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To experience Zen-like awakening, try going the headless way
By Brentyn J. Ramm Source: Psyche A prominent theme in Asian religious traditions such as the Advaita Vedanta and Zen Buddhism is that our everyday human experience is like a dream. The dream is that you are merely a person – … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, culture, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged Awakening, Bodhidharma, Buddhism, Consciousness, Douglas Harding, Hui Hai, Kensho, Philosophy, psychology, society, spirituality, Tung-Shan, Zen, Zen Buddhism
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REVISIONING JUNG’S IDEA OF SYNCHRONICITY
By Paul Levy Source: Waking Times Synchronicity is considered to be one of the most important ideas emerging out of the twentieth century. Jung coined the term synchronicity to describe a category of experience that defied and had an altogether … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, culture, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged acausality, Buddhism, Carl Jung, Causality, chaos theory, Consciousness, David Bohm, J. B. Rhine, Mind, Multiverse, nonlocality, Philosophy, simulcausality, spirituality, Synchronicity
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We Won’t Be Free Until Our Minds Are Free
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com There’s a quote from an ancient Buddhist text called the Dhammapada that’s often translated as, “We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world.” In … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, conditioning, consciousness, Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Dystopia, elites, media, Media Literacy, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged Buddhism, Consciousness, corporate media, culture, Dystopia, fear, Freedom, Hinduism, Mainstream News, mind control, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, society, spirituality, Technocracy
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The semi-satisfied life
Renowned for his pessimism, Arthur Schopenhauer was nonetheless a conoisseur of very distinctive kinds of happiness By David Bather Woods Source: aeon On 13 December 1807, in fashionable Weimar, Johanna Schopenhauer picked up her pen and wrote to her 19-year-old … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, culture, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Spirituality
Tagged Arthur Schopenhauer, asceticism, Buddhism, dukkha, Ethics, happiness, Pessimism, Philosophy, psychology, recollection, Schadenfreude, Stoicism, Suffering
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QUESTIONS OF OUR TIME – TIME NOW TO GET BACK TO OURSELVES?
By Kingsley L. Dennis Source: Waking Times ‘And the Old Ones say: look outward seriously look inward intently look outward carefully look inward diligently look outward respectfully look inward humbly’ Jack Forbes As human beings we seek the beautiful, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddhism, culture, Humanity, Life, Philosophy, psychology, society, spirituality, Wisdom
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Spaciousness: How to Free Your Mind and Stop Living Reactively
By Jordan Bates Source: High Existence “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” — Viktor Frankl ‘Spaciousness’ is a Buddhist concept that has been profoundly … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, Health, Philosophy, Psychology, Spirituality
Tagged Awareness, Beginner’s Mind, Buddhism, Consciousness, Eckhart Tolle, Meditation, Mindfulness, Philosophy, psychology, Spaciousness, spirituality, Tao, Taoism, Zen
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WHY WE’RE A CULTURE OF ADDICTS
By Leslie Garrett Source: Waking Times If there’s one constant among addicts of all types, it’s shame. It’s what makes us lie and hide. It’s what keeps us from asking for help – though we don’t think we need it … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, culture, Drug War, Health, Law, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged addiction, Buddhism, Compassion, Consciousness, Criminalization, culture, Dr. Gabor Maté, drugs, Harm Reduction, In the Realm of the Hungry Ghosts, Neurology, Philosophy, psychology, Recovery, Shame, society, Sociology, spirituality, Trauma
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