Vince Horn, co-founder of Buddhist Geeks, comes out of a long period of silence in Buddhist Geekland to tell us what’s been happening in his world. Vince lets us in on the profound disillusionment he experienced with ‘lineage’ Buddhism, calling it a ‘love-hate’ relationship. But he also lets us know where Buddhist Geeks is going… Read More Vince Horn: Stirrings from the Bardo
I've just discovered Christopher Titmuss, a Theravada teacher who trained as a monk in Thailand and India for ten years, co-founded Gaia House in Devon, UK, and was one of the first teachers at the Insight Center in Barre, MA. He teaches in India annually, and around the world, but sadly, not in North America… Read More Chris Titmuss: The Transformed Life
Futurica Trilogy: How the Internet is going to Kill Industrial Capitalism and the Western Enlightenment Idea of the Individual. This video by Alexander Bard, one of the authors of the Futurica Trilogy, explains how the internet is the fourth communication revolution. The internet is a ‘single organism’ that obliterates the western enlightenment concept of the individual.… Read More Buddhist Futures: Futurica & the Internet Sangha
Raising A White Child As A Black Parent In An Age of White Guilt Hysteria and Self-Flagellation Oliver CampbellFollow Fiction author. Shorty Awards Athlete Finalist. Contributor at The Escapist Magazine. Endurance cyclist. Renaissance man. Mar 15 A Response to ‘Are We Raising Racists?’ This piece is written as a counter opinion to Jennifer Harvey’s Op-Ed… Read More Response to ‘Are We Raising Racists?’
[Note: been there, felt that, got the t-shirt.] Posted by Frances Lee on July 13, 2017 at 9:36am PDT There is a particularly aggressive strand of social justice activism weaving in and out of my Seattle community that has troubled me, silenced my loved ones, and turned away potential allies. I believe in justice. I… Read More Excommunicate Me from the Church of Social Justice
Recovery 2.0 Online Conference – July 12-16, 2017 http://recovery2point0.com/conference/ https://player.vimeo.com/video/221960163 RECOVERY 2.0 CONFERENCE ONLINE. GLOBAL. FREE. 25 Powerful Interviews about Healing, Recovery and Life Beyond Addiction. CONFERENCE SPEAKERS Click on a presenter’s face to get the details of their talk. WEDNESDAY JULY 12TH SATURDAY JULY. 15TH
Healing the First Wound umair haque Jul 10 [Note: I’ve been reading posts by Umair Haque at Medium, his reflections on the state of American politics, very insightful stuff. But this is his writing on spirituality, a sort of non-dualist take on Heidegger’s Being and Time.] If we really gain an awareness of time, I think… Read More Everything is Happening
