spirituality

Layers & Levels Chapter 13 Of Cathedrals and Civilizations

that which splits apart comes together
that which is agitated becomes tranquil
that which never moves has movement all around

Second conversation with Grok

What are the main arguments now playing out about how consciousness is an irreducible element in ‘reality’?
Grok answers: …

Article 63: the binding principle in religiosity

Graspings: wholes, not wholes; convergent divergent, consonant dissonant, from all things one and from one thing all. Heraclitus. c 500 BC

On arriving at our new property the first time alone after purchase, after parking the car we look up to see on the hillside across from ours in the narrow valley are two lines of congregants all dressed in white and chanting. Apparently this ritual takes place every Sunday. At first we were disappointed; laterContinue reading “Haibun #1”

Mutually Invisible Enemies

Article 35 Mutually Invisible Enemies (Well, maybe not ‘enemies’ but it’s a catchy heading…) Soaking in the thermal waters of El Carrizel, Veracruz, my wife and I indulged in idle conversation, as is our wont, wherein the following musing arose like curling wisps of vapour from the surprisingly potent healing waters by a bend ofContinue reading “Mutually Invisible Enemies”