Article 35 The Times they are a-changin’… “Everything that comes together falls apart.” Last words uttered by The Buddha This Article is a slight variation of the quotation above; we could paraphrase it thusly: ‘there is joining together into one and separating apart into many.’ We are living through a period where news events effectContinue reading “The Times they are a-changin’….”
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Mutually Invisible Enemies
Article 35 Mutually Invisible Enemies (Well, maybe not ‘enemies’ but it’s a catchy heading…) Soaking in the thermal waters of El Carrizel, Veracruz, my wife and I indulged in idle conversation, as is our wont, wherein the following musing arose like curling wisps of vapour from the surprisingly potent healing waters by a bend ofContinue reading “Mutually Invisible Enemies”
Dark and Bright Futures
Article 33 Dark and Light Futures Right now it seems like in many ways we are headed towards ‘hell in a hand basket’ – whatever that means! Some people feel that a hidden globalist cabal is waging some sort of asymmetric war against the established political and social order with the intention to impose someContinue reading “Dark and Bright Futures”
Finding the (quiet) Middle #2
Article 32 Finding the (quiet) Middle (edited after initial publication) Partly due to an onslaught of recreational excursions – either to nearby beach or thermal waters – and partly due to existential ‘Plandemic’-induced angst, and no doubt also partly due to Factor X, have recently hit a brick wall of writer’s block. Which is alsoContinue reading “Finding the (quiet) Middle #2”
The Meaning of Mandala
Article 31 The Meaning of Mandala “A circular figure representing the universe in Hindu and Buddhist symbolism.” I imagine the above definition is pretty much what most people think of when the word ‘mandala’ is used. Allow me to take you behind the curtain to what is a most interesting and useful notion yet rarelyContinue reading “The Meaning of Mandala”
A Glimpse of the Sacred
Article 30 A glimpse of the Sacred Whilst driving through sub-par Mexican country roads on the way to a rather nice local thermal pool in Veracruz, I was asked ‘how do you make a space sacred?’ I was a little taken aback because I regard that as a rather huge topic about which volumes couldContinue reading “A Glimpse of the Sacred”
Help! My brain is like a TV set!
Article 29 Help! My brain is like a TV set!! If the underlying nature of mind is formless and body is form and speech is some sort of intermediary blending of the two, what is individual mind? We all seem to have one. Even an individual ant, though part of the Insect Kingdom’s Borg-like hiveContinue reading “Help! My brain is like a TV set!”
Mind, Space, Body and Ego
Article 28 Mind, Space, Body and Ego We have the visible world of form and the invisible, formless world, posited earlier as two sides of any given reality, which just so happens to be what’s behind basic yin-yang theory. In more immediate human terms we have body and mind, with speech being a third, intermediateContinue reading “Mind, Space, Body and Ego”
Reality is a Fantastical Creation
Article 27 Reality is a Fantastical Creation We imagine realms which in turn reflect back as actual places and situations – beautiful and ugly homes or streets, loving or dysfunctional families and so forth. According to some traditions, this sort of thing also determines what sort of situations we are born into including place, statusContinue reading “Reality is a Fantastical Creation”
Of Leaders and Projections
Article 26 Of Leaders and Projections “So what does all this have to do with the key moments of heightened awareness and intensity, be they clutch plays in a championship game, or bardo moments of intense brilliance, let alone leaders and followers or ‘group dynamics in the context of focus?’ Stay tuned….” (from Focus inContinue reading “Of Leaders and Projections”
The Great Switcheroo
Article 25 The Great Switcheroo What happens to a fish taken out of water? It soon dies and so is soon no longer a fish. Does the fish exist separate from the water it is born, lives and (usually) dies in? Similarly, do any forms exist outside the container of space? No. Now leaving asideContinue reading “The Great Switcheroo”
Masculine and Feminine, Take One
Article 24 Masculine and Feminine Take One (edited from initial July 21st version) As contemplated and systematized extensively in the Chinese yin-yang theory tradition, it seems we live in a world that always has two sides. In Buddhist philosophical jargon these are called ‘form’ and ‘formless.’ There are many other such pairs such as: masculineContinue reading “Masculine and Feminine, Take One”
The All-Pervasive Realm of Speech
aka: Who’s talking? Article 23: The Realm of Speech This writer, like many I suspect, can get a little entangled in his own verbiage. Perhaps this is because I began to see common threads and themes in this series of articles and started to feel obliged to explain thematic linkage even though there is noContinue reading “The All-Pervasive Realm of Speech”
Spacious Attention
Article 22 Focus in Space In the previous set of articles, have been hovering around a cluster of ideas like a butterfly, lightly touching on one before flitting to the next. But they are all very much related being different flowers, if you will, on the same plant. Some of the elements: So some sortContinue reading “Spacious Attention”
Band of Brothers
Article 21 Band of Brothers When two or more face hardship together, they bond in fellow kinship. When a couple share passionate intensity, their intercourse produces new life, new kin. Life is born out of struggle. As an inner voice proclaimed to the actor Jon Voight in a moment of intense personal hardship when heContinue reading “Band of Brothers”
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