Keith “Maggie” Brown

  • Institutions starting to walk the Broader Impacts walk

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions CSID’s own Robert Frodeman is slated to keynote an upcoming Broader Impacts Infrastructure Summit. This summit marks the first of its kind for its focus on institutional infrastructure, prima… See on cas-csid.cas.unt.edu Continue reading

    Institutions starting to walk the Broader Impacts walk
  • University Presidents—Speak Out! | The Nation

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Where are their voices on the major issues of the day? Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: Yeah. Not going to happen. Though it really does need to happen. See on www.thenation.com Continue reading

    University Presidents—Speak Out! | The Nation
  • Meditational Painting | Writing Finger

    A really nice elucidation of painting as meditation. As the author states, he is “writing about painting as meditation, not meditation before painting…” I very much recommend a couple of reads. No human culture lacks adornment.  It can be as simple… Continue reading

  • Originally posted on simonhlilly: The white noise of the next universe, the white noise of the last, muttered thoughts, scratched messages, attempts to sustain the unsustainable: the instant of now, pinned to a dead language, thought too big for itself,… Continue reading

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  • Absolutely Awake to the Encompassing

    I am sure that if you look through my site, you would find me to be some kind of Buddhist social critic. I post all kinds of Buddhist sayings as well as lots of material on the Society of Control… Continue reading

    Absolutely Awake to the Encompassing
  • On the Way to No-Thinking

    When in the seen will only be what is seen. And in the heard only what is heard When in the senses, only what is sensed And in the known, only what is known You will not be influenced by… Continue reading

  • Zen Gateway Online

    A brief guide to The Zen Gateway website – the online community for Chan/Zen Buddhism. via Zen Gateway Related articles Learning To Live In The Moment With ‘The Dude’ (wnyc.org) Hakuin: The sight of one hand clapping (japantimes.co.jp) Temple teaches… Continue reading

    Zen Gateway Online
  • Originally posted on Drive All Night: Dear friends, Welcome to Drive All Night: aka, what I’ve been working on for the past five months! Whether you’ve been directed here through Facebook stalking, a referral from friends, or a web search… Continue reading

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  • Millennials Come of Age: America’s Most Stressed Generation

      More information to digest concerning the growing chasm as we move from the Society of Discipline (of which Boomers & Gen-X make the last generation) into the Society of Control (of which Millennials make its first generation). First came… Continue reading

  • Originally posted on Teachings Of Masters: Concentration and contemplation are great things; but no contemplation is greater than the life we have about us every day. Bowl of Saki, February 17, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan:… Continue reading

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  • A natural philosopher† that should be studied & comprehended in order to see the large impact he has on everyday thought as well as on science, technology, engineering and mathematics. †The term “scientist” was not invented & used widely until… Continue reading

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  • An Indistinct Sky: No-Thinking

    “In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.” Siddhartha Gautama, the Awakened Related articles Struggle Falling Away: Love (keithwaynebrown.com) Awake for Deathless Wisdom (keithwaynebrown.com)… Continue reading

  • Death of a Yuppie Dream – In These Times

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions See on www.inthesetimes.com Continue reading

  • Struggle Falling Away: Love

    “Here it is–right now. Start thinking about it and you miss it.”  Huangbo, The Zen Teaching of Huang Po “Meditation is very simple. It means to surrender the mind, the body, and the world, from moment to moment, to the… Continue reading

  • How Capitalism Creates The Welfare State « The Dish

    The two concepts are usually seen in complete opposition in our political discourse. The more capitalism and wealth, the familiar argument goes, the better able we are to do without a safety net for the poor, elderly, sick and young.… Continue reading

  • Influential few predict behaviour of the many : Nature News & Comment

      Further tools for writing the book of life. To completely understand how a living organism works one would have to take it apart, the great physicist Niels Bohr once observed — but then the organism would certainly be dead1.… Continue reading

    Influential few predict behaviour of the many : Nature News & Comment
  • Teaching without Words: A Must See Ted Talk ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions “What did you think about when you first read Teaching without Words ? Probably a voice inside you shouted out-loud : No way, this can’t be possible! Well this is what mine did. I too was taken… Continue reading

    Teaching without Words: A Must See Ted Talk ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
  • Asking Questions Beyond Thinking

    Many who #meditate are surprised by the #etymology of #Mantra. Deepen your practice by embracing #uncertainty. goo.gl/5NhNZ — Keith Wayne Brown (@pahndeepah) February 18, 2013 “All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual… Continue reading