Tag: Buddha

The difference between a first draft and a final edit is as vast as the one that exists between a script and a movie.

All models of reality rely on a core unprovable premise, which if proven false, would cause the entire model to be revamped.  (In biology for example, the “dogma of biology” is that DNA transcribes to RNA transcribes to protein; if that were proven false, then all subsequent theories would need reworking).   So in light…

The irony is that (in the beginning) we must venerate rituals and symbols in order to train focus and attention, and in the end, we must cast aside those staid tokens/regalia in order to banish the illusion that we are “separate” or “lesser.” It is during those latter stages that the fantasticality of interconnectedness begins to…

Worthy endeavors will never consistently “feel good.”  In fact, I believe that the purpose of a worthy endeavor is to stretch to that point where things are “unpleasant” then train your perspective to where that “unpleasantness” actually becomes…enjoyable.  And move on to the next thing.  And the next thing.  And in the vastness of our…

“The proper way to live?”  Honestly I have no clue.  But I DO know that we’re here for a limited time.  I take that to mean I should explore; be flexible with my identity and perspectives; in order to be whatever I need to be, whenever I need to be it… So that I can enjoy this…

I firmly believe we are more than just producers and consumers…I believe we are constantly given Easter eggs and clues to our true nature and purpose:  To explore, to love, laugh and dream, and to realize that it really IS all good in the end. 😉

All that hardass warrior stuff is great; it’s necessary to get stuff done, perform on time, push yourself, and be able to walk the walk.  But so many of us glory in its grim elitism and go no further.  IMHO that mentality is a means, not an end; it’s a tool you use with all…

Over the years, the motivational phrase, “How bad do you want it?” has changed in my mind to,“How willing are you to humble yourself and expose the depths of your ignorance?”  While early results may initially be obtained by sheer desire, I believe that that approach will inevitably plateau.  To keep progressing, we must look inward…

Astronaut Chris Hadfield wryly points out, “people want to believe stuff, but they don’t want to try and understand it.”  There’s an important implication here:  the FUN of knowledge is in trying to understand!  When it’s relegated to blind belief then it becomes dead and dogmatic; it’s only when we pursue its never-attainable completion that…