Category: Paradigm

  • Moments Of Thought. . . .for us. . .

    Moments of Thought. . . . In retrospect, everything becomes a moral decision.  Some of us only learn this in our dotage when reflecting on how we lived our lives. ***** It is a vast classroom but the basic lesson is one of abandonment.  Everyone knows abandonment.  The hardest lesson to bring home is to…

  • Thoughts For These Times. . .

      Thoughts For These Times. . . .  On this historic day let us remember. . . .what is hidden will surface and cannot be forever controlled. ***** Manipulation is the black boot sitting on the head. ***** He wondered aloud whether he should drop Philosophy.  There is no other class worth the taking I…

  • Differing Perspectives. . .

    There are those who close their eyes to what it is they see because they know what they see will contradict what they choose to believe. ***** The look of innocence is the state of shock.  That level where the soul has rested, the mind has stopped pursuing and spirit dares not delve deeper. *****…

  • The Mind’s Residual. . . .

    The Heavens open momentarily and close but the glimpses from the views linger and haunt one forever. **** The Self wills but the human spirit cannot be legislated.  Statistics are meant to sell beer. ***** It is not the Mystery of Life which stunts man and does not beguile him to further thought.  It is…

  • What Keeps Us Awake. . . .

    To stand straight need not be at the expense of an other’s fall.  It can be because of one’s need to reach higher than one knows. ****** Facing one’s self in one’s declining years is a task best left to those who point to the kudos on the walls.  They have something to point to…

  • With Knees Bent. . . .

      With Knees Bent. . . . There are those who  have learned the ways of the world but neglected to learn the lessons that might  have led to the same conclusions with understanding. ***** In the midst of agonies, there is the absurdity.  But to carry the absurdity past its point, belabors it. *****…

  • Touchstones. . .

    The strength of man is in himself and not in an Other. ***** Knowing what to say is a social skill.  Meaning takes the form of action in the heart. ***** The emotions generated by an event in one’s life hold a panoramic view of the entire life.  To dislodge one sacred cow will diminish…

  • When The Plough Seems Too Heavy. . . . .

      Gleanings . . . If you do not intend to look back, remember to lift the plough.  And sometimes the plough seems too heavy to lift but we push on anyway to find it is a joy and a privilege. ***** Always state the condition of the heart in preference to appearance.  You will…

  • Truisms. . . .

    The heart will determine what the head sees and put into the eyes the meaning of it all. ***** Time is not of the essence, but quality of thinking is.  For the thought was already a thing in process before the action cemented it. ***** By their actions you shall know them.   By their actions…

  • Skimming the Ethers. . .

      Mother to child with expanding knowledge. . . ‘I don’t care in what lifetime you were Pope but in this life you clean up your own messes.. !  Now!!! ***** We clean our own doorstep before the children go out so that they do not step into the muck and mire we neglected to…