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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The Present Monument IV: Performance
What is performance but our best rebuttal to mortality? — George Sheehan
after 'Grian' by Julie Speidel
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. Shackle
after 'Forres' by Julie Speidel
The Present Monument II: Perception
. . . a realistic grasp of time opens onto the longing for eternity. — Robert Cummings Neville
after 'Aughna' by Julie Speidel