The Uncarved Block

From knowledge to naivete and back again

Friday, February 14, 2025

Lifting Heavy Weights

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Someone once said that we sit on the (meditation) cushion, lifting light weights, so that when we are off of the cushion, in our regular l...
Monday, February 3, 2025

On Suffering, Anger, and Anxiety

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When asked what he teaches, the Buddha said, “I teach suffering and an end to suffering.” I have been learning for several years abou...
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Monday, January 6, 2025

Australian Finger Lime Marmalade Updated and Improved

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  I have been growing Australian finger limes (Citrus australasica) for a dozen years now. The thing that is cool about finger limes is tha...
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Monday, January 15, 2024

Ragnar Kjartansson's The Visitors at SFMoMA

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Some weeks ago, I was at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ( SFMoMA ) with friends. Among other things we stumbled into a vide...
Thursday, January 11, 2024

All the World's an Audience

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Shakespeare famously wrote in As You Like It , "All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players..." So famo...
Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Lessons at the Crosswalk

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I often find lessons in the Dhamma (better known to Americans as the Sanskrit word pronounced “ Dharma ”) while driving. The other day I f...
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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Gratitude for the shower

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"Shower" by Kevin Dooley is licensed under CC BY 2.0 . When I am in my shower, I try to be aware of gratitude. I love showe...
Thursday, November 16, 2023

Are we larvae?

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I wonder if caterpillars know that they will become butterflies. When a caterpillar on a leaf sees a butterfly flying around, does...
Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Spoiler Alert

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I have heard it said that to name something is to destroy it. Once it is named, the thing that is right in front of you is then just an e...
Sunday, August 20, 2023

Loneliness on BART

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Riding home on the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) last night I felt so lonely. Everyone on the train was somewhere else. Most people had s...
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