"Then with the same boyish gravity - he went over to the dust of the road with the pick axe and drew a big circle - the circle representing the Void" Excerpt from Jack Kerouac novel "The Dharma Bums" re. Japhy Ryder (aka Gary Snyder)
The Void (or whatever you choose to call it)
is an experience ...
very personal to the individual
![]() is specific to that person
and in their own way , they need be left "to just work it out"
The Dude feels blessed to take some cues..
from what he calls his spiritual teachers
The "collective consciousness" (especially from the 60s).
The ideas all come together in a giant malaise
and it serves as a core set of Dude beliefs
![]() Escape from Everybody and Everything... to the
![]() (With a deep breath)
The answers of...
What is?
What are the pieces in the Puzzle?
All Give Way to the Present Moment.... and the Stillness of the Void
![]() “It don’t make a damn frigging difference whether you’re in The Place or hiking up Matterhorn, it’s all the same old Void, boy.” Excerpt from Jack Kerouac novel "The Dharma Bums" re. Japhy Ryder (aka Gary Snyder)
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