There’s a beautiful story told of how Budhaa came to give his shortest and simplest lesson for anyone to attain enlightenment. If you’d like to attain enlightenment, here we go: Bahiyā, a merchant from Sopara India, pleaded with the Buddha three times for a teaching, and the Buddha...
Yoh, I almost forgot I was a writer, capitalism is choking all talent out of me. But don’t worry mafans, Uncle Ken is back. Yeah, I’m clocking the age where I have more nephews and nieces than I have friends, tumefikiwa. Here’s what we are going to do today, I will give you a...
If I had more time I would have written a shorter article; I would have had the time to edit it; to trim and cutout the fat. But I don’t have time; I’m a busy man in a very busy world. Allan Watts would say, “We are living in a culture entirely hypnotized by the illusion of time...
One of my all time favorite poems is “Song of Lawino” by Okot p’ Bitek. In the poem, Okot captures beautifully how the African culture is eroded in favor for the Europeans’. Published in 1966, the poem is about Lawino who is married to Ocol. Both Lawino and Ocol are from the...
We’re coming to the end of the year and my creativity is starting to behave like my hairline. So in order to keep the blog going, I’m going to let you into my diary – a place I talk to myself about myself. I will post an entry or two from my diary that I feel can be of value to...
Thinker of thoughts, lover of life.. and death too.
