Student: Life has no meaning.
Master: Can you simply enjoy it now?
Category: Philosophy
Think deep.
Of Grasshoppers
Student:I am ready to be a hermit.
Master:
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I have made mistakes.
Master: And they were great!
Of Grasshoppers
Student: Can we know good without knowing evil?
Master: Can you know clean without knowing dirty?
Thank goodness this is a leap year!
Everything is due tomorrow! Primarily Tommy’s financial aid paperwork has to be complete tomorrow. It should have been in the mail by now but I have had work deadlines consuming me. Speaking of work deadlines, I have those too..by tomorrow. Specifically, everything is due by the end of the month which is why I am glad this is a leap year!
I have been listening to A Buddhist Podcast. I highly recommend it. Jason Jarrett has produced a wonderful reading of The Buddha, Geoff and Me
Within the first two chapters, the words of the character Geoff have directly applied to my current life situation. I found them calming. My panic and anxiety subsided. This was the right time for me to be listening to The Buddha, Geoff and Me!
Of Grasshoppers
Student: How did I ever come to have so many people depend upon me? All I ever wanted to do was hide in the woods.
Master: Can’t see the forest for all the people’s needs?
Who is F—ing Who?
Update: Scroll below the videos to read about the backstory. Part of the humor in all this is that many people miss that this is a gag…a bit.
If you have been living in a closet then you probably don’t know that Sarah Silver is f—ing Matt Damon. Just in case you missed it here is the bleeped version:
Of course, Jimmy Kimmel has a response video:
Interestingly enough, the video is dedicated to the memory of Norman Mailer. I suspected that the dedication was a joke, but if it is, the joke went over my head. Mailer passed in November 2007 which could mean the dedication is serious. Of course a piece of his bio could be the joke reference:
"Mailer was married six times, and had several mistresses. He had eight biological children by his various wives, and adopted one further child." Source, Wikipedia
The backstory to these videos adds an extra level of hilarity. Silverman and Kimmel are still together. Kimmel and Damon are good friends. Kimmel has a running gag on his show about not having enough time to interview Damon.
During Kimmel’s third season — when he reportedly had trouble booking guests — he would frequently close out his show with “apologies to Matt Damon, but we ran out of time” even though Damon hadn’t even been slated to appear. [Source, AOL Television]
Read more at AOL Television and The New York Post.
Comfort Creatures
How is it that animals know so much better than people when the soul is in need of repair?
Of Grasshoppers
Student: Not my problem.
Master: Wanna bet?
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I lost focus.
Master: It is impossible to have focus with your eyes closed.
Deepak Chopra has spoken to me
Man I love the Internet! Our world grows exponentially smaller every day. Classes and castes are continually struck down. It’s like Moore’s Law in reverse. Thank you Deepak Chopra for taking some of your time with me!
Deepak Chopra is currently in Atlanta to film an interview with CNN. He has just released his new book The Third Jesus: The Christ We Cannot Ignore
Btw, I still have few Seesmic invites if anyone wants one. You can also go to Seesmic and sign up and I think they’ll send you an invite within 24 hours.
Update: Be sure to add Deepak Chopra’s blog to your reading list!
Of Grasshoppers
Student: Are there problems I cannot solve?
Master: There are problems you alone cannot solve.
Spongebob Classics
Have you killed anyone today?
Of Grasshoppers
Student: Today shall require miracles!
Master: Take what you get.
