By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 11 Nov 22
Facing that inconvenient truth, we’re all tempted to create some kind of immortality project: We all want fame and glory, or something along those lines. It’s just socially impossible to quite admit it to one another. We all think we’re a bit chosen. The Chosen One™.
Facing that inconvenient truth, we’re all tempted to create some kind of immortality project: We all want fame and glory, or something along those lines. It’s just socially impossible to quite admit it to one another. We all think we’re a bit chosen. The Chosen One™.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 11 Nov 22
And the same goes for everyone we love and care about. Even if some scientific progress is made to dramatically lengthen our lifespans we’re still going to die, sooner or later. And the same goes for “humanity”, however we define that category.
And the same goes for everyone we love and care about. Even if some scientific progress is made to dramatically lengthen our lifespans we’re still going to die, sooner or later. And the same goes for “humanity”, however we define that category.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 11 Nov 22
So the twelve rules of my upcoming book relate to life *and* death. We’re not trying to cheat death or wriggle our way out of it. The aim of the mediocre life is to truly live our lives, and then to truly die.
So the twelve rules of my upcoming book relate to life *and* death. We’re not trying to cheat death or wriggle our way out of it. The aim of the mediocre life is to truly live our lives, and then to truly die.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 11 Nov 22
But, of course, it’s a delusion of the mind. And even if you end up being Michael Jackson, the larger-than-life status heaped upon you by admirers is still a delusion. All of this is just a long-winded way of saying: death is real.
But, of course, it’s a delusion of the mind. And even if you end up being Michael Jackson, the larger-than-life status heaped upon you by admirers is still a delusion. All of this is just a long-winded way of saying: death is real.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 11 Nov 22
So the thing is: we’re going to die. Some cancer is going to metastasize in our body, or we’ll get a heart attack, or a stroke, or we’ll get smashed by a car, or trip and fall on a staircase, or drown in the bathtub, or choke on the dessert. Or some colorful combination of these.
So the thing is: we’re going to die. Some cancer is going to metastasize in our body, or we’ll get a heart attack, or a stroke, or we’ll get smashed by a car, or trip and fall on a staircase, or drown in the bathtub, or choke on the dessert. Or some colorful combination of these.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 11 Nov 22
Again, it’s okay for us not to be entirely comfortable with that fact.
Again, it’s okay for us not to be entirely comfortable with that fact.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 11 Nov 22
Not just the death of “me”, but the death of my entire world. It arises, it passes away, as Buddhist teachers like to remind us.
Not just the death of “me”, but the death of my entire world. It arises, it passes away, as Buddhist teachers like to remind us.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 11 Nov 22
If we look at the longer stretches of time, with astronomical, geological, or even historical scales, death is perfectly normal.
If we look at the longer stretches of time, with astronomical, geological, or even historical scales, death is perfectly normal.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 10 Nov 22
Even in the pleasure palace the inner beast can go hungry. And indeed, hungry are the damned. We need to become good at actually feeding that inner beast, at actually giving it pleasure that does its job: to create inner gratefulness, fulfillment, and joy.
Even in the pleasure palace the inner beast can go hungry. And indeed, hungry are the damned. We need to become good at actually feeding that inner beast, at actually giving it pleasure that does its job: to create inner gratefulness, fulfillment, and joy.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 8 Nov 22
In my upcoming book I’ll delve into the very basis of the spiritual experience that undergirds everyday life and its deep oceans of emotions: something I call “cosmoeroticism”
In my upcoming book I’ll delve into the very basis of the spiritual experience that undergirds everyday life and its deep oceans of emotions: something I call “cosmoeroticism”