Posted in Franck, Seppo, Zen on November 28, 2007 | No Comments »
We are like those who,
immersed in water,
stretch out their hands,
begging for a drink.
Seppo
(from The Book of Angelus Silesius by Frederick Franck)
Posted in Basho, Zen, poetry on November 27, 2007 | No Comments »
A child of a poor family
Stopped grinding rice
To look at the moon.
Basho
Posted in truth on November 16, 2007 | No Comments »
All truth passes through three stages.
First, it is ridiculed.
Second, it is violently opposed.
Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
Arthur Schopenhauer
Posted in Mel Duncan, culture of peace, nonviolence, peace, peacekeeping, soul force, war on November 13, 2007 | No Comments »
Gandhiji told us in I forget which session, “There is a soul force in the universe which if we permit it will flow through us and produce miraculous results.”
. . . .
“…we have an audacious idea that says nonviolent peacekeeping is effective and infectious.”
Mel Duncan
http://www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org/en/summaryia2007
Posted in peace, poetry, war on November 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
consider the infinite fragility of an infant’s skull
how the bones lie soft and open
only time knitting them shut
consider a delicate porcelain bowl
how it crushes under a single blow
-in one moment whole years disappear
consider that beneath the din of explosions
no song can be heard
no cry
consider your own sky on fire
your name erased
your children’s lives ‘a price [...]
Posted in culture of peace, peace, teaching, war on November 12, 2007 | No Comments »
“As the death count rises for Iraqis and Afghanis, it is apparent that at its most basic level, these are their wars. It’s essential that our curriculum confronts this fact truthfully. War is not Hollywood, war is not a macho presidential boast that we’ll ’smoke ‘em out.’
War is life left empty and twisted and brutalized. [...]
Posted in Agueros, poetry on November 12, 2007 | No Comments »
Lord,
on 8th Street
between 6th Avenue and Broadway
there are enough shoe stores
with enough shoes
to make me wonder
why there are shoeless people
on the earth.
Lord,
You have to fire the Angel
in charge of distribution.
–Jack Agüeros
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/publication/rg/RGTable.shtml
