Dion Pugil’s home in a Rock

I can’t post in blogs and such. I always enter my “debate” mode. Which I hate and leads to nowhere. I’m not about to “discuss” who’s right about God and life. Who in the world knows?
Hopefully one day I’ll be “free as in freedom” and be able to express my thoughts in “non-violence” mode.

You see. I was poisoned before in my life by thoughts of a God that could get mad out of the blue. I’m detoxicating… but I guess it takes longer than I thought.  When I find freedom of thought I guess I’ll write. see ya guys.

“Lately I’ve been feeling low, and a remedy’s what I’m looking for, cooking for.”

-Dave Matthews Band

That verse from DMB simply came to my mind right before I’d start to tell about what I’ve been up to lately.

I’m feeling good. Thank God my health has been OK, and that hasn’t been a problem since I left the hospital. I’ve been going to the gym for a couple of days now. I intend to keep on going, Lord willing.

I’m reading Thomas Keating. I’m practicing Centering Prayer. I’m doing a version I’ve got cooked that’s basically Centering Prayer and some practical lessons by Sakyong Rinpoche.

It’s been a crazy 2 months. I’ve read a bunch of crazy philosophy and esoteric works. Fantastic works.

I read “Meetings with remarkable men” by Gurdjieff, half of “In search of the miraculous” by P.D. Ouspensky, listened to tons of Alan Watts from his audio archives. I’ve learned in 2 months a lot about Hinduism, Buddhism and Zen Buddhism. And I’ve learned about the ancient Jewish religion of the Old Testament and about Christianity too.

God is very good. And I’ve enjoyed this time very much. My life is very blessed. It’s always been. Thank God.

I hope you guys are OK. Please let me know how you’re doing.

Pray for me. My health. I'm doing ok, but I just wanna feel ok.

How are all you guys doing?

Don't buy it. I have a subscription and it seems to me that it's all about how to be an american christian.

What it takes to be a writer.

I really need to get rid of the "I don't have time" idea. Every human being has the same amount of time. It's just that some know how to use it, others don't. I'm in the don't team.

I have to make the time for prayer. Else, I'm not going anywhere.

The name Dion Pugil is taken from an amazing story:

The Father Confessor. By Herman Hesse.

By the way, if you haven't read any good books lately, pick up Siddhartha by Hesse. You won't regret it. In fact you will wonder why in the world no one told you to read it before. (Sorry, I had forgoten to tell you).

One of the first things to learn if you want to be a contemplative is how to mind your own business.

Nothing is more suspicious, in a man who seems holy, than an impatient desire to reform other men.

A serious obstacle to recollection is the mania for directing those you have not been appointed to direct, reforming those you have not been asked to reform, correcting those over whom you have no jurisdiction.  How can you do these things and keep your mind at rest?  Renounce this futile concern with other men’s affairs!

Pay as little attention as you can to the faults of other people.  And none at all to their natural defects and eccentricities.

 -Thomas Merton. Seeds of contemplation

Just thought it was worth posting it again… and again… and again… and again. 

I took the quiz.

Here’s my results:

Not bad I would say.

Our dog “Uma.” Look at how she loves to receive the suns healthy rays in the mornings. She’s got those “femininine” postures she sits in.