- This is a personal blog inspired by The Basket of Tolerance - a collection of books and other media representing humankind's common wisdom inheritance. Also inspired by The Mummery Book and Not-Two Is Peace.
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- BoT Student on “Look at me: underestimated from day one.” – Al Pacino as the devil: I am not involved in any way with publishing "The Basket of Tolerance";...
- BoT Student on Eeman screens (aka polarity screens, biocircuits) — how they were invented: Yes, I think you may be right about electrical potentials across the body....
- john on Eeman screens (aka polarity screens, biocircuits) — how they were invented: I believe that the actual mechanism for eeman screens is the electrical potentials...
- ChoosetobeAnonoymous on Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and religious tolerance: These are fairly interesting questions. One way I would see this that even...
- R. Dhandayudhapani on Beauty is an expression of God – The Mother: Best post & "MIRA" - THE BEAUTY OF GOD
- Nathan on Carlos Castaneda on scary teachers, “black magic”, and freedom: Yes, lets stop talking to ourselves, and let the voice of our true...
Recent posts
- The importance of courtesy, hospitality, and other small details
- C.S. Lewis on friendship, purpose, and male culture
- J. Krishnamurti, Theosophy, and the fabrication of the “new age” movement
- Alcohol & drugs as poison or medicine: comments by Chögyam Trungpa
- How mind (control) works: perception is shaped by assumption
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse – a beautiful interpretation by Emmet Fox
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Tag Archives: respect
Castaneda on not trashing or squeezing people
A couple days ago, I was horrified to realize that in a moment of frustration I had dumped a load of my own garbage on someone in an email. I was pretentious, obnoxious, demeaning, inappropriate, humorless, and it was with … Continue reading
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and religious tolerance
I’ve loved Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan ever since I heard him in concert in 1995. I was intrigued to find that Nusrat sang both Muslim/Sufi and Hindu songs, and that his music inspired religious tolerance. As you may know, Muslims … Continue reading
Chögyam Trungpa on honoring one’s roots
I used to hear stories about my teacher encouraging Fijians and Native Australians to honor their cultural heritages. And doing the same with his students of Japanese, African, Jewish or other ethnic origin. I used to wonder about that — … Continue reading
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“Mana” in Fiji (& other native cultures)
In 1977, an American researcher visited Fiji to study traditional healing. He encountered a vast array of charlatans before finding an elder who was both a chief and seemed to be a real healer. For a long time the elder … Continue reading
Chögyam Trungpa on working with people
When I first started trying to “get spiritual” I didn’t always treat people well or respect their boundaries. Many times I thought I knew better than them, and felt it was my job to work them over, manipulate them, until … Continue reading