Comments for brianburke.net http://brianburke.net a willing vehicle for the Muse, in an experiment called existence Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:04:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on The Come-down by Megan http://brianburke.net/2012/03/19/the-come-down/#comment-183 Megan Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:04:33 +0000 http://brianburke.net/?p=184#comment-183 sounds like the wilderness is calling you back sounds like the wilderness is calling you back

]]> Comment on Bringing Back the Vision by Donny Triplat http://brianburke.net/2012/02/20/bringing-back-the-vision/#comment-141 Donny Triplat Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:08:31 +0000 http://brianburke.net/?p=157#comment-141 So true Brian. I have wondered at times what spirit is forging in me. When I am deep in process, digging deep into what seems a place I would never choose to go. Or involved in a pursuit where I struggle and strain to just live day to day. I look back at these times and relish the skill, the temper, and the experience through which I have lived holding the process of beating heated and beat over and over to forge a new and different self that is stronger and more capable of being present and cutting through what the world is capable of serving. I see myself as better for the experience and better able to cope with the present moment and manage what is happening now. Who am I to resist the creator's plan, to not blossom and grow into the great tree bearing fruit for the world to enjoy. Let down my guard and embrace this path, drink in the waters running at my feet as they are here to nourish me and grow me into what I shall become. Thanks for sharing much love and light Donny So true Brian. I have wondered at times what spirit is forging in me. When I am deep in process, digging deep into what seems a place I would never choose to go. Or involved in a pursuit where I struggle and strain to just live day to day. I look back at these times and relish the skill, the temper, and the experience through which I have lived holding the process of beating heated and beat over and over to forge a new and different self that is stronger and more capable of being present and cutting through what the world is capable of serving. I see myself as better for the experience and better able to cope with the present moment and manage what is happening now.

Who am I to resist the creator’s plan, to not blossom and grow into the great tree bearing fruit for the world to enjoy. Let down my guard and embrace this path, drink in the waters running at my feet as they are here to nourish me and grow me into what I shall become.

Thanks for sharing

much love and light

Donny

]]> Comment on About Me by brian http://brianburke.net/aboutme/#comment-139 brian Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:34:09 +0000 http://brianburke.net/?page_id=7#comment-139 Ok, I'll ask Kevin about it and hopefully get it going soon, but not til I get home from the wilderness probably. I think you can comment on every poem and post. Are you not finding the link to comment? Ok, I’ll ask Kevin about it and hopefully get it going soon, but not til I get home from the wilderness probably. I think you can comment on every poem and post. Are you not finding the link to comment?

]]> Comment on About Me by Brian M http://brianburke.net/aboutme/#comment-137 Brian M Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:49:50 +0000 http://brianburke.net/?page_id=7#comment-137 You should hook this up to facebook so that it's not a bunch of shadowy avatars commenting on your posts. You should also allow for comments on every one of your blogs and poems. You should hook this up to facebook so that it’s not a bunch of shadowy avatars commenting on your posts. You should also allow for comments on every one of your blogs and poems.

]]> Comment on About Me by Br. Antonio Maria http://brianburke.net/aboutme/#comment-119 Br. Antonio Maria Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:42:25 +0000 http://brianburke.net/?page_id=7#comment-119 Hey Brian, Here's a quote I thought you might like, it's along the vein of some of the things you've been writing about on existence: “Thus, the fundamental intellectual vocation of every mind-endowed being, and hence of human beings as the only intellectual beings we know of in our material cosmos, is to unveil being, bring it into the light of consciousness and speak it out in a logos, or meaningful word. As Heidegger has put it, “Man is the spokesman of Being,” planted in the midst of it (Dasein) to listen to it with reverence and speak out its name and meaning truthfully. Thus, a human being can be defined as the being called to raise the question about being and accept his responsibility for listening to it with reverence and speaking out its meaning in a recreative human logos” - Jesuit Father W. Norris Clarke in his book "The One and the Many A Contemporary Thomistic Metaphysics" It seems to me that you are doing (or rather being) precisely what the quote states. - Br. Antonio Hey Brian,
Here’s a quote I thought you might like, it’s along the vein of some of the things you’ve been writing about on existence:
“Thus, the fundamental intellectual vocation of every mind-endowed being, and hence of human beings as the only intellectual beings we know of in our material cosmos, is to unveil being, bring it into the light of consciousness and speak it out in a logos, or meaningful word. As Heidegger has put it, “Man is the spokesman of Being,” planted in the midst of it (Dasein) to listen to it with reverence and speak out its name and meaning truthfully. Thus, a human being can be defined as the being called to raise the question about being and accept his responsibility for listening to it with reverence and speaking out its meaning in a recreative human logos” – Jesuit Father W. Norris Clarke in his book “The One and the Many A Contemporary Thomistic Metaphysics”

It seems to me that you are doing (or rather being) precisely what the quote states.

- Br. Antonio

]]> Comment on The Roaring by brian http://brianburke.net/2012/01/07/the-roaring/#comment-104 brian Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:16:15 +0000 http://brianburke.net/?p=104#comment-104 the others are everybody else! the idea is that we are all holding each other up with love, to be our best, and that we have compassion and forgiveness when others make mistakes, or when others do self-defeating behaviors because they are scared. it's about liberation! the others are everybody else! the idea is that we are all holding each other up with love, to be our best, and that we have compassion and forgiveness when others make mistakes, or when others do self-defeating behaviors because they are scared. it’s about liberation!

]]> Comment on The Roaring by Kathleen Burke http://brianburke.net/2012/01/07/the-roaring/#comment-80 Kathleen Burke Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:45:44 +0000 http://brianburke.net/?p=104#comment-80 i love reading your poetry! i like the last stanza the best, juxtaposing humility and shining, which one wouldn't ordinarily put together yet fits beautifully. i'm curious: who are the others? i'd love to read a poem about them! this poem is so introspective and personal to the speaker, and then the others come in at the end, a surprise... maybe there's more here... i'm intrigued. love you bro! i love reading your poetry! i like the last stanza the best, juxtaposing humility and shining, which one wouldn’t ordinarily put together yet fits beautifully.

i’m curious: who are the others? i’d love to read a poem about them! this poem is so introspective and personal to the speaker, and then the others come in at the end, a surprise… maybe there’s more here… i’m intrigued.

love you bro!

]]> Comment on About Me by brian http://brianburke.net/aboutme/#comment-59 brian Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:31:45 +0000 http://brianburke.net/?page_id=7#comment-59 I don't believe in singular best friends, but you are definitely one of my best friends. Also please let the record reflect that I believe I scored highest on your Facebook quiz about yourself back when I had a Facebook, thank you very much. I don’t believe in singular best friends, but you are definitely one of my best friends. Also please let the record reflect that I believe I scored highest on your Facebook quiz about yourself back when I had a Facebook, thank you very much.

]]> Comment on About Me by Michael http://brianburke.net/aboutme/#comment-57 Michael Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:40:34 +0000 http://brianburke.net/?page_id=7#comment-57 Am I your best friend? Am I your best friend?

]]> Comment on About Me by Katie http://brianburke.net/aboutme/#comment-56 Katie Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:02:41 +0000 http://brianburke.net/?page_id=7#comment-56 Brian Burke we have heard a lot about you in the intern office here at Cal Athletics. Your buddy Palia and I share an office and we love when you call cause he says your name so fast it sounds like one word. He introduced us to your website today and it made my morning! Go Bears! Brian Burke we have heard a lot about you in the intern office here at Cal Athletics. Your buddy Palia and I share an office and we love when you call cause he says your name so fast it sounds like one word. He introduced us to your website today and it made my morning! Go Bears!

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