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“The trickster comes through as an upsetting factor” – Joseph Campbell
“The man of understanding is a seducer, a madman, a trickster…” – Adi Da, epilogue, The Knee of Listening1 (1970) Recently I was feeling how, underneath the hairdos, between the green, red and yellow traffic lights, before and after the … Continue reading
Chögyam Trungpa on disappointment
This is just what I needed to read: All the promises we have heard are pure seduction. We expect the teachings to solve all our problems; we expect to be provided with magical means to deal with our depressions, our … Continue reading
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