Day: July 20, 2005

  • Meditation

    Meditation is not a way to enlightenment, nor is it a method of achieving anything at all.  It is peace and blessedness itself.  It is the actualization of wisdom, the ultimate truth of the oneness of all things.Dogen, Translated by Stephen Mitchell

  • Temperature Guide

    TemperatureWhat others doWhat Minnesotans do+60New Yorkers try to turn on the heat.Minnesotans plant gardens.+50Californians shiver uncontrollably.Minnesotans sunbathe.+40Italian cars won’t start.Minnesotans drive with the windows down.+32Distilled water freezes.Minnehaha Creek water gets thicker.+20Floridians wear coats, gloves & wool hats.Minnesotans throw on a t-shirt.+15Californians begin to evacuate the state.Minnesotans go swimming.ZeroNew York landlords finally turn up the heatMinnesotans…