They say that characters were engraven on the bathing tub of King Tching Thang to this effect: “Renew thyself completely each day; do it again, and again, and forever again.” –Henry David ThoreauMore
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The heart is not a living thing
Our hearts are restless until they find rest in you. –St. AugustineMore
Something Plain Monstrous
Even Socrates was called a monstrum in animi…by his face, by his gait!More
job’s wife
curse God and die. –The Book of JobMore
Getting Used to Being Self
Master Rinzai let go and said, “What a worthless shit-stick this true person of no rank is!” –Lin-chiMore
Love Happened
Maybe love is what happens when we stop begging the world to be something other than what it isMore
A Metamorphosis
Why are we all staring at the same spot on the ground? Or at the same spotlessness of the sky?More
Nothing Left of You
“Only those who are, themselves, on the dusty road of becoming-dust can love others who (or that) have embarked on a similar journey at birth or at the time of their fabrication.” – Michael MarderMore
Spanning the gulf, or trying to, come what may
The true knight of faith is a witness, never a teacher, and therein lies his deep humanity…
– KierkegaardMore
Inventing ourselves
Sometimes it seems we are either dreaming of wholeness…or willingly fragmentedMore
An Example
So wise souls/ leaving self behind/ move forwardMore
Not all, but part
…and you too will also return, in the greatest things as well as in the smallest….More
Dawn in Hades
The light can be stubborn, and linger, when the sun setsMore
As it begins, so it ends
For M.H., and other loves who protected my desireMore
Jots
to be learned by heartMore
Love the Dust 