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Attempting to build a relatively functional, adaptive, and intellectually coherent and scrupulous foundation upon which to build a great life and facilitate the conditions to contribute to sustainable and desirable experiences of existence for humanity and or whatever else may follow.
Amazon. “DUALISM VERSUS NON-DUALISM” — KelvinChin.org. PNSE Article. Here’s why so many physicists are wrong about free will. The French mathematician Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749-1827) believed that the Universe was a piece of machinery, and that physics determines everything.
Napoleon, who had read up on Laplace’s work, confronted him about the conspicuous absence of a creator in his theory. ‘I had no need of that hypothesis,’ came the reply. Laplace might have said the same thing about free will, which his mechanistic universe rendered superfluous. Since Laplace’s day, scientists, philosophers and even neuroscientists have followed his lead in denying the possibility of free will. Life Isn't About Finding Yourself. Life Is About Creating Yourself. We are all creators of our life experience.
Within each of us lies the power to design our ultimate life. But how often do we limit ourselves and separate from this truth, and instead decide to indulge in small thinking, unhealthy behaviours and crappy beliefs? Life Isn’t About Finding Yourself. Life Is About Creating Yourself. Nagarjuna, Hume, and the God Particle. Is The Dharma a reified account of things—mind, self, causality, world?
Or is it a metaphorical model? The former arrogates authority to itself; it has the first and final word. The latter eagerly awaits upgrades to its explanatory power, even to the point of its very displacement. Speculative Non-Buddhism. NOTE: “Nirvana and Depression” is part of a series of blog posts, which are no longer online but are collected in the ebook The Faithful Buddhist (link below).
Some passages that are perhaps a bit obscure here are less so in the complete, original context. By Tom Pepper Robert Sharf’s talk “Mindfulness or Mindlessness” (link below) begins with brief mention of the relationship between enlightenment and depression. If depression involves the “loss of an important source of positive value,” and the goal of Buddhist practice is exactly to “let go” of all of our attachments and illusions—effectively, those things that give our lives a sense of “meaningfulness” and allow for enjoyment—then wouldn’t the goal of Buddhist practice be to become incurably depressed? Speculative Non-Buddhism. By Glenn Wallis I thought I’d start writing on this blog again for a while.
I’d like to use it to think through some issues related to the non-buddhism project. Specifically, I want to explore, more explicitly and robustly than before, the constructive side of the critical-constructive dialectic. Many of the posts on this blog and at non + x already present promising work in that area. As a particularly pertinent example, I suggest you read Tom Pepper’s essay “Taking Anatman Full Strength and Śāntideva’s Ethics of Truth.” 1 As before, the argument driving this blog is that Buddhist conceptual materials offer potent resources for thinking radical reformations of self and society in the contemporary West.
Writing With Pencils and Eating Brownies: What Can Enlightened Brains Do? Fifteen years ago there was a documentary series on HBO called Kindergarten.
The show followed a group of kids in the course of their school year, filming their interactions until they became almost oblivious to the cameras. In one episode, a girl is showing her classmates something she wrote. One classmate, apparently amazed at her friend’s ability to write, asks “How do you write those words?” The girl replies simply “I used a pencil.” Clearly this doesn’t answer the question intended, but it does in one sense answer the question asked. Is Enlightenment Worth It?. It’s kind of a selfish goal. The Gifted Adult: A Revolutionary Guide for Liberating Everyday Genius by Mary-Elaine Jacobsen. More than unreal : clinicians practice experiences with clients. Crash Course Part 1: Timeless Wisdom, Modern Edge. Think back to what it’s like to feel sick… Nauseous, headache, fever—just all-around crappy.
At first you try to tough it out. Wait for it to go away. But instead of getting better, it just gets worse and worse… So you give up and go to the doctor. Because that’s what you do when you’re feeling sick and it won’t go away. Now imagine waiting in the exam room… After 20-30 minutes, the doctor comes in, looks you over, and says, “Not to worry. Wait… what?? Amazon. Dr. Jordan Peterson - Archetypes, Psychedelics and Enlightenment. Euvie: [00:00:00]Welcome to the Future Thinkers Podcast episode number 39.
This is the second half of our interview with psychology professor Jordan Peterson. In this episode we talk about Jung’s archetypes, psychedelics and Jordan’s definition of Enlightenment. It’s quite an interesting episode the topic range is a bit different than the previous have. I hope you guys enjoy it. Enlightenment: Seek and You Shall NOT Find. A Zen student goes to a temple and asks how long it will take him to gain enlightenment. “10 years,” says the Zen master.
“Well how about if I work really hard and double my effort?” The student asks. “20 years,” comes the reply. This story beautifully points out the paradox of the spiritual path: Seneca's Groundless Fears: 11 Stoic Strategies For Overcoming Anxiety. Jordan Peterson Course. Amazon. FearCast Podcast. What happens when you do a really, really lot of meditation.