Don’t hang on!
Tuesday, August 30th, 2005 Posted in Mind, Spirituality | Comments OffI'm still behind on reading my friends' blogs. Today I just caught this beauty by Meredith at Graceful Presence. I'm reminded of an experience of flying in a very small plane, and feeling very uneasy in the turbulence and rattling noise ...
Great program for blog-reading.
Sunday, August 28th, 2005 Posted in Site log / Geek | Comments OffThose of you who aren't using Firefox as your browser really should switch. (Unless you're on Mac OS X and using Safari, of course!) I've been using FF for nearly a year now, and I've never considered going back ...
Pat Robertson Update
Saturday, August 27th, 2005 Posted in Spirituality | Comments OffMiracles never cease! Some Christians are actually having second thoughts about the spiritual credentials of Robertson. Here's a report that Finland's Christian station has decided to drop the 700 Club after Robertson's remarks about "taking out" Chavez. Personally, I wonder ...
What am I?
Wednesday, August 24th, 2005 Posted in Spirituality | Comments Off(Pour yourself a cup of coffee and relax. This is a bit long, but you might like it. Or you might hate it! In a response to my previous post, a friend of mine commented that I seem very ...
The religion of murder
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005 Posted in Spirituality | Comments OffPat Robertson does it again, and this time, people noticed. In remarks on a broadcast yesterday, the Reverend Marion "Pat" Robertson stated that "we" should exercise our abilty to murder a sitting head of state, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. ...
Superb Translation of Thomas
Sunday, August 14th, 2005 Posted in Bible / Sacred Texts, Books, Spirituality | Comments OffI just came across the perfect translation of The Gospel of Thomas. It's The Gospel of Thomas: the Gnostic Wisdom of Jesus, by Jean-Yves LeLoup, translated by Joseph Rowe. This is a double translation. LeLoup translated the gospel into French and ...
Aye, i eye “I”
Friday, August 5th, 2005 Posted in My Life, Quick Thoughts | Comments OffEverybody says "I," but we foolishly think it just refers to us when we say it. We're too deaf to hear that "I" is being said everywhere, by everyone, all the time. The First Person is the only One, speaking through all ...
Lava Lamp
Thursday, August 4th, 2005 Posted in Poetry, Spirituality | Comments OffLava Lamp I feel mySelf. not my skin, but my true self, my life within me. Tangible, like a jet in a jacuzzi, or the gel in a lava lamp, life rises, and falls. Thoughts bubble and vanish. And energy rises and falls. And night comes, and goes, As day comes, and goes. and the body peaks, declines, and passes. What ...
New Kid on the Block
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2005 Posted in Love, Movies / TV / Stage, My Life | Comments OffWell, I've been at my new job for more than a week now, and I've got to say I'm tremendously happy to be at Trader. I'm doing work which I excel at, but which is also challenging and stimulating. I'm ...
Everything We Need
Monday, August 1st, 2005 Posted in My Life, Spirituality | Comments OffA thought has been in the back of my mind for several days now, that maybe it is impossible for someone to not have everything they need to do whatever they need to do at any given moment. That’s ...
