Who Cares?
Imagine if a tipping point of at least 15% of the population exhibited this condition of mental stillness. Wouldn’t it be possible that the contagion would spread like a meme?
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Author: Angel Puente
Just Thinking: Relational Frame Theory and Psychology of Thought Tendencies
I personally prefer to go to the roots of the problem of thinking. Dialectical thinking is useful, in my view, for the resolution of life choices. Yet it stays at the surface of confused thinking. RFT goes deeper into how mistakes in thinking are produced and stored. It’s more like the psychology of the underlying tendencies in Buddhist thought.
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Nothing New, Same Evil: Violent Responses on a Spiritual Path
How do you accept the necessity of violent responses while following a spiritual path?
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Me, Bankei, and Real Silence
One of the observations I’ve made is that many teachers mention silence as something to pursue. It’s confusing because the awakened condition is beyond silence or noise, thinking or non-thinking, good or bad. Repeating this directive just misleads students and keeps them chasing after an unsustainable goal.
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A Good Resolution : Attention First
If they have convinced us that enlightenment (however it is conceived) is something we have to strive for, with a lot of painful sitting and obeisance to a “master,” let me give us the good news. They are completely wrong. Maybe, at last, this is a message we can all accept.
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