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I enjoyed this. It reminded me of Rumi. To Rumi, desire was not just a facet of life-but the very essence of life itself. If only we could all have more dreams like this...

There once was a man who assailed the Buddha on a certain day concerning his doctirine. When he had finished accusing and shouting at the Buddha he fell back into a silent fury. So the Buddha said...

I liked this poem a lot, Pendragon. I look forward to reading many more. Time and reality are the only treasures of Heaven indeed, so KEEP ON WRITING!

Ther are some scholars who looked at the striking similarities between the sayings of Jesus and Buddha and concluded that Jesus may have borrowed heavily from a Buddhist/Hindu influence in the Middle...

Has philosophy died with post modernism?
Is there anything new being done with philosophy today?
Are there still philosophers out there-and what are they doing?

I was just curious about the Myth of S. I plan on re-reading it, but i don't remember anything about a fear of death in it. It's been a while, however, so maybe it's in there. Although more of a...

True poetry is inspired. It's highest aspiration is seeking and/or providing illumination.

Chan Sei Chow was a boy befriended by an English missionary. She translated his poems and had them published in one small book. This is from memory, so consider it a transliteration:

A bowl full...

King David and Rumi. In them is contained all that true poetry can ever aspire to be.

You should also try The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantsakis (sp?). I get something new out of it each time I read it. That book has really illuminated the Gospels for me. And I love the...

Have you read the other 2 in the Valis trilogy? The name of the second escapes me, but the third is called The Transmigration of Timothy Archer. Both were great. The second one really dives deep...

I once saw John Mellencamp give an interview. He was talking about a time when as a teenager he had stopped going to church and his grandfather asked him why. "Because it's filled with a bunch of...

Hermann Hesse's Demian is a good one. Hesse was described by one critic as being the foremost authority on Gnosticism in Germany in his day. He is not postmodern, however. Also Umberto Eco's...

Very good work, PrinceMyshkin. There were a few lines in here that especially made me think of a celebrated and persecuted alchemist who once said, "They seek my death because they hate the Christ...

"Immature poets borrow. Mature poets steal." -T.S Elliott

"Life does not consist mainly-or even largely of facts and happenings. It consists mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever...

Erich Fromm's Escape From Freedom is a good blending of philosophy, history and psychology. You also might like The Journals of Kierkegarrd or The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant. Daniel...

My buddy he stole my woman
left me back in this shack to rust;
My life is a medely, it is a rickshaw
riding all the way to Arkansas or bust.
(Chorus)
Cause I got country dreams bustin' outta my...

Thank you both for your comments. Ampoule, this is about one man in particular.

That is what a despot does.

I dropped out of the University and am currently enrolled in the school of hard knocks.

In my previous incarnation I was a student of religion, philosophy, poetry and beer.

When a certain man left our village,
we would oft say that he was mad;
Or possessed by the gods
because his gibberish contained
bits of the unexplained like:
Where the sky meets earth, or...

And it was at that age...Poetry arrived
in search of me. I don't know, I don't know where
it came from, from winter or a river.
I don't know how or when,
no, they were not voices, they were not...

I would say that if there were an exception to this rule it is in the realm of science fiction. In science fiction the better educated are usually the most revered. But science fiction has never...

There is one example of this from our century and that is when Hitler was elected as Chancellor of Germany. The Athenians enjoyed a full (not representative) democracy for a little more time than...

How about Arthur Machen's The Hill of Dreams/the Great God Pan? They are both novellas, but not King size novellas. Either one would be a fantastic Halloween read. The Great God Pan is about a...