Friday, August 23, 2013

Silence!

When one talks about Zen it fills me with disgust.--Zen Master

Zen is something to practice and not something to talk about.

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Storytelling

Our personal history emerges from the present moment. The retelling of own stories will reveal whether or not we were sleepwalking through life or fully aware of the adventure.

You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.” ― Thomas Merton

Friday, August 2, 2013

Battering Ram

Marketers use the television as a battering ram in order to beat down the door to the subconscious mind. Once they gain access, they undermine the superego and exploit the hedonistic forces of the id for profit and gain.

The result is an inner emptiness and a spiritual desolation that will turn the human psyche into a devil's playground.

“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..”
                                                                                                         ― John Milton, Paradise Lost

The Watchman

"Some watch others to learn what to do, and some watch to learn what not to do." --Eric Hoffer in The Passionate State of Mind And...