A particular quote from the show The West Wing has been playing in my head recently. A priest is talking to the President about Christian faith and he says: “In my religion, the entire religious experience ended on a cross, but that was not the measure of the experience; that was just how it ended.”Continue reading “The Measure of the Experience”
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Life is suffering…tee hee ha ha
The universe could certainly use some fine tuning, maybe this is the beta version we are currently experiencing. When your loved one dies suddenly, you don’t get the courtesy of a warning. No memo, no flashing lights, no smoke signals. Kedar’s death brought about a mountain of sorrow and a strange silence. My life andContinue reading “Life is suffering…tee hee ha ha”
Perception is Reality
“What is this life, if full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?” So begins a poem by William Henry Davies, extolling us to take time out from our busy lives, slow down, stay in the moment, immerse ourselves in all the beauty this world has to offer. I’ve always loved thoseContinue reading “Perception is Reality”