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Inner Paths to Outer Space
Proving once again that you CAN judge a book by its cover, this collection of essays is exactly what you would expect. I picked it up to get in the mood for Phish returning to the Road, and was not disappointed by a lot of what I read–the stuff by Rick Strassman is suitably academic,…
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Human Dark With Sugar by Brenda Shaughnessy
This is yet another fantastic book of poems that I have picked up at the Newport Beach Public Library. I am on an extreme run of success! I really liked the use of language on this one–all sorts of strange enjambment and other lyrical twists and turns which made these fairly confessional sounding works very…
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CASE 32: Kyôzan’s Mind and Objective World
Kyôzan asked a monk, “Where do you come from?” The monk said, “I am from Yû Province” Kyôzan said, “Do you think of that place?” The monk said, “I always do.” Kyôzan said, “That which thinks is the mind. That which is thought about is the objective world. Within that are mountains, rivers and the…
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Fleet Foxes Linear Notes
My first memory has always been of me and my mom on a cold grey day down at some beach in Washington, along the puget sound somewhere near Seattle. I would be around two or three years old and we’re with a friend of mine from the neighborhood and his mom. Walking around among the…
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CASE 31: Unmon’s "Pillar"
Unmon, instructing the assembly, said, “The old buddha and a pillar intersect each other. What number of activity is that?” The assembly was silent. He said on their behalf, “Clouds gather over the South Mountain; rain falls on the North Mountain.”
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Apple & some flowers from Lisa’s Mom
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David Given Schwarm
Married, Father, United
David Given Schwarm 