GIVING MEANING TO OURSELVES

At some point we can no longer be satisfied with the fragments, the pieces, but recognize the importance, the necessity, of putting together the pieces that compose the puzzle of our existence. When younger, it is youth itself that has momentum, that propels us forward in our being, our lives. But, in due time, we are faced with the necessity of giving meaning to ourselves--which is something we must do if we are to survive, and can only do for ourselves. We make and unmake ourselves.

Sunday, December 1, 2024

THE CHALLENGE OF RECONSTRUCTING "ONESELF"

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Once upon a time he had vision, he could see. Or he believed he could see. He felt he could see ... something. He believed himself to be ins...
Saturday, October 21, 2023

NO ONE DIES FOR OUR SINS

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This whole thing of "Jesus dying for our sins" is ludicrous. If we aren't willing or even able to die for our own sins, how ar...
Monday, May 23, 2022

OBFUSCATING

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 Of late I read a good (?) portion of Wings of the Dove by Henry James. I found it to be a bit of a verbal vortex, leading further and furt...
Wednesday, November 17, 2021

CERTAIN TRUTHS AND FALSE ASSUMPTIONS

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  I realized that I (and so many others) have been operating from a false assumption. Briefly, the false assumption is that one is “free...
Sunday, October 3, 2021

AN EXPLANATION OF SORTS

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  I practiced Buddhist meditation, primarily zazen, for forty years, and Theosophical meditation for almost twenty. I was raised and educate...
Saturday, October 2, 2021

FROM REAL BOY TO FLESH PUPPET: THE PINOCCHIO REVERSAL

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  I close my eyes and see great distances through time and space, as if I were traveling light years. It is an awareness in the moment which...
Friday, September 24, 2021

The Dream of My Dreaming

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  The story continues (sorry for the typos; reading my own material for editing puts me literally to sleep, as I imagine you already know). ...
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