The blog has been taken offline

Yesterday, May 13, I read my blog with different eyes. I found it to be excessively shrill, rather than bitingly sarcastic. As a result, I took it offline and I'm trying to decide what to do with it. This had nothing to do with any guru, guru's devotee or lawyer, nor did I suddenly "see the light" about gurus and realize I was mistaken. The fact is I didn't like the tone of my writing upon last night's review, so until further notice, I'm going to try to generate a new approach that is just as critical without sounding quite as harsh.

Sounds interesting. At least we're not gonna lose your critique altogether.

I wondered where you had vanished to. It is good to take a step back and look, from time to time. My blog has gone through changes over the years. Some drastic, some not quite so obvious. I trust it works out for you.

The blog is back up with a bit of softening. For whatever reason, I was suddenly able to see how shrill I can sound. As much as I find these "gurus" to be utter losers as spiritual teachers, my excessively accusatory tone isn't really what's called for.

Hey Waldo.

Sometimes my perpetual disgust with these ignorance-broadcasting flimflammers gets the best of me. Thanks for the kind words.

This happens to me all the time. I write something (or say or do something), and then wonder if it was a mistake.

My original Zen teacher used to say, "Mistakes don't matter." The point, I think, is that absolutely all we've got is what we're doing right now. Always, always, the only thing we can ever do is try our best in this moment. Making a mistake (or 3 mistakes or 10,000 mistakes)... the challenge always remains meeting each new situation.

Everything appears out of emptiness, and returns to emptiness. So, for example, you can get born, make few mistakes, and then die. Or you can get born, make many mistakes, and then die. Those may be different paths, but they lead to the same destination.

what the ? you did? I guess I have noticed that things have been slower.so slow i've been forced to come over to the forum and see WTH is going on. A light goes out of my life when GP has a reflective episode, but I'm just a guest at the party , i don't make the souffle. may you rise again.

I just posted my first blog ever, here. Much too long. I've been tring to find a way to remove it ever since (just a couple of days ago). it was accurate and honest, but too long and could be misinterpreted as I was upset when I wrote it.

can someone help me. lefora seems never to be online