Welcome to ignorance Since childhood I have been puzzled by consciousness. I have struggled with questions about meaning and the observable discrepancy between ideas and outcomes. What was possible to experience or achieve was often different than I imagined or worked for. I aimed high and I failed often. There were times when things went […]
Courtesy of DP, age 6 I like jazz, by the way, but these thoughts are about Ego. Jazz is here though ;). Ego Some think that Ego is an unwanted part that you and I need to get rid off in order to reach enlightenment or be saved. This was certainly a trap I fell […]
A beautiful quilt by Inge Duin. See www.ingeduin.nl. When I was a student I was working in Germany during the summer holidays. Some years I worked on farm fields. It was a hard, physical work, usually 11-13h daily, six or seven days a week. My goal was to earn money so that I had enough to […]