Pascale Soleil: faithfulHereticmatters of the spiritOh, well, that explains it then...- September 26, 2002 I'm sorry, but this has to be one of the stupidest things I've ever read: Creating the perfect Zen garden is now possible, thanks to the work of a team at Kyoto University in Japan. They used computer analysis to study one of the most famous Zen gardens in the world, at the Ryoanji Temple in Kyoto, to discover why it has a calming effect on the hundreds of thousands of visitors who come every year. The researchers found that the seemingly random collection of rocks and moss on this simple..http://radio.weblogs.com/0100595/categories/faithfulheretic/2002/09/26.html#a326 Amen, AKMA- September 16, 2002 AKMA serves up a lucid and compelling description of the nature of his faith. It ends this way: For me, what's left is a daily effort to respect the actuality of suffering, the improbability of this whole "faith" matter, and the inevitability of my allying myself with the saints, loved ones, teachers, and friends who have shown me Truth. Though not all of them profess Christian faith, and some explicitly disavow it, I have from their insight and wisdom better understood what it is that I can't.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100595/categories/faithfulheretic/2002/09/16.html#a308 |