When we were a child, we were afraid of darkness. Waking up in the middle of the night, we had to be courageous enough to go to a restroom alone. Even during the daytime, walking through dark woods required our courage, too. We didn't know why, but we felt some awful monsters must be hiding … Continue reading Supernaturally Real
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Breathing, the Third Eye
There are various kinds of meditation in Buddhism. Well-known is a sitting meditation called Zazen (座禅) in Japanese. Sitting straight, we focus on subtle movements of breathing in and out, noticing our diaphragm. Traditionally, we call this breathing technique Zuisokukan (随息観). Zui (随) means to follow. Soku (息) for breathing, and Kan (観) for observing … Continue reading Breathing, the Third Eye
The World Around Us, The Universe Beyond Us
Language is one of the essential tools for communication. And it is more for one of our critical tools to understand the world around us and the universe beyond us. Like the birth of consciousness, our language was the inception of human history. At the moment when we asked ourselves who we are, where we … Continue reading The World Around Us, The Universe Beyond Us
Collaboration with Life
When we face our life and the world we live in, what we see could consist of either reaction or reflection. Our reaction is on the process of fast thinking. It looks more intuitive and emotional. Our reflection is on the process of slow thinking. It is a prudent meta-perspective. There are both pros and … Continue reading Collaboration with Life
Beyond Sensors
There are three types of eyes for us to see the world and live in it. The first could be our physical eye. It is one of the key components for survival. It is our sensor that perceives the natural world around us. If there are any obstacles in front of us, this eye can … Continue reading Beyond Sensors
The Kingdom of God is Within Us
One of the obsessions we humans have ever possessed since the birth of self-consciousness is our search for God. Where is He? How can we find Him? From religions to philosophies, even various theories of modern cosmology, we are never tired of this search. The irony, however, is that because of self-consciousness, we had lost … Continue reading The Kingdom of God is Within Us
Schrödinger’s Cat
Schrödinger's cat is one of the well-known thought experiments to explain the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics. In the extreme microscopic scale, we can no longer observe things in the manner that Newtonian physics works. Observing things in the quantum level, what we see would be no longer distinctive between particles and waves. As commonly … Continue reading Schrödinger’s Cat
