Dumbed Down Dharma

The right weaponizes misinformation. The left weaponizes misinterpretation. The right also weaponizes that they will be misinterpreted. Any sentence uttered by someone has a literal meaning, a figurative meaning and more. There are an infinite number of interpretations. It’s easy to say something, intending to have it interpreted in a specific way, then claim you meant something else. It works both ways. The interpretation of words can be as duplicitous as the words spoken. Depending on the agenda of who’s doing the interpreting, they can tailor their understanding to suit their agenda

The Eternal Soul and the Magic Carpet Ride It Should Take Us on. Is the soul the only thing in the universe that doesn’t have to obey the laws of physics? No. To exist it must. If not I could travel to the furthest reaches of the universe in an instant or sit on the event horizon of a black hole without being sucked in. I should be able to do that right now: while my body is alive so I can come back and talk about it with my mouth. I should be able to separate my soul from my body if it was true that I am not my body. Doesn't it depend on organic matter to support it? I think it does. The separation is a trick of evolution. It would be one hell of a drug-free magic carpet ride if you could do it. It's incumbent upon those who believe in the eternal soul as separate to figure out how to make that happen and then show us all how. Faith, as a belief in something supernatural for which there is no proof, is not the engine for the carpet ride. It is not enough. It is meaningless to ...

  We often see otherwise average people coddled by the media for having done something trendy deemed newsworthy. It doesn't have to be important or even interesting. They might have a timely blog or they posted a video that went viral. They were in the right place at the right time to witness history: Forrest Gump across the street from The Watergate Hotel during the break in. They get their 15 minutes of fame. People who would have gone unnoticed suddenly have cameras and microphones thrust in front of them. Some of the stories they're connected to are important. But the subjects are ill prepared to express themselves. I don't need to hear from the Man on the Street who happened to be on his cell phone, on a park bench, when the notorious flasher got pinched if the guy didn't see the goods. I want to hear from the woman who fainted and is still unconscious but everyone mistakenly believes she's asleep. The guy on the park bench always sounds like he's been wait...