tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70231351955743890992011-04-21T18:17:33.369-04:00Chalk Board Philosophythe written word can be erased
the spoken cannotJ. Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672899200810079557noreply@blogger.comBlogger211100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7023135195574389099.post-29511494110112742532009-03-12T22:04:00.000-04:002009-03-12T22:05:43.793-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/Sbm_TZFlGvI/AAAAAAAAAk4/M4X_BUo-BWw/s1600-h/4people.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 253px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/Sbm_TZFlGvI/AAAAAAAAAk4/M4X_BUo-BWw/s320/4people.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312487575332920050" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you want to climb a mountain, begin at the top. -Zen saying</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7023135195574389099-2951149411011274253?l=happyclaperasor.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>J. Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672899200810079557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7023135195574389099.post-48788757494015109102009-03-11T19:57:00.001-04:002009-03-11T20:04:54.613-04:00Spring is here!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SbhQPBWAULI/AAAAAAAAAkw/UChJKtPOzZE/s1600-h/daily.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SbhQPBWAULI/AAAAAAAAAkw/UChJKtPOzZE/s320/daily.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312083979472490674" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Sitting quietly, doing nothing,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Spring comes, and the grass grows by itself." Zenrin Kushû</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7023135195574389099-4878875749401510910?l=happyclaperasor.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>J. Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672899200810079557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7023135195574389099.post-49484932605733857012009-03-10T13:50:00.000-04:002009-03-10T13:52:06.834-04:00back from that (long) vacation<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SbaoldIXtDI/AAAAAAAAAko/7e9di5Psspk/s1600-h/rentme.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 244px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SbaoldIXtDI/AAAAAAAAAko/7e9di5Psspk/s320/rentme.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311618171958441010" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7023135195574389099-4948493260573385701?l=happyclaperasor.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>J. Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672899200810079557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7023135195574389099.post-679254237260321762009-03-10T13:48:00.001-04:002009-03-10T13:50:38.234-04:00the tao of Watson<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SbaoLIgWAxI/AAAAAAAAAkg/zD64XnpsHuI/s1600-h/rawfood.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SbaoLIgWAxI/AAAAAAAAAkg/zD64XnpsHuI/s320/rawfood.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311617719745250066" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7023135195574389099-67925423726032176?l=happyclaperasor.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>J. Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672899200810079557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7023135195574389099.post-56137336476840190742008-08-22T01:02:00.001-04:002008-08-22T01:05:35.273-04:00yeah you're rightI think today/tomorrow is the right time to come back.<br /><br />will do.<br /><br />will do.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7023135195574389099-5613733647684019074?l=happyclaperasor.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>J. Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672899200810079557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7023135195574389099.post-83171761868933180522008-06-19T10:06:00.000-04:002008-06-19T10:07:16.855-04:00<span style="font-weight: bold;">Be Back in July. I'm on vacation.<br /><br />-Peace<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7023135195574389099-8317176186893318052?l=happyclaperasor.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>J. Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672899200810079557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7023135195574389099.post-5230763794203880932008-06-08T02:43:00.001-04:002008-12-09T09:39:14.057-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SEt_xgq2MWI/AAAAAAAAAVs/R2evOU_Pi2o/s1600-h/moon.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SEt_xgq2MWI/AAAAAAAAAVs/R2evOU_Pi2o/s320/moon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209397882544075106" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span>"If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith."<br />-- Albert Einstein</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7023135195574389099-523076379420388093?l=happyclaperasor.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>J. Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672899200810079557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7023135195574389099.post-32575869532967426582008-06-05T11:58:00.001-04:002008-12-09T09:39:14.563-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SEgNe693m-I/AAAAAAAAAVk/TR1HagqTynw/s1600-h/lovein.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SEgNe693m-I/AAAAAAAAAVk/TR1HagqTynw/s320/lovein.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208427793929968610" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span class="body">A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.<br /><br />-Mohandas Gandhi<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7023135195574389099-3257586953296742658?l=happyclaperasor.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>J. Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672899200810079557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7023135195574389099.post-32580210298946247112008-05-30T13:44:00.002-04:002008-12-09T09:39:14.880-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SEA9Da93m7I/AAAAAAAAAVM/dAPDlMpWCus/s1600-h/om.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SEA9Da93m7I/AAAAAAAAAVM/dAPDlMpWCus/s320/om.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206228298228014002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:85%;" > She tied you<br />To a kitchen chair<br />She broke your throne, and she cut your hair<br />And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah<br /></span><br />-</span></span>Leonard Cohen<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7023135195574389099-3258021029894624711?l=happyclaperasor.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>J. Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672899200810079557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7023135195574389099.post-61615893317597373412008-05-30T13:41:00.000-04:002008-12-09T09:39:15.140-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SEA8qK93m6I/AAAAAAAAAVE/5zejJVOOeJ8/s1600-h/redeyereduction.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SEA8qK93m6I/AAAAAAAAAVE/5zejJVOOeJ8/s320/redeyereduction.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206227864436317090" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><pre>There's nothing you can know that isn't known.<br />Nothing you can see that isn't shown.<br />Nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be.<br />It's easy.<br /><br />All you need is love.<br /><br />-The Beatles<br /></pre><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7023135195574389099-6161589331759737341?l=happyclaperasor.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>J. Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672899200810079557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7023135195574389099.post-90335239674038963582008-05-28T15:07:00.001-04:002008-12-09T09:39:15.517-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SD2uYq93m5I/AAAAAAAAAU8/H2cvUKG4JkU/s1600-h/rest.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SD2uYq93m5I/AAAAAAAAAU8/H2cvUKG4JkU/s320/rest.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205508483184040850" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Do not examine the limitations of others. Examine how you can change your own.<br /><br />-Dakini Teachings 1<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7023135195574389099-9033523967403896358?l=happyclaperasor.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>J. Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672899200810079557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7023135195574389099.post-18101453275761355942008-05-20T15:50:00.001-04:002008-12-09T09:39:15.700-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SDMruR4aPmI/AAAAAAAAAU0/kxGiN-IZ3_g/s1600-h/tree.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SDMruR4aPmI/AAAAAAAAAU0/kxGiN-IZ3_g/s320/tree.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202550068617035362" border="0" /></a><br />There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.<br /><br />-William Shakespeare<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7023135195574389099-1810145327576135594?l=happyclaperasor.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>J. Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672899200810079557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7023135195574389099.post-79553797097470413672008-05-19T14:09:00.001-04:002008-12-09T09:39:16.034-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SDHCjh4aPlI/AAAAAAAAAUs/F6AhpJ7ACmM/s1600-h/lifeissuffering.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SDHCjh4aPlI/AAAAAAAAAUs/F6AhpJ7ACmM/s320/lifeissuffering.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202152960235814482" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular;"> Emptiness here, Emptiness there, but the infinite universe stands always before your eyes, infinitely large and infinitely small: no difference, for definitions have vanished, and no boundaries are seen. So too with Being and non-Being. Don't waste time in doubts and arguments that have nothing to do with this. <br /><br />-Faith in Mind<br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7023135195574389099-7955379709747041367?l=happyclaperasor.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>J. Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672899200810079557noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7023135195574389099.post-5554168894130666342008-05-14T13:50:00.002-04:002008-12-09T09:39:16.256-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SCsmxB4aPkI/AAAAAAAAAUk/hrOntNFu9UQ/s1600-h/smilingeyes.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SCsmxB4aPkI/AAAAAAAAAUk/hrOntNFu9UQ/s320/smilingeyes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200292818489851458" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I am, therefore you are. You are, therefore I am. That is the meaning of the word "interbeing." We interare.<br /><br />-<span class="addmd">Thich Nhat Hanh</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7023135195574389099-555416889413066634?l=happyclaperasor.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>J. Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672899200810079557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7023135195574389099.post-81900174067553054742008-05-13T13:28:00.001-04:002008-12-09T09:39:16.533-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SCnP9h4aPjI/AAAAAAAAAUc/GnmBfZkdaOg/s1600-h/movement.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SCnP9h4aPjI/AAAAAAAAAUc/GnmBfZkdaOg/s320/movement.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199915900749889074" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A student once asked his teacher, "Master, what is enlightenment?"<br /><br />The master replied, "When hungry, eat. When tired, sleep." <br /><br />-Zen Stories to Tell Your Neighbors<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7023135195574389099-8190017406755305474?l=happyclaperasor.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>J. Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672899200810079557noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7023135195574389099.post-22735159688445770152008-05-12T15:54:00.002-04:002008-12-09T09:39:16.787-05:00Somedays<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SCigtB4aPiI/AAAAAAAAAUU/gyBZWsZ17kU/s1600-h/somedays.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SCigtB4aPiI/AAAAAAAAAUU/gyBZWsZ17kU/s320/somedays.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199582465258831394" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FU<span style="font-style: italic;">*BEEP*</span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7023135195574389099-2273515968844577015?l=happyclaperasor.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>J. Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672899200810079557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7023135195574389099.post-29374828831351168752008-05-12T15:53:00.002-04:002008-12-09T09:39:16.955-05:00Sunday<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SCigbR4aPhI/AAAAAAAAAUM/L3_8ZxYjEwk/s1600-h/no-thingness.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SCigbR4aPhI/AAAAAAAAAUM/L3_8ZxYjEwk/s320/no-thingness.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199582160316153362" border="0" /></a><br /><br />No-thingness<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7023135195574389099-2937482883135116875?l=happyclaperasor.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>J. Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672899200810079557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7023135195574389099.post-11279550495018533722008-05-12T15:52:00.001-04:002008-12-09T09:39:17.241-05:00Saturday<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SCigLx4aPgI/AAAAAAAAAUE/6kWZvHtCQps/s1600-h/tomatomoon.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SCigLx4aPgI/AAAAAAAAAUE/6kWZvHtCQps/s320/tomatomoon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199581894028180994" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7023135195574389099-1127955049501853372?l=happyclaperasor.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>J. Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672899200810079557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7023135195574389099.post-69104195499066652502008-05-09T13:41:00.002-04:002008-12-09T09:39:17.512-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SCSNAAjrTmI/AAAAAAAAAT8/dOt6bMDPyIs/s1600-h/oceanwave.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SCSNAAjrTmI/AAAAAAAAAT8/dOt6bMDPyIs/s320/oceanwave.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198434901181550178" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"The behavior of the organism, is inseparable from the behavior of its environment."<br /><br />-Alan Watts<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7023135195574389099-6910419549906665250?l=happyclaperasor.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>J. Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672899200810079557noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7023135195574389099.post-25138035893030826042008-05-08T13:15:00.001-04:002008-12-09T09:39:17.729-05:00To set up what you like against what you dislike--<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SCM5f6NEyAI/AAAAAAAAAT0/HjVeoa12-Uw/s1600-h/dayoff.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SCM5f6NEyAI/AAAAAAAAAT0/HjVeoa12-Uw/s320/dayoff.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198061615278508034" border="0" /> </a><br /><br /><br />This is the disease of the mind:<br />When the deep meaning [of the Way] is not understood<br />Peace of mind is disturbed to no purpose.<br /><br />-<span style="font-size:85%;">ON BELIEVING IN MIND (SHINJIN-NO-MEI)</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7023135195574389099-2513803589303082604?l=happyclaperasor.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>J. Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672899200810079557noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7023135195574389099.post-24428481917539923972008-05-07T13:18:00.004-04:002008-12-09T09:39:17.923-05:00self portrait<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SCHkzaNEx_I/AAAAAAAAATo/z8UWWK_N6kM/s1600-h/I+am+fish.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SWRiVAbC4Kc/SCHkzaNEx_I/AAAAAAAAATo/z8UWWK_N6kM/s200/I+am+fish.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197687016820885490" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7023135195574389099-2442848191753992397?l=happyclaperasor.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>J. Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672899200810079557noreply@blogger.com0