The great difficulty with language is that we use it in our attempts to explain things for which no true explanation exists. In the Hermetic writings of the third century it was written, "If you don't make yourself equal to God you can't perceive God: for like is known by like." Anything I say about …
A Dialogue On God Part II
What do you believe God is? God is a concept not a being. God is the black face of the universe, the stars, the planets, the solar systems, the dragonfly, the elephant, the mouse, the spider, the man and the woman but these are only the life forms we know exist. There are obviously countless …
Desires
Desires At what point do we no longer desire our desires? Like a dream forgotten in an instant. The details no longer alive— Hiding there in the corners of the foreboding dark shadows. Do we forget, So that we might dream again, of the things we so desire?
Dream of Dying
Dream of Dying It is difficult to distinguish reality in a dream. Last night I fell into a sub-zero chemical vat. I fought my way to the side and pulled myself out as the freezing death worked its way up my body. Colleagues froze in fear, as the outcome was certain. She cried, as I …
Dream Of Execution
Dream Of Execution I saw in a dream... That was me standing there in front of the firing squad, my hands tied behind me, an unlit cigarette dangling from my lips, reliving the story of a life which truly I did not know I had lived. Was I the General who lead the people's revolt …
How Does One Know God?
How Does One Know God? To most Western Civilizations the image of God that comes to mind when one thinks of God is the painted image on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. He (God) is the clothed white haired man, supported by a host of angels, reaching out to touch man, who is naked, …
In The Absence Of Time
In The Absence Of Time I know a place where time has no points of reference to hold onto, no hands sweeps across its well worn face, no seconds eat away at existence, no flashing light marks the arrival or passing. Here, in this infinite space, all dreams live forever. Everything, is expressed in the …
Friends In A Different Realm
Friends In A Different Realm I saw in a dream... The dream takes place in Arne’s new home designed mostly of glass and stone built on a lakeside surrounded by beautiful majestic mountains. He is in his studio surrounded by paintings. Each one unique and perfect, leaning against the walls, or hanging by invisible strings …
The Fiji Chronicles – It’s Fiji Time
Believe in hunches, not opinion polls. You are not your name or your telephone number. At boarding time don't miss the boat that has your name on it. It sails only once. Head for the deep. Hold your course, even if your vision shipwrecks you. — James Broughton My arrival in Fiji will be exactly …
Here, Dreaming Of There
Here, Dreaming Of There The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived. — Søren Kierkegaard Have you ever dreamed of being in a different time and place? Was the setting large and empty, the windows covered …
I Know You Have A Beautiful Body
I Know You Have A Beautiful Body You ask me how it is I know, you have a beautiful body when my hands have never caressed the small of your back. My lips has never sensed the nape of your long flowing neck. Our bodies have never laid silent in our shared sexual sweat. I …
Here We Are, Again
Here We Are, Again The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if there is any reaction, both are transformed. — C.G. Jung I don’t know where you came from — a dream I had long ago, now remembered? Perhaps we met as travelers do at a crossroad between destinations. Maybe …
Gratitude II
Gratitude II It's morning and I am sitting on my veranda having a cup of strong Ceylon tea and listening to the roar of the ocean as the tide comes in. My swim trunks are on and I am just waiting for me to finish those last swallows, so I can go for a morning …
An Interview With Myself Part II
An Interview With Myself Part II Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living. — Anaïs Nin Me: Okay, begin... I: You were the ethereal one, a shadow passing through a large corridor, floating without form into what appeared to …
An Interview With Myself Part I
Me: Let's begin. I have been looking forward to this interview for a long time. We have been on the planet now for seventy years and so in the words of Mary Oliver Tell me what it is you plan to do with your one wild and precious life. I: I no longer make plans, …
When You Get To The Mountain Top…Jump
When You Get To The Mountain Top...Jump My dreams have been and continue to be a major directive and translator in my life. They guide me into and out of places my imagination can not imagine. Dreams, like the one told here, have shaped my philosophy as much as any book I have read or …
Meditation
Meditation I have returned to the practice of meditating each day since my move to Loja. It has been a part of my life for many years but never part of a routine until now. It is the second thing I do in the morning after relieving myself. Before I put the kettle on for …
Dreams Of A Kiss
Dreams Of A Kiss A Kiss is still...an osculatory apposition of the orbicularis oris and levator labii muscles with posterior involvement of the sternocleidomastoids, commonly in a dexterous orientation. —Onur Gunturkun of Ruhr I saw in two dreams... The first kiss, like that of friends, merely a meeting of lips. Even an accident, maybe..? A …