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Peace
“I don't know about other people, but when I wake up in the morning and put my shoes on, I think, Jesus Christ, now what?” ― Charles Bukowski To be at…
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Exploding the myth
“Days like this, like your day today. maybe the rain on the window trying to get through to you. What do you see today? what is it? where are you? the…
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A new beginning
Buwkowski - a new one for me.Julian Summerhayes is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or…
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Who's driving the bus?
Is it you? Who is you? Oops, I nearly forgot. It’s the ‘me’, the ‘I’, the separate ‘self’. And you can see why the personal development movement has…
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Words can't touch this
Our language, whatever our native tongue, can’t touch this. And that message comes from someone who still loves the discipline of etymology — I suppose…
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May 2023
No way out
“nothing in the air but clouds. nothing in the air but rain. each man’s life too short to find meaning and all the books almost a waste.” — Charles…
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Way too deep
“I drained my drink, walked to the kitchen poured a refill I looked around yes, I was at my place I recognized the kitchen. another Happy New Year…
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A sense of me
“we tried our best to preserve that illusion because we knew no one else would ever understand the way we really are, nor did we expect them to.” — from…
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The end of seeking
In the dualistic world, i.e. the one we inhabit, there is no end to seeking. Even higher consciousness or (ye gads) enlightenment requires something or…
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You are the way
I last wrote on Substack on 18 December 2022. I have shared a few pithy lines as a Note but I have stayed away — much like all social media. There is no…
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December 2022
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