Sez it all, doesn't it?

@taoismo.bsky.social:Taoism fused syncretically over years with Buddhism. How do you personally reconcile Buddhism's view of the world as illusory (maya) and the goal is to escape through nirvana with Taosim's view that the Tao is real, in fact everything, and living in the Tao leads to immortality?

@taoism.bsky.social: Taoism fused syncretically over years with Buddhism. How do you personally reconcile Buddhism's view of the world as illusory (maya) and the goal is to escape through nirvana with Taosim's view that the Tao is real, in fact everything, and living in the Tao leads to immortality?

My sons and I appreciating a 400 year-old carving in Nikko, Japan.

Good art is timeless

The Yule cat (Icelandic: Jólakötturinn) is a huge and vicious cat from Icelandic Christmas folklore that is said to lurk in the snowy countryside during the Christmas season and eat people who do not receive new clothing before Christmas Eve.

Morning rush hour at the cat door.

Trying out red light and infra-red light therapy for health. I set it up so it shines on me in a chair as I look out the front window.

Hope the neighbors appreciate me giving the neighborhood an Amsterdam vibe.

I have no proof, but I absolutely believe that for every second I spend walking a new place, I extend my life by that amount of time.

Do someone a favor today. Let them know they are seen, heard, and appreciated. Trust me, no other small investment will yield that much return...for everyone.

"Three vinegar tasters."

Confucius finds the vinegar's gone sour. Siddhartha Gautama finds it always bitter.

Lao Tzu smiles because the vinegar tastes exactly as it should. Sometimes it's a good complement to food and sometimes it's not. We should accept all things in their nature in balance.

Anyone else's favorite shopping time is bulky trash week?

Got both of these stands off the curb, cleaned them up, and the clowder approves!

At hardware store today:

Me: I need a couple of masonry screws.

Clerk (showing me array): How long you need them?

Me: I suspect until I sell the house or die, unless you got a special rental program I'm open to hearing about.

Long cold stare from clerk.

The travails of the humor-divergent.