Category: Perennial Philosophy
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I-Thou Encompassing
O, Thou; O, Thou… I alone falters embracing uncommon – uncanny entwining – exclusive encompassing I risks everything for no-thing for Thou this encounter nothing else how can “you” capture this? you… you… you… you… you… you… stuttering stabbing particle instants paring down leaving off irrelevant but Thou, O, Thou nothing irrelevant comprehending…
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Zen Anarchy
And nothing is fixed! The famous master Hyakujo wanted to find an abbot for a monastery. He put a pitcher on the floor and asked what it was, adding, “Don’t say it’s a pitcher.” Some of the smarter monks came up with smart things to say. Then Isan the cook…
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#MAHATMA – Life of Gandhi (abridged)
This is the abridged version (2hrs 15min) of a 5hrs 10min documentary biography of Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi. All events and principles of Gandhi’s life and thought are viewed as integrated parts of his truth-intoxicated life depicting permanent and universal values.The purpose of the film is to tell the present and…
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Bhakti
Beginning to gather up different pictures of the god Hanuman for my research. Hanuman, a key figure in the Ramayana and totally dedicated follower of Sri Rama, represents the deep devotion (bhakti) of life to the Divine.
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A little bit on Crossan’s historical Jesus
Central to [John] Crossan’s methodology is the dating of texts. This is laid out more or less fully in The Historical Jesus in one of the appendices. He dates part of the Coptic Gospel of Thomas to the 50s CE, as well as the first layer of the hypothetical Q…
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Whatever, Etc. 0037: Justice and the Tripartite Soul
I was asked to drop by and engage in Dialog this evening, Mar 03, at 6pm, with some of my compatriots who are doing a close reading of Plato’s Republic. Live-streaming this for those who want to watch at home or catch it later on Youtube. They are reading Book…
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Sun – Line – Cave, Part 1
A dear colleague has invited me to discuss a few of the metaphors at the heart of Plato’s Republic. So I’ll be live streaming from his class Friday, 26 Feb 2016 @ 1pm… if you are not busy at work or just hanging around the house, join us. Or watch…
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Man Bites Dogma – A RAW Conversation
He’s been called a cult figure to various lunatic fringe groups, Tom Robbins calls him “a dazzling barker hawking tickets to the most thrilling tilt-a-whirls and daring loop-o-planes on the midway of higher consciousness,” he calls himself an iconoclastic comedian, and whether Robert Anton Wilson is a philosopher or a…
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What is Altruism?
Matthieu Ricard uncovers the reasons why altruism is the vital thread that can answer the main challenges of our time: the economy in the short term, life satisfaction in the mid-term, and environment in the long term. The book paints a complete picture of the importance of altruism and the…
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Sufficiency Economy
Everyone has been affected by the #economiccrisis and some of us know folks who are still reeling from how banks played dice with our futures. If you have an hour, you might want to learn a little about how Buddhist’s in Thailand responded to their 1997 Asian market collapse. This…
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The Lives and Ideas of Robert Anton Wilson
Happy birthday RAW! If you have about 90 minutes to spare, you would learn a great deal from watching this little documentary.
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John Dee in circle of skulls
Apparently, in the original version of this old masterpiece depicting Queen Elizabeth watching her court magician, John Dee was standing in a circle of the dead conjuring goddess only knows what. Hidden beneath a painting of the enigmatic Tudor polymath John Dee performing an experiment for Elizabeth I is a dark…
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Loving devotion
Caring for another, being-open for that other and to that other: these are aspects of our animated existence, of our being-with others. Do not fail to see devotion where it appears nor fail to appreciate how all life teaches us lesson in being-here.
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Jane Bennet on Artistry and Agency in a World of Vibrant Matter
Jane Bennet discusses her broader phenomenology of the material world. Hosted by the New School.
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