Going walkabout…
I’m getting the feeling I need to go walkabout for awhile. I’m not sure where it’s coming from, but I also have a feeling I need to pay attention to it…
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Down the rabbit hole…sorry!
Posted by Bob Adamcik | May 16, 2017 | Notes, Search, Uncategorized | 0 |
I know my readers are few, but still, I dislike not posting more frequently. However, a couple of months ago I started John Gray’s “The Soul of the Marionette,” and it took me down a rabbit hole I’m...
Read MoreOn T.F. Powys and “The Soliloquy of a Hermit”
Posted by Bob Adamcik | May 7, 2017 | Belief, Book Review, Contentment, Death, Human Nature, Mortality, Notes, Religion, Search | 4 |
Man is a collection of atoms through which pass the moods of God…” T.F.Powys, “Soliloquy of a Hermit,” (Hardpress Publishing, Miami. Originally by G. Arnold Shaw, N.Y., 1916) On first read, this work...
Read MoreMore on Powys and belief…
I’ve been wanting to comment further on the T.F. Powys quote, “Belief is too easy a road to God.” If we replace the word “God” with “meaning,” Powys’ intent becomes clear. Much of...
Read MoreYe olde shibboleth wisdom company…
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Apr 9, 2017 | Human Nature, identity, Notes, Self-image, The self | 0 |
Turn cliché on its head: Do unto yourself as you would unto others…or “as you would unto others, do unto yourself”. It’s about self love.
Read More“…a belief is too easy a road to God.”
I am working through “The Soul of the Marionette,” by John Gray, an enquiry into the question (some would say myth) of free will. And I ran across the above quote, attributed to T.F. Powys in his 1918 work,...
Read MoreReview of “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind,” by Yuval Noah Harari
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Mar 17, 2017 | Book Review, History, Notes, Search, Society | 0 |
“We have advanced from canoes to galleys to steam ships to space shuttles—but nobody knows where we’re going.” — Yuval Noah Harari (From Animals Into Gods: A Brief History of Humankind, draft edition 2012)...
Read MorePack up your old kit bag…
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Mar 9, 2017 | Fear, Notes, Search | 0 |
I hesitate to share this insight because it’s not mine. A fellow traveler related it to me yesterday, and he in turn heard it from a French woman he’d recently met in the Caribbean. Perhaps it was hers,...
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