Friday, March 26, 2004
About this Blog
Every couple of weeks, I load up on caffeine, go to the UVA library and saddle up to the new book section. I grab all the books that seem interesting and sit down to skim them. By the end of the morning, I'm completely overwhelmed by a sense that everything must somehow fit together, and that there is some way to track that commonality. Until now, however, I've been incapable of actually organizing my thought enough to express how everything fits.
There are also tons of articles I look at, most of which I get from Political Theory Daily (see link off of main site). Every once in a while I'll read something that leaves a flavor that makes me suspect it's connected as well, so I post parts of it with a comment.
Now all I need to figure out is what all these texts are actually connected to. Or is it just to each other?
Every couple of weeks, I load up on caffeine, go to the UVA library and saddle up to the new book section. I grab all the books that seem interesting and sit down to skim them. By the end of the morning, I'm completely overwhelmed by a sense that everything must somehow fit together, and that there is some way to track that commonality. Until now, however, I've been incapable of actually organizing my thought enough to express how everything fits.
There are also tons of articles I look at, most of which I get from Political Theory Daily (see link off of main site). Every once in a while I'll read something that leaves a flavor that makes me suspect it's connected as well, so I post parts of it with a comment.
Now all I need to figure out is what all these texts are actually connected to. Or is it just to each other?
Not about this Blog
As a regularly struggling meditator, I've taken to heart the Buddha's teaching that all we have to do is quiet the mind to expose our true nature. This blog is either taking me further and further away from that goal, or will prove the Buddha wrong: That there is truth in words. I'm compelled to rebel.
As a regularly struggling meditator, I've taken to heart the Buddha's teaching that all we have to do is quiet the mind to expose our true nature. This blog is either taking me further and further away from that goal, or will prove the Buddha wrong: That there is truth in words. I'm compelled to rebel.
