Zen Buddhism is full of stories about practitioners staring death in the face in order to cut through their mental habits and force a direct confrontation with the fundamental matter. Monks doing zazen on a cliff's edge to keep themselves alert, rōshis telling frustrated students
Can you notice the Heaven behind your own eyes?Can you notice the orgasms in your cells?The preacher tells us it's on the other side of death.The teacher tells us it's on the other side of accomplishment.The banker tells us it's on the other side of
"We are led by the least among us – the least intelligent, the least noble, the least visionary. We are led by the least among us and we do not fight back against the dehumanizing values that are handed down as control icons.” ~ Terence McKennaThe
The US tortures journalists and whistleblowers, arms terrorists, kills children with starvation sanctions, wages endless wars, facilitates mass atrocities in Yemen, repeatedly used nuclear weapons on civilian populations, circles the entire planet with hundreds of military bases and bullies every nation on earth using military
Narrative is crumbling. It's difficult to understand what's going on in the world.It's difficult to understand what's going on in the world because powerful people actively manipulate public understanding of what's going on in the world.Powerful people actively manipulate public understanding of what's going on in
If I had to put a label on my politics and I was being 100 percent straightforward about it I'd probably call myself a "satori populist" or something. I believe humanity wins by awakening from its dysfunctional relationship with mental narrative and moving into enlightened
"If wars can be started by lies then they can be stopped by truth."~ Julian Assange"That which can be destroyed by the truth, should be."~ P C HodgellHuman life is confusing. A human's purpose in life is to make it less so.The healthiest desire a
If the eyes are the windows to the soul, as they say, then smartphone cameras are the windows to the soul of our society.In ages past we knew hardly anything about what was going on in a given civilization. Mythology about a population's history were
Revolution--the real kind--is an inside job.This is not a click-friendly fact to highlight. Whenever I talk about revolution as having more to do with sincere inner work than with demonstrations and pitchforks and the proletariat rising up against the bourgeoisie, I get met with a
You start out in the first womb and it's alright. There's not much to do but you don't get any bills, you never have to worry about where your next meal's going to come from, and you don't have to read anybody sharing their opinions