The term "All-Being" refers to the universal essence from which all things spring. There are many ways to express this in examples and analogies: The singularity before the Big Bang, the ocean of essence (source essence) from which all things manifest, etc. The most common way to express this universal essence is by giving it… Continue reading All-Being – What does this term mean?
Author: realityisdharma
Bee Colony – Model of Society – Part 1
Day after day... The same old question..... Since I was a lad. What is the reason for living... life seems so vain. A person, a body, on a point in space... not enough for a twinkle when its life ends and returns to the void. Civilizations erased from the universes mind, not to mention humankind… Continue reading Bee Colony – Model of Society – Part 1
Chasm Theology is Orphan Theology
This is going to be a thesis on Chasm Theology. This concept takes many different forms: God is creator, everything else is something he made.... generally, from a separate essence from himself. This is the concept which is followed by most persons in the world. Details and bibliography to be filled in and added later......… Continue reading Chasm Theology is Orphan Theology
Theory of Everything – What if….
WHAT IF....... What if there is simply one original essence, from which all things come into existence. What if that original essence is pre-nature or ante-nature, rather than super-natural? What if that original essence includes everything we see in nature, in a type of stemcell format: complete plan, blueprint, timetable, etc., for the building of… Continue reading Theory of Everything – What if….
Zazen – Balanced posture and natural breath – Jundo Cohen
Hammering without a Hammer, Sweeping without a Broom, Arriving without a Train ..... In Zazen, a balanced posture and natural breath are encouraged, but one should not use the posture or the breath as tools or vehicles to reach a goal or to seek some state. Many people use the posture, the breath and Zazen… Continue reading Zazen – Balanced posture and natural breath – Jundo Cohen
Dependent Origination – Jundo Cohen
Dependent Origination is subject to many, varied interpretations, and also depends on whether one considers it or not a description of a mechanism for postmortem rebirth. I do not take it that way, and simply take it as a description of the psychological mechanism by which a sense of separate self develops (in a nutshell,… Continue reading Dependent Origination – Jundo Cohen
Karl Marx – Theories and Thought
Stanford University https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/marx/ 2.1 " Unfortunately, Marx never tells us what human emancipation is, although it is clear that it is closely related to the idea of non-alienated labour, which we will explore below." 2.2 "religious alienation" "Marx’s response, in both the Theses and the Critique, is that the proletariat can break free only by… Continue reading Karl Marx – Theories and Thought
Religion as Kindness/Art of Arguing
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/monkeymind/2018/04/my-religion-is-kindness-a-zen-priest-reflects-on-the-mysteries-of-the-human-heart.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=BRSS&utm_campaign=Buddhist&utm_content=116 http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html
Life Lessons from Tibetan Buddhism
Great thoughts from the Tibetan Mandala https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/a-few-life-lessons-from-buddhism/p05prvb4?playlist=beyond-belief