• [Psychology] Heart Of Culture and Society - Why Worry?

    Every culture and religion has its sayings and aphorisms that help thier people related to thier environment. One aspect of these teachings are 'the psychology of balance' or 'the middle path'. A path explained by Siddhartha and was obviously held in very high esteem by the Ancient ascetics and myst…
  • Actually, I don’t.

    One has to wonder if the appeal of Thich Nhat Hanh and the Dalai Lama in the West is based upon the confidence that neither Vietnam nor Tibet will be contending for economic and political dominance anytime soon.
  • The Very Purpose of Life

    The very purpose of our life is Happiness. - Dalai Lama
  • Gorillaz: Soundtrack of All Heartbeats

    Do this for me: Go listen to some Gorillaz music, at least "Kids with Guns" and "The Swagga," in some busy place--somewhere like the mall, or down town, or a college, where you can see people of all walks of life interacting in regular ways. What I've seen when I do this, and what other people have…
  • 10 Questions For The Dalai Lama

    (Image found on Google image search)I recently borrowed this DVD from the library. I've known about the Dalai Lama for a long because my mom has talked about him quite often. I haven't really done any reading about him until now though after I watched the DVD. And it is a great DVD. I enjoyed it a l…
  • Dalai Lama Quotes and Sayings

    All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives. Dalai Lama Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. Dalai Lama Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from yo…
  • I'm not a goat but...

    Wild wild wild week. Finally I have our accounting package back online after the server migration. We have almost fully recovered from the robbery and still somehow were able to get out several bids on work. I hope to spend part of Easter weekend going to Atlanta Pet Rescue and finding another…
  • The Jerusalem Paradox and How to Solve It

    I will continue the Nepal series later. Introduction I stood waiting for the bus and going over what Hannah Arendt had said in her book, “The Banality of Evil: Eichmann in Jerusalem”. I had just finished it and the existential collision that occurred on both a world and individual level portrayed…
  • You Know You Wanna Laugh...

    Hello again friends. I have been kind of negligent towards this page lately. I feel a little bad. I came back to the page today and it looked like it hadn't eaten or taken a shower in weeks. I am so ashamed. Anyway, I am back now, and everything is going to be okay. As we get closer and closer to th…
  • The Olympics

    I have never been much impressed with the Olympics. On the one hand, it is wonderful that nations can gather peacefully and "play games" together... but not really. They play against one another; they play to win, to beat their fellow nations in games based on the (often enhanced) ability of their a…