Definition [Anthropomorphism]

A metaphor by which some thing not understood is made clear by means of comparison to the much more commonly understood mechanics of human biology and/or sociology.

March 9, 2010 – 14:56 | | Posted in Notes | Comments (0)

This Morning’s Thoughts [Dread is my Muse]

I don’t know who I am anymore and it’s scaring the shit out of me. It’s like being in a out-of-control Toyota careening through a promenade full of people. I don’t know who (or what) I’m going to hit and I can’t stop. I keep grabbing the wheel, twisting it this way and that, but …

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March 9, 2010 – 11:05 | | Posted in Notes | Comments (1)

This Afternoon’s Thoughts [Oneness and Detachment]

To the extent you trust existence to take care of itself, you can be said to be “one” with it and also, quite ironically, practicing detachment. Changing things is a fundamentally egoistic concept. Political revolution comes from the ego-driven feeling of being “right” in opposition to an obvious “wrong.” Once righted, the situation reverses itself, …

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March 7, 2010 – 15:07 | | Posted in Philosophy, Spirituality/Religion | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Midday Thoughts [Human Superiority is an Illusion...Or What a Tapir Taught Me]

From a perspective of humble detachment, the human species is no better than ants. What we consider to be our greatness is merely our habit of accumulating and elaborating upon external objects.
From the perspective of nature, human beings are Earth’s wayward children. Animals are content to take what is provided by nature and give …

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March 6, 2010 – 13:45 | | Posted in Notes, Philosophy, Spirituality/Religion | Comments (1)

This Morning’s Thoughts [Killing Rabbits]

My hypocrisy may have finally caught up with me. You see, back in college, yes children, even I was tempted by the seductive fad of vegetarianism. Guess it was just one too many kundalini yoga books, too much Buddhism, hanging out with trendy spiritual types, drinking almond milk… I thought it was a phase.
That is …

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March 3, 2010 – 12:46 | | Posted in Notes, Philosophy | Comments (1)

This Afternoon’s Thoughts [Ecstatic Observation]

OK, so today scientists think the universe might just be an immense cosmic hologram and all the stuff we thought the universe was made out of might just turn out to be literally nothing at all. I, for one, sure am glad whenever I hear modern science backing up ancient Hindu cosmology, but knowing people, I …

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March 2, 2010 – 16:07 | | Posted in Philosophy, Spirituality/Religion | Comments (0)

Today’s Thoughts

Reading the news is getting old… what’s so new about it? Nothing I read ever saved me or spared me a moment’s pain. It’s just endless, incessant babble, carrying on under the pretense of being genuine knowledge. It’s running on a treadmill for a race that will never come.
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People who want to change the …

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March 1, 2010 – 16:43 | | Posted in Aphorisms, Philosophy | Comments (0)

A Short-Short Story [Let Go]

Everyone knew it was his fault, him included. It was his account to lose and he’d done it.
When the boss asked him to his office, the writing was on the wall in bold print. His boss, a mediocre man who didn’t own a single original thought, took great, smug delight in his subordinate’s impending …

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February 25, 2010 – 16:08 | | Posted in Aphorisms, Short Story | Comments (0)

This Morning’s Thoughts [Sadaqah]

One of the first things I do when I wake up is thank God. The nearer to first that act is, the better my day is going to be. Today, after snoozing for around 45-minutes (don’t judge me, I have a baby), I rolled over and tapped open my Daily Hadith iPhone app. Basically the …

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February 25, 2010 – 11:57 | | Posted in Philosophy, Spirituality/Religion | Comments (0)

This Afternoon’s Thoughts

Praise God.
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I first tried to read the Qur’an when I was in high school. A class-mate lent it to me. I don’t remember if there was a copy in the library, but the one he had was big, leather-bound, the impressive kind. Inside, English words stood beside the original Arabic, which …

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February 23, 2010 – 15:04 | | Posted in Notes, Philosophy, Spirituality/Religion | Comments (1)