Category: spirit
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“Emptiness is loneliness, and loneliness is cleanlinessAnd cleanliness is godliness, and god is empty just like me.”–Smashing Pumpkins’ “Zero” I am wholly incapable of describing my g*d for my g*d… more ›
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Procopius said is best: So the church has become a spectacle of marvelous beauty, overwhelming to those who see it, but to those who know it by hearsay altogether incredible.… more ›
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By revolving in harmony with all things in nature–with the smallest cells and with the stars in the firmament–the semazen testifies to the existence and the majesty of the Creator,… more ›
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Five times a day the call issues forth from the amplified speakers mounted atop the minarets. These days, the muezzin need not bother climbing the steps up the tower. Because… more ›
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I could login here almost daily and list a dozen or more complaints about bothersome conditions that invade my otherwise placid world, but I’m tired of bitching. Tired of being… more ›
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There are few things more tragic than a suffering animal, whether that animal be human or not. Watching the demise. Witness to the dissipation. All you want to do, all… more ›
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I wonder if I’ll ever post to this blog again. I wonder if my days will ever stop being so damned full of foolishness and nonsense and incessant busywork. I… more ›
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So six alleged terrorists who have been incarcerated for the past several years in Guantánamo will finally have their day in court, albeit a military court, but a court nevertheless.… more ›
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This interview suffers from the “Dance, Monkey, Dance!” Syndrome: flaccid American asks the world’s greatest living philosopher (at the time) to perform for the camera on a topic he clearly… more ›