Pythagoras (570 BC-495 BC) By Raphael Sanzio School of Athens (1508)

Plato (428 BC-348 BC) By Raphael Sanzio School of Athens (1508)

Plotinus (204-270 AD) Author of The Enneads Ostia Antica Museum

The Letter P: Pythagoras, Plato, Plotinus Practice, Practice, Practice— till you perceive In-seeing like Rilke's "Panther" at the Paris Zoo pacing back & forth— patience pays off. Pythagoras, Plato, Plotinus, Porphyry, Proclus guided me, then Paul Brunton in person on peace, piety, and perseverance. Lived at Pamela Drive & Paulson Park, hiked at Purisima Creek Redwoods— Palm & Pepper Trees, Ponderosa Pines, poppies, primrose, pearly everlasting. Peacocks at Pichetti Winery, Pelicans at Palto Alto Baylands, Platonic Lambda ridge at Pinnacles, Pampas Grass at Pillar Point Harbor. Potluck picnic party at Prospect Park— Prawns with pecans & potstickers, Pepperoni pizza, pumpkin pie, Persimmons, peaches, and pears. Proust's Remembrance of Things Past— Pharoah Cheops built Giza Pyramids, Plutarch is the last Priest at Delphi, Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. Paganini's violin pizzicato was a perfect performance like Prokofiev's ballet "Peter and the Wolf" as Pablo Picasso paints "The Peace Dove". St. Peter guards the Pearly Gates, St. Paul preached to the Philippians "praise to whatsoever things are pure"— Pachelbel's Canon played all day long. Dante came down from Mt. Parnassus, takes me on a pilgimage like Parsifal across perilous paths & lots of prayers beyond the Promised Land to Paradise.         — Peter Y. Chou             Mountain View, 9-18-2020