panic attacks are normal
“You’re on a plane on the tarmac and it’s time to shut the doors. Suddenly, the insanity strikes you. You’ll be in a highly explosive sealed…
where is the I? – Alan Watts
“The notion of a separate thinker, of an ‘I’ distinct from the experience, comes from memory and from the rapidity with which thought changes. It is…
personal change: Earthquake or Erosion?
“While it’s tempting to imagine that the world changes via sudden shocks, that our culture is shifted by dramatic changes in leadership, that grand gestures make…
feeling before action
Meditation, Hypnosis, and Free Will
it’s OK to be lonely
“There are few more shameful confessions to make than that we are lonely. The basic assumption is that no respectable person could ever feel isolated –…
Teaching certainty
Nice post from Seth today discussing how we are taught to expect certainty in a world that is by definition uncertain. Kind of applies Alan Watts…