Some posts form chapters in the story "Transformations".
To follow it in chronological order, begin with Glenn.
 

With so much talk of the Dao, Buddha and darkness…quotes about the darkest thing: violence. The use of force is a last resort. One aspect of violence is that it is unpredictable. Although your initial intention may be to use limited force, once you have engaged in violence the consequences are unpredictable. Violence always brings [...]

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Staci on May 19th, 2009

[amtap book:isbn=0684825546]by Kazantzakis from Zorba the Greek I remember one morning when I discovered a cocoon in the back of a tree just as a butterfly was making a hole in its case and preparing to come out. I waited awhile, but it was too long appearing and I was impatient. I bent over it [...]

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Staci on April 14th, 2009

[amtap book:isbn=0156031132] Here’s something for "Perfection ", Peter. It’s a superbly spiritual passage from Mark Helprin, a writer whose fiction I love, though whose politics I loathe.  Life hands out challenges like that, doesn’t it? Beauty is found in the most unusual places. Had I known his politics before having read most of his books, [...]

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