Joe Cecil

The Giant's Coffin

In Mammoth Cave, there's a huge room and an enormous coffin-shaped rock inside it called the Giant's Coffin. This area would make an amazing setting for an anime battle or a dungeon in a tabletop RPG.

In what sense might there be an "illusion of memory"?

(This is an extra scheduled post while I travel. It was written the weekend before Fluidity Forum.) There's a line in E-Mailing the Lamas from Afar about an "illusion of memory" that I don't understand. An apprentice asks Ngak'chang Rinpoche about what

Continual returning

(This is the third of three posts scheduled for the weekend of Fluidity Forum. It was written the previous weekend.) Lately I've been feeling frustrated, thinking: Damn, I've been here before, haven't I? I've asked this question before, haven't I?

What is the six realms model for?

(This is the second of three posts scheduled for the weekend of Fluidity Forum. It was written the previous weekend.) I've read at least two different descriptions of the "six realms" model now, and I don't know what they're for. What do

A non-example of animal realm mindset?

(This is the first of a few posts I've scheduled for the weekend of Fluidity Forum. It is from the previous weekend.) The other day, I found myself wanting to do something safe and familiar. I wanted to play a video game that's familiar and predictable

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