What Is Before Spring? Dōgen and Being-time
There Is No Moment Of Transition For Events To Happen In. There Is Only This Present Now, And Nothing Else
James M. Corrigan, Ph.D.
There Is A Way Of Seeing The World Different. I Write About Responsive Naturing, And Inner Spontaneous Sound Meditation — Two Facets Of One Objective: Opening A New Path Forward Towards Eco-Survival.
Interpreting the Words of Enlightened Beings
We Need To Not Have An Understanding That Stands In The Way
Is Enlightenment Possible?
The Truth Of Enlightenment Is Not A Belief, Nor Is It Just An Emotionally Attractive Idea Without Proof
There is a difference between meditation and mindfulness
Someone whose mind wanders away during meditation is blessed with a multitude of opportunities to experience and deepen their mindfulness.
Discussions
Why It’s So Difficult To Communicate With Others
People Are Able To Listen, They Just Are Unwilling To Do So
What Even Scientists Are Often Guilty Of
Why Scientific Knowledge Is Always Contingent, No Matter How Much Proof Is Gathered
There Are No Objective Empirical Facts
Mind-Training Frees Us From Mental Errors That Lead Us To Suffer, Live Inauthentically, And Misconstrue What Is Real With What Is Not
Mindfulness Based Planetary Recovery
A Mindful Person Is A Better Relative, A Better Friend And Neighbor, And A Better Global Citizen, So Everyone Benefits
Unsaying
Alienation & Unconcoctability — The Change That Enlightenment Brings
Does becoming an enlightened being actually make a difference?
Great Responsiveness
Great Responsiveness (Mahākaruṇā) is the impulse to remove harm and suffering from others.
Unsaying
The Problem of False Halts and Captivity
Captivity within this process of naturing is a restraint that cannot be broken.
Contemplation
Memory And Impermanence
Everything Is In Motion, Even Our Memories Of Events That We Believe Are True Records Of What Was