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One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free You'll find a god in every golden cloister And if you're lucky then the god's a she I can feel an angel sliding up to me
"What must I do then, Master?" I asked thoughtfully. "You must learn to wait properly." "And how does one learn that?" "By letting go of yourself, leaving yourself and everything yours behind you so decisively that nothing more is left of you but a purposeless tension." "So I must become purposeless—on purpose?" I heard myself say. "No pupil has ever asked me that, so I don't know the right answer."
--Zen in the Art of Archery, Eugen Herrigel, 1971, p. 35
"The most dangerous thing in the world is to think that you understand something." JB

 

James R. Brett, Ph.D. taught Russian History before becoming an academic administrator in faculty research administration. His academic interests are the modern period of Russian History since Peter the Great, Chinese History, the history of (more...)
 

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Musical lyrics and philosophy by sometimes blinded on Friday, Jun 5, 2009 at 10:40:38 PM
A Woman by shadow dancer on Saturday, Jun 6, 2009 at 1:49:27 AM
David Carradine... by Pulladigm on Saturday, Jun 6, 2009 at 9:44:08 AM
Yep by shadow dancer on Saturday, Jun 6, 2009 at 12:33:10 PM
Gautama explaining the meaning of nirvana to Kesi a disciple by Nemo on Saturday, Jun 6, 2009 at 8:39:39 PM
Suchness by James Brett on Saturday, Jun 6, 2009 at 11:53:24 PM
The Carridines by Archie on Sunday, Jun 7, 2009 at 12:59:45 AM
I remember watching his TV series in the 70's. by Stanimal on Sunday, Jun 7, 2009 at 4:40:26 AM
Loved the Kung Fu Episodes by Bob Gormley on Sunday, Jun 7, 2009 at 6:08:47 AM
To Take Upon by shadow dancer on Sunday, Jun 7, 2009 at 10:20:33 AM
Nothing. Everything. by Perry Logan on Sunday, Jun 7, 2009 at 11:56:59 AM
It all depends ... by James Brett on Sunday, Jun 7, 2009 at 3:24:39 PM