An ordinary soul’s journey towards unity.
Posted in Impermanence, The Knife Cutting Edge on Aug 7th, 2011
Either they are really good at marketing, or my “self” is great at deceiving me, or probably – both.
Perhaps it’s not them, but me. Maybe I’m just not that strong.
Regardless, buy things doesn’t make me happy, yet I keep falling for the same tricks.
It’s always something…
Today it might have been a cello, while yesterday it [...]
Posted in Impermanence, Living on Jun 10th, 2011
Today I heard a story, from my wife, from her friend, of a friend.
A baby, perhaps you could say toddler, at just 14 shining months, had sadly lost its life in an accident. It was something you’d never think would happen to you – a bite of a pretzel. Just a pretzel, yet it took [...]
Posted in Impermanence, Living on Apr 21st, 2011
One of the problems that occurs when you learn to live your dharma is that at some point, things start to become OK, and your suffering starts to diminish. And while a lack of suffering seems like a great problem to have, or even problem-less, for a novice like me, it can lead you to [...]
Posted in Impermanence, suffering on Mar 3rd, 2010
“I died as mineral and became a plant,
I died as plant and rose to animal,
I died as animal and I was man.
Why should I fear?
When was I less by dying?”
-Rumi
Posted in Impermanence, Living on Jan 18th, 2010
When I was a teenager, I used to spend hours in my room doing nothing but listening to music.
I’d slip on a pair of headphones, and spend the rest of the evening thinking about the world…what it meant, who I am, and where I belong. I’d think about my past, my present, and my future.
Posted in Impermanence on Dec 11th, 2008
We All Go Through It
Let’s face it, we all struggle through pain and suffering at some point in our lives. Often we struggle with minor issues daily, but there comes a time when larger events, such as death, illness, or depression sideswipe us from nowhere, sending our lives into an out of control mess.
Like you, [...]
Posted in Hope, Impermanence, Living, News, The Knife Cutting Edge on Sep 29th, 2008
Living Your Dreams
In the last two parts of the series, I talked about eyeing the world with innocence, and keeping hope alive. In the final installment of this series, I’d like to talk about keeping your dreams alive. Now, nowhere in the manual of life does it have to say that you have to reach [...]
Posted in Impermanence, Living, Reality on Jun 25th, 2008
A Sad State of Affairs
Sure, there has always been suffering in the world. For many it is simply a way of life, but for those of us more fortunate, it should be seen as a wake up call. Several posts ago, I wrote about Struggling with Desire, which to me refers to getting caught in [...]
Posted in Impermanence on Mar 31st, 2008
For years I have tried to fight off the shroud of impermanence in my own life, which in turn has led me down a path of frustration and built up anger. Although I have always known that impermanence is the only permanent thing in this world, I tried to ignore it hoping that it would [...]
