Normally I don’t think much about questions like “What is the ultimate nature of consciousness?” To try to answer that[…]
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“Meditation:” It’s Bigger Than Me, No Matter How Much My Head Gets Ahead of My Heart
I got an e-mail from a friend earlier today that moved me deeply in the way he talked about how[…]
Read moreMy Golf Lesson from the Mythical/Mystical Shivas Irons
I have never been interested in golf or played it, unless you want to count less than a dozen instances[…]
Read moreMy Multitudes of (Re)Incarnations: Micro-Incarnations, Mini-Incarnations, Macro-Incarnations
[This is an initial draft of some interesting thoughts relative to the question of postmortem survival. Raises more questions than[…]
Read moreClarity, Confusion, Science, Tibetan Buddhism – Being a Scientist, Being a Spiritual Seeker – Tsoknyi Rinpoche’s New Book
Readers of this blog and of my books tell me they like to hear about my personal psychological processes, how[…]
Read moreWho Will I Be? Mindfulness Teacher? Spiritual Teacher? Scientist? Professor? – Reflections and Online Workshop Progress Report
As I mentioned in a post a few weeks ago(April 9, 2012), I went back to lovely Asheville, NC for[…]
Read moreHovering on the Threshold of the Dream World
Ever since I was a child, dreams have fascinated me. Where did they come from? Good ones were marvelous. And[…]
Read moreTeaching Meditation and Mindfulness: How Well Can It Be Done Online?
I try to put something interesting here each weekend. I know that’s what most readers want, and it’s good discipline[…]
Read moreThought is Bad? Enlightenment Means Not Thinking?
[In this and subsequent postings, I’ll be writing about Buddhism, but such writings of mine always need to be qualified. […]
Read morePain, Suffering, Experience, Sleep, Meditation: An Expansion of Shinzen Young’s Law of Suffering to General Experience, and Particularly to Pain and the Borders of Sleep
Pain and Suffering: Some years ago I came across and was very impressed by Shinzen Young’s approximate algebraic formulation of[…]
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