~
sasquatch in my breakfast cereal. -- fred t. hamster
~
-"what i say is unimportant." -- david w andrews
-"i'll keep that in mind." -- chris koeritz
+"what i say is unimportant." -- JDB
+"i'll keep that in mind." -- fred
~
"are Israelis Catholic?" -- christine kelly
~
it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
-- Thomas Alva Edison
~
-Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. -- Benjamin Franklin
-~
When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus,
it should be made clear that the circus was already there, and that TV
has merely demonstrated that not all the performers are well trained.
~
Perfect nonviolence is the highest bravery. -- Mahatma Gandhi
~
-There never was a good war or a bad peace. -- Benjamin Franklin
-~
There's no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing
good in war. Except its ending.
-- Abraham Lincoln
Nature provides a free lunch, but only if we control our appetites.
-- William Ruckelshaus
~
-Those who get too big for their briches will be exposed in the end. -- Anon.
+Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end. -- Anon.
~
"We're not talking about the same thing," he said. "For you the world is weird
because if you're not bored with it you're at odds with it. For me the world
-- Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, from "Sadness, Love, Openness: The Buddhist Path
of Joy", published by Shambhala Publications
~
+may lies taste like the spawn of ash in my mouth,
+may untruths burn themselves away in the mist,
+all fabrications will shatter and ooze away,
+that the manifest truths may shine free.
+ -- fred t. hamster
+~
+Anybody can become angry--that is easy; but to be angry with the right person,
+and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and
+in the right way--that is not within everybody's power; that is not easy.
+ -- Aristotle
+~
+Mindfulness can evolve into an experience of attending to the world with the
+world, not only infusing the body with more aliveness but also transforming
+the entire world into a field of aliveness. Yes, biological aliveness has
+always already been there, but every time I bring breath attention to it, I
+augment and refine it. It's like the difference between watering a
+houseplant and attending to it with a "green thumb." It's not quite
+clear what a green thumb is. Some people have it, some people don't. Maybe
+we can describe it as a mixture of extra nourishment and something intangible
+like attention, love, and care. For the houseplant, the green thumb is the
+difference between surviving and thriving. Mindfulness practice can have that
+effect on your life.
+ -- Christian Dillo, from "The Path of Aliveness: A Contemporary Zen Approach
+ to Awakening Body and Mind", published by Shambhala Publications
+~
+There never was a good war nor a bad peace.
+ -- Benjamin Franklin
+~
+Those who in quarrels interpose, must often wipe a bloody nose.
+ -- Benjamin Franklin
+~
+He that speaks much, is much mistaken.
+ -- Benjamin Franklin
+~
+To find out a girl's faults, praise her to her girl friends.
+ -- Benjamin Franklin
+~
+The cat in gloves catches no mice.
+ -- Benjamin Franklin
+~
+Does thou love life?
+Then do not squander time;
+for that's the stuff life is made of.
+ -- Benjamin Franklin
+~
+There can't be good living where there is not good drinking.
+ -- Benjamin Franklin
+~
+To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.
+ -- Benjamin Franklin
+~
+Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
+ -- Benjamin Franklin
+~
+I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our
+country; he is a bird of bad moral character; like those among men who live by
+sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. The turkey
+is a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America.
+ -- Benjamin Franklin
+~
+Energy and persistence conquer all things.
+ -- Benjamin Franklin
+~
+Benjamin Franklin's Thirteen Virtues
+
+Temperance
+ + moderation in food and drink
+Silence
+ + mentioning only important matters
+Order
+ + proper organization of time and space
+Resolution
+ + accomplishing one's responsibilities
+Frugality
+ + purchasing only worthwhile items and wasting nothing
+Industry
+ + making the most of one's time and energy
+Sincerity
+ + being honest and forthright
+Justice
+ + practicing impartiality and refusing to wrong others
+Moderation
+ + avoiding extremes
+Cleanliness
+ + using good hygiene under sanitary conditions
+Tranquility
+ + remaining calm and composed despite life's obstacles
+Chastity
+ + refusing to allow sex to interfere with one's life
+Humility
+ + avoiding excess pride and haughtiness
+~
+In general, visualizing the projection and absorption of light takes place in
+the following way. First, light streams forth from the mantra chain in the
+heart center and emerges from the crown protuberance, the hair between the
+eyebrows, the tongue, the endless knot at the heart center, the pores of the
+skin, and other such places. The light pervades all the realms in the ten
+directions, such as our present billionfold world system. At the tip of the
+light rays are an inconceivable number of male and female bodhisattvas who
+bring forth offering clouds, songs of praise, showers of flowers, and streams
+of perfume. They make these offerings to all the buddhas and bodhisattvas and
+sing their praises, entreating them to accomplish the welfare of sentient
+beings. They all then assume the form of yidam deities of various sizes and
+appearances, arising as a display that guides those in need. Then all the
+deities project divine bodies and light from their navels, secret places,
+hips, knees, soles of their feet with thousand-spoked wheels, and other such
+places. This display utterly fills the entire world, which resounds with the
+sound of mantra. In this way, the karmic actions, disturbing emotions, and
+deluded perceptions, along with all habitual tendencies, of all six types of
+beings in the three realms are purified, like frost melted by sunlight.
+Everyone transforms into the form of the yidam deity and the mantra resounds
+on its own, humming like bees from a broken hive.
+ -- Kunkyen Tenpe Nyima, from "Vajra Wisdom: Deity Practice in Tibetan
+ Buddhism by Shechen Gyaltsap IV"
+~
+the code for the body is written in DNA.
+the code for the soul is written in music.
+ -- fred t. hamster