Joe Cecil

Practical problems

Continuing to think about "There are no spiritual problems..." The other confusion is the discussion of problems: There are no spiritual problems; but there are real problems. Small ones like dirty dishes in the sink, and big ones like global warming. ... Spaciousness implies that you are open to

A rabid ontological terrorist

I'm listening to a Rob Burbea talk, and I noticed the pacing, tone, accent sounded familiar. The pacing especially. The sound and the whole tone of the talk makes me think: Here's a rabid ontological terrorist. Rob's big idea in this talk echoes the

Suspending judgment vs. "personal quirks are useful"

In "There are no spiritual problems," David Chapman writes about how a tantric worldview is different from a sutric one. There are two aspects here that I'm struggling with: "Experience is mixed," but "you can enjoy everything." Specifically: A tantrika recognizes that

Differences between Seeing That Frees and other things I've read

(disclaimer: this is long, and I am describing the first 130 pages I read of a 400 page book. don't take this too seriously.) The Evolving Ground book club has been going through Rob Burbea's Seeing That Frees lately. Though I wasn't participating, I

crate expectations

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