To my teacher, H.H. Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche.
Please take heed of me
With an open heart, I plead with you devotedly
Take heed of me
From the expanse of space
From the bliss of emptiness
Come to me
Surround me in your retinue of compassion
Clothe me in your strength
teacher
June 30, 2008 – 8:53 pm
house
June 30, 2008 – 8:01 am
It took a while for me to register it, but finally it sank in: Big Brother 9, currently on Channel 4, has a blind housemate, Michael. It appears that Michael is a DJ with radio show Blindsighted, so apart from personal motives, there’s something political at stake here too. His profile carries many comments on [...]
tormented
June 29, 2008 – 9:04 pm
In 2006 I was traveling from Paris to Rotterdam on Thalys, back from a botched shoot. It was the night of the World Cup final, and Italy were playing France. The announcement screens had been cheering on “les bleus” all day. Then, as the train left, at 6.20 PM, the streets were eerily silent. The [...]
nomadology
June 28, 2008 – 11:24 am
In search of the rule set that will operate our war machine (D&G) I encountered the rhizome, again. So, J., here’s a little snippet and a pointer to the real thing:
A nomadology, as a warring movement with that which has come to hold dominion in the perceptible world, with the modes of production that have [...]
dreamyoga
June 28, 2008 – 9:11 am
When we begin to spiritually awaken, it is like waking up inside of a dream and recognizing that everything we are experiencing is nothing other than a very convincing projection, or display of our mind. The boundary between inner and outer, between dreaming and waking starts to dissolve, and we begin to realize that the [...]
assassin
June 28, 2008 – 3:26 am
He explains, “If your goal is [enlightenment], to see that all worldly value has no value, if you have that kind of view and if you have that kind of aim, then a genuine teacher who breaks all this pride, crushes your pride, makes this worldly life completely miserable, is something that you ask for. [...]
want
June 27, 2008 – 8:11 pm
I saw I skipped a day: no posts for the 26th of june. Well, maybe that can’t be helped. J. pointed me to a buddhist critique of modern technology, while I spoke on the phone with A. and texted E., and am listening to music now. The equivalent of comfort food this (which I can’t [...]
reading
June 26, 2008 – 8:07 am
Because I can only read short stretches of text, I’m re-reading Andreas Burnier’s collection of essays: Poetry, Boys and the Company of Learned Women. I admired Burnier (C.I. Dessaur) when I first starting to read her work; her novels are/were standard fare in secondary schools, and her early novels are both poignant and very humorous. [...]
caboverde
June 25, 2008 – 9:24 pm
Rotterdam has one of the largest Cape Verdian communities outside Cabo Verde itself. That’s because of the harbour of course. “Cabo’s” are an “invisible” ethnic group, but very distinctive, concentrated at the far end of Nieuwe Binnenweg and surroundings. There are many CD shops on Nieuwe Binnenweg, all specializing in Cape Verdian music. Césaria Évora [...]
