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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe. John Muir, 1911. February 20, 2015. Mountains should be climbed with as little effort as possible and without desire. The reality of your own nature should determine the speed. If you become restless, speed up. If you become winded, slow down. You climb the mountain in an equilibrium between restlessness and exhaustion. Like a knife trying to cut itself. December 28, 2014. Scandalously, hippies did not adop...
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Providence moves within commitment |
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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe. John Muir, 1911. Providence moves within commitment. July 17, 2015. March 30, 2016. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, the providence moves too. I learned a deep respect for one of Goethe’s couplets:. 8216;Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
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Empathy, the invisible hand of civilization |
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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe. John Muir, 1911. Empathy, the invisible hand of civilization. February 28, 2015. The multi-stranded rope of religion →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. Parenting in the present. Innov...
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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe. John Muir, 1911. July 29, 2016. July 29, 2016. This feeling of being lonely and very temporary visitors in the universe is in flat contradiction to everything known about man (and all other living organisms) in the sciences. We do not come into this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree. As the ocean waves, the universe peoples. Parenting in the present. May 4, 2016. January 16, 2016. Hell consist...
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Like a knife trying to cut itself |
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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe. John Muir, 1911. Like a knife trying to cut itself. December 28, 2014. At the peak of our technological affluence, these young people renounced the cherished values of Western civilization the values of property and status. Richness of experience, they maintained, was far more important than things and money, in pursuit of which their parents were miserably and dutifully trapped in squirrel cages. The hippi...
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East meets west |
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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe. John Muir, 1911. February 22, 2015. Empathy, the invisible hand of civilization →. One thought on “ East meets west. February 22, 2015 at 2:57 pm. Jenkin Hammond Cell 405.921.3113 JenkinDesign.com. On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 8:49 AM, Scott Kinnaird. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). Parenting in the present.
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Effortless equilibrium |
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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe. John Muir, 1911. February 20, 2015. Mountains should be climbed with as little effort as possible and without desire. The reality of your own nature should determine the speed. If you become restless, speed up. If you become winded, slow down. You climb the mountain in an equilibrium between restlessness and exhaustion. Like a knife trying to cut itself. East meets west →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. LOL lo...
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Right here, right now |
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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe. John Muir, 1911. Right here, right now. May 3, 2015. What is it that opens the gate to joy in our ordinary, day-to-day lives? I’ve been calling it awakeness and awareness: the simple practice of sitting quietly, breathing in and out, dropping our obsessive thoughts and resistance to the freshness of the moment that is exactly here. Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara. The multi-stranded rope of religion. Happy Birthday ...
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The birth of responsibility |
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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe. John Muir, 1911. The birth of responsibility. December 13, 2014. December 13, 2014. Like a knife trying to cut itself →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. Parenting in the present.
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The multi-stranded rope of religion |
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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe. John Muir, 1911. The multi-stranded rope of religion. March 25, 2015. August 1, 2015. Religion is like a rope with interlaced strands of culture, history, tradition, community, theology, mythology and ethics. Unfortunately, people believe these strands are all one-and-the-same. If they reject one or two strands, they think they’ll be forced to throw away the whole rope. Right here, right now →. The multi-st...
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