Alison Summerhayes Lyke's Blog (5)

The Buddhist dogma “all life is suffering” is sometimes misunderstood. I understand why, it sounds very tragic, like a mother tucking in her child and saying, “goodnight dear, sleep well because everything is going to be awful in the morning”. But, to many on the path of enlightenment, it is a statement of reassurance. That we all must suffer is (at the same time) an unfortunate truth, a common ground we walk upon, and a reason to rise above.…

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By Alison Lyke



One of my favorite Zen stories is called “Is that so?”. It’s the tale of a Buddhist monk who lived in a hut on a hill, overlooking a small village. One of the young, unmarried women of the village became pregnant. When asked who impregnated her, she named the monk on the hill. When she gave birth, the irate grandparents took the baby boy up the hill and left him with the monk.



“This child is yours,” the grandparents told… Continue

There seems to be enough resources, that if we innovate, and conserve what we have, there would plenty to go around. I think we should share. To many, that makes me anti-American, a socialist, a communist, a hippie dirt bag, etc.

I work in the world of philosophy, I preach potentially, and it saddens me to admit that my pets eat better than children in third-world countries. There has to be a better way to distribute the world’s resources. If we could only focus on that instead of killing… Continue

Eternal Art



But art exists unto itself

For it’s own purpose

It is an entity we create

To explain ourselves

Like life art is messy

it doesn’t have rules

From the first scribbling of a child

To the greatest master

It is a force not by us

Art moves through us

Eventually through others

It rips a hole in time

Bending our emotions it

Never stops it only comes out in

Other forms

We cry art

We eat… Continue

Culture’s Fragmented Needles



Juxtapose dimensions of human intentions bursting for clarity

in each prophetic dawn



Those pack-boat figures presented a pilgrimage behind comprehension

ideas beyond words



Wistful of knowledge quantum scheming the atom–sized spiral shows universes inside men



A vaulted canopy named evolutionary design calls miracle workers from the arches of history



While tantalizing demons eat away at faith to… Continue