The Buddha said there are three poisons: anger, attachment and ignorance. If you think about it, these are three different heads of the same snake. Ignorance about how life really is leads to attachment to our delusions about reality. Attachment … Continued
Radiation from Japan. War with Libya. Fundamentalist Dogma. The new Oligarchs: Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Chase. The disappearance of arts and culture. The disappearance of higher education. The disappearance of Social Security. The faint memory of affordable health … Continued
You can’t put your foot in the same river twice. You can’t go home. And you can’t go back. These are each different stories about the ancient idea of the impermanence of all things. In other words, despite appearances everything … Continued
The French Philosopher, Paleontologist and Jesuit Priest, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, famously said, “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, but spiritual beings having a human experience.” This sums up much of what I believe, including why I believe … Continued