boundaries

Of Dukkha, Suffering and Achieving Freedom Through the Boundaries of Relationship…

The Buddha said, “Life is dukkha.”

Most Americans and English speaking peoples translate this into suffering.

But dukkha, a word that originates from Pali, one form of Sanskrit, means so much more.

It its most essential form dukkha address three aspects of the challenges humans face in our efforts to survive and thrive

The pain and suffering of life.

The inevitability of change demanding adaptation and evolution.

The cause-and-effect, interrelatedness

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Of Towers, Castles and the Battles Writers Wage…

The Rook, Tower or Castle in the game of chess speaks to boundaries.

Towers and Castles of the medieval era served not simply as homes, but also places of protection, that place to which rulers, those of their court, and the soldiers guarding them retreated and from which they waged battle.

The Tower provided a place from which the sentry or guardsmen could look out and view those coming to do battle or offend–those who sought to defeat the monarch and occupy her or his home.

Each time we set out to write a story or novel, we wage a war.

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Of Rooks, Guardians of the Threshold and Boundaries…

The chess piece or character known as The Rook, which is also called The Castle or as I like to say, The Tower can move as many spaces along a row or column on the chessboard.

The Rooks (each player has 2) combined with The Queen, form the major chess pieces. In this way they operate like Guardians of the Threshold preventing the opposing player’s pieces from gaining or capturing a player’s King.

Guardians of the Threshold in a novel hold the boundaries between the protagonist and her or his goal.

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