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fable of the man who saw his education in a night of dreams
While walking a winding path through a dense dark forest, the hero of our story awoke… …to discover he’d only been dreaming. No, he was actually climbing up a steep rocky mountain, the peak hidden in the clouds high above. … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, courage, dream, dreaming, fable, growth, story, tale, transformation
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Fable of the Monkey King
author’s note: Halloween—a good time to show our shadows. THE MONKEY KING Wishing to express his secret self on Halloween the man of aspiration planned to go to the party dressed as a warrior or a king or a warrior-king … Continue reading
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Tagged costume, fable, ghost, ghostwriter, Halloween, monkey, party, pun, shadow, spoken word, story
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the upside of down
While reading Stephen Goldblatt’s The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve… …a certain passage struck me like a hammer hitting a gong. Not a little gong and not a little hammer—a big hammer on one of those big temple … Continue reading
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Tagged darkness of the soul, depression, grief, John Milton, loss, soul, story
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One quiet afternoon, I did as I often do: I sat down under a tree in solitude and began to talk to myself… On this particular occasion, my thoughts turned to those people who cling to silly unfounded ideas…ideas that … Continue reading