July 2010

Digital Sabbatical

July 22, 2010

In an effort to recalibrate several aspects of my personal, creative and professional life, I have decided to take a “digital sabbatical” starting at 12:01AM Saturday July 24, 2010 and running through 12:01AM Monday August 23, 2010. During this time, I will not be updating Twitter, Facebook, my blog or the Solitary Zen site. E-mail [...]

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It is Now or Never

July 18, 2010

To understand the immeasurable, the mind must be extraordinarily quiet, still; but if I think I am going to achieve stillness at some future date, I have destroyed the possibility of stillness. It is now or never. – Jiddu Krishnamurti

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Sitting Still

July 16, 2010

I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man’s being unable to sit still in a room. – Blaise Pascal

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Knowledge and Compassion

July 9, 2010

Western civilizations these days place great importance on filling the human brain with knowledge, but no one seems to care about filling the human heart with compassion. – His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

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