I've witnessed this myself and it was extremely interesting, as it cut both ways. At college I had a British born black friend of Caribbean origin (A). He was just as British as us and I remember a nice, easy-going good all-rounder of a dude. Everyone loved him.
We lived in halls, so we...
1. A person online can't punch you in the face.
2. We only get to see one aspect of an online 'person', which can be some kind of odious view with which we disagree. The same person in real life could be a kind and considerate individual whom we would like.
The same process can happen in...
Based on what you wrote, you have doubts about the LHP. Perhaps this is because on one level you intuit that the LHP is no more able to offer answers to your stress than the RHP
This isn't to say there's nothing of value in either... but...
If you want to deal with stress, you need to...
There are still plenty of mysteries around known ancient civilisations, like for instance the Minoans. One theory is that the legend of Atlantis was based on the catastrophic destruction of the Minoan's assumed military power base of Thera by volcanic activity. An amazing civilisation which...
A much fun as a hard drive failure, which I had last week on one of mine. Upgraded to a better hard drive though and now its way faster. 'Just' managed to backup everything before it finally died (phew).
This.
The question of rebirth is predicated on a linear, dualistic interpretation of our experience.
If you see the Heart Sutra as pointing at non-dualism rather than at a metaphysical 'emptiness-as ultimate-state', it makes more sense:
"In emptiness (non-duality) there is no form, nor...
Thanks for the thumbs up but I must say I enjoyed the Hobbit trilogy apart from a bit too much CGI at the end. Final battle was a bit Warhammer like. Loved the Goblin King, he was good fun.
I think modern Putinists are quite embarrassed at Soviet era ideals. They've created a new Tsar and he's in bed with the Russian Orthodox Church. St. Putin next.
As an uninformed Brit, Ryan always looked to me like he could/should be a thoughtful individual with integrity, conscience and depth of character but is, in actual fact, the exact opposite.
He's a career politician who knows when it's time to jump. He'll still be around when Trump's gone and...