by Monk Anchorwind | 25 Jun, 2020 | Introspective, Observational |
There is a Taoist thought, “To understand the limitation of things, desire them.” As you want something, you realize all the things you have to do to obtain it and all the downsides of your desire. Sometimes, you find out your desire was a ‘grass...
by Monk Anchorwind | 1 Jun, 2020 | Introspective |
The Evolution of Monk Anchorwind, Part 1 This pandemic leading into the riots have been a fantastic introspective learning opportunity. I’ve done little but think, having had long hours of silence, solitude, and meditation. I’ve had a few moments of joy...
by Monk Anchorwind | 6 Jun, 2019 | Introspective |
Homelessness : Ten Years of Tragedy, Part 4. A concept that predates, but has been thoroughly reinforced, the Ten Years of Tragedy is Homelessness. It is a gradual understanding, a consuming desperation, leading to regrettable decision making. Homelessness is more...
by Monk Anchorwind | 14 Jan, 2019 | Introspective |
Limitations : Ten Years of Tragedy, part 3. As mentioned in my thoughts on Acceptance (part 2), I am a person with numerous limitations. We, as human beings all have limitations to varying degrees; I, as an individual tend to be more severely limited than the...
by Monk Anchorwind | 11 Jan, 2019 | Introspective |
Ten Years of Tragedy: Part 2 – Acceptance. In Ten Years of Tragedy: Part 1, I wrote about Dishonesty. Dishonesty becomes, or creates, this insidious condition wherein it corrupts everything around and within itself. What it, dishonesty, also does is create...
by Monk Anchorwind | 5 Jan, 2019 | Introspective |
Dishonesty : Ten Years of Tragedy, Part 1. I’ve been reflecting upon the ‘Anchorwind’ Project for a while now: what it means, where it came from, and where it is going. While it has been around for ages, I took it seriously beginning in 2009. As...
by Monk Anchorwind | 30 Nov, 2018 | Introspective |
Author’s note: I’m about to do something I just yesterday(?) said I wasn’t going to, and for that I apologize; this, however, is a moment in time wherein a lot of dots connected mentally and I felt this important enough to proceed. A Nation of...
by Monk Anchorwind | 19 Nov, 2018 | Introspective |
I have more friends now than in a very long time, perhaps ever. My friends are both here and spread out across multiple continents. They share different skin tones, gender identities, sexual orientations, levels of economic security, ideas, beliefs, education...
by Monk Anchorwind | 3 Nov, 2018 | Introspective |
In what feels like several lifetimes ago, I was part of a machine that obliterated the status quo of an entire region of people. We went in and irreversibly altered the courses of, essentially, every life there; many of us, all these years later, still search for...
by Monk Anchorwind | 11 Oct, 2018 | Introspective |
I was sitting in the dentist chair recently, getting the annual exam and x-rays done. After all was said and done they were happy to report there were no issues; I had done well. I smiled, and pondered aloud at what age do people stop receiving gold star...
