Past Stray Thoughts
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February 2018
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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...
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The End of All Seeking
Barry
(Spirituality)
2018-02-02 19:23:59
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January 2018
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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...
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Walking Meditation and Mindfulness
Barry
(Meditation)
2018-01-20 12:00:58
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December 2017
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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If You Think You Are a Person, You've Been Had
Barry
(Spirituality)
2017-12-30 05:47:05
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November 2017
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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...
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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...
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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...
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What Can Happen to Love After Awakening
Barry
(Spirituality)
2017-11-25 18:40:45
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July 2017
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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...
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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...
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To Self or Not to Self
Barry
(Spirituality)
2017-07-03 21:10:34
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May 2016
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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...
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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...
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Nothing So Charming as the Present
Barry
(Spirituality)
2010-08-06 22:48:00
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