Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen. Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor’s cup full, and then kept on pouring. The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. “It is overfull. No more will go in!” “Like this… Continue reading Cup of tea
in English
Ram Dass: Be Here Now – brightened PDF for e-readers
Download brightened version for e-readers (low res 600px pages, I’ll maybe generate higher res sometime later). As far as I know, it’s ok to distribute it, as a dozen other websites already do. This is a PDF of Ram Dass’ book: Be Here Now. I started reading it and loved it, since it started very,… Continue reading Ram Dass: Be Here Now – brightened PDF for e-readers
Luzhai / A Letter to Agnes DeMille
Video: A Poem Reading with Meryl Streep and Cello with Yo-Yo Ma There seems to be no one on the empty mountain and yet I think I hear a voice where sunlight entering a grove shines back to me from the green moss There is a vitality a life force a quickening that is translated… Continue reading Luzhai / A Letter to Agnes DeMille
Don’t Play it Safe
Don’t stand idle at the side of the road don’t hold off on happiness don’t love with half a heart don’t play it safe now or ever don’t play it safe don’t fill up with calm don’t take cover from the world in a quiet corner don’t let your eyelids come down like a weighty… Continue reading Don’t Play it Safe
On privacy, safety, openness, and growth
I propose that privacy is key to having any kind of healthy value base in society. This was inspired by What Happens Next Will Amaze You and by The following companies just betrayed billions of people. Privacy is not only a question of individuals being smart enough to not share anything too personal online. That… Continue reading On privacy, safety, openness, and growth
About helping
suomeksi: Auttamisesta If we wish to succeed in helping someone to reach a particular goal, we must first find out where he is now, and start from there. If we cannot do this, we merely delude ourselves into believing that we can help others. Before we can help someone, we must know more than he… Continue reading About helping
Reveal yourself so I can be something different
suomeksi: Paljasta luonteesi, jotta voin olla jotain erilaista Don’t impose on me what you know, I want to explore the unknown and be the source of my own discoveries. Let the known be my liberation, not my slavery. The world of your truth can be my limitation; your wisdom my negation. Don’t instruct me; let’s… Continue reading Reveal yourself so I can be something different
Everything is new
This is how I see it here is where I stand this is who I like to be the road lies ahead The future owes me nothing the past is way behind all there is, is now everything is new
Amazed
The last night in Metz. I’ve been inviting people to see me during the last week for several occasions, and despite me trying to organize things, everybody came tonight. The surprise was great – I would have been stressed about it had I known beforehand. The party ended just minutes ago, and I feel I… Continue reading Amazed
Flu w/ love, sunshine
It feels really spring-like in Metz, already. So finally I feel like it was worth it to come to northern France also because of the weather (the autumn was pretty bad). The flu is doing good to me, too. Slowing me down when I don’t have the guts to do it by myself. Otherwise: thesis… Continue reading Flu w/ love, sunshine