Author: David Schwarm

  • Three of swords and the sun

    The Fool carries a pack tied to a staff as he walks to the edge of a cliff with a small dog biting at his heels. He carries with him all his possessions and is travelling the world without knowing where he’s going. From time to time, the fool is blinded by the wonders before him, and fails to see the obstacles ahead. The dog is trying to warn him of the danger ahead, but he risks ignoring it.

    This is a card of infinite possibilities. Usually, it signifies new beginnings, for example, moving home or beginning a new job. When this card occurs in a spread, you might be starting something new (such as a new relationship) and they have the energy that is normally associated with new beginnings. What is happening will take you into new and unknown territories.

    The Fool is a very powerful card in the Tarot deck, usually representing fresh starts and a new beginning — and, consequently, an end to something in your old life. The Fool’s position in your spread reveals which aspects of your life may be subject to change. The Fool signals important decisions ahead which may not be easy to make, and involve an element of risk for you. These decisions require youthful energy and optimism, but there are infinite possibilities ahead – so make one!

  • Februrary 5

    Head knowledge is worthless, unless accompanied by submission of the will and right action.

  • February 4

    Love is the key to the mystery. Love by its very nature is not selfish, but generous. It seeks not its own, but the good of others. The measure of love is not the pleasure it gives–that is the way the world judges it–but the joy and peace it can purchase for others.

  • Frogs

    • $1500 ER visit when I was constipated at 21 years old
    • aesthetic injectables
    • Andy
    • April 22
    • BEER group
    • Bonham
    • Botox
    • Brian Band
    • Brian’s post deleted
    • Denali call
    • difficult phases
    • Dominique is in Less than Zero
    • drinking with coworkers
    • filler
    • gas bill
    • Growing pains in a cult
    • have to look at it
    • I am involved in my biology
    • March or April
    • No early warning system
    • not always related to bowel movement
    • no wipe bowel movement
    • our pieces come from stars
    • pause
    • perfect
    • quality bowel movement
    • sit
    • still
    • supply problem with natural gas
    • symbiosis
    • Text to bring BOJO
    • there is no deeper meaning in sprinklers
    • Throuple
    • Trikala
    • Thrice
    • Tuesday Thursday 9:30 AM 178 Humanities Hall
    • Veneration definition
    • Veneration of the step
    • Whelmed
    • where has it been
    • while we are eating
    • World
  • February 3

    Why is it that any time we speak of temptation we always speak of temptation as something that inclines us to wrong. we have more temptations to become good than we do to become bad.

  • February 2

    Love burdens itself with the wants and woes and losses and even the wrongs of others.

  • Chögyam Trungpa

    In meditation practice, people sometimes equate dwelling in bewilderment with a meditative state of being. They may confuse being spaced out with experiencing openness and relaxation. They may try to make bewilderment into a comfortable home or nest in their practice. We often have a tendency to try to solidify our confusion as the proof that we exist. This happens not just in meditation but in many aspects of life.

    Excerpted from:

    “Galaxies of Stars, Grains of Sand,” in Mindfulness in Action: Making Friends with Yourself through Meditation and Everyday Awareness
    by Chögyam Trungpa,