Category: who am I?
Posted on January 14, 2009
zen mind, physical mind
I’m reading Steven Pinker’s The Blank Slate, my favorite quote so far – “thinking is a physical process”. But, you ask, “Who’s doing the thinking?”. When you pick up a book from a table, what’s picking up the… Read More
FollowPosted on January 2, 2009
my president right or wrong
In an Op-ed today in the NY Times, in relation to Indian democracy Gurcharan Das says: “When you have millions of gods, you cannot afford to be theologically narcissistic. It also makes you suspect of power”. I think… Read More
Posted on December 7, 2008
the trickster
We all have a tendency to believe the illusion of duality. This – is me. That – is everything else. When I die everything else goes away, but I will go somewhere else. This is the illusion of… Read More
Posted on December 5, 2008
zen for the 21st century
The essence of zen as I see it, is to realize your position in space and time. This is not the same as understanding your position in space and time. Realization goes beyond understanding. And realization is not… Read More
