Posted in Books, Personal musings on March 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Before Enlightenment: Chop Wood, Carry Water.
After Enlightenment: Chop Wood, Carry Water.
It’s an ancient Zen saying you’ve likely read many times before. Author Stephen Altschuler recommends giving it a try literally, at least the “chop wood” part, in his recent article for the SF Chronicle, with some welcome how-to advice on chopping wood without hurting yourself. [...]
Posted in Humor, Personal musings on February 26, 2008 | No Comments »
“A Hole in the Head” blogsite recently posted a full scan of a 1964 pop psychology booklet, The Art of Living with Yourself and Others. (Credit and thanks to the very fun BoingBoing website for their original post I saw, first uncovering this site.)
The booklet is an intriguing period piece and unintentionally humorous as a scattershot, superficial pep-talk of [...]
Posted in Personal musings on October 18, 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve been getting lessons in Impermanence this week. On Monday I was laid off from the job I’ve held for seven years. Yikes! And as I was driving home, feeling slightly shell-shocked, I got a call from my daughter saying that she had totalled the car that has been in the family for 10 years… [...]
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