Note: The following is a summary and paraphrasing of Ayya Khema's Being Nobody, Going Nowhere. Boston, Mass.: Wisdom Publications, 1987. It's the best book on Buddhism I know of. Meditation is not something extra. It is not a hobby to be done in our spare time. It is essential to our well-being. We are all … Continue reading Why Meditate?
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The Dream Within The Dream
"This is the idea that we are slaves to Empire, and the world is a prison from which we need to free ourselves, what the gnostics called 'the puny cell of the creator God.' It is what Dick calls the BIP, the Black Iron Prison, which is opposed to the spiritual redemption of the PTG, … Continue reading The Dream Within The Dream
