[300 words] Mysticism will always be a couple of steps ahead of science. By science, I mean natural science, but I also mean it literally: scientia means "knowing". This is true of any kind of knowing, really -- but physics and psychology are probably the two most relevant. (The world and the mind are, after …
[2700 words] The word "school" comes from the Ancient Greek "σχολή" (skholḗ), and it means “spare time, leisure; conversations and the knowledge gained through them during free time; the places where these conversations took place”. That's all a school really is. A place where people can freely converse. Those who are interested in conversations which …
[600 words] People keep giving me grief about the fact I keep insisting on using the word "God" where they'd prefer to hear "the Universe" or something. There's an endless litany of reasons for that, which I'll get into later. For now, I'll say it's specifically because you are all ragingly anti-Semitic and you need …
[500 words] I listened attentively to this 5-part lecture series by Alex Wynne almost exactly two years ago. I'm probably going to revisit it now that I've learned a lot more about the subject matter, but before I do, I'm going to sum it up from memory. The Buddha had several disciples. Ānanda is the …
[1300 words] Sometimes, we feel like we don't have enough time, or that time is running out, or something like that. That's the problem of time. Now, to the solutions. Primarily changing the way we think, and secondarily, actually doing something about it. The most basic option is to figure out what you want to …
or: The Nature of the Placebo Effect [400 words] Let's think of the body and the mind as one thing. This thing has energy. Depending on how you look at it, the energy looks different. For example: you can look at its energy in the form of glucose. You can look at its energy in …
[300 words] The Anthropocene is one great mass extinction event. So, why is it alright to continue to exist as part of it? Firstly, we, as individuals, did not choose this or even really cause it. It cannot be anything but madness to try and hold ourselves accountable for it...... so help me God. Secondly …
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[200 words] People apparently struggle to understand this question. It might be instructive to make a parallel to cosmology. At first, we thought the Earth was the center of the universe. Then we thought the Sun was the center of the universe. Now we think that every single point in space is the center of …
[300 words] It's silly because it shows a very great ignorance of the history of thought. The basic question of "is the world real?" stretches back a long time. Its first form was probably: "is the world real or is it a dream?" Then we started talking, and we asked: "is the world real or …
他闭着眼睛 静静地思考 然后渐渐忘记思考 I'll break it down for you. (With the help of yellowbridge.) 他 tā he or him; (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant) 闭着 bìzhe closed 眼睛 yǎnjing eye 静静地 jìng jìng de quietly 思考 sīkǎo to reflect on; to ponder over 然后 ránhòu after; then …
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