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  • The following scripture/poem/mantra seems to respond to what I am struggling with the most right now. I think I will start meditating on it when I wake up in the morning. The body trembles,The tongue falters,The min…

  • It seems that when we are least inclined to share our feelings, that is the best time to do so.

  • "The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is "Why do I think it's not beautiful?" And very shortly you discover that there is no reason." John Cage "Why are things the way they a…

  • Long drives are my meditation time...which is really a bad habit because when I'm driving, I should be paying attention to the road. But it's the only time I have that I can be sure that I am alone. It's also a pretty …

  • Today has been a truly absurd day. Not absurd in the sense that it was meaningless, but in the sense that I feel at home and the littlest things make me smile...and slightly bigger things make me belly-laugh. I think t…

  • I will concede that Nietzsche was a genius, and I will concede that all of his writings make sense from a perspective of extreme pessismism of reality, and I will concede, even, that someone could actually use Nietz…

  • from Thomas Merton's No Man is an Island "To love another is to will what is really good for him. Such love must be based on truth. A love that sees no distinction between good and evil, but loves blindly merely …

  • Spent the day reading. A great book, I might add. It's helped me kind of get back on the right track. Anyway, I was in bed reading and found this AMAZING quote...it's rather lengthy, but if you can bear with me...I th…

  • So I have a joke for all of you. Q: What does the "H" in Jesus H. Christ stand for? A: It's actually a family name--Hallowed."Our Father, who art in heavenHallowed be thy name.... HAHA...ok, I can't take c…

  • This is just a list of things...random things. I had a good talk with my philosophy professor after class today. My old cat is sitting on my lap right now. I feel like Lenny from "Of Mice and Men"...I really like ca…

  • Do you ever have those times in your life when you are going in circles and circles and circles and circles? I think wise old Solomon called it "a chasing after the wind." It seems like the closer I get to being able t…

  • Alright, I saw some of these pictures and decided that today was going to be a funny picture-post day. \ And on a non-religious theme \ Isn't it ironic? (I guess this one really doesn't apply anymore) …

  • A breakthrough! (or maybe more appropriately, a RE-breakthrough...since I have this problem with forgetting). BREATHING IS AMAZING! (a side note: Breathing deeply and fully and with your whole consciousness is a lot l…

  • And what are my doubts on becoming a brother of a religious order? They seem to be exactly the same as St. Augustine's. From his Confessions in book VIII: "Those trifles of all trifles, and vanities of vanities, …

  • And isn't this the hardest part of life--to have our sandcastles knocked down when we've worked so hard to build them up and protect them? And the greater they are, the more it hurts when they are destroyed. But it is …

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