Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi | BODHI MONASTERY Bhikkhu Bodhi is an American Buddhist monk from New York City. Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1944, he obtained a BA in philosophy from Brooklyn College (1966) and a PhD in philosophy from Claremont Graduate School (1972). Drawn to Buddhism in his early 20s, after completing his university studies he traveled to Sri Lanka, where he received novice ordination in 1972 and full ordination in 1973, both under the late Ven. Ananda Maitreya, the leading Sri Lankan scholar-monk of recent times. He was appointed editor of the Buddhist Publication Society (in Sri Lanka) in 1984 and its president in 1988. Ven. In May 2000 he gave the keynote address at the United Nations on its first official celebration of Vesak (the day of the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and passing away).
Neuroscientist Michele Ross Describes Her First Experience with DMT Maybe the benefit of beauty is that it inspires us to care about the world. It certainly impacted neuroscientist Michele Ross’s life that way, when she tried DMT, the potent psychedelic, in an effort to release her childhood trauma. By Michael Garfield, originally published at Globalish. Source Her story’s more compelling, in some ways, because she’s more disposed than most to wrap her mystical experience in words, in chemistry and graphs – and yet the real embodied source of every spiritual experience that’s ever happened is within us all, irrespective of our job descriptions. At first, her DMT experience was merely pretty: “Most beautiful sunset ever! “Time and space was bending. We have to accommodate the experience of the sacred in society; it is from this experience that all our best impulses flow, self-evident that everything’s deserving of the Universal Love. “The old me would have never been able to rationalize that. “How do I help humanity?
Philosophical Disquisitions Microdosing Psychedelic Mushrooms Migraine Illustrated by Tyler Spangler. I’m on mushrooms right now. Just a small amount, about half the size of my pinky nail. I’m not hallucinating or anything, but for the past couple of months, I’ve been taking a regular, tiny dose of psilocybin ‘shrooms every few days. And life has never been better. Microdosing as a concept isn’t new. James Fadiman, PhD, a pioneering researcher in psychedelics and microdosing who has made it his life’s work to study psychedelic use all over the world (and is the author of The Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide), offers a protocol that many enthusiasts currently follow: Once every four days, take a 10th to a 20th of a typical dose. Earlier this year, I came across an Alternet article touting the benefits of microdosing, and then an insanely helpful Reddit forum devoted to it. My main goal was to see if I could improve my focus, and if dosing could help rid me of my crippling migraines. When I mentioned my headaches to Dr. Dr. Dr. Still, Dr.
Stoa del Sol The Stoa of the ancient Greco-Roman world was a teaching forum for the philosophical precepts of Stoicism. First expounded upon by Zeno of Citium (c. 366-264 b.c.e.), Stoicism was one of the loftiest and most sublime philosophies in the record of Western civilization. Its scope included a cosmology, logic, and ethics. And its impact has reached down through the centuries--early Greek Stoicism, later Roman Stoicism, Stoic influence in Christian thought, Stoic thought found in the humanism of the Renaissance, and beyond this in the pantheistic philosophy of Spinoza. The Stoa del Sol is a contemporary forum for essays that reflect some of the historical principles of Stoicism in relation to a New Cosmology and New Spiritual Paradigm prompted by modern science and systems theories. Stoicism is a doctrine that declares that all existence is confined within the limits of the sensible universe. The Stoics considered that human nature was the universal on a small scale--a microcosm!
Graphic Designer Created Art On 20 Different Drugs To Show Shocking Effects Of Drugs San Francisco-based graphic designer Brian Pollett's latest art project was quite a party… a 20-day party at that! DMT, Cocaine, THC, MDMA and GHB are just a few of the drugs Pollett experimented with over a 20-day period, creating unique art on each drug. No, Pollett's goal was not to become a drug addict or overdose. Instead, he said he "wanted to create opportunities to educate, whether related to psychedelics or art." While every piece of artwork is based around what looks like the same woman's face, the colors, detailing and themes change drastically depending on the drug of the day. The differences are so striking it's safe to say different drugs bring about unique forms of inspiration. Taking any drug, especially 20 different drugs in only 20 days, is extremely risky. Day 1: Butylone-- psychedelic Brian Pollett In an interview with APlus Pollett shared, "Imagine the past, future, and linear time are gone. Day 3: Codeine-- narcotic used to treat pain and cough Day 5: Alcohol
Pluto's Journal | growing up on the edge of it all Scientia Salon | a webzine about philosophy and science Home | moralfoundations.org FiveThirtyEight Port Magazine - the magazine for men Flaneur Magazine | Blog »Rome is so boring, Rome is so dry.« Architectural performance group LAC, ATI and Stalker believe the answer to Rome’s future is the transformation of the ancient ruin Largo Argentina (located on Corso Vittorio Emanuele II) into a lake. Let the Romans swim! Let Romans touch their history instead of viewing it from afar! After several brainstorming sessions (scuba diving gear, crabs and safety floats being mentioned) Flaneur and the performers/architects met by the ruin armed with flyers, posters, empty vessels for collecting water and a model of the ruin-turned-lake including live gold fish. Through skills of persuasion we got passer-byers to sign petitions noting down how much water they are willing to donate, then as a symbolic start to the controversial transformation every petitioner had to take water from a fountain and pour it into the ruin. The performance will be featured in Issue 04 and a video will be online shortly.