One of my favourite films. An absolute masterpiece. The Master 🍿
…freedom isn’t hiding in a well-written text…
From @joseperezmba@mindly.social
Like snowflakes, the human pattern is never cast twice. We are uncommonly and marvelously intricate in thought and action, our problems are most complex and, too often, silently borne.
— Alice Childress
Well, that was a long day. And so to bed for another early start tomorrow …
by @zeneveryday@mastodon.social
It is not good to talk about Zen, because Zen is nothingness… If you talk about it, you are always lying, and if you don’t talk about it, no one knows it is there.
— Robert M. Pirsig
Zen values experience more than anything.
When we stop our seeking and turn our own light in upon ourselves, we will on that very instant have nothing to do.
— Linji
Good night.
A delightful description of the power of the aphorism.
It’s linguistic severity—a refusal to elaborate. Words that don’t describe experience so much as strip it to the bone.
— Robert Saltzman
Enjoyed the recent interview Steve Coogan gave to Louis Theroux (once Louis shut up long enough for Steve to speak!) particularly his pithy political analysis saying:
It’s not about left and right but top and bottom.
As you may very well have gathered I’m a fan of aphorisms.
Not that short phrases are necessarily aphorisms but I write short form because I can’t write long form.
Someone who has no such problems is Robert Saltzman who writes very eloquently here on the qualities of the aphorism.
The boy only went and passed his driving test! Now he’s just got to choose which kidney to sell to pay for the car insurance.
My issue with the two sides, Manuel Moreale
Stories, stories, stories. We’re surrounded by narratives—cultural myths, political frameworks, family histories, the running commentary we keep about ourselves. Layer upon layer of story. What if we paused? What if, even briefly, we set down these accumulated tales and experienced what remains, just this moment, unencumbered by everything we tell ourselves about the past and everything we fear about the future?
Boundary lines, of any type, are never found in the real world itself, but only in the imagination of the mapmakers.
— Ken Wilber
Have woken up with a distinctly dodgy gut this morning. Training from lunchtime and then a late shift tonight. Fingers crossed it doesn’t worsen. The boy has his driving test this morning. Got everything crossed for that too.
We chase experiences like dogs running after sticks. Ironically, we associate this exercise not with sickness, with the state of being lost in the pleasure/pain cycle, but with good health. The man with the most experiences wins!
Nice meal out tonight at a favourite restaurant for our anniversary. I feel blessed and grateful to be able to share even a moment more with my wonderful wife. ❤️
This is a new world, the old one gone. Every day is a new reality.
Judging is easy. Really understanding is the complete opposite because it means opening yourself up to doubt and vulnerability and, of course, judgement.