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Posted on October 19, 2018
Brad Warner of Hardcore Zen on Political Craziness
Brad Warner: He is not the zen guy you’re expecting.
FollowPosted on September 3, 2018
Peppercorn Consciousness
In the previous post I wrote of the interdependence of perceived reality. This morning in the Washington Post I read an article “Lab-grown Brain Bits Open Windows to the Mind — and a Maze of Ethical Dilemmas“. The “brain… Read More
Posted on August 21, 2018
Zen Maybe?
In examining consciousness there are parallels concerning Eastern thought such as Zen and modern philosophy of consciousness based on Western scientific discoveries. I’ve been reading Daniel Dennett’s “From Bacteria to Bach and Back.” There are passages in the book… Read More
Posted on August 14, 2018
Truth is Beauty
Zen is about suchness. East and West do find common ground. In “Ode on a Greecian Urn”, John Keats says: “Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.” Robert… Read More
Posted on August 1, 2018
Entropy: Life’s Creator
This is a Google Talk by physicist Sean Carroll. I’ve edited it down a bit. Life, it turns out, is a function of entropy. I would try to offer a synopsis of what this is all about but… Read More
