mushin no shin

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You can’t be BOTH an intellectual elitist AND someone who actually pays attention when a pastor is speaking.
Besides, I should be the only reverend wright. But of a much weirder church. Maybe I’ll start calling this guy “cousin Jeremy”.

I guess my little holiday bender is officially over now. Well it was fun while it lasted.
Lest you think otherwise, there actually was a greater purpose. 2007 turned out to be a mildly shitty year for me. Mildly in that nothing much happened, the problem was just that, well, nothing much happened.
I spent most of [...]

Interesting compilation of presidential candidates responses to the International Campaign for Tibet. Richardson’s response was excellent of course, though to be fair every response — of those who have responded — is acceptable. Really it’s a no-brainer, it’s the sort of thing you just don’t answer unless you have the right answer.
So naturally, silence from [...]

Hope everyone has a Bhagavad Bodhi Day and a Yukai Rohatsu. OK so I took transliterations of Sanskrit and Japanese words for happy and used them without any concern for whether they’re the right words or in the right context. Bite me, it’s the best I could do.
Anyway, I’m just thankful that O’Reilly and the [...]

Pro:

It would be good for me
Having been very busy and having kept late nights, I overslept every day this week and only did about half of my usual daily practice
I skipped last week due to the Buddhist festival
I will feel justified to reward myself with my usual post-yoga Chinese takeout for lunch

Con:

Yesterday’s Peace Walk left [...]

I should be doing something productive I suppose. I really should be putting coat #1 of the rag-on glazing on wall #2 in the parlor. But hell, it’s 9:00, I just had my weekly batch of tasty spicy vegetable whole wheat spaghetti, this time with a nice glass of pinot noir, and I think I’d [...]

Not only did i get to see The Simpsons this weekend, I also saw Rear Window at the Belcourt, so I finally get the references in this:

I’m tempted to say “It’s all connected” but I’d hate that to be taken as a subliminal endorsement for Karl Dean. Not that it isn’t one. Eh. I don’t [...]

Well, I may have to miss Bonnaroo, but I got to hear Carmina Burana. Damn that’s good stuff.
Meanwhile, come out tomorrow for some kirtan chanting with Samavayah at 12 South Yoga. It’s another benefit for Eric Volz. Good vibes and a good cause, what more could you want? OK, sure, you could want The Police, [...]

Let me start by pointing out for obvious reasons that I don’t think an arrest record means jack in and of itself — not when our laws have little basis in reason or rightness. Further I do believe that even those who commit real crimes should not necessarily suffer the burden of their history forever, [...]