It occurs to me that there could be nothing quite so liberating as the realization that one is completely and utterly worthless. Apart from beating one’s ego to a senseless pulp, it would have the added, surprising benefit of freedom from guilt. If anyone then were to criticize anything you do, you could just shrug [...]
Posts Tagged ‘asides’
Rains
It’s raining here now…
My choices for the rains retreat are down to two; either I stay here in Minnesota, or return to enter the rains in a hut in someone’s backyard in N. Hollywood. I’m ambivalent… it’s nice here, reminds me of where I was born. A little cramped, everyone in one building, [...]
minnesota telephone
Here’s the telephone number of Wat Thai Minnesota: 1 763 241 0710 (may want to practice your Thai first…)
And They’re Off
And so, the results of clear seeing… I’ll be heading to Minnesota on June 8th, together with Patrick (gopher) and Lalinath (instructor). Will stay in Wat Thai of Minnesota for at least a month, then decide whether to continue there in the forests or return to the San Fernando desert for the hot season. [...]
Ray Bradbury’s Hobos
“I’ve heard there are still hobo camps all across the country, here and there; walking camps they call them, and if you keep walking far enough and keep an eye peeled, they say there’s lots of old Harvard degrees on the tracks between here and Los Angeles. Most of them are wanted and hunted in [...]
Fahrenheit 451
“We’re going to meet a lot of lonely people in the next week and the next month and the next year. And when they ask us what we’re doing, you can say, We’re remembering. That’s where we’ll win out in the long run. And some day we’ll remember so much that we’ll build the biggest [...]
Perfect Heaven
“Heaven is not a place, and it is not a time. Heaven is being perfect.” — Richard Bach
broke 300
yesterday I hit 300 posts. Today is 301st. Auspicious lead up to my 30th birthday on Saturday, or just a glitch in the matrix?