Past Stray Thoughts

• February 2018
  • The End of All Seeking Barry (Spirituality) 2018-02-02 19:23:59

    When there is grasping, there is entanglement. When there is entanglement, unbound spaciousness...

• January 2018
  • Walking Meditation and Mindfulness Barry (Meditation) 2018-01-20 12:00:58

    In 2007, I was on a Vipassana retreat led by Ven. Chanmyay Sayadaw and learned to practice walking...

• December 2017
  • If You Think You Are a Person, You've Been Had Barry (Spirituality) 2017-12-30 05:47:05

    The title above is a quote from Alan Watts. One might feel this seems intended to cajole...

  • Christmas and New Year Reflections and Wishes Barry (Religion) 2017-12-23 11:05:39

    This time of year, I can't help but notice how far much of Christianity has deviated from the...

  • Disentangling Barry (Spirituality) 2017-12-11 07:08:56

    A frequent topic in discussion groups about awakening is whether or not there is a self and if...

  • The Beginning and End of Searching Barry (Spirituality) 2017-12-05 23:52:03

    When did you first start searching for answers? When did you first realize that you weren't seeing the...

• November 2017
  • What Can Happen to Love After Awakening Barry (Spirituality) 2017-11-25 18:40:45

    In 2006, I was asked by the abbot of the retreat center I was attending to host meditation groups...

  • What Thirteen Year Olds Think About Barry (Spirituality) 2017-11-25 18:01:05

    My son and I spent the day in San Francisco yesterday. Driving back, as we were leaving the...

  • Stages of Awakening Barry (Meditation) 2017-11-20 10:55:00

    What does it mean to awaken? Are we awakening from something or are we awakening to something? In...

• July 2017
  • To Self or Not to Self Barry (Spirituality) 2017-07-03 21:10:34

    It has been said that words bind the boundless. One way in which that is true: Many traditions...

  • Union and Salvation Barry (Spirituality) 2017-07-03 18:04:15

    There seems to be a cyclical pattern inherent in all religions that brings about the decline of...

• May 2016
  • Nothing So Charming as the Present Barry (Spirituality) 2010-08-06 22:48:00

    An old college buddy asked, "If the present is so charming, why does my mind wander away from the...

  • Varieties of Enlightenment Barry (Spirituality) 2010-06-14 19:53:00

    Back in the mid-seventies I was in the Air Force, and was stationed on Pope Air Force Base near...