Indra's Net is a collection of reflections, incidents, anecdotes, humor, satire, fiction, non-fiction, and lots of other writing knick-knacks. Feel free to browse around. Hopefully something will grab your attention.

This page is the clearing house for daily posts on the individual blogs.

The center column are thematic "meta" blogs, with links to individual blogs. Or, you can access the individual blogs directly on the left-hand column.

Namaste.
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Monday, August 20, 2012

What Goes Around, Eventually Comes Around



After sitting dormant for many years, I have finished editing Instant Karma Koffie and it is ready for end of the summer reading via Blurb as you can see in the book badge to the left.

Hope that you enjoy if you get the chance to take a peek.

On to Theodditty....

Namaste,

Robert

And,

You Are A Tourist....

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Loosen Up and Get it Together

Just back from my daily swim, and as you will see, swimming plays a rather significant part of my thinking and philosophy on life, but all in good Time.

Putting one's thoughts out to the public is like painting a bulls-eye on your forehead which reads, "here I am, take your best shot." And, you have no one but yourself to blame if someone gives it a shot. But, that's part of taking responsibility.

Over the years I have been criticized for being too "analytical" (why can't you just enjoy "fill in the blank"?) or, on the contrary, I have been criticized for trying to make too many connections (did anyone say, "Indra's Net"?) in things that, by the Dog, should not be together. Orthodoxy.

Aren't people great?

To this, I say, you are both right, and wrong.

These two processes are not discreet, they are part of a larger process for me.

Ana-lysis, from the Greek, is a chemistry term, meaning "to loosen up" something, while syn-thesis means to "put it together."

When something goes wrong, or right in life, it does us great benefit to ana-lyze what went right or wrong, so that we either don't make the same stupid mistake over and over, expecting different results, or we learn what not to do. How is that a bad thing?

Then, when we've cleaned up our mess of taking everything apart, don't leave it around for others to trip on. My daughter does this sometimes. She is five, she has an excuse.

Then, we put it back together. But, here's the rub. People might say, "but, it's broken, you can't." No, you can't, but you can still make something from it, but something different, even if it is the same pieces of the former whole. I don't go for the word "broken." I prefer "altered."

Oh, by the way, I can just enjoy "fill in the blank," ask my daughter ;-).

I Am the Salt

Billions and Billions

From the Cobbler's Mouth

Why India?

Everybody Hurts

Monday, July 18, 2011

July 18th Posts

Just flew from Brussels, Belgium to Amarillo, Texas, USA. Nearly a full day in transit, up early (here, that is) facing a quite different weather situation than what we left in Belgium. Hotter than where I will soon be in Southern India, but grateful to have arrived safely.

Remembering Tragedy

One Plane at a Time

Paper Planes

Head Up in the Clouds

The Times are A'Changin'

Flying Physics Lesson, Italian Style