Meaning
The Zenprovement manifesto
Sunday, May 4th, 2008
I can’t say for sure what self-improvement means to you. But I’m willing to guess that essentially, you feel it is to make positive progress on your life, your sense of identity, your virtues, your character, even your goals and dreams; the idea being that making improvements on what you identify as your “self”, […]
The secret of life
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
photo credit: mikefats
“The secret of life is to die before you die, and find that there is no death.” Eckhart Tolle
Up until now I have made a point of writing what I hope are original, thought provoking, and often rather lengthy posts. Though this is the general strategy for my blog, there […]
What’s the one thing no one can take from you?
Sunday, February 10th, 2008
In a moments notice everything you have and hold close can be stripped away. One fundamental premise of Buddhism is that all things in life are transient and temporary in nature. I can’t really disagree with this assertion. Logically, I know my body, my possessions and even my relationships will all one […]
The ultimate meaning of human life is not comprehensible by human beings
Friday, February 8th, 2008
Through religion, science and philosophy, man has largely come to an agreement on the subject of “the meaning of life”.
What is the general consensus? Please excuse the following oversimplification of quite possibly the least complicated answer, to the most important question known to human existence.
The Human species’ answer - “We don’t know.”
Disconcerting, no?
The Muslims […]