http://academy23.net Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:19:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Still Sky is Rent - Heaven Falls in Shards of Glass - Bright Snow of Mirrors The Magickal Mass: Black Sun, Snakes & Stars was performed at EsoZone 2008. THIS IS A FICTION - JOIN THE FACTION http://academy23.net/?p=74 I am no man, I am dynamite. I am a bringer of glad tidings like no one before me. I am the philosopher with the hammer. There are more idols than realities in the world. This little essay is a great declaration of war regarding the sounding out of idols, not just ... http://academy23.net/?p=72 1:3. Every man and every woman is a star. 1:29. For I am divided for love's sake, for the chance of union. I:58. I give unimaginable joys on earth: certainty, not faith, while in life, upon death; peace unutterable, rest, ecstasy; nor do I demand aught in sacrifice. II:9. Remember ... http://academy23.net/?p=70 MUMON’S ZEN ADMONITIONS Obedience to rules and precepts is a ropeless snare. Giving license to desires is the way of heretics & demons. Escape into silence is false Zen. Ignoring the karma of causation is to fall in a pit. Constant wakefulness of the absolute is to wear a yoke and ... http://academy23.net/?p=56 “The Way of the Sword and the Way of Zen are identical, for they have the same purpose - that of killing the ego.” - Yamada Jirokichi There are many Ways. Buddha’s law is the way of salvation, Confucius’ way governs learning, there is a way of healing, of poetry, of ... http://academy23.net/?p=59 Mu Ryu means “No School”. The flesh is the student. The sword is the teacher. The fight is the test. "Yes, these are bruises from fighting. Yes, I'm comfortable with that. I am enlightened." - Fight Club http://academy23.net/?p=48 "The exercising of weapons putteth away aches, griefs, and diseases, it increaseth strength and sharpeneth the wits, it giveth a perfect judgment, it expelleth melancholy, choleric, and evil conceits, it keepeth a man in breath, in perfect healthe, and long life." – George Silver (1599) http://academy23.net/?p=46 [gallery=XXXXX] http://academy23.net/?p=18 [gallery=COLORSHAPE] http://academy23.net/?p=16 [gallery=ZENSCAPES] http://academy23.net/?p=14