In a recent conversation regarding death and rebirth, I was speaking with @jeffrey and @taiyaki at lenght regarding the different forms of consciusness and what it is that "experiences" nir…

Hi Jeffrey,If they do exist what is the motivation to oppose them anyhow?

From the "Managing Stress and Anger in Conflict," chapter of Tjosvold & Johnson's book Productive Conflict Management (Irvington: 1983).

Meditation is not to drive out thinking. That is a misunderstanding. The difference is that you don't take a particular problem and become goal oriented. So you don't hold the context of the probl…

Worthy, honorable & perfectly self-Enlightened is the Buddha! Consummated in knowledge and behavior, totally transcended, expert in all dimensions, knower of all worlds, unsurpassed trainer of th…

The goal of spirituality is to be.

The goal of spirituality is to be.

I am not sure how common this is, especially on a forum here where obviously people come to talk about Buddhism, however I have felt very confident in not doing much study/reading on Buddhism over th…

The ego is something necessary for survival and self-identification in the conventional, phenomenal world. The conception of the ego itself is something wholly conventional as it is simply a modern, …

lsd opens you up to the fact that you are consciousness. it expands consciousness so you get the apparent sense of oh yeah i am the door in front of me, not only that i am everything aka the sense of…