Category Archives: Books & Poetry

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The beautiful mind

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Michaela

Portraits of the mind.  An art book by a young scientist, hoping to draw the general reader into neuroscience with the beauty of it’s images. To the slide show Read the article from today’s New York Times

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The flip side

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Michaela

One of the most famous artworks of the 15th century – and one of the most renowned religious paintings of any century –  is the Altarpiece of the Lamb.  Called The Ghent Altarpiece due to its location in the Saint Bavo Cathedral … Continue reading →

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Imagineering

Posted on November 18, 2010 by jeromemp

Imagineering by Jerome You see sheer and jagged rock, Overhangs and shadows, lichen Grey and green on granite Looming high above any comprehension Of ascending, With only circumnavigation possible. You consider the majesty of the cliff An enigma, cold and … Continue reading →

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On a train

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Michaela

Sitting on a train the landscape flying by Life is there whispers in my ear and fills me with truth and beauty. Mountains capped with snow yellow tops between the firs a bubbly stream flowing round the rocks A bulbous … Continue reading →

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Cancer World

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Michaela

A brilliant article on cancer from this weeks’s New Yorker: Cancer World The more science tells us about the cancer cell, the more it resembles us. It wants to grow and multiply, as we do, but it doesn’t know how … Continue reading →

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Just being still

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Michaela

Ducks gliding across dark water, chattering softly . A dog barks from afar.

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The Two

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Michaela

Beautiful symbolism in this gem of a poem by Hugo von Hoffmannsthal, who wrote the poem when he was only 22 years old. The place was fin de ciecle Vienna, and the sense of awakening, departure from the old, death … Continue reading →

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The Switch

Posted on October 21, 2010 by dsrtsng

It is as if there is a switch. It can be On or Off. When it is On, There is awareness of awareness itself, Of openness, and vital energy. When it is Off, there is thought, Time and egoic identifications. … Continue reading →

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Morals without God

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Michaela

Morals without God ? A cool article by Frans de Waal in the NY Times on biology, ethics and morale. The Stone is a forum for contemporary philosophers on issues both timely and timeless.

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The wisdom of Rumi

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Michaela

  I wonder from these thousand of “me’s”, which one am I? Listen to my cry, do not drown my voice I am completely filled with the thought of you. Don’t lay broken glass on my path I will crush … Continue reading →

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