how the hell to handle things and […]
props for video embedder
finally – a plugin for embedding just about any kind of video you can imagine into your wordpress blog… and it works! (you’d be surprised how many of these i have tried that did not, or did not completely do so.) major props as well to developer Kristoffer Forsgren who personally popped over here to review and fix an issue with getting it to work. turns out the issue was not his plugin, but the conflict that the diggit plugin had which caused his not to work. so what did he do? well, he wrote one that would work with […]
battle of wills
well, it’s on. heh. figures i’d get the stubborn cat. i think intellect and stubbornness must be linked genetically. i’ve never met any being (person or animal) who had one and did NOT have the other. including this cat. the weasel. heh.
disappeared like smoke… hah!
the cat is home. for all you’d know it. as expected, hovered around corners and under things until he could find a cubby to hide in and i’ve not seen him since… and do not expect to until tonight.