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Cross-Disciplinary Mastery
Sitting down at Bookends coffee shop, waiting on a friend. I haven’t had much I’ve wanted to blog about lately, so to break the silence I’m going to try to blog about not blogging. Yes, it’s lame, but if you want to keep the flow going you got to just do it. [...]
Continue reading...Ken & Traleg – Theravada Rap
29. September 2006
In the newest video [you can watch this video for FREE] with Ken and Traleg Rinpoche on Integral Spiritual Center Ken starts his usual wrap about Nagarjuna’s “Middle Way” philosophy being a criticism of Theravada Buddhism. Although I think there’s some truth to his argument, the main problem I see with it, is the [...]
Continue reading...Living as a Modern Monk: Merton and the Mahayana
6. July 2006
Precursors to the Modern Monk
The “modern monk” then is a sincere and committed spiritual practitioner, one who bridges the techniques of the pre-modern spiritual traditions with the opportunities that come from living within the modern world. But this idea is in no way unique to me. The ways that I try to flesh [...]
Arguments against Meditation
30. June 2006
I was thinking about some of the different ideas I have particularly strong identifications with, or disagreements with. In other words, all the shit I’m polarized on. Believe me there’s a lot! As I was thinking about many of these things (particularly meditation and blogging), it occurred to me that it might [...]
Continue reading...Bodhisattvas and Singularities: Using Technology to Catalyze Awakening. Part 2.
14. May 2006
Inducing Mystical Experience
I’m going to take a slight turn away from Kurzweil’s predictions and focus on some contemporary research that is chronicled in the book, Why God Won’t Go Away: Brain Science & The Biology of Belief. The authors of this book, Neuroscientists Andrew Newberg and Egene D’aquill, recorded some interesting findings in the laboratory [...]
Bodhisattvas and Singularities: Using Technology to Catalyze Awakening. Part 1.
7. May 2006
[This article was originally a final paper I wrote for one of my classes. I've split the paper into two parts and added relevant hyperlinks. This is the first half, with the second half coming shortly. Enjoy!]
This paper is a thought experiment, one that intends to examine what may at first glance [...]
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