Wisdom
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I am seeing a wise infant
Seeing light at the end of a tunnel gives hope but no clarity. Is a train coming? Is the light mere reflection? Is it an opening leading to rescue, success, freedom, an abyss? Is it an opening, or an obstacle? Some are now seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. But after an…
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The Twenty-first Century starts now
Two thousand twenty clearly told me that two thousand twenty-one will be a better year. If I add to that the intent vibrating within me, and the intent I clearly perceive around me in daily international conversations, awakened or boosted in Zoom meetings, and through Clubhouse participants, 2021 will be not just better, not merely…
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We Know Enough
Intuition is in us concrete, and thus that which we do not know becomes irrelevant.
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Existential Exercise I
Part one: In my teens I sat at the piano on a path of poplar trees, and felt confident in the assertion that no human, no swimming nor crawling nor flying creature dislikes music. As of that moment it was evident that whenever I compose sounds and words, it needs to be under the premise…
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Apple Wisdom
The seeds found in apples are bitter. Sounds like a natural defense against animals feasting on them. In addition, genetically, each seed will produce an apple tree which bears apples of a different variety. Naturally, each distinct variety would only exist as long as the lifespan of its tree of provenance. Source: “Botany of Desire”…
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Words from the Opera — When horror breaks one heart, all hearts are broken
Balstrode:We’ll find him, maybe give a hand. Ellen:We have no power to help him now. Balstrode:We have the power. We have the power.In the black momentWhen your friend suffersUnearthly tormentWe cannot turn our backs.When horror breaks one heartAll hearts are broken. From the opera “Peter Grimes“ op. 33Composer: Benjamin BrittenFrom the poem by George Crabbe
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The World Self
You and I may notice that the world expands and deepens daily. That is a key of maturity Inheritance of a supreme mirror Reason to inhale.
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Curiosity killed a Cat
…while it allowed another to live longer.
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Words at the Opera — we know enough
Wotan: Your cryptic words fill me with awe. Stay, and advice me further! Erda: You heard my words. You know enough. Wotan (Odin), is the chief God in Scandinavian mythology, and leader of the possessed. Erda is the Norse Goddess of the earth.
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Invisibles are Present
Madness ceases to exist, once it reaches numbing proportions. Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) German poet, playwright
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Naomi Osaka
Interviewer: You had seven matches, seven masks, seven names. What was the message you wanted to send, Naomi?” Naomi: “Well, what was the message that you got? That is more the question. I feel that the point is to make people start talking.” Naomi Osaka, answering a question at the presentation of her 2020 US…
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Coffee and French Lavender
Simplicity is not about numbers but oneness orchestrating complexity well. Purity is not about singularity, rather process. Creativity does not just imply innovation. It is a fine, attentive perception to subtleties in detail of a quotidian life. Nothing lays hidden but awaits the hungry in thought, experience, and growth.
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to be: Breathing
In transporting the breath, the inhalation must be full. When it is full, it has big capacity. When it has big capacity, it can be extended. When it is extended, it can penetrate downward. When it penetrates downward, it will become calmly settled. When it is calmy settled, it will be strong and firm. When…
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To Dwell or to Wait
If patience means the virtue of waiting in a relaxed state during a given time, being patient names the manner in which we handle said time frame, without necessarily reflecting an appreciation for the qualities and meaning of what is transpiring. It is not even a given that while being relaxed about the waiting, we…
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