Dudeness that can be known is not Dude.
The substance of the World is only a name for what Abides.
The tumbling of tumbleweeds is all that exists and may exist;
The rug is only a fabrication which ties the room together.
One experiences without being uptight, or enters a World of Pain,
And investigates complicated cases in order to [...]
February 7, 2010 – 9:07 pm
I recently came to terms with two facts in my life:
I read a lot and really, really, really have been wanting to write book reviews for my blog for YEARS now.
I HATE writing book reviews.
What you see above is my solution. I have officially joined the world of video bloggers thanks to my 3Gs iPhone [...]
August 21, 2009 – 1:24 pm
Mary Stein, a fellow student at my Aikido dojo and my sempei, has just released a book. Check it out at www.thegiftofdanger.com. It’s a great read! The book is not exactly an Aikido book, nor is it a memoir. Rather it is an examination of the space created when life and Aikido meet.
Mary has a [...]
There are certain things I simply adore about the information age. One of those things is the ease, and speed, with which I (as a fan) can connect with someone whose work I like. The latest iteration of this phenomenon for me is Mark Hurst, author of Bit Literacy. I found the [...]
January 9, 2009 – 1:39 am
A couple months back I read One City by Ethan Nichtern. It’s a meditation on the Buddhist principle of interdependence as well as coping with life in a large modern city. There’s also some excellent thoughts on divorcing meditation techniques from religious or spiritual trappings, and instead promoting those techniques as tools for [...]
