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Contemplative Animal Cultures

This article is the second in a three-part series on Contemplative Cultures. The first and third posts are: Contemplative Plant Cultures, and Contemplative Human Cultures. In each of the three posts, I address the essence of the three cultures similarly. The perceived … Continue reading

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Contemplative Plant Cultures

This article is the first in a three-part series on Contemplative Cultures. The second and third posts are: Contemplative Animal Cultures, and Contemplative Human Cultures. In each of the three posts, I address the essence of the three cultures similarly. The … Continue reading

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A Sign for Your Garden

Add this unique message into your contemplative garden setting, to serve the meditations of all those who enter. Copy the text onto wood, metal, or stone in whatever style suits you. Or simply copy, print, and frame it under glass, … Continue reading

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The Man of Understanding

The following words are drawn from what is arguably the most profound, and also “un-useable”, expression of what could be humanly described as the Fully Free Condition of Everything. If ever seriously engaged, these confounding words will no doubt be … Continue reading

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No Longer Vegetarian

About 10 months ago, I began experimenting with a significantly meat-based diet. I had, more-or-less, eaten vegetarian-style for several decades, and had tried veganism as well. Eating mostly (or only) meat was something that went against years of my ethical, … Continue reading

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Contemplative Trees

“Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth.” – Hermann Hesse “The tree is a profound sign in nature for us – an archetype – a life … Continue reading

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The Rearing Camel

I once knew a remarkable Bactrian camel, named Jelly Baba. His wooly winter coat was thick and black. From the day of his birth, his heart was warm and open. And his nature was always curious and playful. In the warmer … Continue reading

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Animals Do Meditate, Yes!

If someone in ordinary society dares to suggest that animals, trees, plants, mosses, fungi, and the very Earth exist in states of natural, even mystical, contemplation, that person is directly contradicting some of present-time humanity’s most fundamental prejudices.

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About Some Of Elon Musk’s Big Ideas

Elon Musk’s plans and theories emerge from a view that sees the physical world in economic and industrial terms, and also dreams large about soon “conquering” other worlds. This is part of the ordinary anthropoid’s fear-based vision for mastering, and … Continue reading

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A Good Book for the Holidays

Lightning Thunder Cows Countering the Myths of Big Death, Big Religion, Big Conflict, and All Other Fearful Big Ideas This new, 2024, book is quickly becoming widely regarded.

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