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Daily Archives: June 30, 2010
Ron Rosenbaum separates the sheep from the asses with one question: why is there something rather than nothing?
In a recent Slate article, Ron Rosenbaum affirms his agnosticism against both theists and atheists, and offers atheists in particular a “show me the money” question: Rosenbaum wants atheists to write and tell him how it is that something came from nothing: … Continue reading
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Tagged agnostic, agnosticism, apologetics, atheism, atheist, gabriel marcel, God, New Atheists, philosophy, Richard Dawkins, the ontological mystery
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The Tortoise Shell, the Umbrella, and Hindu Meditation
In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna says to Arjuna (Barbara Miller’s translation, pt. 2 stanzas 55-58): When he [the yogi] gives up desires in his mind, is content with the self within himself, then he is said to be a man whose insight … Continue reading
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Tagged Arjuna, aversion, Bhagavad Gita, Buddhism, desire, freedom, happiness, Hinduism, krishna, meditation, vipassana, yoga
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Mental Health Break
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Tagged America, dustin hoffman, hypocrisy, Jesus, mental health break, psychology, religion, sales
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Rod Serling is the Devil!
Not literally, of course. But it occurred to me this morning that Rod Serling’s appeal as a guide to his Twilight Zone episodes is this: he functions as a sublimated devil, the camara darting him into visual consciousness out of nowhere. Serling is a Virgil, but not … Continue reading
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Tagged creative writing, fantasy, imagination, life, rod serling, Satan, science fiction, the devil, the twilight zone, vain imaginings, writing
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Entering the Twilight Zone via Solitude and Day Dreaming, and Maybe Meeting the Devil (or Rod Serling)
Last week, I wrote a meditative piece on the role that solitude plays in the life of the mind, and how I felt it to be akin to entering Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone (see here). I suggested that if you expose … Continue reading
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Tagged apostle Paul, creative writing, creativity, imagination, rod serling, Satan, solitude, St. Paul, the devil, the twilight zone, thoreau, walden
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