https://mayfieldclinic.com/pe-anatbrain.htm (A summary from the above website) Summary: Overview CNS - Central Nervous System - Brain and Spinal Cord PNS - Peripheral Nervous System - spinal nerves that branch from the spinal cord and cranial nerves that branch from the brain The brain is an amazing three-pound organ that controls all functions of the body,… Continue reading The Brain – Summary of functions
Author: realityisdharma
Metareligion – Christopher Michael Langan
https://www.cosmosandhistory.org/index.php/journal/article/viewFile/694/1157 Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy, vol. 14, no. 1, 2018 http://www.cosmosandhistory.org 321 -METARELIGION AS THE HUMAN SINGULARITY 1 Christopher Michael Langan ABSTRACT : Based on the author’s notes for a presentation to the Foundations of Mind group in October of 2017, this paper examines the role of metareligion in… Continue reading Metareligion – Christopher Michael Langan
Zazen – Posture – Jundo Cohen
Jundo Cohen There are many different opinions on this. I am of the opinion that any stable, balanced, comfortable posture suited to your body (one size does not fit all) is appropriate. Basically, you know such a posture when you feel it, and are you own best judge (and it may not be only one… Continue reading Zazen – Posture – Jundo Cohen
Hilma af Klint
https://www.hilmaafklint.se/about-hilma-af-klint/ Photograph : Ã…sa Lundén / Museum of Modern Art Stockholm 2013 About Hilma af Klint Hilma af Klint and her contemporaries Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) made her international debut with the exhibition The Spiritual in Art – Abstract Paintings 1890 – 1985, held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art during the… Continue reading Hilma af Klint
Empty Mind – Ajahn Sumedho
The empty mind - the pure mind - is not a blank, zero-land, where you're not feeling or caring about anything. It's an effulgence of the mind. It's a brightness that is truly sensitive and accepting. It's an ability to accept life as it is. When we accept life as it is, we can… Continue reading Empty Mind – Ajahn Sumedho
Saitama Soto Temple
Spinal Chord & Nerves – Sense of Comfort or Discomfort
"The effects of nervous system dysfunction can be caused by several areas of the spine" Wanna feel better??? Note that I am a guinea pig for all my body research.:) It is an ongoing research....... 🙂 And I am working with a 64 year old body, so I wake up achy. 🙂 I have found… Continue reading Spinal Chord & Nerves – Sense of Comfort or Discomfort
Evolution of Species
 General Evolution Information and Updates - Berkeley University https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/home.php Parsimony https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/usingparsimony_01
Evolution of Religious Types
https://www.filthymonkeymen.com/2018/10/11/origin-religion-hunter-gatherers/ Interesting article on studies into timing of religious beliefs. i.e. Animism, Spirit life after death, Shamanism, Ancestor worship, Moralizing gods.
Buddhist Basics – Treeleaf Zendo – Jundo Cohen Roshi
Dukkha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsN1ICw-ZJA The Four Noble Truths https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=112&v=UCU6VycMTpk The Eightfold Path - Overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4M9daTv8hY The Eightfold Path - 1 - Right View https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-02f3Ztt-I The Eightfold Path - 2 - Right Apirations - Aspiring Right https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGvh_Xyfwtk The Eightfold Path - 3 - Right Speech - Speaking Right https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irzauWgx6_4 The Eightfold Path - 4 - Right Actions -… Continue reading Buddhist Basics – Treeleaf Zendo – Jundo Cohen Roshi