spirituality
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Ascetic Laboring is Coool
I’m re-reading a small book by a famous Russian Orthodox priest that lived in the 1800s, and in one part of it, a fellow named Nicholas Motovilov implied that there was some idea going around in 19th century Russia that laboring as a monk was fashionable. This is not as ridiculous as it sounds. The Continue reading
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Russian Dvoeverie and Public Applied Psychology
There is a generalization about Russian spirituality, which leaves out the exceptions, such as the Hindus and Muslims to the south, and the Buddhists to the east, and it is that the people of Russia have a simultaneous duel-faith, which is Russia Orthodoxy and the pre-Christian Paganism. But to cut to the chase, ‘Paganism’ is Continue reading
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Brief Comment on Zen Buddhism
I meditated everyday for five years while facing a wall in sessions lasting approximately 40 minutes a day, and for much of the first two years would often meditate twice a day as well. My opinion on Zen Buddhism is that no matter how long you sit, nothing will happen. There is no enlightenment whatsoever, Continue reading
Unsupported Speculation 