What is faith? Faith is the tool that allows us to lay everything down. "We cannot use faith to have some sort of control in the physical world, but when we have faith, we can learn to let go of the fear which makes us try to maintain some sort of control in the physical… Continue reading Faith – a different perspective
Five Hundred Years of Injustice – The Doctrine of Discovery in U.S. Law
http://ili.nativeweb.org/sdrm_art.html Excerpt:In a country set up to maintain a strict separation of church and state, the Doctrine of Discovery should have long ago been declared unconstitutional because it is based on a prejudicial treatment of Native American people simply because they were not Christians at the time of European arrival. By penalizing Native people on… Continue reading Five Hundred Years of Injustice – The Doctrine of Discovery in U.S. Law
The Doctrine of Discovery And European Colonization Practices
"Utterly reprehensible"Excerpt: "Papal Bulls of the 15th century gave Christian explorers the right to claim lands they “discovered” and lay claim to those lands for their Christian Monarchs. Any land that was not inhabited by Christians was available to be “discovered”, claimed, and exploited. If the “pagan” inhabitants could be converted, they might be spared.… Continue reading The Doctrine of Discovery And European Colonization Practices
Reality dispels superstition – dealing with populist structures Monism dispels the myths of Dualism
I would like to suggest the following...... Our physical world is built out of positive/negative dualistic physics, and human experience frames everything on that dualistic way of seeing everything (perceived good and evil)..... but we humans are also necessarily a part of the monistic oneness... (oneness at the root of it all) which our physical… Continue reading Reality dispels superstition – dealing with populist structures Monism dispels the myths of Dualism
Live Life Free of the Suffering of “Mind Chatter”
It IS possible to live life free of all that constant "Blah Blah Blah" of self-referential "I/Me/My" mental chattering. It is possible to live a life free of that. No. 1 - fully realize that all the problems "I" chew on, do NOT have a hold on me. (they are like ice cubes which can… Continue reading Live Life Free of the Suffering of “Mind Chatter”
Shikantaza is Understanding Emptiness
Shikantaza is Understanding EmptinessBY Our beloved SHUNRYU SUZUKI Roshi.Suzuki Roshi explains that the purpose of Shikantaza — a practice commonly known as “just sitting” — is to actualize emptiness and move beyond our interpretations of reality. When we remember there is another world beyond our limited experience, we can empty ourselves of preconceived ideas and… Continue reading Shikantaza is Understanding Emptiness
Meditation and the slowing of age related cognitive decline
Here is a PDF form of this article - np2019-7067592Download Interesting research article regarding slowing age related cognitive decline https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6466873/ Thinking this research article has alot of interesting points relating not just to age related cognitive decline, but to the effects of meditation and attention focused activities, on our mental processes ongoing development. It seems… Continue reading Meditation and the slowing of age related cognitive decline
Art Culture and Society
The original website is in Portugese https://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&hl=en-US&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=pt&tl=en&u=http://adriartessempre.blogspot.com/2015/07/identidade-cultural.html?m=1 http://adriartessempre.blogspot.com/2015/07/identidade-cultural.html?m=1
The Sami People – Laplanders – Norway, Sweden and Russia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1mi_people#Traditional_Sami_religion Saami languages - Southern Sami, Ume Sami, Pite Sami, Lule Sami, Northern Sami, Skolt Sami, Inari Sami, Kildin Sami, Ter Sami - Darkened area municipalities that regonize Sámi as an official language
Horses in the Americas – some history and facts
https://awionline.org/content/wild-horses-native-north-american-wildlife An excerpt:" A study conducted at the Ancient Biomolecules Centre of Oxford University (Weinstock et al. 2005) also corroborates the conclusions of Forstén (1992). Despite a great deal of variability in the size of the Pleistocene equids from differing locations (mostly ecomorphotypes), the DNA evidence strongly suggests that all of the large and small… Continue reading Horses in the Americas – some history and facts
Reality is Dharma 