mindfulness

In the west the word is used in the context of what happened in Europe in the 18th century. And even in that context the scholars cannot agree what the word stands for or exactly when i begun. So it would be ridiculous to exactly name what enlightenment stand for in a spiritual  context. But we can try and if we would like to have en European perspective of the word we can for instance start with Schopenhauer. He was influenced by Kant, but also by Buddhism and Hinduism. Here is a good English radio program about him. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nfrrz I like the way S puts music in the philosophical spotlight. He used to play the flute himself. But his personal history, a depressed father and so on has for certain influenced his philosophy. But does desire always bring us to suffering? Lets take the example of the new President in the US. Its obvious that he is driven by desires and wish  for fame. But that has taken him a really long way. But who knows what wi

An interesting conversion between the two Wrights; Robert and Dale, the latter has written a book about this topic. Do we need terms like karma and  enlightenment? Dale think so. Not because they are in then Buddhist context, but also because they pragmatically can be in use. Even if we don't  believe in reincarnation, our deeds will shape us. If we do good deeds we will become good - in this life. And this may be true even outside a religious context.  http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/38017?in=22:47 Here, in Sweden, more and more people are leaving the church. Many of us, because we don't  want to pay the tax - but also don't believe in  God anymore. I'm right now in the countryside, and  here many still go to to evangelicals meetings. Maybe partly for a social reason, to meet and have a chat with other people. It may be be that people here also believes in karma, even if they name it "what comes around goes around". But they also have to be s