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April 1, 2016

A Whisper of Dust

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Armistice Day

It was during that minute in nineteen hundred and eighteen, that millions upon millions of human beings stopped butchering one another. I have talked to old men who were on battlefields during that minute. They have told me in one way or another that the sudden silence was the Voice of God. So we still have among us some men who can remember when God spoke clearly to mankind.

Armistice Day has become Veterans’ Day. Armistice Day was sacred. Veterans’ Day is not.

So I will throw Veterans’ Day over my shoulder. Armistice Day I will keep. I don’t want to throw away any sacred things. - Kurt Vonnegut

Prose - the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse

Poetry (free verse) - Free verse is an open form of poetry. It does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any other musical pattern.

Paranormal - of or relating to the claimed occurrence of an event or perception without scientific explanation, as psychokinesis, extrasensory perception, or other purportedly supernatural phenomena.

Tao Te Ching 24

Do what must be done and then let go.

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Roshi Hogan Says...

To describe the Dao, one word too many, a million words too few

Blow out the candle and make friends with the darkness

We do not insist our way is the only way, or the best way, merely that it is our way

Good enough is not good enough unless it is good enough.

Wisdom does not float in with the morning tide.

Let the trade winds that blow through your life be that of the Dao

In a world filled with treachery and darkness, the Dao remains the shining light of goodness and truth

If you try to make a religion or science out of the Tao, it will elude you like the beautiful butterfly that escapes your net

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Alexander Hogan: When Roshi Hogan was young, there was who the neighbors called "a strange old man" who lived across the alley from him. This 'strange old man' was a former student of a Dao master in China. Becoming friends, Roshi Hogan now passes these ancient teachings on to you. Alexander Hogan is also an acclaimed writer of prose and poetry. He has been published in many publications.

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April 1, 2016

A Whisper of Dust