KEITH’S GRAVATAR PROFILE

Ron Krumpos kindly nudged me to be a little more forthcoming. So, as suggested, I now have a ‘spiritual’ profile…

WHAT ARE QUIETISTS?

Can Individuality Survive? QUESTION: You suggest you are a ‘pratyeke’ in a buddhist meaning of your mystical experiences of Reality,…

By kind permission of Anthony Garner zenothestoic.com Release from the shackles of a mind made prison, sought for so many…

QUESTION: How do you know your mystical experiences of Reality are true? ANSWER: Because of the ineffable but undeniable, implacable,…

See below for a review of a paper sent to me by Academia.edu: “A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF TRANSCENDENT STATES ACROSS…

THE CASE AGAINST REALITY, 370 pages, pub. W.W. Norton. By Dr Donald Hoffman, cognitive psychologist, University of California. According to…

“Stanzas Concerning an Ecstasy Experienced in High Contemplation” By St. JOHN OF THE CROSS I only come across Dr. Saint John…

QUESTION: You have said Reality does not use names. ANSWER: True, Reality does not use names. In Ultimate Reality, where…

By Anthony Garner, zenothestoic.com (on Weltanchauung): Sitting in the garden listening to the rain. There may be no more to…

Some buddhists say buddhism cannot be understood without direct experience. This is certainly true of the Reality of all existence…

In this excerpt from his excellently illuminating book, The Fifth Dimension – An Exploration of the Spiritual Realm, Dr Hick…

‘Faith in mind’, is a poem attributed to the Third Chinese Chán (Zen) Patriarch Jianzhi Sengcan. It is shared here…

Q: What is your view of sin? A: Simple. There is no such thing. Q: And feminism? A: There is…

This was my original post on the subject of drugs. The following is an update: I see the sole purpose…

by Katherine Elizabeth Coder, Miami University A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor…