by Robin Bloor | Aug 22, 2025 | Readings, The Lost Herald
The Struggle of the Self Tao Te Ching #16 Empty yourself of everything.Let the mind become still.The ten thousand things rise and fallwhile the Self watches their return. They grow and flourishand then return to the source.Returning to the source is...
by Robin Bloor | Jul 7, 2025 | Readings, The Lost Herald
The Schoolboy Dostoyevsky Dostoyevsky Dreams of School That night I had the most hideous dreams. No wonder; all the evening I had been oppressed by memories of my miserable days at school, and I could not shake them off. I was sent to the school by distant relations,...
by Robin Bloor | Jun 3, 2025 | Readings, The Lost Herald
A Woven Image In Memoriam: Robert John Davis 26th April 1978 – 25th April 2025 A friend and a colleague in the Work. On Being Woven The way is full of genuine sacrifice. The thickets blocking the path are anything that keeps you from that, any fear that...
by Robin Bloor | Apr 28, 2025 | Readings, The Lost Herald
Pondering The Riddle The Riddle I am each and all of these;A king of liars, a prince of thieves,A weary soldier seeking peace,A jealous soul, a righteous priest,A clown, a fool, an artisan,Midnight cowboy, mystic man. A joyrider that journeys far,I ride the...
by Robin Bloor | Mar 24, 2025 | Readings, The Lost Herald
Drinking Alone Li Bai (also known as Li Po or Li Tai-po) was one of the most celebrated and influential poets in the entire history of Chinese literature. He lived during the Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE), which proved to be a golden age for Chinese poetry. His poems are...
by Robin Bloor | Feb 27, 2025 | Readings, The Lost Herald
The Beauty of the Lake Where There is Beauty… Where there is beauty, there is ugliness.When something is right, something else is wrong.Knowledge and ignorance depend on each other.It has been like this since the beginning.How could it be otherwise now?Wanting...