Issue 04 — The Beautiful Truth

… the foundations of every philosophical question: what is the important reality - the shape of the cosmos or the tangible facts of life on earth? And what is the relationship between them? In a world that is full both of stars and of unsuspected pitfalls, which is the reality to which we should attend? What is it to understand Being? To think only

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Truth is in what is—and that is the beauty of it. But the moment you conceive it, the moment you seek it, you begin to struggle; and a man who struggles cannot understand. That is why we have to be still, observant, passively aware. We see that our living, our action, is always within the field of destruction, within the field of sorrow; like a wav... See more

Besides, we’ve all been cornered by the guy at the bar with a well-worn paperback in his pocket who locks eyes with you and whispers, “But how are you, really?” as if it’s a profound question. I would hate to subject anyone to such an encounter.

Rather than jump to sincerity, I’d like to start with basic honesty . It would be great if we started ju... See more