An oak seedling I encountered on Tuesday, November 15. It's meditating under it's own Bodhi Tree. My favorite Fall photo for 2022 isn't that of a grove of golden quaking aspen at the alpine altitudes of Utah. Nor is it any cluster of landscaped deciduous trees designed specifically for a Fall spectacle. It's the photo … Continue reading Rev. Hanamoku’s Bodhi Day 2022 Message
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Bodhi Day Hack
The Rubber Ducky Buddha of Joliet and The Eternal Fishnu looking out at a vast chunk of space and time abstracted in about 10 million pixels. This Bodhi Hack is full assimilation of some form of this well-known quote that has reached cliché status: "The more you know, the more you realize you don't know." … Continue reading Bodhi Day Hack
Sentience without Sapience
The Rubber Ducky Buddha of Joliet blends in with the fleeting Autumn moment. If we’re alone in the woods hiking with only nature to capture our attention, our thoughts eventually fade into the background. It's like conversations people are having in the distance are just a blend of sounds. We can't stop that guy in … Continue reading Sentience without Sapience
Reality
Bodhi Day is about the realization that enlightenment is the omnipresent understanding that our human perception presents a highly-distorted reality. Our human perception distorts what is a continuous and eternal process into fragments of things and time. We see the Universe as a graph of symbols and relationships. This symbolic-based human perception isn't a flaw, … Continue reading Reality
Music Theory Bodhi Day
A Year and a Half into My Guitar Journey About a year and a half into my guitar journey, I feel I made honest progress through steady, dedicated practice. I continued well beyond that proverbial 90% who gives up after a year. So I rewarded myself the equivalent of a "blue belt" by purchasing my … Continue reading Music Theory Bodhi Day
Lunar Bodhi Day 2022
One of our cats, Bodhi. On December 27, 2021, the anniversary of the day he came to live with us. Happy Lunar Bodhi Day!! Monday, January 10, 2022 is the 8th Day of the 12th new moon of the Lunar New Year that began on February 12, 2021. In the Hanamoku household, the full Bodhi … Continue reading Lunar Bodhi Day 2022
The Man With the Bag
A very nice sunrise over one of my last walks before Christmas and the big snows hit. I read an article on the Guitar World site that states 90% of new guitarists abandon their effort within a year. I've been told figures in that ballpark regarding martial arts training. A month from now will mark … Continue reading The Man With the Bag
Hanamoku Family’s Christmas Cookies of 2021
Siddhartha Gautama himself. I was going for a hint of Santa Claus. Mrs. Hanamoku and I usually make more cookies, but we're both on a diet. We will partition these out through Christmas Day. For the Eternal Fishnu, I tried out a Jackson Pollock-ish technique for the "glitter" of a mahimahi. The Eternal Fishnu. I … Continue reading Hanamoku Family’s Christmas Cookies of 2021
High-Hanging Fruit
Happy Bodhi Day 2021! The Eternal Fishnu and the Rubber Ducky Buddha of Joliet enjoying a Fall day at an organic farm. There is a very popular organic u-pick farm near where we live. It's mostly popular as a pumpkin patch in the Fall around Halloween. However, it is more apple orchard than pumpkin patch. … Continue reading High-Hanging Fruit
An Infinity of Boxes
My very decoupled outside rock collection where anarchy presides. Pick up any piece and the others are undisturbed. These are mostly sedimentary rocks. The Eternal Fishnu knew that tree that eventually became that petrified wood by his head. In the previous post, Kuzushi, I wrote of how the initial phase of a judo throw, where … Continue reading An Infinity of Boxes
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