Haikus – Life is sweet

Stargazing at nightSuddenly a cold wet noseGrazes my ankle

The sweet filly’s glanceLingers a moment too longAnd life’s warmth intrudes

Teaching History

I can’t help but feel that the teaching of history should be deferred till one is much older. When history is taught in textbooks to schoolchildren, they are taught dates, places, battles, which treaty was signed, and what the outcome was. In other words, they are taught impersonal history from the point of view . . . → Read More: Teaching History

Haikus – Tension

A blue morning chillUncertainty looms aheadAct, or not to act?

Haikus – Home

Travels are overDwelling has no permanenceWhere does one belong?

Vacation

Gone for a vacation

Haikus – Trains

Overnight by trainAlmost two hours in zazenTrying to stay awake

Cold twilight surroundsRacing in the wildernessA curved tube of light

Haikus – Afternoon

The nala flows onBehind flats at lazy noonFlowing water soothes

Sleepy office dayRemoving the mutka’s lidInside cool and dark

Consuming Entertainment

Modern day living has given rise to a new sort of entertainment which is unique, to my mind, in the history of mankind. The resources of television and the silver screen, commercial novels and shopping malls make it possible.

To understand this, I must first make clear the difference between pleasure and joy. Pleasure . . . → Read More: Consuming Entertainment

Haikus – Morning

The chirping cricketFrightened as someone enters.The Sudden silence

The coming winterI’m wondering when I mustTake my warm clothes out

I see her at onceAnd her glance falls on me too.Approaches wagging.

Musing on cycleStreak of orange butterflyBrings me sudden joy

The fallacy of 'Success'

This post refers to a specific type of advertisement that we see all around us on TV, billboards, and the like. A sort of advertising that does not deal with rational attributes of the article, but instead, by triggering emotional and unrealistic emotions, seeks to bypass the intellect altogether.

I refer to those ads . . . → Read More: The fallacy of 'Success'