Author: Johnathon Lee

The Myth of the Present: Why Time Matters

My point is that you don’t have to be a presentist to be Buddhist.

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Santa Is Real & So Are You: How Belief Shapes Reality

Santa doesn’t exist, he’s never been present in space or time, but we live in a world where he might as well exist. That’s why I say that he’s real. Real things have lasting consequences. This goes for Buddha and Jesus too.

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Words As Locks & Keys

Words also aren’t as arbitrary as we used to believe. When shown two shapes, one sharp and one rounded, and asked to label each one kiki or bouba, almost everyone—across diverse cultures— agrees that kiki is sharp and bouba is round.

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What’s Gained in Loss

Loss seldom happens all at once. It’s a movement, an emptying that takes something away bit by bit until there’s nothing left to take apart but the memory. Like a cup made of ice melting into itself. The whole world, the entire cosmos… statues of melting ice. 

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