Tompkins Square, 02 april 2013
Category Archives: Church
Church: a faerie tale
I did a reading last night and this what came through. The I Ching is spookily amazing. This one includes a guide to meditation.
“By practicing quiet strength within and gentle acceptance without, you acquire a grace that dissolves all barriers to progress.
It does not take striving…There could be an intention. In fact, for most of us there needs to be some intention. But it’s profound relaxation…You could be striving for the rest of your life and it’s not going to work. It’s not going to bring intimacy. It’s not going to bring you to any sense of true realization. Certainly, not to touching peace…It’s about relaxing back, not about tensing and going after things.” -Tara Brach
Excerpts from a dour new book on the collapse of America, and how it has been destined to happen since its founding. There is a story, probably apocryphal, of a Native American scouting expedition that came across the starving members of the Donner Party in 1847, who were snowbound in the Sierra Nevadas and resorted […]
All you need to begin the practice of magic is concentration, imagination and the ability to laugh at yourself and learn from mistakes. Some people like to dress up as Egyptians or monks to get themselves in the mood; others wear animal masks or Barbarella costumes. The use of ritual paraphernalia functions as an aid […]
Björk re: elves, “It’s all about respect. You know.” (at about 04:20) link: http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/407491/january-31-2012/bjork
The Catholic Church had already started demolition back in 2006, but neighborhood activists, along with an anonymous donor who contributed $20 million, saved St. Brigid’s. The first service in the restored church will be on January 27. Nice save, people.
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