Category Archives: Distinctions

Religion for Modernity

August 14, 2009 – 3:09 pm

The great gift of Modernity was the differentiation of the three primary spheres of human concern: the I, We, and It realms also known as the Beautiful, the Good, and the True. The disaster was the realm of the True being so convenient, successful, powerful and bratty that it collapsed the other two realms into [...]

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The Great Answer(s)

July 24, 2009 – 6:45 pm

Life is a mystery. That much seems certain. No matter how you look at it, eventually you come up against a wall of “I don’t know.” That’s what the mystics through the ages have told us. Still, we keep looking, hoping to find some great answer to the question life presents.
The funny thing about [...]

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Meditation Instructions, Simple Style

July 17, 2009 – 10:07 pm

As of today I have been meditating for 765 days straight. I am on a personal vow to meditate for 1,000 days in a row. I intend to continue after the 1,000 days, but will likely shift my style of practice. In any event I thought someone out there might find what [...]

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Enlightenment (whatever that means)

July 16, 2009 – 3:22 pm

Warning: What follows is a bit of a rant. If that’s not your vibe as of this now, move along. Have a great day!
First, for the non-rant. Check out this cool article over at Thank God for Evolution, Reality: God’s Secular Name. Most excellent. My favorite is [...]

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Holding Against The Stream

July 2, 2009 – 4:44 pm

First for an oldy but a goody: All things are impermanent. That is their nature. Everything, everywhere, in all occasions, changes. The change may be slow, or it may be fast. It may be major, or it may be minor. It may be by choice, or by conditions. It may be wanted, or feared. But, [...]

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