I’ve started some big blog posts / projects that didn’t seem as big when I started them. There is a lot to write and a lot of research to do. Much more than I thought there would be. Here’s a brief synopsis of what’s in the pipeline:
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Responsibility and Gossip
I’m reading The Road Less Traveled again. It’s amazing. It’s also immediately practical and is about to really simplify some thing for me.
Of Boys, Jars, and Filberts
The current dysfunction in the United States government is a convenient backdrop for this post. The underlying issue, hidden beneath layers of blame and drama, is that opposing sides of all issues are so attached to their beliefs about fill-in-the-blank that compromise and discussion are impossible.
But giving up beliefs is awesome! Even giving up beliefs about your own identity is useful and empowering.
Are we separate?
I recently stopped reading Alan Watts’ book, “The Book”, after he asserted that man is “incapable of pleasure and contentment” while experiencing the world as a collection of separate people and objects. I find this assertion absurd. But the larger thrust of the book, that we aren’t separate objects and people, is actually starting to seem logical, even appealing. More below the fold.
Rant: Snake Oil
I’ve taken almost 60 people off my friends list on Facebook in the last week. People with whom I’ve spent time talking about transformation, and how important integrity is, if you want life to work. Most of the people I unfriended are in real estate. The rest are in network marketing or some other field of sales, “life coaching,” or some kind of “alternative medicine” that doesn’t actually do anything.