Tao and words
The purpose of words is to convey ideas. When the ideas are grasped, the words are forgotten.
Where can I find a man who has forgotten words? He is the one I would like to talk to.
Thomas Merton
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It is experience that is the ultimate teacher. That is why wise people travel constantly and test themselves against the flux of circumstance.
Deng Ming-Dao
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[This was originally posted on August 27, 2011, but had to be "reconstructed" following the crash of a MySQL server at my Web hosting service.] As hurricane Irene is crawling up the East Coast of the United States, it seems … Continue reading
The Present Monument IV: Performance
What is performance but our best rebuttal to mortality? — George Sheehan Monuments give a voice to time. Some speak of inspiration and perspiration, of a momentary vision followed by an interval — days, years, or in nature even eons … Continue reading
The Present Monument III: Perspective
Time as succession, past and to come, . . . eternity itself, exists in present thought, is contained in the fleeting passage of the moment, so far as that passage compels the direct intuition of a thinking being. — G.L.S. … Continue reading
The Present Monument II: Perception
. . . a realistic grasp of time opens onto the longing for eternity. — Robert Cummings Neville Monuments and moments occupy and share time. We describe the one as enduring and the other as fleeting, the long and short … Continue reading