Tag: Buddha

A scientifically sound model of reality states that billions of years ago, an extremely dense kernel of energy/matter expanded due to unknown causes, instantiated time and space (and thus causality), and through partially understood mechanisms like gravity and exploding stars, eventually gave rise to life on Earth. This, to me, is nothing short of amazing. …

Being disciplined gives me a chance.  Being strategic increases my chances.  Everything else seems to be icing on the cake. For much of my life, I tried to find a shortcut around discipline and strategy.  Now, I suspect that there isn’t any.

There is a beautiful irony in a writer who details the hero’s journey; the hero’s journey means an individual will venture into chaos, and through [logic/discipline/perception/audacity/creativity/any number of timeless qualities] bring order to that chaos so that others may navigate it.   What do you think the writer does when (s)he wrenches a narrative out of…

In order to contemplate meaning across eons, cultures, and beyond the scope of space and time, I find it useful to view morality as an abstract human construct.  But in day-to-day life, I have no problem pretending it’s a definitive truth, for I am personally biased against malicious behaviors.

From what I’ve experienced, it’s not the high state of mind that allows me to avoid unpleasantness and drudgery, it is seeing through the illusion of “unpleasantness and drudgery” that brings about a high state of mind.

If there is an underlying order to all phenomena, it seems that purporting to know it invites wars, discord, and ideal-borne failures.     What seems to work is presuming NOT to know, and giving it sufficient space to reside as Mystery; to refer to it indirectly through poetry, paradox, and to constantly give it fresh…

I try and assess (adjust if warranted)…and repeat ad nauseam.  Not because it’s noble, or even because it’s pleasant, but simply because it seems to be the best option available.  

Like most of you, I’ve got some monsters living in my head.  Instead of ignoring them, I acknowledge them, respect them, and put them to work so they can help me out instead of drag me down.

If life is truly the greatest teacher, then one must honor the evidence, even if it’s incredibly unpleasant.  Life may call upon someone to renounce their guru, to kill another, to engage in austere disciplines day after day…or it can do the exact opposite.  To me, the definition of fluidity and detachment is if one…