Posted in Shoes on heads on Jul 30th, 2009 9 Comments »
There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion that if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.
Posted in Shoes on heads on Jul 28th, 2009 7 Comments »
She is neither manifest nor hidden, she is neither revealed nor unrevealed: there are no words to tell that which she is. She is without form, without quality, without decay.
Posted in Shoes on heads on Jul 26th, 2009 4 Comments »
The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach – waiting for a gift from the sea.
Posted in Shoes on heads on Jul 23rd, 2009 2 Comments »
We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, [...]
Posted in Shoes on heads on Jul 22nd, 2009 1 Comment »
And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
Posted in Shoes on heads on Jul 21st, 2009 1 Comment »
(Best viewed on YouTube.) Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness… and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him.