DAILY PHOTO: Blue & Gold Temple in Bangalore
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“It might be lonlier” (405) by Emily Dickinson [w/ Audio]
It might be lonelier
Without the Loneliness —
I'm so accustomed to my Fate —
Perhaps the Other — Peace —
Would interrupt the Dark —
And crowd the little Room —
Too scant — by Cubits — to contain
The Sacrament — of Him —
I am not used to Hope —
It might intrude upon —
Its sweet parade — blaspheme the place —
Ordained to Suffering —
It might be easier
To fail — with Land in Sight —
Than gain — My Blue Peninsula —
To perish — of Delight —
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PROMPT: Profession
Nurse. I think it takes a tremendous level of humility and compassion. Also, I suspect it may be among the last handful of human jobs (as we know them now) to still exist once AI-robots start doing pretty much all productive tasks better, faster, and more efficiently than humans. I think long after our doctors are machines, we will have human nurses.
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DAILY PHOTO: Lalbagh Flower Show, 2025
“Everyone’s Journey” by Sōgi [w/ Audio]
Everyone's journey
through this world is the same,
so I won't complain.
Here on the plains of Nasu,
I place my trust in the dew.
NOTE: This translation by Sam Hamill in The Poetry of Zen (2004) Boston: Shambhala, p. 131.
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PROMPT: Sell
Experiences and lessons.
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DAILY PHOTO: Mural in Bangalore
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“A face devoid of love or grace” (1711) by Emily Dickinson [w/ Audio]
A face devoid of love or grace,
A hateful, hard, successful face,
A face with which a stone
Would feel as thoroughly at ease
As were they old acquaintances —
First time together thrown.
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PROMPT: Most Important
Daily writing prompt
What is the most important thing to carry with you all the time?
Heart and brain tie. Without the former I’m not alive; without the later I am not.
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FIVE WISE LINES [August 2025]
Life has become immeasurably better
Hunter s. Thompson
since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.
If asked the nature of cha no yu*
Sen Sotan
Say it’s the sound of wind blow pines
In a painting.
*”Tea ceremony” in Japanese.
All rivers flow to the ocean.
Sri ramakrishna quoted by Will durant
Flow and let others flow too.
He who makes a beast of himself
Samuel johnson
gets rid of the pain of being a man.
…The Edge… There is no honest way to explain it
Hunter s. Thompson, Hell’s Angels
because the only people who really know where it is
are the ones who have gone over.
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