Transcendenz

  • Shiva Nataraj

    “In Shivaite tradition, the god’s companions are described as a troupe of freakish, adventurous, delinquent and wild young people, who prowl in the night, shouting in the storm, singing, dancing and ceaselessly playing outrageous tricks on sages and gods. They… Continue reading

    Shiva Nataraj
  • A Frank Prayer

    Oh thou endless Great Way, broad and flowing in profound tranquility, Where hatred happens, let there now be love; Where weakness occurs, fortitude; Where doubt arises, faithfulness; Where despair crushes, hopefulness; Where darkness encroaches, enlightenment; Where sadness lingers, joyfulness. Encompassing… Continue reading

    A Frank Prayer
  • Kindfulness

    Weekly dharma talk with Ajahn Brahm. This weeks topic is KINDFULNESS, the bringing together of Compassionate Mindfulness.   Related articles Advice While Awake (keithwaynebrown.com) THIS is, this IS, THIS IS (keithwaynebrown.com) When We Let Go of Fear, All that Remains is… Continue reading

    Kindfulness
  • THIS is – this IS – THIS IS

    morning satori authentic letting-go? walking along, listening to Alan Watts THIS clicks into place thoughts weaken, fall away after a last tugging illusion a hesitation then/there – NO! now/here YES! Squirrel running along wall chittering & skittering THIS is this… Continue reading

    THIS is – this IS – THIS IS
  • Walking Meditation 20130309

    “Everybody knows how useful it is to be useful; nobody knows how useful it is to be useless.” –Zhuangzi Contemplating how seeking after the future makes all things but mere tools on the way to success in a later-on nowhere… Continue reading

    Walking Meditation 20130309
  • Finding Beauty Beyond Clever Devices

    “Many contemporary composers have been building walls of sounds following their own clever devices. But then, who lives inside those rooms?” — Toru Takemitsu “The first question I ask myself when something doesn’t seem to be beautiful is why do I… Continue reading

    Finding Beauty Beyond Clever Devices
  • A nice run through of the precepts on the way to no-thinking. Namaste. Related articles Absolutely Awake to the Encompassing (keithwaynebrown.com) AI, or Awakened Intelligence (keithwaynebrown.com) Meaning of Namaste (andreadurham.wordpress.com) The Path to the Fearless (evolutionsangha.wordpress.com) Continue reading

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  • The Tenth Dimension

    So, there is a lot of mind blowing thinking out in the realm of contemporary physics. Those of us who know the history of philosophy are not afraid to call a good deal of this metaphysics. Certainly, it is the… Continue reading

    The Tenth Dimension
  • Time to Improvise

    unfueled – uncompromisedundefined – unconditionedunbounded – unforeseenuncanny – unbornmindfulnessliberationnirvana I had a most wonderful & meandering mindwalk with my beloved Collin Hauser yesterday while hanging around Big Mike’s Cofffee Shop. We wandered wondering down this Platonic avenue and then through… Continue reading

    Time to Improvise
  • AI, or Awakened Intelligence

    unfueled – uncompromised – undefined – unconditioned – unbounded : mindful #liberation : #nirvana — Keith Wayne Brown (@pahndeepah) March 1, 2013 Let me make this over the top claim: “Artificial Intelligence” is actually what we do on a regular… Continue reading

    AI, or Awakened Intelligence
  • R.I.P. 26 February 1969: Death of Philosopher Karl Jaspers

    As those who have been visiting here for a while will know, the original address for this site was karljaspers23. My mentor, Richard M. Owsley, was a student of Prof. Dr. Jaspers. To say that Jaspers had an impact on… Continue reading

    R.I.P. 26 February 1969: Death of Philosopher Karl Jaspers
  • Everything – Something- Nothing

    Thirty years ago, before I began the study of Zen, I said, ‘Mountains are mountains, waters are waters.’ After I got insight into the truth of Zen through the instructions of a good master, I said, ‘Mountains are not mountains,… Continue reading

    Everything – Something- Nothing
  • Originally posted on Teacher as Transformer: As I rested today, I missed the opportunity to be out there exploring. T. S. Eliot eloquently spoke of this. I seek for and find when I explore the cyclical journey we call life.… Continue reading

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  • Diogenes in the Marketplace > Babette Babich

    A most joyous thing to read for an old anarchocynic like myself… But ‘know thyself” works dialectically in an extraordinary way to make such sundering readings redundant: “for Thales, knowledge of the heavens and self-investigation could proceed directly parallel to… Continue reading

    Diogenes in the Marketplace > Babette Babich
  • Honest Acknowledgment

    The habit of employing self-deception to maintain one’s self esteem has often become so ingrained that the first step to developing accurate self-awareness is honest acknowledgment of the existence of hidden emotions, motives and tendencies in the mind without immediately… Continue reading

    Honest Acknowledgment
  • 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

  • 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