Unfortunately my friends, yes there are demons. All is not good. Some things are bad. Some things are down right ornery. And yes, there are angels. There are angels almost everywhere. If you can’t see them, you’re not looking. Maybe…
The Long Stretch
Horizontology is a way for us to mimic time. We are stretched out across the gravitational pull and we create our own metaphor for the long night ahead. Time, not death, is the great equalizer. Pliny the Younger sought and…
Don’t Do It
Now I will introduce a new concept about Horizontology. This concept is that of non-intervention. Leave it alone. Let it be. What shall we call this concept? It is the Concept of Non-Intervention. Did you ever get a splinter when…
Believe It or Not
Do you believe in God? Before you answer, ask yourself why you want to know. Remember to question your intention. What is the question getting at? Is it really an inquiry into the nature of the cosmos or is determining…
Love
How can you say your love is unconditional when the focus of your love tends to meet the particular conditions of your conscious or unconscious attraction schema — sex, orientation, height, hair color, physique and thumb size? Why do you…
The Way of the World
A certain cute little bluebird is a virtuoso when it comes to survival skills. She hunts small lizards and since her feet are too delicate to contain a wreathing reptile for very long, she has managed to learn (through evolution?)…
Mindfulness
For those of you who are familiar with the teachings of the Buddha, mindfulness is number seven of the Noble Eight-Fold Path practiced with the view to end suffering. We horizontologists are not so sadly convinced that this earthly existence…
The Pyramid of Truth
Some people shoot for the apex. Go all the way to the top. But why? Hard to say. I am not the alpha male. Trust me, I am beta… Just because something is there is not a good enough reason…
Loafing Jesus
“Consider how the lilies grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.” –New International Version (©1984) From what we know, Jesus didn’t jog. He…
The Middle Way
We all seek advice, guidance at some time or other. What is the right path? And when we gather up the advice dispensed on humanity and lay it all out to see, what we find are paradoxes. “Look before you…