Many real changes start with dreams, or to be honest, all change generally starts with a thought. It's what you do or don't do about the thought that we see as "real," but any action genera…

last saturday i went to a day long silent retreat (okay in the afternoon there was a dharma talk and some discussion). I have been paying attention to the effects. Sometime in the afternoon of the re…

I realize of course that this is something I need to determine, but I figured I'd throw it out there for input I might not have considered. Sometimes someone says something that just strikes you a ce…

Our discussion in the energy healing thread brought a question to my mind--is the placebo effect the same as positive thinking, or can those be separated and analyzed?

Nah, time isn't actually real, it's a human construct based on the fallacy of cause and effect. Things seem to be happening sequentially but in reality all is manifesting simultaneously.

by Jon Kabat-Zinn

I have struggled with this, been careful about judgement. In fact I have rarely had judgement in this area (which means I have not had judgement on things like holding staff accountable or family or …

For the past several years or so, I've seen, scattered around the web, posts alleging that Tibetan tantras say 12-year-olds should be fed sweets to encourage them to engage in ritual, tantric sex. W…

I had occasion to look this up again today and thought it might be worth posting here:

What would a Zen Hermit study? (like the ones from the documentary ''AMONGST WHITE CLOUDS'')