Word of the Day: Apokatastasis
Allen Ginsberg: …The conditions of revolution in late twentieth century are conditions unforeseen by any other civilization. We are going to the moon, we have drugs that go to the moon inside, we’ve recovered the…
Author: Mark J. Chmiel
Memory is a Mysterious Thing
When I was reading Proust And about 200 pages into Swann’s Way I suddenly remembered a friend Who had told me about his friend Whose father was the CEO of a major transnational corporation & Whose…
Somos amantes de la poesía
Querida Doctora (que es tan querida), Una pregunta: ¿Te gusta Neruda? Si “sí,” entonces usted está calificada para introducirnos a Pablo. Este es un grupo de aficionadas. Por favor, considere compartir con nosotras. Afectuosamente, Marcos
Priorities
The concern for the other breaches concern for the self. This is what I call holiness. Our humanity consists in being able to recognize this priority of the other. Emmanuel Levinas, Is It Righteous to Be?…
Crosses, Values, Options
1. “Really living like Christ will not mean reward, social recognition and an assured income, but difficulties, discrimination, solitude, anxiety. Here, too, the basic experience of the cross applies: the wider we open our hearts…
Spiritual Exercises
Last year I read several books by French philosopher Pierre Hadot, who has focused on the role of spiritual exercises in philosophy. Through Hadot, I became acquainted with this short passage from a diary kept…
February Introduction to Poets: Mary Oliver
Join us for our Third Introduction to Poets evening on Wednesday 15 February from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the home of Jim and J’Ann Allen (4519 Oakland Avenue, Forest Park Southeast 63110). Marty King…
Today (Gratitudes)
This morning at meditation, Rachel read us these words from Thich Nhat Hanh: Yesterday is already gone, Tomorrow is not yet here. Today is the only day available to us. Today is the most important…
Cheerful Thought of the Day
If your mind isn’t clouded by unnecessary things, This is the best season of your life. –Wu-Men
Embodiment
The philosophers and scholars said to Sri Anandamayi Ma: “We have studied dry scriptures. But, we now see before us, a living embodiment of all that is contained in our holy books of wisdom.”