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July 23, 2006 12:02 PM EDT -- In the Talmudic tractate The Saying of Our Fathers, an important insight of Rabbi Hillel, who lived during the 1st century of the Common Era, was recorded. "If I am not for myself, who will be? If . . . more
July 16, 2006 12:08 PM EDT -- The beginning of Wisdom is the willingness to consider that you may be mistaken; mistaken in your perceptions, your conclusions and your beliefs - which all things pass through like a filter. [G M Jaron] . . . more
September 03, 2006 03:49 PM EDT -- "The eye is the first circle; the horizon which it forms is the second; and throughout nature this primary figure is repeated without end.  it is the highest emblem in the cipher of the world.  . . . more
January 14, 2007 03:05 PM EST -- Attributed to A. A. Milne, the author of Winne - The Pooh, by Saturn Press a greeting card company based in Swan's Island Maine. "One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly . . . more
June 10, 2006 01:36 PM EDT -- The Hero   [from: Meditations on Quixote, chapter 15 by Jose Ortega Y' Gasset<!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[1]<!--[endif]-->.   Now our story leads us back to this subject.  . . . more
August 01, 2006 01:50 AM EDT -- One: 2 Jonathan Star, 2001 Tao is both Named and Nameless. As Nameless, it is the origin of all things. As Named, it is the mother of all things. D C Lao, 1963 The nameless was the beginning of heaven . . . more
October 01, 2006 12:28 PM EDT -- Three: 3 Jonathan Star With the people so pure Who could trick them? What clever ideas could lead them astray? D C Lau, 1963 and ensures that the clever never dare to act. Lok Sang Ho, 2002, In so doing . . . more
Which tribe has truth?
by Gary Jaron
views: 64 | rating: 10 | comments: 16
March 18, 2007 02:15 PM EDT -- A ‘discussion’ I had with someone on Gather got me thinking and thus writing. A question formed and that is the lead in to this brief essay: Which tribe has truth? I am defining the word . . . more
September 04, 2006 12:55 PM EDT -- Three: 1   Jonathan Star Putting a value on status Will cause people to compete Hoarding treasure Will turn them into thieves Showing off possessions Will disturb their daily lives   . . . more
unexpected invitations
by Gary Jaron
views: 26 | rating: 8.5 | comments: 13
December 17, 2006 02:35 PM EST -- Unexpected invitations are dancing lessons from the Divine. Those words were inspired by Kurt Vonnegut’s phrase from his novel Cat’s Cradle: Vonnegut’s original phrase was, “peculiar . . . more
September 03, 2006 12:34 PM EDT -- Two: 5 Jonathan Star All things flourish around him and he does not refuse any one of them He gives but not to receive He works but not for reward He completes but not for results He does nothing for . . . more
January 02, 2007 09:12 PM EST -- Mystics are found in all cultures and in all times.  They are the Noble Prize winners of theology.  The Da Vinci's and the Einstein's of relgious thought.  They are the explorers . . . more
September 17, 2006 03:41 PM EDT -- Three: 2 Jonathan Star, 2001 Thus the Sage rules by stilling minds and opening hearts by filling bellies and strengthening bones He shows people how to be simple and live without desires D C Lao, 1963 . . . more
August 13, 2006 04:52 PM EDT -- One: 3 Jonathan Star: A mind filled with thought, merged within itself, beholds the essence of the Tao. A mind filled with thought, identified with its own perceptions, beholds the mere forms of this world. . . . more
January 02, 2007 09:47 PM EST -- Source : From the Essential Writtings of Christian Msyticism: Benard Mc Ginn   Richard of St. Victor(died 1173 ) the Four Degrees of Violent Charity "So, we now have the four degrees of . . . more
January 21, 2007 12:52 PM EST -- "Our age is, in especial degree, the age of criticism, and to criticism everything must submit.  Religion through its sanctity, and law-giving through its majesty, may seek to exempt themselves . . . more
September 04, 2006 03:24 PM EDT -- Two: 2   Jonathan Star, 2001 Life and death are born together. Difficult and easy Long and short High and low – All these exist together Sound and silence blend as one Before and after . . . more
January 01, 2007 11:54 AM EST -- Source: The Essential Writngs of Christian Mysticism edited by Bernard Mc Ginn, 2006. From “The Life of Moses” by Gregory of Nyssa (circa 335 – 395) Christian Mystic. From Chapter II . . . more
February 03, 2007 01:44 PM EST -- [Jan 30 2007] Let me begin with the premise that Immanuel Kant in his Critique of Pure Reason is basically right, the maps he in detailed described are correct.  What does this mean? First off Kant . . . more
August 20, 2006 11:56 AM EDT -- Two: 1 Jonathan Star Everyone recognizes beauty only because of ugliness. Everyone recognizes virtue only because of sin D C Lao The whole world recognizes the beautiful as the beautiful, yet this is . . . more
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