It’ll Cost You Your Head
Prologue Dave Marks, Esquire, came up behind his wife, while she was applying make-up at her antique vanity early on the morning of their son’s baptism. She had been in the gym for four months, and she had her pre-baby body nearly back. Though she had been up at five to first bathe and then […]
To Love One Man
To Love One Man To love one man, As you have loved no other. To see your future in his dark, unfathomable eyes. To be humbled by his earnest, worthy character, And be proud to be his helpmate. For him to adore you. To awaken to his kisses warming your face. To see a sunrise […]
Meditation
MEDITATION BYZANTINE STYLE The Jesus Prayer The Jesus Prayer begins with the recitation of psalm 1:50, which is chanted. Praise God in his temple on Earth Praise Him in his temple in Heaven Praise Him for His mighty deeds Praise Him for His glory Praise Him with blasts of the trumpet Praise Him […]
Zen Koans
ZEN KOANS A koan is a question a teacher poses to his devotees. What is the answer, the students think. What is the sound of one hand clapping? Does a dog have a Buddha nature? If you answer, you lose your own Buddha nature. What was your face before your mother was born? Is […]
Butokai
Martial Arts Way Shorinjiryu Temple Japan KOKUSAI BUTOKUKAI Dai Nippon Butoku Kai
The Naked Azorian Warrior
In a far-off land, a faithful soldier of the common rank of bushi stood watching his tiny son, wondering over the boy’s origination and destination. He was a good soldier and practiced Bushido, the way of the warrior, in all of his affairs. At the birth of the boy, he had rejoiced. It was his […]
Enter Reality – Stage Right Far Right
In June of 2013, We the People were informed by a British newspaper that Spies-R-Us – that’s what We call them — had seized control of our central government to the Oval Office in a quest for Global Domination. If the depth and scope of the politics of fear and repression were not so deep […]