Extolling, and embodying, the virtues of creativity, and creative writing, to save the world. (Or, at least, myself.)
"Strength to Love." According to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in "Pilgrimage to Nonviolence," his final essay in Strength to Love, "I have lived these last few years with the conviction that unearned suffering is redemptive." However, according to Alice Miller, psychologist, philosopher, and psychoanalyst, all behavior stems from childhood experience, at least in … Continue reading On “Suffering”
(originally posted June 16, 2024) "Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a GIFT. That's why it's called the present."Bil Keane, The Family Circus (possibly) Presents = Presence. To be "present" is to "present" ourselves in every moment of the Present. When we offer presents to one another on each other's birthday, Christmas, Hanukkah, … Continue reading Presents. (re-post)
How do you relax? https://youtu.be/0X6DxuhTfxE?feature=shared
How do you relax? https://youtu.be/ddnNAuydfX0?feature=shared
How do you relax? https://youtu.be/7ZltupgG3LE?feature=shared
The Pause, a Space BetweenWhen was it?That you last —.WhenWasIt?WhereWereYou?WhoWereYou?WhoAreYou,Now?WhatAreYou,Now?WhoAreYou?WhatHaveYouBecome?WhatHaveWeBecome?Pause.TakeABreath.ASingle,SolitaryBreath.And,Then,Breathe,Again.BecauseYouDe-ServeIt.Breathe.—.Amen.
In "Why Does E = mc^2?: (And Why Should We Care?)" authors Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw describe the meaning and significance of relativity and the speed of light. Simply put, the closer one comes to approaching the speed of light, the slower time seems to move... HOWEVER, traveling at the speed of light is not … Continue reading On “Light Speed”: An Argument for a Proof of the Existence of God
They say schizophrenia is a disorder of time. Too much time? Too little? Just enough. As much as you need is what they should say. Schizophrenia is a break. It is a rupture in time because that is what time is. It is never enough because as you look at it it's already sped by. … Continue reading THEY SAY…
"The Lotus opens. Movement from earth, through water, from fire to air. Out and in beyond life and death now, beyond inner and outer, sense and non-sense, meaning and futility, male and female, being and non-being, Light and darkness, void and full. Beyond all duality, or non-duality, beyond and beyond. Disincarnation. I breathe again." "Dis" … Continue reading “Dis” Incarnation.
"When I certify someone insane, I am not equivocating when I write that he is of unsound mind, may be dangerous to himself and others, and requires care and attention in a mental hospital. However, at the same time, I am also aware that, in my opinion, there are other people who are regarded as … Continue reading The Madhouse
Observations from the Brink 