Category: Philosophy & Musings

Perhaps the greatest lesson a guru/leader/luminary can impart is to fail us and have us turn away from him/her…and in doing so, perhaps inspire us to refine our OWN mastery rather than depending on another to bring it out of us.

IMHO we are never guaranteed quantity of life (and that’s a bit of an empty pursuit anyways).  But QUALITY of life—and here I’m speaking of that soul-replenishing fulfillment of looking in the mirror at night and knowing you’ve earned your sleep—can be acquired through our daily efforts; by taking joy in those small choices that…

As an author, I try to use observations on human nature—and the premises that form from them—to create an underlying structure in my work that, even if implicit, is recognizable on a bone-deep level.  Why is this important?  It’s important because it reinforces the framework of my stuff, and thus encourages readers to give me…

As I understand it, the goal of [Buddhism] is not to remain a [Buddh]ist, but to remember you’re a [Buddha].

I, like the rest of you, was born into this world as a small bundle of potentiality.  Like the rest of you, I have dabbled in hedonism, sadism and masochism in varying degrees, trying to find the right mix that will bring me the most pleasure.  Eventually I realized it wasn’t about pleasure at all—it’s…

I suspect that the ability to spit quality on the fly is partially dependent on the quantity of failures you’ve gotten out of your system.

It has been said that the schizophrenic drowns in the same madness that the mystic swims in.  To expand on that metaphor, I’d like to add that the artist will paddle out on those same waters and start fishing.

When I get stressed or cocky, something usually comes along and reminds me that right now, RIGHT NOW, I’m hurling through space on a ball of iron and mud—one among trillions in the observable universe—and that my time here is the smallest drop in an unimaginably enormous bucket.  Ironically, using logic to remind myself of…