Monthly Archives: December 2004

If by Rudyard Kipling

Posted on December 16, 2004 by Patrick

Rudyard KiplingIf you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too: If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or being hated don’t give way to hating, And yet don’t look too good… Continue reading →

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Dogma, Ritual, Fantasy, Idealization

Posted on December 14, 2004 by Patrick

KrishnamurtiKrishnamurti says that all it takes is an instant “seeing” of the things as they are. Not thinking or idealizing or pursuing or progressing towards other things or ideals but just “seeing” things as they are in this very moment. This is opposite to the psychological evolution that most operate under. Psychological evolution is the problem… Continue reading →

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Homosexuality 101 (A Class for the Misguided)

Posted on December 11, 2004 by Patrick

Bishop Gene RobinsonLESSON ONE: Homosexuals are a minority of human beings. We naturally experience both emotional affection and physical attraction toward others of the same sex. For a sampling of nature’s messiness and unwillingness to exist in ‘black and white’ see How Common are Intersex Conditions?. LESSON TWO: Homosexuals are… Continue reading →

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Vincent

Posted on December 1, 2004 by Patrick

Van Gogh's Starry NightStarry, starry night. Paint your palette blue and grey, Look out on a summer’s day, With eyes that know the darkness in my soul.
Shadows on the hills, Sketch the trees and the daffodils, Catch the breeze and the winter chills, In colors on the snowy linen land. Now I understand what you tried to say to me, How you suffered… Continue reading →

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