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Upanishad interlude

Two birds, inseparable companions, perch on the same tree. One eats the fruit, the other looks on. The first bird is our individual Self, feeding on the pleasures and pains … Continue reading

11 January, 2007 · 2 Comments

Happy Birthday Khalil Gibran

Full Name: Gibran Khalil Gibran | جبران خليل جبران Born: January 6, 1883 — Bsharri, Lebanon Died: April 10, 1931 — New York City, USA Occupation(s): Poet, philosopher, artist, painter, … Continue reading

6 January, 2007 · 4 Comments

Krishnamurti on War

A question was put to Jiddu Krishnamurti, the Indian-born educator (1895-1986) about what individuals could do about war and crisis in the world. While many individuals are to be admired … Continue reading

19 December, 2006 · 3 Comments

Dawkins versus Haggard

What a spectacle. I first saw this video a couple of days ago and have succumbed to posting it today. Its an intriguing display of fundamentalist atheist vs fundamentalist evangelical; … Continue reading

7 November, 2006 · 3 Comments

Timely Reminders

"Those who crusade, not for God in themselves, but against the devil in others, never succeed in making the world better, but leave it either as it was, or sometimes perceptibly worse than what it was, before the crusade began. By thinking primarily of evil we tend, however excellent our intentions, to create occasions for evil to manifest itself."
-- Aldous Huxley

"The only war that matters is the war against the imagination. All others are subsumed by it."
-- Diane DiPrima, "Rant", from Pieces of a Song.

"It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there"
-- William Carlos Williams, "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"


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