I know this poem is written to reflect Franklin Merrell-Wolff’s perspective on being a teacher, but I like to pretend it is also about me–and you–and anyone else who is ‘aware’ trying to get themselves to see the light.
The Well of Ignorance
By Franklin Merrell-Wolff, Pathways Through to Space
I dip into the well of Ignorance [...]
Posts from ‘October, 2009’
The Well of Ignorance
The Perpetual Intentional Choosing
FINDING THE MOST DIRECT MEANS TO INNER PEACE AND LIBERATION
Looking back at the progress of my life, from being desperately empty, lost and almost always depressed to now knowing peace more easily and quickly at almost any given moment, it seems likely that “enlightenment” could occur within this lifetime. Maybe?
I am [...]
Boob Update
First of all, it seems that whatever is going on with my right boob is nothing to fret about.
On the advice of the county health department, I went to a walk-in clinic and the doctor couldn’t find the lump. So when I said Wait, you can only feel it when I’m [...]
If a lump is discovered in my right breast, and yet everything is just an illusion, does that lump really exist?
That’s what I wondered this morning when I finally realized the weirdness that started in my boob a few weeks ago wasn’t going away. I didn’t discover the lump until last night. A few weeks ago it was just a weird patchy thing and some discomfort. I assumed it was just an [...]
Goodbye 100 Things List
Ever since making The Decision, I really don’t care about goals anymore. So I’ve deleted my 100 Things To Do page.
Visiting Sedona. A front seat ticket to Radiohead. Zumanity in Las Vegas.
Those things are all super cool and I’d still love to do them, but it just seems so trivial [...]
BLOGS!
Feeling super lazy on this cold and rainy Maryland day, I spent the afternoon in my pajamas updating my Blogs and Links page.
I added a Spiritual Beings Having a Human Experience category which includes Deeper Issues, Porsidan, and Just My Thoughts. I LOVE a blog that expresses the rawness and vulnerability of [...]
This pretty much sums it up
He who forgives ends the quarrel.
-African proverb
Focusing on the “I” Within
I am reading Pathways Through to Space by Frank Merril-Wolff. It is very rich and full of insight, but also the kind of book that can only be taken in bite sized pieces. I read a few pages at a time and then need a 15 minute bread to absorb the material. [...]
Nondualism and A Course in Miracles
Nondualism
Nondualism is the concept that everything in the universe is an illusion of separation, while true reality is pure oneness. I’ll refer you to Wikipedia which has the most straightforward definition I’ve been able to find:
Nondualism may be viewed as the understanding or belief that dualism or dichotomy are illusory phenomena. Examples of dualisms [...]
