Sages like Jesus and the Buddha who once walked this Earth have been mythologized to no end, and the stories we tell about their perfection may serve well as archetypes, but chances are that, in actuality, they were more complex than whatever purity we attribute to them. They likely made mistakes and learned from them throughout their lives. The world is messy. Histor…
…he Buddha preached the middle way — you shouldn’t fear anything, and you shouldn’t desire anything. Through complete non-attachment (even to the concept of non-attachment), the egoistic self within us can be overcome, and the true nature of reality can be observed. The meditative process is a practical method that digs deeper and deeper into the subconscious unt…
…sense is that the process laid out often resembles the method that underlies modern science itself. The Buddha preached the middle way — you shouldn’t fear anything, and you shouldn’t desire anything. Through complete non-attachment (even to the concept of non-attachment), the egoistic self within …