In 1984 I went through a drug and alcohol program run by Trinity Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida. It was free and lasted 90 days. Afterwards, I stayed at their rescue mission; in its old location at 901 Bay Street.
Monday, March 20, 2023
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Sunday, March 5, 2023
Albert Camus: Suicide in Czechoslovakia
According to the Greek myth, Sisyphus is condemned to roll a rock up to the top of a mountain, only to have the rock roll back down to the bottom every time he reaches the top. The gods were wise, Camus suggests, in perceiving that an eternity of futile labor is a hideous punishment.
Spark notes: The Myth of Sisyphus
Monday, February 27, 2023
Falling Into the Eternal Moment
The bad news is you are falling through the air;
Nothing to hang on to, no parachute.
The good news is there is no ground.
Monday, February 20, 2023
Scott Morrison: It’s Completely Up To You
Monday, February 13, 2023
The Zen of Walt Whitman
Considered one of America's most influential poets, Walt Whitman aimed to transcend traditional epics and eschew normal aesthetic form to mirror the potential freedoms to be found in America.
Read more: Biography
Monday, February 6, 2023
Scott Morrison: Life Without Purpose
Perhaps the most challenging thing for most of us to understand is simple, and if you examine it directly, the most obvious fact is that there is no such thing as a solid, separate, stable entity that I can call "myself."
Monday, January 30, 2023
Zen: The Way of Tao
Zen Buddhism is a way and view of life that does not belong to any formal categories of modern western thought. It is not a religion or philosophy; it is not a psychology or science. It is an example of what is known in India and China as a 'way of liberation.'
The Way of Zen by Alan Watts (pdf here)
Monday, January 23, 2023
Zen Story: Too Much Tea
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Ending Our Stories: Training the Monkey
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In 1984 I went through a drug and alcohol program run by Trinity Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida. It was free and lasted 90 days. Af...