Let met start this by saying that as I’ve had more experience meditating, I have gained in respect for Jiddu Krishnamurti, because he describes the experience so well. However, it’s not thanks to Krishnamurti that I did start meditating,... Read More...
Start your own free spiritual blog
I took over Mystic Minds two months ago because the owner just could not support it any more. Then, as you are all aware, sciatica intervened. However, I’ve now updated the CMS (WordPress) and opened the site open for new people. That is: you can... Read More...
Selfish, unselfish, ‘love yourself’, love your neighbour
We’ve all heard it before: you can only love other people, if you love yourself. People saying that are generally speaking not the kind I personally take very seriously. However, as one reader told me in response to my last post (on my Dutch... Read More...
Teaching people a lesson, in real life…
That’s me. Or used to be. I hope. I’m not talking about what the saying ‘teaching them a lesson’ has come to mean in every day speak. I don’t mean deliberately sabotaging things, or setting people up to fail or anything... Read More...
Evil is treating people like things, Granny Weatherfax, #discworld Carpe Jugulum
For those of you who haven’t been reading my tweets: Three weeks ago now I developed a serious case of sciatica that kept me (mostly) in bed because of the pain for a day or two. Luckily, it seems the cause is NOT a herniated disc and I now... Read More...
Free will and karma
Free will is an important issue in Western Philosophy – usually contrasted with predestination. This gets us, unfortunately, in a very all or nothing kind of discussion if we don’t watch out. Predestination, karma and fate are all sometimes... Read More...
New spiritual stuff online: Heretics, Gnostics and Christians
Book review: Heretics, The Creation of Christianity, from the Gnostics to the Modern Church, by Jonathan Wright ... Read More...
Spiritual Valentine’s Day, theosophical meditation, Zen Mind
New from me at various online hubs… Theosophical Path of Meditation, Pablo Sender Zen Mind, Beginners Mind, Shunryu Suzuki review, quotes from this book about Zazen Meditation. Valentine’s Day Gifts for women who don’t like... Read More...
Is there something wrong with boredom, during meditation?
Merely putting the question answers it, I think: No, there is nothing wrong with boredom during meditation, at least, that’s how I feel. My recent blogposts about meditation have evoked many responses about my attitude towards that boredom I... Read More...
The unsaid basics of meditation and life
What we all do when we start something, when we do something, when we try something, when we read something, when we respond to something… is bring ourselves into it. I was a bit baffled by some of the responses to my post about the unsaid things... Read More...