Anattā By Mark on 2020-01-25 — 1 min read I may have groked what the Buddhist calls not-self, anattā. I have had some part of my attention upon consciousness and time over the last few months. Not the surface definitions, not even the philosophical/physical conversation about the concepts. Instead, I have been attempting to grok the experience of consciousness and time. That contemplation was my... More
Identity By Mark on 2018-09-11 — 1 min read You may call yourself by any name. Each identity has a shifting foundation. What was liberal, isn’t. What was conservative, isn’t. Want was Democrat is now Republican and what was once Republican is now Democratic. What is at this moment will be different tomorrow while carrying the same name. Even our understanding of the meaning of... More
