September 2012
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Since opposed principles, or ideologies, are irreconcilable, wars fought over...
– Alan Watts (The Way of Zen. 1957)
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August 2012
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The Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness →
socialuprooting:
Elephants cooperate to solve problems. Chimpanzees teach youngsters to make tools. Even octopuses seem to be able to plan. So should we humans really be surprised that “consciousness” probably does not only exist in us?
This privileged state of subjective awareness in fact goes well beyondHomo sapiens, according to the new Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness (pdf), which was...
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(“to do” is “not to do”) …I am precisely my...
– Alan Watts (The Way of Zen)
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(Meditation) …the life of “sitting and looking” has lost...
– Alan Watts (The Way of Zen)
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…in studying or practicing Zen it is of no help to think about Zen. To...
– Alan Watts (The Way of Zen)
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For he is the Knower, and the Knower can know other things, but cannot make...
– Shankara (The Way of Zen, by Alan Watts)
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May 2012
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This is uncut video of what it looks like leaving the Bangkok airport and heading for the city via skytrain. I shot this on my GoPro Hero2 (April 2012)
March 2012
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February 2012
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Marketing is manipulation and deceit. It tries to turn people into something...
– Noam Chomsky
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Juice Fast Day 5 (the Final Day)
Soooooooo, I ate a salad on my last day of the Fast (yesterday). One may consider that a failure, but another may look at the 110 hours of fasting that lead up to that delicious, saliva inducing plate of raw vegitables (just begging to be chewed) as a victory in itself. As for me, I chalk it up to experience and understanding. I learned a lot about myself in my 4 1/2 days of juicing....
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I've been slacking on my photography lately...
soooo, i think I am going to try and chronicle my 5 day juice fast stating tomorrow. I’m not one to put myself in front of the camera, so it might be a lot of pictures of fruits and veggies in various stages…from solid to liquid. I should meditate on this tonight (my fast, not my photography)
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Sit back, relax and listen to this music... →
January 2012
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All addictions stem from the moment when we meet our edge and we just...
– Pema Chodron
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