I’ve been considering the house, and decided to consult The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path. In the chapter on preparing for meditative serenity I found this: Dwelling in an appropriate area The area should have five attributes: (a) easy access, so that…
Back in March, I wrote a letter to Focus on the Family about a show that they aired on ‘the new atheism.’ They wrote back. So today I’m firing off a response to the response. Also, my friend Dan has a radio show called Freethought…
I’ve got a Dalai Lama “quote of the day” tear off calendar on my desk. The insights are sometimes more directly applicable and sometimes less. Sometimes I’ve been reminded of a friend and sent them the quote directly. This one strikes me as not unreasonable…
redmed informs me that there is a Hebrew tradition of celebrating a 28 year solar cycle – when the vernal equinox falls on a Tuesday at Sundown. According to wikipedia this represents a return of the sun to the position where it was when the…
I recently wrote a letter to Focus on the Family. I very much did not expect a response of any sort. I’m pleased to report that I was wrong.
I’m sponsoring a scholarship. While it says “RI Atheist Society” on the top – this is my baby. I just mailed out a copy of this announcement to more than 30 high schools and colleges in Rhode Island. Mail merge is simple and fun, once…
I asked friends to share their strategies and targets for charitable giving. In the spirit of “show me yours …” here’s our current plan: We’ve got a budget that works pretty well these days. It took about 3 years of effort to get good at…
I copied this off the wall of the dojo the other night. As I’ve re-read it a few times and shared it with a few people, I find it more and more valuable and accurate – in contexts not necessarily limited to the martial arts.…
Focus on the Family recently aired an episode on “the new atheism“. After catching it on the radio while driving across Virginia, I decided to write a letter to them, and wound up thinking about it perhaps a bit more than I should have. Here…