The American philosopher and semiotician (one who studies “signs”) Charles Sanders Peirce proposed a helpful model for understanding the way that signs operate. In this case, we’re looking at the signs related to human communication, and more specifically the language related to the communication and interpretation of “enlightenment.” Peirce used a triadic model to explain [...]
Digital Serfs and Cyborg Buddhas from Jeriaska on Vimeo. Check out this great talk with Professor James Hughes and Professor Mike LaTorra. Both James and Mike have been guests on Buddhist Geeks, and they are also both Transhumanists. Their talk is an interesting mixture of Buddhist and Transhumanist idea, particularly aimed at exploring the future [...]
“I teach a dharma which is good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end.” – The Buddha I’ve written about the stages of insight leading up to the important spiritual event, which in the Theravada school of Buddhism is called stream-entry. In Zen it might be called kensho and in [...]
In a recent comment on my post on The Spiritual Map of the Elders I got some very good follow-up questions. I’d like to answer them in this post, one at a time. And thanks to Bob for bringing these questions up. How many hours of meditation would you guess you logged until you initially [...]
Then something just snapped. Something inside of me. I didn’t care anymore. I didn’t care about being better than Kakarot. I didn’t care about being a Super Saiyan. I didn’t care if I lived. I didn’t care about anything. And then it happened… That is how I became a Super Saiyan. The sleeper has awakened. [...]
Over at Buddhist Geeks, we were very lucky to have interviewed one of our favorite philosophers a few weeks ago, Ken Wilber. Today, the 1st part of our discussion with him is live on Buddhist Geeks. It’s entitled “The Meditative Maps: Happy Mornings and Dark Nights.” In all honesty, I think this is one of [...]
St. John of the Cross used the term Dark Night to signify a period of spiritual dryness and difficulty, and the dark night is a very real phenomena, experience among spiritual practitioners of every ilk and tradition. When one has built up enough momentum in their spiritual practice (and often times this can even happen [...]
Vincent Horn is a Buddhist Geek and Digital Innovator. In addition to being a long-time meditation practitioner, Vincent has started several organizations aimed at shaping the future of contemplative practice. His work focuses on the fusion of nascent technology and contemplative wisdom, and has been featured on the pages of Wired, Fast Company, and the Los Angeles Times. Along with his wife Emily, he makes his home in Santa Monica, California—that is until the distinction between atoms and bits dissolves completely.
