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It's better than dirt, worse than an enchanter's curse: a glance and slight smirk.

Hi. The small bit if cognitive science knowledge I have comes from philosophy classes taken a decade ago. One interesting thing I heard is that research on artificial intelligence has caused some to understand mind as existing in the interactions between brains and their surrounding...

Haiku dilemma, splashing images in few words, quick as waterfalls.

'Not for us boneheads!' said the skeleton who thought his pun was funny.

Hi. You're probably aware of the role Mikhail Bakhtin has played in the development of a discourse on 'dialogic acts'. Charles Taylor developed the idea into a theory of selfhood that focuses on how people develop their senses of self through activities that involve two or more people acting as...

Invest in patience as rain does, creating life out of barrenness.

Myself, I've been averse to arguments since birth --or perhaps since past lives. I was thinking of starting a thread to address this same issue. These forums present a wonderful opportunity for awakening consciousness, brightening outlooks, or whatever other non-combative metaphoric phrase...

Just wanted to add that this website, interfaith.org, could be seen as an example of this new kind of organizational entity I speak of. Discussions like this are a necessary step in the direction I'm pointing to. Interfaith discussions of any kind alter the frames of reference through which we...

Hi. This second decade of the 21st century offers us all a unique crossroads of many paths. We are either heading towards global consolidation of governmental and corporate power or ecological disaster or a new era of using available technologies to unite the power of the people into a whole new...

Thanks for getting us back on track. Tajasi, I agree with your point about the danger of getting hung up on one name for the divine. Over the years I've tryed to change up the name that stands for whose will I pray be done. For the past couple years I've been interested in trying to understand...

Ten underappreciated brilliant books. call it sleep. Henry Roth A Strange Manuscript found in a Copper Cylinder. James DeMille Good Morning, Midnight. Jean Rhys The Heart is a Lonely Hunter...

Brushing aside the question of how the name of the Abrahamic god is best transliterated, other questions I'd like to throw out there are, why was the choice made to use other titles? And, how does it change our understanding of God to read translations that refer to "the Lord" rather than Yahweh?

Actually, here is my relpy to this koan. Knowing and not knowing what the self is not is and is not contentment.

Thread through a needle camels gleaming golden, or give away your wealth.

Never left, there's no where else.

Thanks for seeing something in haiku.

Its reach upholds us. We, morphing butterflies, fly from grasping fingers.

I like all the posts on this thread. If the koan were one that required me to give a reply to a roshi, I'd say, where the self is not is not contentment. Likely I'd receive nothing but a blow from his cudgle for my efforts. Something I just read a few minutes ago seemed like it might...

Fooling observers, spruce trees creak, dance, and whisper. Wind remains unseen.

In an article written for the First Inter-American Symposium on Feminist Intercultural Theology, published 2007, Marciel Mena-Lopez seeks to bring attention to the role played by Ethiopian traditions in the formation of Judaic culture. From this article, 'Because of an Ethiopian woman.'...