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The Way is just this moment, these words... (Ch'ing Kung)

Posted on May 1st, 2009 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

Things of the past are already gone. Things yet to be, distant beyond imagining. The Way is just this moment, these words: Plum blossoms fallen; Gardenia just opening. —Ch'ing Kung img

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What religious figure would you like to have met?

Posted on Feb 7th, 2009 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

I wouldn’t mind walking with this dude for a bit. In general, though, it’s not so much one particular religious figure I’d like to meet (or have met) as a oneness of them. I would... More »

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Being with what is

Posted on Feb 17th, 2008 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

This morning I was in such an exalted mood, but now, at dinner-time, I’m feeling a bit on edge. I catch myself trying to explain it – oh, I waited too long to eat, blah... More »

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What do you think you'll be saying about this in ten years?

Posted on Feb 17th, 2008 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

Well, I suppose I might look back and say: Oh, I remember, that's when I wrote my six-word memoir . If I did, I might recall that it was during that period that Turtle became... More »

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When in your life have you felt most out of control?

Posted on Feb 10th, 2008 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

Each and every time I try to control life, it snatches the remote right out of my hand. You'd think I'd learn...

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What's been your path in life?

Posted on Oct 15th, 2007 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

Stumbling around in the dark, trying to find the path I figured must be there somewhere. Finally seeing a light. Then, realizing that the light and the dark and the path were all part of an... More »

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What one person do you wish you could reunite with?

Posted on Oct 1st, 2007 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

No one really, because I no longer feel separated from the people who are 'gone' from my life, or from those who are now in my life, or, especially, from myself. When I first read the... More »

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What's the most difficult thing you've forgiven?

Posted on Sep 18th, 2007 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

What I saw as my mother's lifelong emotional abandonment. A couple of years ago I had a dream in which my mother and I were living together again, and one morning I woke up and... More »

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