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"Great blog - very deep and extremely important. Descartes Cogito has stood the test of time. However, the present moment experience when we are not in thought, is existence in its purest form. Very much the opposite of what Descartes says. This is the most fundamental thing we can say about our existence and its great that more and more people are finding out these truths about I think, therefore I am NOT" Comment by "renaissance podcast"

Mindfulness at UCLA

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April 08, 2013

At the university of California they study, do research on and practise mindfulness. On their site you even can find exercises to listen to or download;

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Forgive us Ukraine

June 11, 2022

Arvo Pärt STATEMENT: Dear friends in Ukraine, dear colleagues, dear all fighting for your home at the price of your life, We bow before your bravery, bravery in the face of nearly unbearable suffering. We are with you as much as we are able to. All that is left to us is a lump in our throats and tears and prayers. Words have begun to lose their meaning. Forgive us! Forgive us for failing to protect you from a disaster unimaginable in our time. Long live Ukraine! Слава Україні! Pärt’s statement was shared in Estonian, English, Ukrainian and Russian. He was born in Estonia what then the Soviet Union. He was not allowed to set up his religious music, so he mowed to Berlin and is now again living in Estonia. As a mirror to another mirror the war in Ukraine is very living here. Not just because many refugees from there is here now. Also because we are so near, both Russia and Ukraine, but also the Baltic countries. We are so interconnected. I used to play table tennis against a ...

The vulnerability that connects us

February 16, 2022

Thich Nath Hanh is dead, Though in his view nothing can die. No coming - no going. As we have no essence, no intrinsic I, we are all interacting beings. The German sociologist Hartmut Rosa is not a Buddhist but uses the word resonance to describe the interaction not just with other human beings but with nature and the society around us. In an interview he says; Resonance means becoming vulnerable and losing control. That's what happened to Thich Nhat Hanh the last years. He lost control and was for sure vulnerable as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage. But he was well treated by his students, nuns and monks and the burial was attended by so many people in Vietnam where he lived his last years, His view is that he will live on in the people who met him and was influenced by him and his book or talks in Youtube. Rosa is an atheist and thinks capitalism and the forever increasing economic system is the biggest obstacle for u...

The weight of thoughts

November 06, 2024

The title above relates to a sculpture by Thomas LeRooy: When we meditate we try to make the thoughts be fewer. Its seems impossible to totally stop them. If we focus of something else, as the breathe or a mantra we can reduce them. very skilled meditators can do meditate without any focus. It is said that experienced meditators can reach a higher kind of consciousness that make them loose desires and thoughts for a very long time. Of course you also can shift from different kind of meditation. If you are beginner is good to start with training concentration. You can do it while walking or eating breakfast too. Don't let the mobile phone or radio disturb you. Here you can learn about different kind of meditations, some of may indicate that time and space, as Kant pointed out, is an illusion (even though an illusion we cant live without). Ruben Laukkonen is looking at meditation in both an scientific and practical way. ( You can find his Doctoral Thesis online): ...