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An intriguing article about long-term thinking. It is obvious to everyone that short-term thinking has led us to most of the financial and environmental disasters we are facing today. It is interesting that we choose to calculate our impact only … Continue reading →

I have been wondering for quite some time now about the ethical underpinnings of spiritual practice in the West. The first time it hit me was in talking to a Buddhist about karma. She said that the West interprets karma … Continue reading →

I think that my rant this morning has subsided a tad. And then I run into this article on Kierkegaard and find an echo of my “argh!” In fact, it is as if I shouted and the echo came back, … Continue reading →

The following very minor story made me want to upchuck my Wheaties this morning…were I the kind who eats Wheaties that is, which I am not…but I digress. http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/05/victorious-h-s-relay-team-banned-from-state-meet-after-religious-celebration/ And here: http://www.khou.com/sports/Act-of-fath-costs-track-team-its-win-205661221.html The story linked shows some sort of consternation … Continue reading →

In a discussion the other day about “real” monastic life versus, one assumes, my less-than-real one, I was struck by the near voodoo level of superstitious nonsense surrounding the word “monk”. Alas, to many Religious enjoy too much from that … Continue reading →

From Krishnamurti: You cannot understand yourself according to Freud or Jung, or according to me. Other people’s theories have no importance whatever. It is of yourself that you must ask the question, is fear to be divided into the conscious … Continue reading →

I think about thought a lot. More accurately, I think about being conscious. It seems to me the central question to be asked and answered. By science, by religion. For example, when I accept the Jesus as my Savior, who … Continue reading →

In a discussion today in my commute to work the question came up about what should be a priority: the marriage or the children. I feel strongly about both sides of this issue! No surprises here. One tack is to … Continue reading →

I know this sounds a bit like a stupid question but I am not completely sure it is. You can take the idea of pointlessness to great heights as in this atheist argument by Rowe: William Rowe has argued that … Continue reading →

General events are those which can be accounted for by laws of nature. They are contextually unspecific, e.g. an object will fall at the rate of 9.8 m/s2 no matter what object it is, and no matter how much that … Continue reading →