Watching Life
Monday, March 22nd, 2010 Posted in Movies / TV / Stage, My Life, Spirituality | 5 Comments »Once I watched an exciting past episode of Lost with a friend who also enjoys it, but who couldn’t stop thinking about it as he watched it. An action scene begins, and he shouts, “No way! The water wouldn’t have ...
Beyond Impossibility
Monday, March 15th, 2010 Posted in Nonduality, Spirituality, Teacher / Practice | 5 Comments »Living in a world of "conditioned existence" as Buddhists say, is living in a world of possibilities, and impossibilities. Freedom lies beyond impossibility. All the Teachers know it. Hence the koans: What is the sound of one hand? How does one pinch smoke? What did you ...
Seeds
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 Posted in Nonduality, Poetry, Spirituality | 7 Comments »The mightiest redwood grew from a small seed in a cone, and that, in turn, sprang from a seed from a cone from another redwood, and so on. For generations, centuries, millennia. Every seed stores not only the raw potential of ...
Back to Basics
Monday, September 21st, 2009 Posted in Spirituality | 20 Comments »In an earlier post, I wrote that most people learn to see the world from the ideas they’re taught, instead of “the undeniable aspects of their own experience.” Yes, there are undeniable aspects of our experience. Do you want to ...
Purpose
Sunday, July 19th, 2009 Posted in Spirituality | 18 Comments »I mentioned in my previous post that I'm beginning to have a renewed sense of purpose after three-and-a-half years of not really having one. At that time, I had an momentary experience of nothingness, which I've called "the suck" or ...
Consciousness as an animation of Spirit
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 Posted in Spirituality | 3 Comments »I've seen this before, but haven't thought of it for a long time. Very true.
My Vegan Trial
Saturday, February 21st, 2009 Posted in Health / Fitness, Spirituality | 10 Comments »Today is the last day of a 21-day trial of a vegan diet. Overall, it was far easier and more satisfying than I expected it to be. In fact, there was only one day in which I was really disapponited ...
Happy New MacBook Day!
Friday, October 31st, 2008 Posted in Spirituality | 5 Comments »Happy New MacBook Day to me! Happy Halloween! Blessed All Saint's Eve, Samhaim, and whatever else it may be! For me, it's New MacBook Day!
RockOm, Part Deux
Saturday, October 25th, 2008 Posted in Movies / TV / Stage, Music, Seen on the Web, Spirituality | No Comments »This is another shameless plug for RockOm.net, a site that my partners and I are continuing to develop. I'm writing this, because if you like what you read at frimmin.com, I'm certain that you'll love what you can read ...
Do we value life too much?
Sunday, October 12th, 2008 Posted in Humor, Mind, My Life, Spirituality | 13 Comments »My cat Buddy, always an indoor cat, recently discovered the wonder of his own feline power: He can break through window screens and escape to enjoy the great outdoors. He did it twice this week. My response (thus far) has ...
