Meditation for January 9th, 2017 Ego Reduction For most of the life of religion and spiritual practices has been the reduction of the human ego so that one may be humbled in the face of the gods. Christians have used self flaggelation to punish oneself for even daring to think about sin (I would like […]
Meditation for January 5th, 2017 On Absolutes People have been more absolute in their convictions now than ever before. People either know exactly why they exist and their purpose because of X, or they don’t care at all and don’t want to know. Either way, it is an absolute. Some time in the common era, […]
Meditation for January 2nd, 2016 The Tree of Life There are a lot of similarities between the world’s religions and myths. The tree of life is mentioned in almost all of them. This idea of a tree that branches out in the heavens and spreads its roots in the underworld permeates Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, […]
Meditation for November 6th, 2016 10 Misconceptions About Buddhism Buddhism is the world’s third or fourth largest religion – depending how you want to break up the Judeo Christian religions. The exotic spiritual practice has gained interest from western seekers, but because of misinterpretation, racism, and money making schemes, Buddhism has a lot of misconceptions. […]