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Often I have raised the question of the difference in experience between theists and non-theists. Really, I have got nowhere as far as any thread is concerned, possibly because I cannot quite articulate exactly what I am asking. But, whatever, reading through the Collected Letters of Alan...

Not really sure exactly where to post this, but here will do. Early on in my own rather stumbling "path" I had a brief fling with Alan Watts (literary, not physical.....) and then cast him aside as some sort of New Agey lightweight. However, a few years ago I dipped once more into a couple of...

The "Books" section is the closest I could find for mention of my Blooks! Blooks are a cross between a Blog and a Book. My hobby began when I wished to print off my Google Blog. I looked up companies who offered the service and found one in France, Blookup. The finished product was excellent...

A short story that I wrote a couple of years ago. I chose the hymn sung by the Gospel group in honour of an old Aussie flame who whenever any mention of religion was made would laugh and sing out "bringing in the sheaves", clapping her hands. It always made me laugh, and still does to remember...

For a while I have taken a great interest in the 13th century zen master Dogen. A fascinating character. One simple thing that I admire is his obvious intensity, how he took every moment of time seriously. The "matter of life and death" was his deep concern There seems so much superficiality...

Although I am a non-theistic Buddhist, I have become quite an expert on Christian Universalism (technical word apokatastasis) this being the teaching that eventually all will be saved and all things will be reconciled "in Christ". Beware of experts? Yes, well, as I say, I'm a bit of an...