So empty of what? Learning to put on a monks robe in the heat of northern Thailand. Being the butt of all the jokes, and at least a foot taller than all the other young novices. Eating fire, sitting till my knees broke. Waking at dawn. Wanting it so bad. I thought this was cool. The sitting was the best part, we were equals when our bu...

My hip, and irreverent take on the 4 Noble Truths. 1. You are totally fucked. 2. The reason you’re totally fucked. 3. You can unfuck yourself. 4. This is how to unfuck yourself. ~~~~~~~ 1. Ok, all crap aside, this is important. Knowing that your suffering is real, Is incredibly beneficial. This feeling of unsatisfactoriness, of not bei...

Sitting at home doomscrolling the news of pandemics, lockdowns, babies in cages, black folk shot in the back for no reason, and the slow but inevitable destruction of the habitable planet. Watching 30% of the nation cheer this destruction on. One can scream, cry, and yell until you just can’t do that anymore. Or, you can bake bread, se...

After reading Penny Red’s great post Life-Hacks of the Poor and Aimless , I have some words. First. Yes I consider myself a progressive, a anarcho-socialist, and a buddhist. I am also an old white guy, who has played the game on the easy setting my whole life. Not that it felt easy to me, but that daily life, school, work, love, social...

So what is this? This is a very short work, prompted by the following two quotes: “Talk, loudly and frequently and in detail, about the future you want. You can’t manifest what you don’t share.” ~ Madeline Ashby And “Remember to imagine and craft the worlds you cannot live without, just as you dismantle the ones you cannot live within....