Category: education

• August 19, 2013

  The most excellent kind of day for a human being

  What is the most excellent kind of day for a human being? It is living in accordance with nature. What does this mean? ‘All that is in tune with you, O Universe, is in tune with me.’–Marcus Aurelius, Meditations * 1. Following. A day touched by radiance follows the course of nature, coursing. As nature courses,…
• August 17, 2013

  Coursing Meditations

  How to present a flowing day? ‘Coursing’: A philosophical life moving in pictures, in turning holding pictures. Look: http://is.gd/1tqROX  1 What is the beautiful course of a day? How does one follow nature’s course? A line, drawn by hand, drawing the day, is both extensive and intensive. Extensive: flowing through time without resistance. Intensive: expressing the…
• August 16, 2013

  Beginner’s fingers: A study in Ensō

  Beginner’s fingers / follow bristles lengthening / and thickening breaths.
• August 12, 2013

  A ‘fasting of the mind’: Some reflections on being in a hurry

  In The Inner Chapters, Confucius, in the role of a Daoist teacher, advises his pupil to undertake a ‘fast of the mind.’ Yesterday was spent fasting in silence. I recorded the following reflections neatly in my notebook. * 1. Hummingbirds make a sputtering sound like a boy’s radio-controlled airplane. The wind crinkles in the early morning.…
• August 6, 2013

  Manners and Mores: A Tutorial for Freelancers Tired of Hustling and Prone to Apologizing

  Background The following ebook was written out of the desire to offer some guidance to freelancers who are stuck between hustling to make it and apologizing for running roughshod over others. Yet the Freelancer’s Dilemma, as I call it, can be overcome but only if one learns the gentler art of manners: of greeting, introducing,…