Breadcrumbs

Greetings,

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 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 53-page work that was 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 website 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 Stillness Before Time

http://www.thestillnessbeforetime.com/

A 53-page PDF copy can be downloaded at:

http://www.thestillnessbeforetime.com/thestillnessbeforetime.pdf

"The Ponderings of Yaj Ekim" is the second published book, and is both blogged and available as a PDF download.

The Ponderings of Yaj Ekim

http://theponderingsofyajekim.blogspot.com/

A 505-page PDF copy can be downloaded at:

http://www.thestillnessbeforetime.com/theponderingsofyajekim.pdf

“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 launch pad, not an orbit.

The different sections can be accessed by clicking through older and newer posts at the bottom of each page, or by searching through the blog archives in the sidebar.

Breadcrumbs

http://michaelsbreadcrumbs.blogspot.com/

A 1706-page PDF can be downloaded at:

http://www.thestillnessbeforetime.com/breadcrumbs.pdf

And the latest blogging unpublished elsewhere:

The Unfolding Next Round

michaelsbreadcrumbs.blogspot.com/2015/01/under-construction_52.html

“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 totals 3,000 pages formatted in 300 ten-page chapters written since 1990-ish. It has been uploaded beginning with Chapter 265 up to Chapter 1, followed by Chapter 266 up to 300.

The Return to Wonder

http://thereturntowonder.blogspot.com/

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.

Please also note that all writings are subject to editing, so re-downloading PDF copies every year or so may be a good idea if you want the most current version. This applies especially to Breadcrumbs, 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 will more quickly slip back into the timeless oblivion from whence they came.

All the best,

  P.S. Regarding the name Yaj Ekim ... It is just a reverse spelling on the first and middle names ... Michael Jay Holshouser ... Mike Jay ... Yaj Ekim. 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).

Website

The Stillness Before Time

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 53-page PDF copy can be downloaded at:

http://www.thestillnessbeforetime.com/thestillnessbeforetime.pdf

Main Blogs  

The Stillness Before Time

 http://thestillnessbeforetime.blogspot.com/  

The Ponderings of Yaj Ekim

 http://theponderingsofyajekim.blogspot.com/  

The Return to Wonder

 http://thereturntowonder.blogspot.com/

Breadcrumbs

http://michaelsbreadcrumbs.blogspot.com/

PDF's

The Stillness Before Time (53 pages)

http://www.thestillnessbeforetime.com/thestillnessbeforetime.pdf

The Ponderings of Yaj Ekim (505 pages)
http://www.thestillnessbeforetime.com/theponderingsofyajekim.pdf

The Return to Wonder (3006 pages)

http://www.thestillnessbeforetime.com/thereturntowonder.pdf

Breadcrumbs (1706 pages)

http://www.thestillnessbeforetime.com/breadcrumbs.pdf

Breadcrumbs 2018 (562 pages)

http://www.thestillnessbeforetime.com/breadcrumbs2018.pdf

Breadcrumbs 2019 (316 pages)
http://www.thestillnessbeforetime.com/breadcrumbs2019.pdf

Conversations (309 pages)

http://www.thestillnessbeforetime.com/conversations.pdf

Definitions (104 pages)

http://www.thestillnessbeforetime.com/definitions.pdf

Titles, Titles, & More Titles (187 pages)
http://www.thestillnessbeforetime.com/titlestitlesandmoretitles.pdf

Ditties for the Bluegrass Pyre (15 pages)

http://www.thestillnessbeforetime.com/dittiesforthebluegrasspyre.pdf

(Please note that all writings are subject to annual updates and editing, so downloading current PDF copies every year of so may be a good idea if you want the most current version. This applies especially to Breadcrumbs, which is likely an ongoing work until the last wheezing breath)

Recent Breadcrumbs

The Unfolding Next Round (Current ditties unpublished elsewhere)

http://michaelsbreadcrumbs.blogspot.com/2015/01/under-construction_52.html

Standouts from "The Return to Wonder" Edit

http://michaelsbreadcrumbs.blogspot.com/2015/01/under-construction_83.html

Breadcrumbs Blog Posts

Preface
https://michaelsbreadcrumbs.blogspot.com/2015/01/under-construction_28.html

Breadcrumbs
https://michaelsbreadcrumbs.blogspot.com/2015/01/under-construction_82.html

Leftovers
https://michaelsbreadcrumbs.blogspot.com/2015/01/under-construction_11.html

Soundbites
https://michaelsbreadcrumbs.blogspot.com/2015/01/under-construction_63.html

Corollaries
https://michaelsbreadcrumbs.blogspot.com/2015/01/under-construction_31.html

Possible Last Words & Epitaphs

https://michaelsbreadcrumbs.blogspot.com/2015/01/under-construction_34.html

The Standard Ripostes
https://michaelsbreadcrumbs.blogspot.com/2015/01/under-construction_39.html

List of Top Books for the Up and Coming

http://michaelsbreadcrumbs.blogspot.com/2015/01/under-construction_79.html

59 Moments to The Way It Is (And Is Not)

http://michaelsbreadcrumbs.blogspot.com/2015/01/under-construction_83.html

The Unfolding Next Round (Note: Current quarter unpublished elsewhere)

http://michaelsbreadcrumbs.blogspot.com/2015/01/under-construction_52.html

Of the Human Journey

https://michaelsbreadcrumbs.blogspot.com/2015/01/under-construction_6.html

Got God?

https://michaelsbreadcrumbs.blogspot.com/2015/01/under-construction_33.html

Ten Reflections

https://michaelsbreadcrumbs.blogspot.com/2015/01/under-construction_21.html

Standouts from the Return to Wonder Edit

https://michaelsbreadcrumbs.blogspot.com/2015/01/under-construction_8.html

Links

https://michaelsbreadcrumbs.blogspot.com/2015/01/under-construction_18.html

Life Resume

https://michaelsbreadcrumbs.blogspot.com/2015/01/under-construction_68.html

Photo Gallery

https://michaelsbreadcrumbs.blogspot.com/2015/01/under-construction_17.html

Books

https://michaelsbreadcrumbs.blogspot.com/2015/01/under-construction_50.html

Movies

https://michaelsbreadcrumbs.blogspot.com/2015/01/under-construction_73.html

Quotes Worth Pondering

https://michaelsbreadcrumbs.blogspot.com/2015/01/under-construction_1.html

Spam Responses (a.k.a. WTF Is This Shit!?)

https://michaelsbreadcrumbs.blogspot.com/2015/01/under-construction.html

Facebook

  Michael Holshouser

 http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1166861214&ref=name  

Michael's Little Warehouse of All Things Amusing, Absurd & Profound

 http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=390323775911  

Le Fichier Circulaire de Michaël (Michael’s Circular File)

 https://www.facebook.com/LeFichierCirculaireDeMichael?ref=hl  

Yaj Ekim

 http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1166861214&ref=name  

Hughson Union High School Class of '72 

https://www.facebook.com/Hughson-Union-High-School-Class-of-72-301790023189950/

Blogger

Michael Holshouser
https://www.blogger.com/profile/12270094801824803661

Twitter

Michael Holshouser

https://twitter.com/#!/YajEkim

Odd and Ends  

Final Exit

 http://finalexitandrelatedlinks.blogspot.com/

The Blind Men and the Elephant

 http://theelephantandheblindmen.blogspot.com/

The Joyful Curmudgeon

http://thejoyfulcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/

Of A Philosophical Nature

 http://ofaphilosophicalnature.blogspot.com/

Quotes, Quotes & More Quotes

http://quotesaplenty.blogspot.com/

The Four Agreements

http://donmiguelsfiveagreements.blogspot.com/

Le Fichier Circulaire de Michaël

 http://michaelscircularfile.blogspot.com/

50 Rules Kids Won't Learn in School

 http://50ruleskidswontlearninschool.blogspot.com/  

12 Rules You Can Live By 

http://12rulesyoucanliveby.blogspot.com/  

How to Work in Any Environment

 http://howtoworkinanyenvironment.blogspot.com/

Once Upon a Christmas
https://onceuponchristmas.blogspot.com/

Ditties for the Bluegrass Pyre
https://dittiesforthebluegrasspyre.blogspot.com

Election 2016: The Rise (and Fall?) of Donald Trump
https://theriseandfallofdonaldtrump.blogspot.com/

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

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/  

Avadhut Gita (Shastri) 

http://avadhutgitabydattatreya.blogspot.com/  

Song of the Avadhut (Abhayananda)

 http://songoftheavadhut.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/

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/

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Breadcrumbs

Bits and Pieces from a Dream of Time