Homeric link/lien avec Homère: Proteus/Protée Place/lieu: The strand/la plage Hour: 11 a.m./11 heures Color/couleur: Green/vert Body part/partie du corps: None/aucun Art/science: Philology/philologie Symbol/symbole: Tide/la marée Dans ce dernier des trois premiers épisodes (la première triade), Stephen est véritablement seul pour la première fois, et pendant que le matin se glisse vers midi, son monologue intérieur [...]
"Quand nous conceptualisons, nous découpons et nous fixons, en éliminant tout ce que nous n'avons pas fixé. Un concept désigne un 'cela-et-rien-d'autre.' " "When we conceptualize, we cut and fix, eliminating everything that we have not fixed. A concept designates a 'this-and-nothing-else.' " --- William James, "A Pluralistic Universe" (Un univers pluraliste)
A journalist once asked Mother Teresa what she said to God when praying. “Nothing,” she replied, “I just listen.” Surprised, the journalist then asked, “So what does God say to you?” “Nothing,” Mother Teresa replied. “He just listens.”
"Ulysses," episode 3: reading notes (version française à venir) Homeric link/lien avec Homère: Proteus/Protée Place/lieu: The strand/la plage Hour: 11 a.m./11 heures Color: Green/vert Body part/partie du corps: None/aucun Art/science: Philology/philologie Symbol: Tide/la marée In this last of the first three episodes (the first triad), Stephen is truly alone for the first time in the [...]
Back after 10 days of North Sea retreat peregrinations, sand-swept and snow-flaked in abundance. Again, that old salty dog Genpo Roshi sent the roof off. How shapely is mind! How vast its flow! See us all falling, falling, all Maha, all Ameland, all round and round in the Big Wind at http://www.stilltv.com/2007/ameland
Homeric link/lien avec Homère: Nestor Place/lieu: The school/l’école Hour/heure: 10 a.m./10 heures Color/couleur: Brown/maron Body part/partie du corps: none/aucun Art: History/histoire Symbol: Horse/cheval Au début de l’épisode 2, Stephen donne un cours d’histoire à l’école de Mr. Deasy, à Dalkey. Dans le schéma de Joyce, l’histoire est l’art de cet épisode, et le temps a [...]
Homeric link/lien avec Homère: Nestor Place/lieu: The school/l’école Hour/heure: 10 a.m. Color/couleur: Brown/maron Body part/partie du corps: none/aucun Art: History Symbol: Horse/cheval Episode 2 begins with Stephen teaching a history lesson at Mr. Deasy’s school in Dalkey. In Joyce’s schema, history is the art of this episode, and, appropriately, time takes priority over space, which [...]
Thought is the thought of thought. Tranquil brightness. The soul is in a manner all that is: the soul is the form of forms. Tranquility sudden, vast, candescent: form of forms. La pensée est la pensée de la pensée. Clarté tranquille. L'âme est d'une certaine manière tout ce qui est: l'âme est la forme des [...]
A monk asked T'ou-tzu, "Old Year is gone and New Year has arrived; is there one thing that has no relation whatever to either of the two, or not?" The master answered, "Yes." The monk asked, "What is it?" The master said, "With the ushering of New Year, the entire world looks rejuvenated, and all [...]
The important point is not to try to escape your life but to face it - exactly and completely, beyond discussing whether or not your zazen or your situation is good or bad, right or wrong. This is all you have to do. --- Dainin Katagiri Roshi, You Have to Say Something (Shambhala, 2000)