It’s strange how one can sometimes have more in common with people that hold opposite views than one does with people who hold very similar views Such is the case…
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Buddhism
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My meditation practice, which began with an explosive insight in my late-teens, before I knew anything about Buddhism (or meditation for that matter), appears Buddhist. It’s the antithesis of sitting…
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In the not so distant past, most of the challenges humans faced were external. Until modern times, life imposed them. We had to survive in the wilderness–a very different thing…
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A sunny day in Sacramento, California and I am sweating already. There is a slight breeze but, it is hot like a heater. I am feeling restless and so I…
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Seneca has been my favorite philosopher since I was a child. Even though I have not always been successful in following his philosophy, I believe it can make everybody’s life…
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I’m neither Christian nor Buddhist, but while recovering from food poisoning that had brought me within two days of death, I met an old Chinese woman that seemed to commune…
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When academic philosophers start quoting Aristotle in the mainstream media, you know Western philosophy is spiritually and intellectually bankrupt. They’re making conceited claims such as, “There is an insight in…
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Though I’m not a Buddhist, Buddhist philosophy and poetry (as opposed to the arcane intricacies of various Buddhist traditions) speak to me. The quieting and emptying of the mind and…