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Comment on The Guessing Game by Needless Suffering and the Illusion of Responsibility | The Short Version

Needless Suffering and the Illusion of Responsibility | The Short Version — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:08:24 +0000

[...] an earlier post: “I would like to keep the level of my ignorance clearly in mind. I would like to remember that [...]

Comment on The Mission: Happiness for Everyone by Needless Suffering and the Illusion of Responsibility | The Short Version

Needless Suffering and the Illusion of Responsibility | The Short Version — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:05:42 +0000

[...] and my verbalizations are just attempts to make sense of the emotions. Naturally, my “interpreter” is going to come up with something that makes me look good within my personal frame of [...]

Comment on Who is Laughing at Whom? by Needless Suffering and the Illusion of Responsibility | The Short Version

Needless Suffering and the Illusion of Responsibility | The Short Version — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:03:06 +0000

[...] I have to pretend to take them seriously in order to keep the social machinery operating smoothly, and at the same time, I have to pretend to take myself seriously. If I were to start laughing at myself the way I do when I’m alone, they would want to know what’s funny, especially if we’re in a hospital room where someone may be dying. (More about laughter: “Who Is Laughing at Whom?”) [...]

Comment on Zen Buddhism, Psychoanalysis, Science, and the Self by normbear

normbear — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 06:05:10 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Sari. It sounds like your loss has been turned into profit. You have come through a process that everyone encounters sooner or later, and have become a more complex, more interesting person; one with more to offer, more to share. Yours is an example I’m sure others will find helpful.

Thanks again.

Comment on Zen Buddhism, Psychoanalysis, Science, and the Self by Sari

Sari — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:23:30 +0000

I really loved this submission. I think mourning for many people can spiral into a preoccupation with a narrative of sadness. Though healing and cathartic, mourning can feel perplexing…Why did I lose XYZ? I have experienced a significant amount of mourning early in my life… (I am 31). I have come to accept that the loss was inevitable and unpreventable so I can only react naturally and move forward. I just recently let go of my narrative of grief, sadness, despair and decided to reframe it as a life experience that enables me to compassionately relate to others.

Fantastic blog!

Comment on Limitations and Possibilities of Consciousness by eve lurie

eve lurie — Mon, 18 May 2009 07:01:48 +0000

This is an amazing idea. It brings together a lot of ideas we have been reading and thinking about into a perfect conclusion. The title should be: We can’t see the world as it really is; no capacity. The human body just doesn’t have the tools. And, the picture at the bottom is amazing!

Comment on Who Are You? Consciousness and the Limits of Self-Awareness by The Mission: Happiness for Everyone | The Short Version

The Mission: Happiness for Everyone | The Short Version — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:01:03 +0000

[...] of Michael, a couple of posts ago, I wrote about an article in the March 2009 Discover magazine, which included comments by Gazzaniga and [...]

Comment on The Uncertainty of Life and Love by Who Are You? | The Short Version

Who Are You? | The Short Version — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:40:36 +0000

[...] The Short Version Love, Life, Meaning, Zen, and Science, by Norm Bearrentine « The Uncertainty of Life and Love [...]

Comment on Age and Change: Sixty-Five, with a Kinked Penis and an Umbilical Hernia by Who Are You? | The Short Version

Who Are You? | The Short Version — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:37:21 +0000

[...] short. Who you are is incomprehensible–by anyone, even by you. As I wrote in a recent post on Age and Change, the difficulty of comprehending ourselves arises from the limits of conscious thought: we just [...]

Comment on Meditation, Smiling, Mood Control, and Relationships by Meditation zeitgeist, Oct 29, 2008 | Wildmind Buddhist Meditation

Meditation zeitgeist, Oct 29, 2008 | Wildmind Buddhist Meditation — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:43:03 +0000

[...] Meditation, smiling, mood control, and relationships [...]