Annie

An anecdote

If you put a frog into a pot of boiling water, it will jump out, but if it is placed in cold water that is slowly heated , it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.... This anecdote reminds me of the things that we ignore or place little significance on, that which we... Read More

Happy Fat Tuesday!

How does one prepare for Lent? Although I asked myself that this morning, in alignment with Christianity, preparation began yesterday.... I read this on Facebook this morning... Sally Kempton: Tonight is Shivaratri, the night dedicated to Shiva. In myth, Shiva is the naked yogi, usually... Read More

Is there a...

ETA on getting "My Watched Posts" back.  Unless it is just me?  btw, it would also be nice to get the emails again when threads have been updated.... Thank you Integral, if you all weren't so interesting, I probably would not have noticed!...

engaged

I had several visitors last night as I laid in bed; half way between deep sleep and subtle dreamlessness.... I was startled to wakefulness, becoming aware of a conversation I was having.... I never heard a reply with my conscious or olfactory senses, although my responses indicated I... Read More

the LR (ITS in relationship to I)

I started to think about the problems with genocide as a LR phenomenon and I wondered if part of the issue was related to a failure to identify it as such. What I mean is that if ethnocentric minds could actually see this according to identity within a LR domain - would the issue even... Read More

Richard Rohr

I just watched Richard Rohr on Detroit PBS, awesome! He talked about what religion is suppose to lead to, he mentioned that he would like to stop all the Catholic programs and introduce one single program...SILENCE and CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER. He mentioned the importance of practicing... Read More

Please help!

I bet my friend Charles (the tool guy) could add to this, but let me begin with the basics.... If we look at each level of development according to the tools or the prefabricated mindsets that they are using (agreed upon generalities), we could begin to somewhat accurately define the... Read More

Another opinion?

Regarding:... The Teacher-Student Relationship: Genpo Roshi & Andrew Cohen... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VsnVFVF2Xs&feature=player_embedded  ... This has been an accepted form of narcissism (disguised as enlightened) among the teachers of today. Anthony de Mello wrote... Read More