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Category Archives: Quirky Contemplations
Exploring Namaste and Other Expressions of Love
Note: The following is a transcript from a talk I gave to the St. Croix Unitarians. Namaste. Namaste is a Sanskrit greeting or salutation that means, “I honor your sacred or transpersonal self.” Said another way: “My essential Being recognizes … Continue reading
Quirky Contemplations: The God Challenge – a Series of Koans for God
Note: This post is (hopefully) imaginative and certainly fictitious. Any similarity with actual events is entirely coincidental. In the Beginning, It was a dark and stormy night. God lay sleeping on a bed suspended in a singularity. An alarm clock … Continue reading
Quirky Contemplations: The Case of the Disappearing Cookie
QC koan: If baseball was played with hard-boiled eggs, how would you hit a home run? The Case of the Disappearing Cookie A man was out working in his yard. He happened to look up and saw three of his … Continue reading
Quirky Contemplations: Battling Mosquitoes
QC Koan: If you were the guardian of the Pure Land, would you allow repentant mosquitoes entry? Note: This little story could be seen as a mosquito machismo, or as metaphor. Battling Mosquitoes The man was sitting outdoors on a … Continue reading
Quirky Contemplations: The Old Man and the Mailbox
QC Koan: Does a mailbox have Buddha nature? The Old Man and the Mailbox The man was old. He felt he was dying and decided to retire to a well-supplied cabin deep in the woods. He went off the grid, … Continue reading
