Numinous Nonsense

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 [...]

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Father Thomas Keating on Oneness & Change

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 [...]

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The Fall of Falling Fruit & Buddhist Geeks New Home

The company, Falling Fruit tv, that I helped start around 1 year ago, dissolved a couple of weeks ago. While I’d prefer not to get into the specifics, as there is a lot of private and still hurt feelings involved, I will make a couple of observations/thoughts that have come to me in the [...]

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Train Attention and Become a Cyborg Buddha!

This is a great video, from the Google Talk series, with Philippe Goldin. Philippe is a research scientist and heads the Clinically Applied Affective Neuroscience group in the Department of Psychology at Stanford University. He spent 6 years in India and Nepal studying various languages, Buddhist philosophy and debate at Namgyal Monastery and the [...]

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Dharma Overground is Stylin’

Daniel Ingram’s step-son, Ian Blakely was kind enough to create a sweet logo for the Dharma Overground community. If you dig he’s work you might send him a message, as he has just started doing a little freelance work. You can contact him at sinikdesign [at] yahoo [dot] com. Thanks Ian!

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The Marriage of Buddhism and Science

There was a great comment on our recent conversation with B. Alan Wallace on BGeeks, by someone with a neuroscience degree and an interest in Buddhist practice. Here is what they had to say: As someone with a strong Buddhist background as well as a degree in neuroscience, I find it challenging when yogis see [...]

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