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Vince - who has written 807 posts on Numinous Nonsense.
Vince Horn lives as a modern monk. He spends part of his year in silence, meditating, introspecting, and developing spiritually. The rest of the time he spends engaged in the world, where he produces and hosts the popular show, Buddhist Geeks, works in the production department of the spiritual publishing company Sounds True, and writes for various publications—including on his personal blog Numinous Nonsense—and enjoys living in Boulder, Colorado with his wife Emily. Read his full bio here.
What is Twitter?
I’ve been an active user on Twitter, the micro-blogging community, for over a year. Being a big fan of the service, I love to see when new folks get on there, especially when we’re really close. For those of you not on there, but interested, here’s a killer video on Twitter from the [...]
Continue reading...Father Thomas Keating on Oneness & Change
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
There’s no way to grasp what is always happening, because as soon as you do you’re unable to open your hand fast enough to receive the next gift of god. So, how to grasp something with your hands always open, this is the paradox of prayer. - Father Thomas Keating An amazing video where Father [...]
Continue reading...Two Takes on Enlightenment
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
[I've been having a fun back-and-forth with a dharma friend on what seem to be two different takes on enlightenment. One is the more traditional Theravada model where the defilements (kilesas) are destroyed upon full enlightenment, which is call arhantship in that tradition. The other model is that the sense of a separate [...]
Continue reading...The Power of Real Sangha
Sunday, June 15, 2008
While I was on retreat recently, one of the teachers reflected back to me how important the three Buddhist refuges are: refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. She mentioned that the sangha wasn’t just everyone that I practiced with, but was really those people who knew something about the path or who [...]
Continue reading...Rationalizing Awakening Away
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
A phenomenal quote from Jack Engler’s article, Practicing for Awakening: Instead of practicing for awakening as a real possibility, we hold enlightenment up as a remarkable and rare attainment, the highest ideal of the spiritual life. But enlightenment doesn’t work as an ideal. As an ideal for a few, it distances us and discourages [...]
Continue reading...The Hyperbolic Time Chamber of Enlightenment
Monday, June 9, 2008
When I was growing up one of my favorite programs was a Japanese anime called Dragon Ball Z. Each day after school a friend and I would go and watch the saga of warriors who were fighting to save earth, to transcend to higher and higher states of perfection. For those of you [...]
Continue reading...- The Death Series, Pt 1: What is Death?
- Why Geo-Social Networking Matters: The Unification of Virtual and Real World Relationships
- How We Approach Enlightenment and Why it Matters
- A Methodology for Being
- Father Thomas Keating on Oneness & Change
- Hitting the Nail on the Head
- What is Twitter?
- Choiceless Awareness
- Two Takes on Enlightenment
- Even this Site is Constantly Evolving
- Integral Institute--CEO Drama? (39)
- Leapfrogging with the $100 Laptop: The Untold Dangers... (21)
- Steve Frazee Responds... (14)
- Polyphasic Sleep is Chic! (13)
- The A & B's of Enlightenment (13)
- Why Geo-Social Networking Matters: The Unification of Virtual and Real World Relationships (13)
- The Pendulum of Practice (12)
- Strategies and Standards. Goal #2. (11)
- How Fast do you Type? (11)
- Retreat Reflection Pt 1: The 3 Marks (10)
Buddhist Geeks
- BG 084: Dream Practices: Comparing Dream Yoga and Lucid Dreaming
- BG 083: The Yogas of Dream and Sleep
- BG 082: Sleep as a Spiritual Journey
- BG 081: The Inevitable Tension: Going Deep vs. Spreading Wide
- BG 080: Peering Under the Hood of Buddhist Media
- BG 079: Existential Threats and Risks: We Can't Escape Impermanence!
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Monday, June 23, 2008
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