Author: mktdaf
Writings: Bhikkhu’s Power of Judgement
I remember reading years ago that William Blake wrote, “Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence.” At first I had a gut feeling that he was wrong – people disagreeing with each other, fighting with each other – that’s the problem in the…
Writings: Looking for the answers, looking for the questions
I remember it well – my girlfriend & I were interviewing someone so we could live in his apartment complex. “Interviewing” means, of course, that he had all the questions. What we noticed, though, was that we liked his questions. Do you have parties very often? (Well, just potlucks. Is that what you mean?) How…
Thoughts: Meditation & aging…
You already knew that meditation helps the way you think, feel, and, well, everything….and now a study from UCLA points to evidence that it may slow aging, as well. Here’s more, in a report from Samantha G with the International Business Times in Australia: A new study highlighted that medication can delay the process of…
Starpeople: Mr. Podesta suggests it’s about time for disclosure
Over the years, there have been numerous folks who have suggested that it’s about time for full disclosure of what the US government knows about ETs, UFOs, and contact with other intelligent beings. The government used to be pretty open about it all, collecting reports annually in an operation called Project Blue Book, which was…
Poetry of music: The Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows,” with a little help from our friends
So, when you watch this, you’ll be wondering who everybody is – this might help. And it’s OK to sing along. Way better that way.
Writings: See it. Call it.
“Look out! It’s a deer!” As I pulled around the corner in the wooded part, just outside of Nanaimo, BC, my friend’s words drew my eye to the crouching, then bounding doe who suddenly jumped from the side of the road in the dusk. I slowed, and just missed her flank as she bounced by. “I’m…