there is no 'i' in buddhism

Probably  my final post. I'm not trying to be cryptic or cagey. The facts are that I started drafting this post some time ago, undergoin...

I made a last minute month decision that since this is presumably my last mix CD of the "mix CD of every year of my life" vanity ...

There's a reason I've lived this long according to "chronic suicidal ideation" and I just got a reminder of it, albeit fut...

The most important thing in my life has been mindfulness practice. Not music, which I acknowledge is fleeting, ephemeral and meaningless exc...

I loosened my restrictions on drinking for a few days since I'm nearing the purported "end" anyway, but then decided that was ...

I've been mulling over the "chronic suicidal ideation" revelation since hearing about it for the first time this past February...

I need to be focusing on winding things down and bringing things to an end. I need to face up to what I have to do and just do it. Instead, ...

Yesterday was the first day in weeks that the daily number of infections by the Wuhan Communist China Covid-19 virus fell below 200 (175 cas...

I've been watching Sadhguru videos regularly since I discovered them in February, almost daily along with cat videos. He still hasn'...

Taiwan is finally getting a taste of the mess much of the rest of the world has been enduring for the past more than a year. When the intern...

The amount and degree of miserableness continues to compound, and it's not even just personal anymore as the CCP pandemic is finally sta...

After what I said about not doing email communication with my parents, I'm actually copying and pasting (unedited) an email my mother se...

I sometimes pencil in alterations to books I read when I come across something not to my liking. I came across this story in a Buddhist book...

Whodda thunk that a simple trip and fall could cause so much pain? It's no surprise that the end of youth brings a loss of resilience an...

I exchanged the last of my U.S. cash for NT dollars late last month, so I'm officially looking at the end of funds, i.e., the supposed e...

Several years ago I wondered whether or not I really did have a teacher, a "guru", somewhere out there that I wasn't pursuing ...