Thank you, Marsha. As you know, I share many of my stories here first, as rough drafts. I know I sent you the Word file of The Mystery: Zen Stories and I will be happy to send you a mobi file too so as it can be read on a Kindle, should you have one. Same goes for anyone here. Just ask.
Thanks, Dan On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 3:50 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > > I agree! > > Also, I don't read much "fiction" anymore, but I can always make time for > Dan's zen stories. His last collection was called 'The Art of Caring: Zen > Stories' which was filled with wonderful little gems. Though I haven't > read it yet, I was quick to download Dan's new book 'The Mysteries: Zen > Stories'. It's next to read after I finish 'A Many-Splendoured Thing', > Khoo's recommendation. Dan's a talented storyteller. > > > Marsha > > > > > > On May 11, 2013, at 5:26 AM, Horse <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Nice one Dan :) > > > > Horse > > > > On 11/05/2013 08:06, Dan Glover wrote: > >> One day we'll wake up and there won't be anymore time to do the things > we > >> dreamed of doing. We'll rationalize how the world is too big and we're > way > >> too small to effect any change in it whatsoever. We'll believe in the > >> immutability of it all, that no matter how we try we cannot change that > >> which is apart and separate from us. As we slip backwards down that > tunnel > >> of death and as the darkness engulfs our senses we might hear the > muffled > >> laughter of the gods echoing through eternity. If we are lucky we might > >> have a split second to wonder: why is it they laugh? > >> > >> Perhaps they laugh because we believe in what we are taught, never > pausing > >> so much as a second to question the validity of a world chuck full of > >> objects awaiting our discovery of them, of never testing the limits of > the > >> laws governing a universe that is said to have existed long before we > >> became aware of it and which will continue to exist long after we part > >> ways, of believing so completely in the infallibility of human knowledge > >> that we never took a moment to challenge the orthodoxy that declares we > as > >> observers of creation can never be part of that creation and bend it to > our > >> own will. > >> > >> Most of us will die never realizing the grandeur of the human condition. > >> Instead we will on our deathbed bemoan our fate as if all this is > >> preordained, as if we have no choice but to follow the dictates laid out > >> for us by our well-meaning family and friends who by their love and in > >> their fear keep us in place, hold us imprisoned in the invisible walls > of a > >> cell created just for us. Should we make even a hint of a move to break > out > >> of the security that these walls offer we will be gently chastised; > should > >> we persist we may well be labeled incorrigible; there are drugs > >> specifically made to deal with such folk that are deemed much more > humane > >> than the insane asylums of years past. > >> > >> We will never find a choice by following the static quality patterns > set in > >> place which are meant to guide us into leading a good and productive > life > >> even if it means we must give up on who we are and what we might become. > >> Until we disenthrall our very being from the incessant influence of > those > >> naysayers who urge us to give up and accept our destiny we will be > >> half-dead already. The Giant will drink our blood and nosh our bones and > >> shit us out when it is finished with us to take another bite of those > young > >> and strong like we once were. > >> > >> One day we'll wake up and realize the choices we had were never between > >> this and that. By then it may well be too late. The icy hands of death > will > >> be clawing at our throats seeking to silence any hint of revelation that > >> may be blossoming only to fade into that final breath. But I thought I > had > >> more time, we might think, as we recall all those days we spent > ensnared in > >> the clutches of untruths and misunderstandings that only served to lead > us > >> to this inevitable point. We will have spent a lifetime telling > ourselves > >> what we cannot do and what we could have done if only we had the > courage to > >> step outside the norm. > >> > >> It's time to wake up now. > >> > >> http://www.danglover.com > >> Moq_Discuss mailing list > >> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > >> Archives: > >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > >> http://moq.org/md/archives.html > > > > -- > > > > "Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production > deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid." > > — Frank Zappa > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > -- http://www.danglover.com Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
