Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Poem: Odds

By Jack Brummet


Probability and statistics
Tell us ineluctably

That the more times
You stick your head

In the lion's mouth,
The more likely it is

That one day he will close it.
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Friday, December 30, 2016

Achieving Nirvana


ü     Floating in a pool
ü     Sitting in hot oil
ü     Sitting in a room screaming
ü     Walking for weeks without lying down, not even to sleep
ü     Staying awake for three days
ü     Sitting in a box with pythons
ü     Sitting in a coffin
ü     Sitting next to a rotting corpse
ü     Total silence for ten days


These are some meditative paths to Nirvana as practiced by Buddhist monks, nuns, and laypeople in Thailand. [Details from an article by Bryant Rousseau: "Corpses, Pythons, Sleep Deprivation: Meditation Rituals in Thailand Can Be Intense," New York Times, Aug 30, 2016.
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