Hixon writes, “… Desolate through forests and fearful in jungles he is seeking an Ox which he does not find. Up and down dark, nameless, wide-flowing rivers in deep mountain thickets he treads many bypaths” (p.62, Coming Home: The Experience of Enlightenment in Sacred Traditions by Lex Hixon). Still no Ox. Just unending searching. The […]
Archives for August 2010
Seeing through the Trading Matrix: Searching for the Ox (Zen Ox-Herding Picture 1-B)
The Choice Soon Neo will be confronted with a choice of paths. On Neo’s computer screen green-lit words appear, “Follow the white rabbit… Knock, Knock.” Simultaneously, Neo hears two loud knocks on his apartment door. This coincidence is a simulated synchronicity. The definition of synchronicity is an acausal, numinous pairing of an inner and outer […]
The Visual Investor: How to Spot Market Trends (Book Review)
The Visual Investor: How to Spot Market Trends (2nd Edition) By John J. Murphy eBook Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated The Visual Investor: How to Spot Market Trends by John J. Murphy is a master teaching tool. The reason I rate it the number one book presently in the practical investing with technical analysis category is […]
Seeing through the Trading Matrix: Searching for the Ox (Zen Ox-Herding Picture 1-A)
Near the beginning of The Matrix, Neo is asleep with his head lying on his right arm on top of his computer desk. His computer is automatically searching for information on Morpheus. Searching… Headline page after headline page comes up while Neo lies asleep. Later, Neo is in a club with Trinity. Trinity says: “Please […]
Start Trading Options: Trade Options Profitably (Book Review)
Start Trading Options: Trade Options Profitably By Kevin Kraus 188 pp. Mc-Graw Hill Start Trading Options: Trade Options Profitably by Kevin M. Kraus is a self-teaching guide to understanding futures/commodity options. I rate this book number one presently in the futures/commodity options for beginners category because of its simple layout and explanation of only the essential […]
Seeing through the Trading Matrix: Taking the Red Pill
Before offering Neo a choice between taking the blue pill or the red pill, Morpheus replies to Neo’s question, “What truth?” by saying: “That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else, you were born into bondage, born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch. A prison for your mind…. Unfortunately, […]
The Guru Investor (Book Review)
The Guru Investor: How to Beat the Market Using History’s Best Investment Strategies By John P. Reese with Jack M. Forehand 318 pp. Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated The Guru Investor by John P. Reese with Jack M. Forehand is a book filled with practical investing advice. I rate it the number-one book currently […]
Seeing through the Trading Matrix: Consciousness
I like the Gnostic concept of creating consciousness by gathering sparks of light from the darkness. The light could be gathered from the dark experiences in this world or one’s own psyche and used in soul-making or creating the Philosopher’s Stone. Creating light from night. The Shadow with the Golden Eyes I had a dark […]