“Into the Silence”
“And Being exerted a centripetal force on both of them. If they did not themselves put forth effort, they would spontaneously retreat into motionless Silence. For this Silence was supremely attractive. It consisted in Bliss. It had as its nature, Peace. Nothing could possibly be more welcome than the Absolute. Of course, they never really […]
Continue reading“The Toy Store”
“The toy store always delighted them. A tether-ball set stood outside it, and, oftentimes, one saw kids smacking the ball back and forth with each other, while their parents took a welcome break on the nearby bench. The window panes in the store teemed with serried stuffed animals, beach buckets and shovels, toy trucks and […]
Continue reading“Rest and Activity”
“His lover was perfect whether she ate or refrained from eating. The butterfly was fine landed or in flight. The nuthatch charmed on the higher branch as she had on the lower one. The branches pleased motionless or swaying to the tune of the summer breeze. A symphony includes an adagio as well as an […]
Continue reading“Crystalline Memories”
“Why was it, she wondered, that great stretches of the past existed in her memory as only vague, contourless impressions, while those three moments had been preserved in every tiniest detail? Her school years were a blur; her early career years, a mere flavor; but those three moments remained as if encased in time-protective amber. […]
Continue reading“Divine Music”
“Now, after sitting down beside him, she hit the “play” button and snuggled close to her lover. Debussy’s L’apres midi d’un faune began. If ever music had emerged directly from the font of the Absolute, still dripping with the silvered beads of divine inspiration, it was this music. As one listened to it, one spied […]
Continue reading“Fire in the Sky”
“At times, at least ten of the meteors lit up the dark sky simultaneously. There were pauses, when they thought the shower had ended, but then the streaking lights returned to awe them once again. The ancients saw these showers as lucky or as bad omens, as human souls leaving their bodies, as angels being […]
Continue reading“Star-Space”
“The man stared up at one particularly bright star to the north. ‘People consider themselves stars, shining apart, everything unto themselves. They forget that the Infinite Space on which, despite their delusions of grandeur to the contrary, they are, as ego-identities, mere blips, is their genuine identity. That star,’ he pointed to it, ‘is merely […]
Continue reading“Time of the Hush”
“There is often a preternatural silence during sunset, almost as if the rest of nature has decided to watch the pageantry in suitable awe. The ravens stop squawking, the squirrels cease their foraging, the deer lie down in their leafy beds, and even the wind rests momentarily out of respect. As the man and woman […]
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