by Charles Cameron | Jul 25, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — from the Buddha’s Diamond Sutra via matrioshka dolls and koans to Sun Tzu and Wittgenstein ] . From Karl Brunnhölz, The Heart Sutra Will Change You Forever, in today’s Lion’s Roar: Besides being a meditation manual, we...
by Charles Cameron | Jun 20, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — remembering my father, Capt Orford Gordon Cameron, DSC, RN ] . I came across two pieces with overlapping descriptions of what happens to the body, perceptions, and thought, in a firefight. As is my habit, I’ve picked some of the...
by Charles Cameron | Mar 4, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — relics of a catacombs martyr, St Valentine and more ] . ** There are times when the DoubleQuote format is confining, and the comparative method it is based on could be uswed effectively with more than two examples. Here consider also: The...
by Charles Cameron | Oct 12, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — further passing notes in the virtual music of ideas, including meditations for glass bead game players ] . From the agile algorithmic eyes at Archillect: pic.twitter.com/UYPCmKzpDW — Archillect (@archillect) October 12, 2015 A match...
by Charles Cameron | Mar 4, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — on monk Wirathu, also the trickiness of images-with-quotes on social media ] . The quote from Wirathu (upper panel, above) is a direct quote from a NYT interview with him: You can be full of kindness and love, but you cannot sleep next to...