Tag: random musings
member name: John Doyle
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April 10, 2006 07:55 AM EDT --
If lethal injections are your thing
The Eyes of Texas is the song you sing.
'Cause with gurney and needle we dispose
Of killers but only those
Who can't afford an attorney who's fee
Is . . .
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May 02, 2006 12:53 PM EDT --
Agape
Reigning supreme at the summit of the glorious mountain of Love,
Agape shrouds herself in mist and mystery.
But like the Theophany of Sinai, She makes herself known
With lightening . . .
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May 04, 2006 11:33 PM EDT --
Glue
The Tibetans call it the great heart of sadness
St. Augustine called it restlessness
Buddhist call it desire, clinging
Rumi calls it longing, yearning
Abraham Maslow called the struggle . . .
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May 12, 2006 11:31 PM EDT --
In the end of it all
He found something
That had never been lost.
He entered a strange place
That was anciently familiar
An empty place filled
With remembered wonders
He danced to . . .
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May 13, 2006 12:08 AM EDT --
What is the sound of one hand clapping?
Water laughing over the stones in a brook
What of Joshu's dog?
What of Nissan's cat?
No Moon, No Water.
All are the sound of one hand . . .
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May 15, 2006 09:52 PM EDT --
There are many imponderables that have plagued mankind since he first discovered the ability to think and categorize things. But perhaps the one that I find the most difficult to come to grips with . . .
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May 25, 2006 08:28 PM EDT --
Zen poverty is the wetness of water
The heat of flame, the cold of ice.
It is the value of the empty cup
It is the silent stillness at the sea's bottom..
What can be said . . .
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May 30, 2006 10:43 PM EDT --
There comes a time
When scripture and wisdom fade away
And the voice of God is heard
In the purr of a housecat
And his touch is felt in her paw
On your face
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April 13, 2006 01:24 PM EDT --
The "However's" in the American Society
Wal-Mart trades extensively with China and has suppressed the American textile industry, however almost everyone shops in Wal-mart . . .
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April 18, 2006 03:16 PM EDT --
So much talk amoung religious people about poverty and giving it up and giving it all away for this or that purpose perhaps we should look at what posesson or ownership actually means.
Absolute ownership . . .
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May 12, 2006 11:47 PM EDT --
White full moon floating
Over rain dampened grassland
Blessing all with peace
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March 18, 2006 12:16 AM EST --
In the center of the ancient forrest
There is a large clearing
Beaten down and warn smooth
By aeons of use
Marking each of the four directions
There is an oak tree, standing . . .
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May 13, 2006 02:47 PM EDT --
The crash of thunder
Shatters the peace of a Saturday afternoon.
Rain lashes the nearby trees
And wind bends them almost over.
My cat, Merlin, asleep in a chair
Jumps at the sound . . .
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March 08, 2006 10:30 PM EST --
Every time I feel that I am a true intellectual midget
I tune to Bill O'Reily on the radio.
Ten or fifteen minutes of Bill and the troglodytes that call him and I am Ok again..
Moral . . .
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May 26, 2006 02:57 PM EDT --
Peace movement
Peace rally
Peace Conference
Peace process . . .
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March 08, 2006 11:54 AM EST --
I cannot understand which is greater, the stupidity of the administration or the indifference of the American people. Some cases in point:
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May 31, 2006 01:42 PM EDT --
( By Joanne M. Doyle)
I'm in trouble.
Just the other day I heard a well respected writer and painter say
That we writers and painters are different
I can't . . .
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April 13, 2006 08:56 PM EDT --
If He had asked "What's in it for me?"
Then where in the world would the rest of us be?
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May 28, 2006 01:48 PM EDT --
The night birds sing their serenade
To moon and stars and silent darkness
Each note perfect, each phrase, each harmony
Blending into perfect resonance
Without need of conductor or score.
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January 21, 2006 11:52 PM EST --
AMAZING GRACE
The lone piper plays Amazing Grace
The reedy sound pierces the air
Coming from but one direction
It seems to come from everywhere
In the mind the words are forming
Born in a . . .
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