Preface
Greetings,
Breadcrumbs kicked off in 2015. These are the thoughts written from 2015 through 2017. All writings since 1989, including current issue, are available online in a variety of locations.
A PDF is available at:
Breadcrumbs 2015
Bits and Pieces from a Dream of Time
http://www.thestillnessbeforetime.com/breadcrumbs2015.pdf
Writing has been an enjoyable process ever since I began toying with prose, keeping journals, and corresponding with friends during the college daze. The philosophical/mystical/whatever-you-want-to-call-them thoughts that started popping into mind since 1989 have always been very out-of-the-blue spontaneous. Nothing planned or forced about them. They are being shared on the off chance that others may find them of interest, though, quite frankly, it really does not matter if no one else ever even reads them, for I am first and foremost my own audience. I got mine, so to speak, and it is, as it has ever been, up to each to discern their own, on their own. There are really no followers in the ultimate quest, only earnest seekers who waylay their desires and fears enough to discern that which is the end to all doubt. “Yay” if it is your fate to figure it out. “Oh well” if it is not. And “so it goes” either way, really.
“The Stillness Before Time” is the original work published in 1992, including mostly aphorisms, a few essays, and lists of movies and books. Though a self-published version can be purchased at major booksellers, a downloadable copy is available, no charge, at the link below. There are also a variety of links to several Facebook pages, Twitter, a number of blogs, and links to other very powerful writings of the same ilk.
"The Ponderings of Yaj Ekim" is the second published book, and is both blogged and available as a PDF download.
“Breadcrumbs” is a blog of a more personal nature than the others, including the most recent aphorisms, a life resume, a photo album, some duplicates of essays and lists previously published, and other this-and-that silliness that has come to mind over time. All just to show I was a living, breathing, relativity mundane, oftentimes foolish mortal, same as everyone else. No need to make me more than I was. No need for legends, no need for myths, no need for fables, no need for miracles, no need for any fictions, to which history has so often given itself. This collection of thoughts is as full of the limited and arbitrary as anything else born of space and time, so please do not shape it into some dogmatic lunacy. Use it as a launchpad, not an orbit.
“The Return to Wonder” blog is a compendium of aphorisms not included in the three other works: The Stillness Before Time, The Ponderings of Yaj Ekim, and Breadcrumbs. It originally totaled 3,000 pages formatted in 300 ten-page chapters written since 1990-ish. A gradual editing that will likely never be completed, is changing that dynamic to smaller numbers.
Please note that this sort of wordplay is very random; all but impossible to put into any rational order. Probably best read it in bits and pieces in the here and there. One of those open-to-any-page works. Especially well-suited for coffee shops, coffee tables, and porcelain thrones.
Also note that all writings are subject to annual updates and editing, so downloading current PDF copies every year or so might be a good idea if you want the most current version. This applies especially to the Breadcrumbs compendium, which is likely an ongoing work until the last wheezing breath.
If you find these many thoughts at all relevant, please feel free to share them with others who might also appreciate them; else they may well swiftly slip back into the timeless oblivion from whence they came.
So it goes, either way.
All the best,
M
P.S. Regarding the name Yaj Ekim ... It is just a reverse spelling of the first and middle names ... Michael Jay Holshouser ... Mike Jay ... Yaj Ekim.
P.P.S. Coincidently, make of it what you will, Yaj is an Indian boy’s name meaning worshipper, sacrifice, another name for Shiva, a sage. And Ekim is a Turkish name for October meaning “sowing” (of seeds).
The Stillness Before Time
Reflections From a Fellow Sojourner
Michael J. Holshouser
Website
The Stillness Before Time
Reflections From a Fellow Sojourner
http://www.thestillnessbeforetime.com/
There is really only one Way.
It is without division or boundary.
It is without name or theology.
Awareness is its scripture.
Here now, its venue.
You, its witness.
Your life, the journey.
A PDF is available at:
http://www.thestillnessbeforetime.com/thestillnessbeforetime.pdf
One Through Thirty
One * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 * Thirty
Essays
Other Resources
Books * Movies * Links * Blogs
Main Blogs & PDF's
(All blogs and PDF's subject to change, so stay tuned)
The Stillness Before Time
Reflections From a Fellow Sojourner
The Ponderings of Yaj Ekim
Breadcrumbs 2015
Bits and Pieces From a Dream of Time
Breadcrumbs 2018
Bits and Pieces From a Dream of Time
Breadcrumbs 2019
Bits and Pieces From a Dream of Time
Breadcrumbs 2020
Bits and Pieces From a Dream of Time
Breadcrumbs 2021
Bits and Pieces From a Dream of Time
Breadcrumbs 2022
Bits and Pieces From a Dream of Time
The Return to Wonder
Field Notes From the Unknown
(Major edit underway -- Edited copy colored blue)
Breadcrumbs: The Unfolding Next Round
(Current year's reflections, regularly updated)
Blogs & PDF's of Other Works
Standouts from the Return to Wonder Edit
Selections from the First Sixteen Chapters
Blog * PDF
Mystery, Mystery & More Mystery
Blog * PDF
Doubt, Doubt & More Doubt
Blog * PDF
Science, Science & More Science
Blog * PDF
History, History & More History
Blog * PDF
Patterns, Patterns & More Patterns
Blog * PDF
Imagination, Imagination & More Imagination
Blog * PDF
Reincarnation, Reincarnation & More Reincarnation
Blog * PDF
Possible Last Words & Epitaphs
Blog * PDF
The Corollaries of Yaj Ekim
Blog * PDF
Titles, Titles & More Titles
Blog * PDF
Imagination: The Great Usurper
Blog * PDF
Michael's Rabbit Hole
A Selection of Breadcrumbs & Other Aphorisms
Blog * PDF
Of the Human Journey
Along with Got God? And Ten Reflections
Blog * PDF
Even More
Blog * PDF
To Be or Not to Be
Blog * PDF
Who Was the First
Blog * PDF
The Real is Discovering
Blog * PDF
The Mystery of the Mystery
Blog * PDF
59 Moments to The Way It Is (And Is Not)
The Scribe's Guide to the Great Whatthe#$*!?
Blog * PDF
A Short List of Books for the Up and Coming
Some Written Works That May Help Get the Young up to Speed
Blog * PDF
The Standard Ripostes
The Scribe's Go-to Responses to This and That in the Day-To-Day
Blog * PDF
Conversations
A Variety of Letters, Emails, Texts, & Sundry Odd 'n Ends
Blog * PDF
Definitions
An Incomplete Selection 0f Contemplative Definitions
Blog * PDF
Sketches of the Once Upon a Time
A Few Epiphanies and Other Hallmark Moments
Blog * PDF
My (Not Quite) Haiku
Blog * PDF
Once Upon a Christmas
Blog * PDF
Ditties for the Bluegrass Pyre
Blog * PDF
Spam Responses (a.k.a., WTF Is This Shit!?)
Blog * PDF
Breadcrumbs: The Original Blog
Breadcrumbs: The Original Blog
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Preface
Leftovers
Soundbites
Breadcrumbs
The Standard Ripostes
The Corollaries of Yaj Ekim
Possible Last Words & Epitaphs
Spam Responses (a.k.a., WTF Is This Shit!?)
A Short List of Books for the Up and Coming
59 Moments to The Way It Is (And Is Not)
Sketches of the Once Upon a Time
The Real is Discovering Series
Quotes Worth Pondering
Of the Human Journey
Ten Reflections
Got God?
Books
Movies
Links
Photo Gallery
Michael J. Holshouser: Life Resume
A Collection of Miscellaneous Blogs
Final Exit and Related Links
COVID-19 Information Links
The Four Agreements
The Blind Men and the Elephant
Of A Philosophical Nature
The Joyful Curmudgeon
Quotes, Quotes & More Quotes
Le Fichier Circulaire de Michael
50 Rules Kids Won't Learn in School
How to Work in Any Environment
12 Rules You Can Live By
Election 2016: The Rise (and Fall?) of Donald Trump
Michael's Little Warehouse of All Things Amusing, Absurd & Profound
Le Fichier Circulaire de Michael
Sivana East
Eight Translations of the Ashtavakra Gita
The Heart of Awareness (Byrom)
http://theheartofawareness.blogspot.com/
Ashtavakra Gita (Marshall)
http://theashtavakra.blogspot.com/
Bitten by the Black Snake (Schoch)
http://bittenbytheblacksnake.blogspot.com/
A Duet of One (Balsekar)
http://aduetofone.blogspot.com/
Ashtavakra Gita (Richards)
http://anotherashtavakragita.blogspot.com/
Astavakra Samhita (Wood)
http://astavakrasamhita.blogspot.com/
Ashtavakra Gita (Vedic Scriptures)
http://ashtravakrageeta.blogspot.com/
Ashtavakra Gita (Shastri)
http://ashtravakrageeeta.blogspot.com/
PDF’s of Ashtavakra Gita: I Am Shiva
Ashtavakra Gita: I Am Shiva
http://www.thestillnessbeforetime.com/ashtavakragitaiamshiva.pdf
I Am Shiva Comparison Chart
http://www.thestillnessbeforetime.com/iamshivacomparisonchart.pdf
PDF’s of Eight Translations of the Ashtavakra Gita
The Heart of Awareness (Byrom)
http://www.thestillnessbeforetime.com/theheartofawarenessbyrom.pdf
Ashtavakra Gita (Marshall)
http://www.thestillnessbeforetime.com/ashtavakrafitamarshall.pdf
Bitten by the Black Snake (Schoch)
http://www.thestillnessbeforetime.com/bittenbytheblacksnakeschoch.pdf
Ashtavakra Gita (Richards)
http://www.thestillnessbeforetime.com/ashtavakragitarichards.pdf
A Duet of One (Balsekar)
http://www.thestillnessbeforetime.com/aduetofonebalsekar.pdf
Astavakra Samhita (Wood)
http://www.thestillnessbeforetime.com/astavakrasamhitawood.pdf
Ashtavakra Gita (Shastri)
http://www.thestillnessbeforetime.com/ashtavakragitashastri.pdf
Ashtavakra Gita (Vedic Scriptures)
http://www.thestillnessbeforetime.com/ashtavakragitavedic.pdf
Translations of Other Ancient Writings
Ashtavakra Gita: I Am Shiva
http://ashtavakragitaiamshiva.blogspot.com/
Tao Te Ching: Verse One
http://taotechingverseone.blogspot.com/
Tao Te Ching (Marshall)
http://theperennialway-taoteching.blogspot.com/
Bhagavad Gita (Marshall)
https://bhagavadgitamarshall.blogspot.com/
Yoga Sutras (Marshall)
http://yogasutrasbypatanjali.blogspot.com/
Dhammapada (Marshall)
http://buddhasdhammapada.blogspot.com/
The Book of Ecclesiastes (Marshall)
https://21ecclesiastesmarshall.blogspot.com
Song of the Avadhut (Abhayananda)
http://songoftheavadhut.blogspot.com/
Avadhut Gita (Shastri)
http://avadhutgitabydattatreya.blogspot.com/
Atma Bodha (Chinmayananda)
http://theatmabodha.blogspot.com/
The Essence of the Ribhu Gita (Ramamoorthy & Nome)
http://theribhugita.blogspot.com/
Yoga Vasishta Sara (Ramasramam)
http://yogavasishtasara.blogspot.com/
Crest-Jewel of Discrimination (Madhavananda)
http://crest-jewelofdiscrimination.blogspot.com/
Mandukya Upanishad & Mandukya Karika of Gaudapada (Panoli)
https://mandukyaupanishadpanoli.blogspot.com
Gaudapada: Advaita Vedanta’s First Philosopher (Jones)
https://advaitavedantasfirstphilosopher.blogspot.com/2020/02/on-tradition.html
Writings by Bart Marshall
Verses Regarding True Nature
https://versesregardingtruenaturemarshall.blogspot.com
One Hundred Two Haiku
https://onehundredtwohaikumarshall.blogspot.com
Translations of Ancient Writings by Bart Marshall
Ashtavakra Gita
http://theashtavakra.blogspot.com/
Tao Te Ching
http://theperennialway-taoteching.blogspot.com/
Bhagavad Gita
https://bhagavadgitamarshall.blogspot.com/
Yoga Sutras
http://yogasutrasbypatanjali.blogspot.com/
Dhammapada
http://buddhasdhammapada.blogspot.com/
The Book of Ecclesiastes
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Breadcrumbs 2015
Bits and Pieces from a Dream of Time
© Michael J. Holshouser 2015
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To distribute this creation freely to any and all
Who have the eyes to see and the ears to hear
The mystery in which each and every one
Equally participates in so many ways.