2016-03-19 18:53
(Trying to clear the air, or my head, or both.)The problem with writing isn't that I have nothing to say. It's rather that once I open the gates, the words rush out, and there's not st… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
Perhaps some of you are wondering, after my attacks on the American Buddhist and Yoga establishment, "Well, what does he do, then? Is it all neti, neti, with no practive? The answer is… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
OK, as I'm sure you've figured out from looking at the cars, this is not a picture from the early '80's; it's a screen capture from Google Maps of the sort-of-Edwardian home I occupied only… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Yesterday, I became aware of the death of my uncle, yet another Texas relative and one of those relatives of whom I have the earliest and most vital memories, in a strange way. My cell… Read More
2015-12-12 14:39
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2015-06-06 19:09
2014 was a year of cleansing, growth and transition for me. Having an urgent need to dispense with some nasty personal habits manifest in the early part of the year, I found the need t… Read More
2012-01-15 02:40
I'm sure most of you who follow these Diaries recognize Kali. This particular image captures most of what I've always found so much fascinating about her - her darkest aspect. Ac… Read More
2012-01-05 14:19
Soon after I started this blog in 2005, I started posting videos by bands that I thought were seminal, or life-changing, at least for me. That hasn't been done so much these days, because of… Read More
2012-01-04 13:46
Sorry for the long silence, again. I've been meditating, studying, researching... and working. I've been continuing my study of Sanskrit (slow but satisfying), and pursuing the essence… Read More
2011-11-26 18:32
Early this month, I atended the ninth (non-annual Moot) of the Rune Gild, at which that organization's "Yrmin-Drighten" (think "Supreme Leader") and founder Edred Thorsson asserted that the… Read More
2011-10-30 13:41
In the past few months, three untimely deaths have occurred in proximity to me; that is, deaths not of people to whom I was personally all that close, but who were dear to people whom I cons… Read More
2011-10-23 14:36
(An interim statement).Some of you will think this post unspeakably arrogant. Some of you will think that I am merely self-deluded. There is no objective way for me to counter that you are… Read More
2011-10-20 13:37
Perhaps my main reason for resuming these Diaries was to get some personal truths out of my head, get them expressed. By that I mean that, in contrast to those ideas that come and go, and c… Read More
2011-10-18 22:37
I have decided, more than two years after putting this blog into remission, to restart the Ratzaz Diaries. I was moved to do so for several reasons. First, a lot of the conflict I was expe… Read More
2009-06-08 04:31
Yep, after thrashing it out and not reaching a resolution, the Ratzaz Diaries is on hiatus at this time. Due to intensive, extensive and accelerated personal renovation, I find that th… Read More
2009-05-25 11:52
Anyone who knows me knows that I'm anything but a pacifist. Peaceful, smiling compassion is not in my genetic makeup. I do believe strongly in fighting for a cause that you know is right.A… Read More
2009-05-15 12:02
I used to be a voracious reader of books; now, not so much. After staring all day at a computer screen, most of my free time is now used otherwise, with the result that I usually wind… Read More
2009-05-10 12:27
Actually, dharma for four, yesterday (not these four; this pic is from the retreat). It's rained here every day for forever here, now - a rare event in recent years -- and I think yesterday… Read More
2009-04-21 11:14
I've been so busy this month until now, that I'd barely taken notice of what time of year it was. April was never a very significant month for me until a few years ago, when it became a tim… Read More
2009-04-13 11:39
If I ever needed a reminder that zazen is a physical practice, I have it this morning. Every muscle in my body is sore - sore in that way that makes it hard to move when you first get up an… Read More
2009-04-13 11:34
OK now, this is such a strange coincidence that I just had to post it. I just finished watching Disc 2 of Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia, which is Olympia: Festival of Beauty (Disc 1 was releas… Read More
2009-04-03 11:27
I woke up this morning with the intense conviction that I need to make more room in my life for myself and my art. But I have no art. Such, I guess, is the nature of dreams.Most… Read More
2009-04-03 11:02
I, like a lot of people, discovered L.A. musician/filmmaker/actress Roxy Saint on Zombie Strippers, a brilliant zombie movie parody (featuring Jenna Jameson as a Nietzche-reading lead dancer… Read More
2009-03-20 11:54
I think that probably the stupidest criticism of any movie I've seen in that of the reviewers who have claimed that Leni Riefensthal's movie Olympia is fascist because it glorifies physicali… Read More
2009-03-15 13:02
I stumbled into the remarkable life, art and career of somehow on the internet, and saw a remarkable biopic about her before I saw the full versions of any of the films she made. I write thi… Read More
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