Intention Of Attention

San Francisco Dharma Bubbling Up

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:43:08 -0800

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A Beautiful Thank You...

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:32:05 -0800

I received this note and prose which, for me, captured a sincere sentiment.

" Blessings and gratitude for your kindness to _____

Like breathing in and out, giving and receiving are integral to the life-blood of generosity. All living things depend on this natural exchange in which we give and receive life-affirming gifts. In this spirit, please accept our heartfelt gratitude. "

War, huh, yeah...

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:25:32 -0800

"Really to care is to care as you would for a tree or a plant, watering it, studying its needs, the best soil for it, looking after it with gentleness and tenderness – but when you prepare your children to fit into society you are preparing them to be killed. If you loved your children you would have no war."

- Krishnamurti

Reflecting In Golden Gate Park Today

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:36:37 -0800

At The Moon Viewing Garden

At Ocean Beach Today

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:39:47 -0800

"The soil in which the meditative mind can begin is the soil of everyday life, the strife, the pain and the fleeting joy. It must begin there, and bring order, and from there move endlessly. But if you are concerned only with making order, then that very order will bring about its own limitation, and the mind will be its prisoner. In all this movement you must somehow begin from the other end, from the other shore, and not always be concerned with this shore or how to cross the river.

You must take a plunge into the water, not knowing how to swim. And the beauty of meditation is that you never know where you are, where you are going, what the end is."

- Krishnamurti

Rain rain go away... come again next year !

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:28:20 -0800

The drizzle today did not discourage this artist at Civic Center and Market Street...

"Work becomes our spiritual journey when our destination is no longer just becoming more successful or more wealthy, or getting a paycheck, promotion, or job security, but when we also work to resolve a most fundamental question:

Can we be at home in our lives - can we be open, honest, and at ease under all circumstances, moment by moment?"

- Michael Carroll

My Choice

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:32:45 -0800

California has its chance to weigh-in on the 2008 elections on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008. I received my California absentee voter's ballot today finally made my choice and cast my vote...for Barack Obama, the YES WE CAN do anything and our dare to be audacious candidate.

I look forward actively supporting the 2008 Democratic Presidential Candidate, whomever that eventually may be.

A New Year's Day Restitution

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:58:38 -0800

"Now let us ask ourselves a further question. Is this freedom, this solitude, this coming into contact with the whole structure of what we are in ourselves – is it to be come upon through time? That is, is freedom to be achieved through a gradual process? Obviously not, because as soon as you introduce time you are enslaving yourself more and more.

"You cannot become free gradually. It is not a matter of time."

- Krishnamurti

Upon This Rock...

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:25:59 -0800

"My actions are my only true belongings.
I cannot escape the consequences of my actions.
My actions are the ground upon which I stand."

- Thich Nhat Hanh

Dusk At Yerba Buena Gardens Christmas Day

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:38:21 -0800

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is situated behind a majestic waterfall fifty (50) feet long and twenty (20) feet tall which cascades over Sierra granite.

Spirit Of Christmas... ? ? Peace On Earth And Mercy Mild ? ?

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:32:46 -0800

A member of the military accompanies Rachel Guy-Latham at a viewing of the body of her husband, Sergeant Thomas Lee Latham, 23, who was killed by an IED in Baghdad, Iraq in March.

Listen To " The Spirit Of Christmas "

Army Sgt. Thomas L. Latham

Thomas L. Latham played video games with his 5-year-old stepson Caleb and sat on the floor with 1-year-old daughter Ariel playing with blocks. No matter how often his children wanted to hear the same book read aloud, Latham would read it. "Without any complaints," said his mother-in-law, Florence Guy. "He was a good guy. He was a really good person." Latham, 23, of Delmar, Md., was killed March 11 by a roadside bomb in Baghdad. He was a 2002 high school graduate and was assigned to Fort Drum. Latham loved sports, especially football and hunting, which allowed him to relax in the quiet woods. Over Christmas break, he and his dad searched for Indian arrowheads in the woods. "He was always a very nice young man, friendly," said Melissa English Schock, chairwoman of the social studies division at his high school. "He was one of the students with the smile and stand-out personality." Schock remembers Latham toting canned goods to charity. "He was always willing to help out," she said. He also had served one tour of duty in Afghanistan. He also is survived by his wife, Rachel Guy-Latham.

Click play button below to listen...

Image Anthony Suau for TIME

Ornaments And I Hanging In Union Square Today

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:59:06 -0800

View From The Back Of The Bus

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:59:55 -0800

Got a ride on the double decker 38 Geary Muni bus today. The views from the upper level were great. The ride was free and fun. I even forgot I was late for an appointment. Very little knee room and had to duck down when entering and leaving. Lots of attentive MUNI support staff (at least 5 or 6) on board concerned for our well being. Sure wish they would ride along on the N Judah or the 22 Fillmore.

Muni N Judah Rider Quite Pleased

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:52:44 -0800

A glorious thing happened Monday...

New Jersey bans death penalty today. Jon S. Corzine signed into law Monday a measure that abolishes the death penalty, making New Jersey the first state in more than four decades to reject capital punishment.

Fear In High Definition

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:46:24 -0800

"Can you watch fear without any conclusion, without any interference of the knowledge you have accumulated about it? If you cannot, then what you are watching is the past, not fear; if you can, then you are watching fear for the first time without the interference of the past.

(Berlin Image Theater)

You can observe a cloud or a tree or the movement of a river with a fairly quiet mind because they are not very important to you, but to watch yourself is far more difficult because there the demands are so practical, the reactions so quick. So when you are directly in contact with fear or despair, loneliness or jealousy, or any other ugly state of mind, can you look at it so completely that your mind is quiet enough to see it?"

- Krishnamurti