In Zen, a potential student comes to a zendo, and asks if they can participate. The proper teacher bows, and points at a place in the zendo for that person to sit and a zafu to sit on, and they show them how to sit properly, giving them their best tools to begin their journey… Continue reading What book is the best book to understand ourselves?
Category: Towards A Correct view of the Self
Purity one the one hand, Depravity on the other
We pick one, and go with it....... that's what we do... step by step..... that is what free will means.... choices. We are born pure. We must clean up all the life messes we make after that. Our mess... our responsibility. The rogue ruminating mind takes us step by step into darkness. Our inner guide… Continue reading Purity one the one hand, Depravity on the other
The Human Mind and the new Inclusivity Fundamentalism
It is not a coincidence that the beginnings of science had the earth at the center, and that not without some deep growing pains, finally evolved to see that the earth was an entity that was being acted upon by outside forces. This is the evolution of how human experiencing works.From the beginning, the human… Continue reading The Human Mind and the new Inclusivity Fundamentalism
We need to alter humanities current direction!
The Eurocentrist view which has become predominant in the world today, has been many many centuries in the making. It is part of an arrogant worldview which needs to be dealt with and eradicated, in order for ingrained social and racial injustice to be dealt with effectively.Eurocentrism is a part of a larger worldview of… Continue reading We need to alter humanities current direction!
On Jungian concept of Deity – Walter Bagot
i thought this was a very well thought out " Jung's concept on god was not the existence of a deity but rather a mythology that varied throughout the world, often defined by custom and/or ritual of which the genesis was the psyche's attempt to find wholeness in and of itself and secondly union with… Continue reading On Jungian concept of Deity – Walter Bagot
Human experience……. Let’s start from the beginning……..
..... to be continued..... Every statement made, should really have a “codicil” ... or a conditional clause such as “apparently”, or “it seems like” as the first word(s). This is because, there is nothing i know of that is so absolute or true, as to never change, nor to be so true that some other… Continue reading Human experience……. Let’s start from the beginning……..
Religion – One on One :)
Religion as it has been known, is simply some one else's ideas on their relationship with the "-" (i.e. Ground of Being)....... different names for it, different faces on it.... but as one teacher said, "Borrowed feathers don't grow"..... someone else cant pee for you, and someone else cant eat for you.... and no one… Continue reading Religion – One on One 🙂
Life Lessons from an Onion
Life Lessons from an Onion..... Summarized thoughts...... Life is multi-layered...... 🙂 Thoughts on the subject..... "Peeling off a layer reveals things inside that you wouldn't have seen otherwise." "The center is white (unstained) no matter how dirty the outside gets, it is unchanged at its center." "The rules which govern the outside skin might be… Continue reading Life Lessons from an Onion
The Exit Door from Suffering – Emotional Reactions
" How many of our self-defeating and escapist practices are due to our inability to live life without "getting caught in a spiders web" of emotional reactions? " "It is our emotional REACTION to situations which makes us suffer. We CAN find a way out... a way to let go of that reaction, and when… Continue reading The Exit Door from Suffering – Emotional Reactions
Expanding our concepts of “God”
Below is the world view which i have concluded (for myself) is the way to see ourselves and our relationship to ourselves, each other, the universe, and Oneness: "Home" is “located” inside of "me", and inside of all beings and things, while that being has breath; while that thing has mass, and is in space… Continue reading Expanding our concepts of “God”
Reality is Dharma 