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Dog & Butterfly ~ The beauty and bliss of reaching higher than you can grasp

By Patrick on July 26, 2010 · 13 Comments

Heart’s Dog & Butterfly has been on my mind and in my ears a lot the last few days, both the album and the title song from it. I love the song for the mirthful image of a dog futilely leaping after a fluttering butterfly, and for its wisdom in […]

Winnie the Pooh and the Vinegar Tasters

By Patrick on February 4, 2010 · 4 Comments

The Vinegar tasters is among my favourite allegories and provides an excellent introduction to the three philosophies that dominated China through thousands of years: Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism. For me, the most important of these is Taoism, a gentle, soulful and luminous philosophy. I’m going to be lazy and let […]