Garden Distrikt

( Note:  Be aware that the following was completely ad hoc, and as I write this sentence [in chunks], I am also editing this post in three other places, and creating two other new posts. I have an interesting brain. ) I'm going to take a big risk here. I am absolutely determined to reveal the truth about myself. When I put the truth on display to strangers, they are typically interested and engaged, and eventually, left behind. When do I the exact same with anyone that knows me, they almost always assume that I am merely having a mental health moment. I have indeed been diagnosed a couple of times in the past (different things), yet I always feel that I'm the sanest person in the room. The previous sentence isn't strictly true - I have met saner people. But those that know me are not saner people, that I know of. This bit may be more "radical honesty" than love. The truth is probably in my own words. Look - who am I to being "doing" anything to mysel...

Another ad hoc post. Okay, I don't trust Google . At all. And I also believe them when they say that nothing malevolent is going on. Huh? Yup. Here's why ... To put it succinctly: Just the mere fact that Google is happily enabling us, digitally, to burst into pastures new (technologies unknown), is absolutely reckless. Google have either not thought this through, or something else. Think.  "Think" is a necessary imperative, these days. The irony being, that in the end, there's no reason to think. At all. Sorry, but the closer to reality you get, the more surreal it is. That's how this all works. Please don't ask me what "this" is. I do not presume to know, yet. See? Even I don't know if I'll actually arrive anywhere. However, if the nature of "this" is indeed timeless and infinite, then we'd best get comfortable, nay? Or, as paraphrased by Elvis Costello: "Whats so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding?...

As of 2017, I truly committed myself to (Tibetan) Buddhism. I had read and re-read many Buddhist texts, but the key ideas hadn't yet sunk in. I don't want to ramble on about this, since really, everyone's spiritual experience is different. What I can easily say, is what I think the ESSENCE is. Personally, I take that to be the distillation of the Buddha's works (and nobody else). For me, it all boils down to two short sentences. They are: (1)  Do The Right Thing. (2)  Calm Your Mind. Of course, the Buddha wrote oodles a bout both of these. And then over years, many more followers wrote many, many more words - thousands of books - just to achieve the above two goals. So is it really all that simple? ... Yes, and no. See, when you accept that it IS, in fact, that simple, well then you realize what an absolutely terrifying thing this is to take on. Let me explain ... IN ANOTHER POST TO FOLLOW ... And oh yeah, we Buddhists don't - proselytize ver...