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    Month: February 2008

    And the mystic applauds…

    From Anthony de Mello – The Heart of the Enlightened     An ancient legend has it that when God was creating the world, He was approached by…… Read more “And the mystic applauds…”

    February 28, 2008March 6, 2008 by Nathan

    Of single-minded focus

    But there is the danger and the temptation to you, of drawing your minds into your business (busyness), and clogging them with it; so that you can… Read more "Of single-minded focus"

    February 22, 2008February 2, 2015 by Nathan

    Why I don’t vote… can I say that here?

    I want to preface this by saying that I am finding myself increasingly not alone. Some of my most admireds are saying some of the same things.…… Read more “Why I don’t vote… can I say that here?”

    February 21, 2008July 8, 2008 by Nathan

    Absolute relativist… relative absolutist?

    Thanks to Bob Hyatt for bringing this up. Len Sweet in Relevant Magazine… raises an important issue. “I am both an absolutist and a relativist,” he [Len…… Read more “Absolute relativist… relative absolutist?”

    February 18, 2008February 18, 2008 by Nathan

    When questioning becomes trendy

    Rainer Maria Rilke, one of the patron saints of The Shepherd and the Knucklehead, writes in Letters to a young Poet: You are so young, so before…… Read more “When questioning becomes trendy”

    February 18, 2008 by Nathan

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