"Perhaps Acton was the man who knew too much. He was a campaigner for a scientific approach to the understanding of history and an advocate of resistance to power, in state or church. Though he was a devout Roman Catholic, for whom communion with Rome was ‘dearer than life’, his disapproval of arbitrary power put him seriously at odds with the Roman Catholic hierarchy."
I lost my good cat buddy today. Sir Toby. I want to celebrate his life this evening by devoting a post in this blog to captain Tobias. He was certainly a very good friend to have. He always was very sociable and calm. He seemed to enjoy the many various battles I had with him by pretending to make my hand dance about like a spider. There are far worse things than death, and I am glad that you were provided a exit from the sufferings in this world. One of your favorite things I do believe wa [...continue reading]
Non-self is a core concept within Siddhartha's logic in relation to impermanence. Often this is viewed from a secular level as strong evidence of the absence of a supernatural soul. I do believe that I have read that when Siddhartha was questioned on the topic of 'Atta' and 'Anatta' (self and non-self) he simply replied that all he was trying to teach and share was the practice of meditation and his noble eight-fold path. His response I've read was that each and every one of us was to journ [...continue reading]