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Published in A Monastery for Everyday Life & Leisure

·Jan 6, 2021

New Monastery Website

We’ve moved from Medium to our own website. Once our migration is complete, we think it will be far easier for you to find articles and topics of interest. We are also looking forward to bringing you some new and thought provoking content. In the meantime, if you feel like exploring our content here on Medium this article explains how our Medium site is organized (it’s a bit confusing without the guide, which is part of the reason we are moving).

Monastery

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New Monastery Website
New Monastery Website
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Published in A Monastery for Everyday Life & Leisure

·Apr 6, 2020

Joe Biden’s in his basement

What’s up, Joe? Governor Andrew Cuomo is given free air time, every single day. He dominates the airwaves, conveying compassionate, competent leadership. He’s out there. He’s leading. What about you? Senator Bernie Sanders just emailed America his Six Core Provisions. It’s simple, comprehensive, workable, relatable and understandable. He’s out there…

Bernie Sanders

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Joe Biden’s in his basement
Joe Biden’s in his basement
Bernie Sanders

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Published in A Monastery for Everyday Life & Leisure

·Apr 6, 2020

The State of ‘Duh’

PANiC DiSORDER ALONG THE TRAiL People get upset with me. I have a somewhat sociopathic disorder in certain life situations, where I find it very easy to walk away from or turn my back on close family/friend relationships and situations. …

Panic

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The State of ‘Duh’
The State of ‘Duh’
Panic

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Published in A Monastery for Everyday Life & Leisure

·Apr 4, 2020

The Fire of the Spirit

1969, South Carolina — I was in freshman orientation along with several hundred other students, sitting in the campus chapel. The chapel also functioned as the largest assembly center on campus, so it made sense to gather us together in a venue in which we would all fit. …

Dresden

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The Fire of the Spirit
The Fire of the Spirit
Dresden

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Published in A Monastery for Everyday Life & Leisure

·Dec 30, 2019

Hello internet: meet your new Joseph Campbell

Dr. Donald Hoffman, Professor of Cognitive Science at UC Irvine Just as Joseph Campbell gave us context into the great spiritual heros, myths and literature by showing us how they compared with each other and by showing us their metaphorical meanings, Don Hoffman is ably doing the same thing in the field of consciousness. But in Hoffman’s case, he’s willing to test his theories with hard mathematics including ultimately tackling the thorny questions of “Who am I?” and “Is there life after death?”

Consciousness

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Consciousness

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Published in A Monastery for Everyday Life & Leisure

·Dec 30, 2019

Consciousness as the basis of reality

Dr. Donald Hoffman, Professor of Cognitive Science at UC Irvine It's impossible to see the world as it is, argues a cognitive neuroscientist | Aeon Videos Many scientists believe that natural selection brought our perception of reality into clearer and deeper focus…aeon.co

Consciousness

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Consciousness

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Published in A Monastery for Everyday Life & Leisure

·Nov 2, 2019

Monastery Micropoetry

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Micropoetry

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Monastery Micropoetry
Monastery Micropoetry
Micropoetry

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Published in A Monastery for Everyday Life & Leisure

·Oct 22, 2019

Materialism greets infinity

exploring handshakes between science and mysticism Introduction The biggest, most important thing we can do is to realize the power of intention. As a species, we completely underestimate not only the power of the mind, but the very definition of Mind. Our minds are not confined to our brains. We amuse…

Consciousness

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Materialism greets infinity
Materialism greets infinity
Consciousness

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Published in A Monastery for Everyday Life & Leisure

·Oct 2, 2019

Oneness versus Me-ness

disrupting oneness, because it’s usually not Oneness Religions, philosophies and ‘ways’ of life evolve. Our opinions and paradigms eventually shift. Sometimes these shifts occur as massive changes sweep across society, but more often the shifts occur in limited, more personal ways. …

Oneness

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Oneness versus Me-ness
Oneness versus Me-ness
Oneness

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Published in A Monastery for Everyday Life & Leisure

·Sep 30, 2019

Principles and Guidelines

martial arts masters and spirituality Why do so many of the ancient and even some contemporary martial arts masters end up focusing on the spiritual nature of mankind? The simplest explanation happens to intuitively make sense: Martial arts teaches people to face death. Confrontation with death was the foundational premise…

Martial Arts

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Principles and Guidelines
Principles and Guidelines
Martial Arts

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