Posted on Jan 27th, 2009
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Erin
OKC user X: I think any true Bodhisattva would never claim to be one. ________________________________________________________________ Finluiniel think whatever you will. ________________________________________________________________ OKC user X: do you claim to be one? ________________________________________________________________ Finluiniel i don’t think... More »
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Posted on Jan 1st, 2009
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Erin
what is essential and inessential to the thingness of the thing? to know the answer…i listen to and engage with the thing…without any desire to make it into what it is not, to possess it... More »
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Posted on Jan 1st, 2009
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Erin
sometimes, if we’re really listening, and we want to communicate what we hear honestly, we have to abandon the usual words… these words have a gravitational pull–as simone weil defines gravity–drawing us to them when... More »
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Posted on Jan 1st, 2009
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Erin
it becomes hard to finish a sentence when everything is both true and untrue, worth saying and not worth saying. i recoil at my own words as they arise in my mind when they are... More »
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Posted on Jan 1st, 2009
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Erin
some thoughts as they were born: i must write a book about justice and practices of reading, demonstrating that justice is possible. we often fail to recognize injustices done to us, because we tend to... More »
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Posted on Jan 1st, 2009
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Erin
as donna haraway reminds us, we are all cyborgs now. when i put words on this screen i do not think about making them appear. my fingers find their ways not even lagging behind the... More »
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Posted on Jan 1st, 2009
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Erin
read slowly. in my last post i tried to explain why “hierarchy” as a way of thinking will harm not help us. to say hierarchical thinking is not expedient is not to call it incorrect.... More »
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Posted on Jan 1st, 2009
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Erin
read these words slowly and listen to the meaning of each. consciousness is not bounded. we understand humans as seats of consciousness because we are mirrors to each other. i see another person and i... More »
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