Category: Journal
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Snapshot at eight.
It’s eight PM.Dinner is done and the washing up of course.Since my evening zazen, I’m feeling restless. Desert was a strong pour-over and six squares of rum and raisin chocolate. Meditation with a chaser of caffeination. Let us see. 20 bazillion movies to choose from on Netflix and I can’t find a single one to…
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The place where I sit.
The term zazen means sitting-zen. And zen is just a word for meditation. Nothing mysterious. Nothing esoteric.Zen is simply the practice of meditation.Meditation is simply a discipline of abiding wholeheartedly in the present moment as it unfolds without adding anything extra. And boy do we add a lot. I sit zazen in the corner of…
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First world problems. Part 3.
A quick update. In case anyone was wondering, I thought I would bring you up to speed with our ongoing air conditioner problems. See part 2 for the backstory. After 3 weeks of troubleshooting and banging out heads against various unforgiving surfaces, the source of the problem has been located. Of course it turned out…
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The Galileo Commission Report.
The Galileo Commission Report is a paper written by Prof Harald Walach in consultation with a panel of 90 scientists, researchers and academics. It examines the current role of science in our society, and whilst fully supporting the scientific method it questions the rise of scientism, a fundamentalist approach that refuses a priori to examine…
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First world problems. Part 2.
I recently wrote about our problems after our existing gas heater stopped working: The painful stink of obsolescence. Recap: we have now spent over $15,000 replacing the entire system after a non-replaceable $200 circuit board died (and new models are no longer compatible with our existing ducting). Because: engineered redundancy. Well, the new heating &…
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Coffee and a short walk.
A short journal entry. Because nothing is happening. Still shaking off the last stubborn mucoid residues of my flu. Coffee at Double Shot cafe in Deakin. It was a cold morning and we sat outside. By butt-hopping our way down a row of vacant stools, we managed to snag a single shaft of sunlight for…
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Walk to Mt Taylor.
I have the flu and I am a man. I will leave the diagnosis up to you. I have not posted for a while. As if in cosmic retribution for getting all cocky and self-congratulatory for not getting sick whilst in a week’s isolation with COVID Kelly, I woke up on Monday with a sore…