I’m feeling extremely mortal…
…these last two days. I know why, but I’m reticent to admit it. I’ve spent the last several days reading Pagel’s “The Gnostic Gospels,” and I’m struck by the many ways people...
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Time Travel: “He’s walking in my tracks…
Posted by Bob Adamcik | May 18, 2017 | Contentment, Happiness, Notes, Search, Time | 2 |
…but he can’t fill my shoes” — Jerry Lee Lewis You’d think that living in East Tennessee, I would take country music for granted. But driving home from Knoxville tonight I picked up the classics...
Read MoreGoing walkabout…
Posted by Bob Adamcik | May 18, 2017 | Notes, Search, Uncategorized | 0 |
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…
Read MoreDown 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,...
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