There are a lot of Buddhists in Hawaii – maybe more so per capita than in any other US State. I’ve mentioned many times on this site that I practiced Vipassana meditation for a number of months and over the years I can say I’ve gained a lot of happiness as a result. There are [...]
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Is Buddhist Nirvana an Illusion?
Posted on 09 May 2009.
I guess you could say I’ve been on a search for someone that is enlightened in the classic Buddhist sense of the word. Someone free from mental pain and anguish. Someone whose mind isn’t attached in any way. Someone who has transcended the dualistic world and is just experiencing things as they come – entirely [...]
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Video 2: Buddhism, Two Basic Lines of Belief
Posted on 16 July 2008.
Over 10 years ago when I started meditating I was in a state of mind where I didn’t want to follow a religion. I didn’t see any truth in religion as many of the beliefs require faith in something that I cannot prove or disprove. I’m a very logical person and faith in the supernatural [...]
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Video 1: Questioning Your Religion
Posted on 15 July 2008.
This is my first attempt at video for the Aim for Awesome site. I know what I want, but I don’t know how to get there yet. I noticed in this first video I’m too mellow for the first part, I’d like to get more energized like around the 9:30 minute mark you’ll see that [...]
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What is the Purest Experience Available to Humankind?
Posted on 25 June 2008.
One topic of great interest to me is flow. Flow is that state where a person is totally involved in doing something, so much so that no ego, thought or anything extraneous to the ‘doing’ exists for that person. Runners experience it. Graphic artists experience it. Engineers and artists experience it. Anyone that is doing [...]
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Body + Consciousness + Death = Consciousness?
Posted on 23 June 2008.
Are you taking anything with you when you die? Is consciousness continuing on independent of the body after death? Or, does consciousness evaporate with the body and mind as you pass? One of my uncles wore a shirt to Christmas back in the 1970′s and I still remember it because it went against everything my [...]
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Want a Free Library of Downloadable Buddhist E-Books in PDF format?
Posted on 26 January 2008.
I just found this really amazing resource for free downloadable e-books. The site is called, Buddhanet. Their e-book library has got to be one of the coolest things I’ve seen. If you’re interested in reading about Buddhism, you’ll really love this free ebook download site. It’s full of free downloadable Adobe PDF e-books relating to [...]
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