When facing a crisis of faith, I guess it could help to start with what you know and still believe, little though that may be.
Archive of posts filed under the metaphysics category.
Zen
2 May 2011, 2:38 pm
I just finished reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Thoughts are coalescing… or actually, really, I’m drifting. I’m not sure what to say yet, but that it is excellent and fascinating.
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What is an open mind?
23 May 2010, 1:07 pm
Derren Brown is investigating supernatural phenomena in a miniseries of documentaries called Derren Brown Investigates. He wrote a great blog post to introduce the show, which delves into his approach and the nature and necessity of skepticism, which he defines as “reserving judgement until the evidence is weighed.” Predetermined disbelief he calls cynicism. It’s a [...]
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Afraid to Speak
17 March 2010, 3:08 pm
My throat chakra is closed. I am working on opening it up. That is, I suppose, the purpose of this post.
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Perspective and Creation
9 February 2010, 4:07 pm
Everything we do has consequences. Some are more noticeable than others, and many are expected: cleaning off the table usually results in a clean table. Inaction is an action with consequences as well, which can often be predicted without any extraordinary psychic talent. Certainly not all consequences are predictable, and many go unnoticed.
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You are being conned.
3 November 2009, 2:29 pm
Beware the little “offers” which get you in-game perks on social games like the ones on Facebook and MySpace: most of them are scams.
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Optimism and Zen
17 August 2009, 3:44 pm
Since my last post, things have apparently gotten worse in some ways. Maxed out credit cards, unexpected bills. But as I said at the end of that one, things are still moving in the right direction. Things are still moving. Everything changes.
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What’s up?
3 August 2009, 1:45 pm
(If you’re reading this on Facebook Notes, consider clicking through to the original post so you can see the links, since it doesn’t seem to translate them.)
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A Chronicle of Nothing?
12 November 2008, 10:25 pm
Or maybe a nonchronicle. That’s kind of what this blog is now; I haven’t been updating with anything much at all. Creation and Personal Growth are getting the shaft in the chronicle department. So, why no updates?
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More About Politics
16 October 2008, 11:54 am
That is the abbreviated title of this post. The full title is as follows: To Vote or Not To Vote, and For Whom, and Why: That Is Those Are the Questions, the Most Important of Which is Why
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Why do we stay?
25 May 2008, 10:49 am
What do we do about all the small disasters in life? Sometimes they seem so close together, like a concerted team of tragedies. There are so many opportunities to give up, to break down. So many constant, small signs any one of which would be a fine incentive to say, “I’ve had enough.” To give [...]
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Understanding Karma
7 January 2008, 12:31 pm
Karma is something I think many people misunderstand. Some see it as a sort of prison, a never-ending cycle of pain inflicted and received. To others it is about getting in the final word, some kind of cosmic justice. But it is neither of those things.
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What would you do if you had as much money and free time as you could want?
16 October 2007, 2:54 pm
That is, if you had enough time and money to do all the things you do in your free time to escape the stress of everyday life, so much that you could do those things as much as you wanted. When you got bored with or tired of those things and set them aside… what [...]
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On the Many One True Paths to Mastery, or: I will tell you what Jesus did.
13 September 2007, 6:17 pm
I was raised in a family whose religion was Christian Science. It was cool to learn how to practice spiritual healing the same way that Jesus did it. Eventually, however, I decided for myself that Christian Science is not a bad path, but it is not my path.
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