by Robin Bloor | Jul 14, 2019 | Postings by Robin Bloor, Stories
About 6 years ago, in Austin, I ran into one of the lawyers who dealt with the case of Rubin Carter, the legal team who finally got him released. He was seeking me out because of a book I wrote (To Fathom The Gist Vol 1). He was very old but still coherent. I already...
by Robin Bloor | Jul 14, 2019 | Postings by Robin Bloor, Selected Prose
This remarkable essay comes from “The Golden Bough,” by Sir James George Frazer. The King of The Wood Who does not know Turner’s picture of the Golden Bough? The scene, suffused with the golden glow of imagination in which the divine mind of Turner steeped and...
by Robin Bloor | Jul 14, 2019 | Poetry, Postings by Robin Bloor
Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth, Why feed’st these rebel powers that thee array? Why dost thou pine within, and suffer dearth, Painting thy outward walls so costly gay? Why so large cost, having so short a lease, Dost thou upon thy fading mansion spend?...
by Robin Bloor | Jul 11, 2019 | Aphorisms, Advice, Proverbs, Postings by Robin Bloor
Including a collection of anonymous quotes, plus quotes from Confucius, Friedrich Nietzsche, Lao Tzu and Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī. AnonConfuciusNietzscheLao TzuRumiRumi If you want small changes, change your behavior. If you want big change, change your attitude....
by Robin Bloor | Jul 11, 2019 | Aphorisms, Advice, Proverbs, Postings by Robin Bloor
These sayings come from Gurdjieff’s pupils, Alfred Orage, Peter Ouspensky, Maurice Nicoll, Jane Heap and Jeanne de Salzmann. OrageOrageOuspenskyNicollNicollHeapde Salzmann Be a pianist, not a piano. Beings differ in the potentiality of their awareness. Consider...
