Author: sashen
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Fundamentalist Physicists and Religious Atheists
Okay, I’ve had enough. I’m all for a good argument. And good is the operative word in that sentence. And by “good” I mean a conversation where the two parties are not merely harping on their particular point of view, but where each party has the skill to highlight the underlying beliefs as well as…
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Well, I’ll be reintarnated!
Oprah seems to be making her way down the New Age aisle of the bookstore lately. From The Secret to Ekhart Tolle and now to past lives (I do NOT want to see the show she does on colon cleansing!). Have you ever heard someone talk about their past lives? Or heard someone tell another…
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Mike Myers (as The Love Guru) is the root of all evil
Twenty-some years ago, on The Tonight Show (when Johnny was still hosting), comedian Bill Maher did a few minutes of insightful political humor, and then stopped and added this joke: “Ahhh, who am I to think I can change the world? I mean, I’m no folk singer.” There was more to that joke than a…
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Does my cat have free will… or is that a hairball?
A famous Zen story goes like this: A monk asks the master, Joshu, “Does a dog have Buddha-nature?” Joshu answers, “Mu!” This story has become known as the Mu koan — a koan being one of those semi-meaningless statements that, by beating your answer-seeking mind against the unanswerable statement, may, eventually, after a lot of…
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Questioning Questions
“How old were you when you stopped having sex with your pet?” “What!? I never had sex with my pet!” “Stop avoiding the question. How old were you?” “But, I…” That argument is clearly going nowhere. And the reason is obvious: the most important part of the question is actually the assumption underneath it. The…
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Brain Waves Goodbye
When you are relaxed, your brain produces “Alpha” brain waves — electrical signals that pulse at roughly 8-12 cycles per second. When you’re more alert, your brain spits out Beta waves (13-40 cycles per second)… Dreaming? Theta at 4-7. Deep, dreamless sleep – 1-4 cycles. Okay, now follow the math on this one: If I…
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You don’t deserve your rights
I’m trying an experiment on this post. I’ll suggest a concept, and you tell me what you think about it. Here we go: You do NOT deserve… anything And, you do not have ANY rights Needless to say, I think those two statements are true. Tell me what you think (and why) and, if necessary,…
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Physics Schmysics!
Okay, I’m only going to say this one time (though I may repeat myself and/or be redundant): Quantum Physics has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to say about ANYTHING OTHER THAN QUANTUM PHYSICS And even then, what it “says” is often hotly debated. Quantum Physics provides no insight into: human psychology religious philosophy new age theory getting what…
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Why, yes, I AM rubber!
I’m starting a new campaign that all humans should wear diapers. No more limiting this revolutionary article of clothing to the very young and very old. We should ALL wear them! And not because of the combination of convenience and entertainment value that we would get by being able, say, to interrupt the negotiation of…
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You can have ANYTHING you want… NOT!
I’ve tried, I’ve really tried. I’ve tried to be removed from every mailing list that sends me emails which make me scream. I’ve even set up filters to automatically trash email that comes in with subject lines that make my blood turn into liquid nitrogen at room temperature (a.k.a. “boil”). But, like messages that will…
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I’m all blocked up…
After getting the umpteenth email about how to eliminate the blocks in my life, I am here to inform you that: You do not have BLOCKS! That’s right, absolutely NO BLOCKS to success, weight-loss, health, millions of dollars, your soul-mate, the perfect home, the ideal pet, winning the lottery, finding a parking space, working 4-hours…
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Wrong about being right
Every now and then the “check oil” light on your car’s dashboard turns red… so you add a quart of 10w-40 and go on your merry way… or your grumpy way… or whatever way you were going. Some time later, the light lights, you toss in another quart (unless you’re driving in Europe, where you…
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Develop a New Habit? Give me 21 days, and I’ll give you… three weeks
Even though I stopped buying self-help and spiritual books a long time ago, there seems to be no escape. Even non-spiritual and non-self-help books can’t seem to avoid repeating New Age nonsense. This morning I was reading a book about stretching for athletes. Pretty not-New Age-y, don’t you think? But, over and over, time and…
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What me spiritual?
A recent survey revealed that a LARGE percentage of Americans don’t think of themselves as religious, but do identify themselves as “spiritual.” When I heard this, my first question was, “What’s the diff?” Okay, if you’re spiritual you don’t go to a mainstream church or synagogue or mosque… though, ironically, you may spend as much…
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You’re special… SO special
Humanity is at a critical junction. One path is to chaos and destruction. The other is to a level of peace and harmony and abundance that is far greater than you can even imagine.What determines which path we take? There are powerful energies that are beginning to become apparent, energies that can be harnessed to…