Mar 29, 2015 | Bambu Batu, Eastern Philosophy, San Luis Obispo
If you’ve walked or driven up Broad Street near the Mission in the last couple days, you can’t possibly have missed the new mural, now virtually completed, by the visual artist and bamboo aficionado known as Pacha. Thanks to her impeccable handiwork, the...
Nov 11, 2014 | Eastern Philosophy, Health & Nutrition
NOTE: This article first appeared in Nov. 2014, revised in 2021. Those of us who enjoy bamboo, for all its beauty and utility, often have an affinity for Asian aesthetics in general. They confer a sense of calm and tranquility that is both subtle and sublime. To gaze...
Oct 8, 2014 | Eastern Philosophy
The following story, or fairy tale, comes to us from the great British novelist, John Fowles. I’ve adapted the story with some amount of poetic license, from one of my favorite novels, The Magus. “The Magician and the Prince”, like most fairy tales,...
Sep 6, 2013 | Bambu Batu, Eastern Philosophy, Natural Healing
Scent is a sense that is intimately connected with human memory. The olfactory nerve is situated close to the amygdala, the area of the brain associated with emotion and emotional memory. Some biologists believe that olfactory memory evolved as an early form of...
Feb 14, 2011 | Bambu Batu, Eastern Philosophy
It’s a many-splendored thing, it’s a rose, it’s a battlefield. Love is many things, and today, February 14th, is the day we celebrate it. So we’ve collected eight timeless quotations about love that express all its glory and mystery and hope...
Jan 21, 2011 | Bambu Batu, Eastern Philosophy
With the dawn of a new decade, many of us may find ourselves groping for stability; reaching for touchstones of constancy to keep us grounded in the tumultuous adventure we call life; seeking people, objects or ideas that will ensure our security amidst an ocean of...
