The Dalai Lama on the Meaning of Life
Today I saw an article on Slate about the Dalai Lama’s visit to New Mexico in April, 1991. Near the end of the article, a waitress asks him “What is the meaning of life?” “In …
Category: Writing
Varna Shiksha and Sanskrit Gender
A very old text on Sanskrit grammar was found by accident, unlabelled and mis-catalogued in a university library in Mysore. Named the Varna Shiksha, it describes a number of qualities of the letters of the …
Update
When I went live, 2 short articles that were published prior did not go out to all subscribers – just some. The links to recent articles were in the newsletter but that too depends on …
Break
I’m back from a double-header: 2 retreats with Lorne and Lucia and a short holiday in between. Hanging out with the awake on a kiwi farm by the ocean. Wonderful food, weather, and company. Deep …
Howard or Here
Robert Fulghum is a former minister and school teacher best known as an author. He uses stories to illustrate principles of life and living. His first and most famous book “All I Really Need to …
One Man
One man devotes his life to the world as real and solid, worthy of his confidence. Another man devotes his life to the world as illusion, a mirage or waking dream. Yet another man devotes …
What is Consciousness Published
I do almost no publicity or networking for this blog. It has grown by word of mouth and happenstance. Until recently, I blogged under an alias. A few months back, I was invited to contribute …
Some Quotes
Ran into a small stash of good quotes today “Even after seeing the pain and sorrow of people, merely saying, “I am the Self. I am beyond all this,” instead of trying to console and …
Your Elusive Creative Genius
This is a clip from a few years back but I’ve frequently sent the link to writers and other creatives and it came up again today. I thought it was time to share it here. …
What is Consciousness? – Part 3
< Part 1 < Part 2 The next stage is a recognition by the intellect. That pure consciousness I am is directly cognized to be the same as what underlies the world. We don’t just …
What is Consciousness? – Part 2
< Part 1 Higher Stages Going beyond the individual ego-sense moves us into several stages of development of consciousness itself. First as the observer, then with the observation of the world becoming, and then united …
What is Consciousness? – part 1 of 3
I’ve been invited to contribute to the on-line magazine Science to Sage. It’s a graphically rich magazine that shares the works of a number current thinkers and artists. Each issue is themed and the March …