In the Brahmajala Sutta, the Buddha outlines sixty or so errors, the kind which might constitute Wrong View. Right View is in contradistinction one of the Eight Noble Truths, without which, suffering remains on the menu, all served as different dishes. These errors pertain generally to questions about life after
Life can be weird. Jung talked about synchronicities. Maybe what I relate here is that or maybe it's just a coincidence. I was an avid user of the Foreman grill and around the turn of the century, I watched him on infomercials grilling steaks, burgers and bacon. I
Not pretending to be the only one who predicted this, but as I'm not an X or Facebook, I don't know who else has characterized Musk's DOGE as a dry run for a much larger displacement of human white collar workers in a couple
There is an objective reality out there and it's all in your mind! I've been reading up on early archaeology in Israel and its relationship to the Bible. Let's just say that the writers of the Bible were not always devoted to representing history
This post is about a vlog from Philosopheasy on YouTube. I know a little about Simone Weil and found the discussion on The Beast to be interesting. From a practitioner's perspective, I've dealt a lot with The Beast at work, but it was really big and
My "Hell to Pay" post and others related to Covid are a reminder that there is a just anger. It is harder to be just in reference to things that are close to home, like having a family member keel over dead from the clot shots. You can
There's a saying that goes, "We're all junkies for suffering." This has been on my mind a lot lately, having become a counter-focus for negative thoughts and feelings which have popped up more in the last several days. It's been very helpful,
I've been following the daily revelations of government waste uncovered by DOGE, the repurposed/rebranded U.S. Digital Services outfit headed now by Elon Musk. Formed by Obama in 2014, it was given a new mission by Trump in January and from what I've read, it&
The male human form does not come with a switch to shut off the production of semen. As soon as puberty starts, the testes and the prostate begin filling up with the precious bodily fluid responsible for all human life on earth. A human female on the other hands comes
I went to my PCP today for a routine checkup. Usually in and out visit with some brief chit chat about vaccines. Sharon and I have been simpatico on the true nature of the Covid jabs from our first meeting a couple of years ago. I thought this was a
I'm leaving some links here that I feel mesh with the theme of the obsolete human. This post will be updated. "The New Housing Market Premium" – Ben Carlson Some facts and figures from Derek’s excellent piece:74% of all restaurant traffic is takeout or delivery
Humans have become obsolete. From a Buddhist perspective, the human form remains the best and most desirable tool for finding an exit from samsara, but from a modern techno-social standpoint, the form has outlived its usefulness in the minds of not only the powerful, but the weak. People with a