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Tag Archives: Doubt
Fear Not!
Yesterday the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico netted a cool $44.4 million at auction for one of their masterpieces, O’Keeffe’s Jimson Weed. That more than doubled the amount ever paid for a work by a female artist, and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Challenge, Flowers, Paintings, Quotes, Wisdom, Wonderings
Tagged Art, Doubt, Fear, Female artists, Georgia O'Keeffe, Paintings
32 Comments
Color Me Blue — No More
It’s been one of those days. I’ve been dragging my feet, er, fingers. What’s the point of my blogging? All these wonderful creative clever gorgeous and innovative blogs, and here I am, just going along down the same old streets, … Continue reading
Buddhas — and Ordinary People
As one particle of dust contains thousands of sutras, so the wisdom of all Buddhas is complete in the bodies of ordinary people who do not realize it. (Found on the always-provocative blog of David Elpern, Cell2Soul, under his title, … Continue reading
Posted in Buddha, Doubt, Enlightenment, Etcetera, Quotes, Wisdom, Wonderings, Zen
Tagged Buddha, Certainty, Doubt, Enlightenment, Guru, Saints, Sutras, Wisdom
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Doubt? Or Certainty?
We’ve been going at this, and around it, in two previous posts, In Praise of Doubt, and Enlightenment. We’ve heard from Sir Francis Bacon from the early 17th century, and Roshi Robert Kennedy of our own 21st. Now here’s an … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Doubt, Enlightenment, Etcetera, Poetry, Quotes, Writers
Tagged Affection, Certainty, Doubt, Imagination, Keats, Poetry, Romantics
20 Comments
Enlightenment?
Here’s another light to shine on the previous post, In Praise of Doubt. The conversation unfolding in the comments is lively, varied, and well worth eavesdropping on. Maybe you’d even like to to join in? Meanwhile, Roshi Kennedy’s perspective on the … Continue reading
Posted in Doubt, Enlightenment, Etcetera, Mindfulness, Quotes, Wisdom, Zen
Tagged Certainty, Doubt, Enlightenment, Opinion, Wisdom, Zen
9 Comments
In Praise of Doubt —
At the turn of the 16th into the 17th century, a considerably more leisurely time than ours, Sir Francis Bacon — philosopher, statesman, essayist, writer, scientist — said this: If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in … Continue reading
Posted in Doubt, Etcetera, Quotes, Wisdom
Tagged Certainty, Doubt, Philosophy, Quotes, Wisdom
42 Comments
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