I am an "amateur" musician who only listens, primarily to other "amateur" musicians ( Read more... )

The coming and going of the ego each moment is "reincarnation". To escape birth-death, accept what your life is right now. Even the coming and going of the ego is the proper function of the universe ( Read more... )

Religion vs Atheism ( Read more... )

- the internet is only a dream of communication-- turn off your computer see with your whole body -

Q: Why did Buddha break up with Jesus ( Read more... )

Hierarchical religion is dead!, anyone who thinks the have special authority because they are "ordained" are no better then those "other" faiths.

Here is a magic spell for you
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I've decided after 11 years of formal zen practice to take the Buddhist refuges or "the precepts". In the tradition I practice we have no ordination, there are no priests, no monks, and no hierarchy. The Diamond sangha has been criticized as being Anarchistic. The criticism is completely accurate, we are anarchistic and that's the way I like it ( Read more... )

The God most worshiped in America is Fortuna. She's actually a Roman Goddess who's name gave us the English word fortune. The practitioners of the cult of Fortuna believe Fortuna must have smiled down upon the rich, whom she obviously found worthy of her blessings and who deserve their fortune. The theology of Fortuna is that the poor are ( Read more... )

No one learns contemplation through talk, study, lectures or intellectual activity. Contemplation is the fruit of personal practice and experience. The experience is primarily the personal realization of the inseparable Wholeness of the Divine. Contemplation is non-discursive in nature, non-dualistic in nature. Talk, study, lectures and ( Read more... )

The common ground of religious experience is Silence ( Read more... )