http://sashen.com/blog Investigations on the Psycho-Spiritual Life Fri, 16 May 2008 05:27:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://sashen.com/blog/76/well-ill-be-reintarnated/ 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 ... http://sashen.com/blog/70/mike-myers-as-the-love-guru-is-the-root-of-all-evil/ 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 ... http://sashen.com/blog/69/does-my-cat-have-free-will-or-is-that-a-hairball/ "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. ... http://sashen.com/blog/68/questioning-questions/ 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 ... http://sashen.com/blog/67/brain-waves-goodbye/ 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, ... http://sashen.com/blog/66/you-dont-deserve-your-rights/ 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 you want Bea ... http://sashen.com/blog/64/physics-schmysics/ 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 ... http://sashen.com/blog/63/why-yes-i-am-rubber/ 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 ... http://sashen.com/blog/62/you-can-have-anything-you-want-not/ 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 ... http://sashen.com/blog/61/im-all-blocked-up/