spiritual awakening and enlightenment in today’s world

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.

Archive for 2008

This is big

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 Posted in Seen on the Web | 6 Comments »

So big, in fact, that I put off posting this for days. I can't quite process it. Perhaps you my friends, can help me to do so. Since childhood, I've been a science-fiction fan, and as someone who grew ...

Back from Montréal

Saturday, July 19th, 2008 Posted in Language, My Life, Peace and Justice, Seen on the Web | 4 Comments »

I've just returned from a trip to Montréal for a joint conference of the United States' and the Pan-American Esperanto associations. I had a wonderful time, and my only regret was that I had to leave early for travel and ...

Freedom

Saturday, July 5th, 2008 Posted in Spirituality | 3 Comments »

Seven years ago, I made the bodhisattva vow. And now, I'm feeling it. There is nothing more I want to do with my life than to set people free. Everywhere I go, to whomever I speak, I see bondage and ...

Announcing RockOm.net

Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Posted in Music, My Life, Spirituality | 3 Comments »

(Time for absolutely shameless plug!) Well, after months of work, it's here... RockOm.net is now live! I'm proud to be a part of the RockOm team. RockOm is an online music community with a spiritual focus... but inclusive of all ...

Why does Spirit want to be embodied?

Sunday, June 1st, 2008 Posted in Movies / TV / Stage, Quick Thoughts, Seen on the Web, Spirituality, Teacher / Practice, Uncategorized | 6 Comments »

Here's just two reasons:  

Into the wild

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 Posted in Love, Movies / TV / Stage, Spirituality | 7 Comments »

I could write a thousand-word review about this movie. I could call it the Walden of our times. I could tell you how it is an ode to the beauty of America as The Constant Gardener was to that of ...

The Quieting Blogosphere

Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in Seen on the Web, Site log / Geek | 15 Comments »

OK, I'm blogging less, and I've admitted it. But what about you? Out of my formerly blog-active friends only Carl and Bob keep on at their impressive posting paces. It seems to me that most of my blogging friends have ...

Wordpress woes

Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in Site log / Geek | 2 Comments »

This is the second time in the last two weeks that I've lost a long post that I was working on just a bit before I was going to click the "Publish" button. Somehow, it seems to happen in between ...

Thomas Merton Square

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 Posted in Jesus / Christianity, Nonduality, Seen on the Web, Teacher / Practice | 2 Comments »

The Louisville Metro Council last month named the intersection of 4th and Muhommad Ali Blvd. "Thomas Merton Square," in honor of Fr. Thomas Merton's epiphany.  To my knowledge, this is the only occasion of any government recognizing an event related ...

Fun

Friday, March 28th, 2008 Posted in My Life, Quick Thoughts | 4 Comments »

I never imagined that turning 47 would be as much fun as it was