Category: philosophical counseling

• July 2, 2011

  Into the tea room…

  The following excerpt is from Okakura’s The Book of Tea (1908). Okakura’s little book describes the emergence of the tea ceremony in the sixteenth century as well as the importance of tea to the “divinization” of small things within Japanese culture. Only listen: The simplicity of the tea-room and its freedom from vulgarity make it truly…
• July 1, 2011

  Faces of busyness & patience

  Update: Wanna be less busy? There’s still time! No “Skype Walk-in” this Saturday, but there are still openings for the upcoming “Skype Workshop.” Would another day work for “Skype Walk-in”? Let me know! — 1. The man in Midtown values the objects of sense above those of contemplation. He checks his BlackBerry, his watch; touches his pant leg;…
• June 30, 2011

  Work today: longer hours + more time with kids = burn-out

  Update: Wanna be less busy? There’s still time! No “Skype Walk-in” this Thursday or Saturday, but there are still openings for the upcoming “Skype Workshop.” Would another day work for “Skype Walk-in”? Let me know! — Sighting yesterday: Black woman walking in Central Park. Pink cell phone under bra. On top of left breast. Symptom of busyness. Sign…
• June 29, 2011

  Good-bye, cell phone; hello, birdies

  Update: Wanna be less busy? There’s still time! No “Skype Walk-in” this Thursday or Saturday, but there are still openings for the upcoming “Skype Workshop.” Would another day work for “Skype Walk-in”? Let me know! — So you got rid of your cell phone? Yeah. What are you going to do now? Eat, pray, and love. Oh,…
• June 28, 2011

  Busyness is not absorption

  Update: Wanna be less busy? There’s still time! No “Skype Walk-in” this Thursday, but there’s still room this Saturday. Also, there are still openings for the upcoming “Skype Workshop.” Would another day work for “Skype Walk-in”? Let me know! — At our peril, we confuse being busy with being absorbed. The first is abuzz with…