But it can be drowned out.
How many times do we turn on the radio or the TV because we are not comfortable with what is playing in our head?
Consciousness is an appetite for preoccupation. Hence we seek companions, be they people or deities. Only when you are truely alone are you truely yourself, but are you then complete?
A rambling monologue of one man's views on society, politics, business, environment, consumerism etc. If you want to know which trash can to put this in, "dissident American independent with liberal and tree hugger tendencies" will do.
Saturday, March 05, 2005
Friday, March 04, 2005
Life is not optional
Having options may seem to make life bearable but if you do not have commitments, what the heck is your life anyway?
Mountain bikers know
....that if you look at the rock you want to avoid, you hit the rock but if you read the trail for the spaces between the rocks, you navigate a rough trail ok.
If you count your blessings, you may forget how many scars you have.
If you count your blessings, you may forget how many scars you have.
Thursday, March 03, 2005
Truth in labeling
The term "blind faith" puzzles me. Those who profess it seem to actually be claiming an enhanced vision, an ability to see some scheme behind reality that need not agree with observation or history and is a privileged re-interpretation of both.
How would we fare if Blind Faith were a statement of hope rather than of certainty, an admission that a human's basis for knowing is terribly limited and necessitates leniency in judgement?
How would we fare if Blind Faith were a statement of hope rather than of certainty, an admission that a human's basis for knowing is terribly limited and necessitates leniency in judgement?
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Are you now or have you ever been an optimist?
I am not of two minds about cynicism. The two things I have to say about it are not unrelated. And I consider myself an expert. My own father labeled me a cynic not long after I started my schooling. I see it now as a symptom. There has grown up in the world a malaise so common the symptoms confer status.
Most cynics are just bruised optimists.
Cynicism is a cheap way to feign sophistication.
Most cynics are just bruised optimists.
Cynicism is a cheap way to feign sophistication.
Monday, February 28, 2005
Another definition...
Poetry is that noise you hear when the infinities of the soul are straining against the shackles of finite language.
Thursday, February 24, 2005
One marker of true courage
The openness that permits one to be taken up by a radical experience of a greater truth and to face challenges to one's faith is known to be dangerous but it is NOT the hallmark of a weak identity. It is the passport of the surefooted soul, confident of her own mind and heart, whose fundamental relationship to the universe is trust.
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