Tagged with Dharma

The tragic sense is the power behind religion. God is an impossible concept. This has led, on the one hand, to rampant agnosticism and, on the other, to the silence of the Buddha. Today, instead of recognizing and accepting impossibility, we defiantly demand the impossible. (more)

The unconscious bait and switch of communing with reality becomes engraved into the synaptic patterns of a soon to be disappointed, nostalgic sucker who thinks the reflection is actually in the mirror. The yoga I'm interested in teaching is to perceive the mirror-like nature of all objects. (more)

The conscious choice of one's life purpose should be considered carefully before stumbling into karmic entanglements that can swallow one up for a lifetime. This is especially true now, as we near the end of civilization as we know it.  (more)

Two great directions in human thought and activity have recently been coming into sharper focus. Interest in Buddhism has not been greater since it was first introduced to China where it proceeded to grow steadily for 500 years, and the serious and thoughtful use of psychedelics is making a resurgence, perhaps more profoundly than in the Sixties. (more)