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Last week’s Hardcore Dharma’s early sutta readings about relinquishing desire to attain enlightenment weren’t my favorites.  The idea of not wanting filled me with dread.  The thought that the enlightened response to the loss of a loved one would be unflappable equanimity seemed more android than awakened.  In  last week’s post I wrote that sometimes,…

My sister was on spring break this week and in New York for a couple of days to hang out with her older brother and get a glimpse of my decadent, rococo-esque blogger’s lifestyle. We ate out, got fancy green tea, saw a show at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade theater (the best thing in New…

How to beat a dead horse. First, you must find a dead horse. Frequently these can be obtained at the end of horse races, or alternately by going out to pasture, where old horses are often put in later years. Once said horse is located, you are going to probably want to use some kind…

The inhibitions that obscure our buddha nature develop because we use external points of reference to define and confirm our own self-identity. The problem with this is that reference points continually change. As we try to keep up with these varying references, inhibitions build upon themselves and multiply. Our self-consciousness increases, and we experience fear…

I’m getting married in June. I have therefore been doing a lot of stuff in regards to planning the wedding. However, when it comes down to it, the wedding is one day, and really what I should be preparing for is marriage. Not that I think that much will be different the day after I…

Ethan Nichtern’s post below, about how quickly we assimilate (and take for granted) new technology, brought to mind a fascinating article a friend forwarded me last week on the subject as it relates to Amish populations in the US. It’s called Amish Hackers; read it here. The article illuminated a number of aspects of Amish…

I checked out of a hotel yesterday (actually went on vacation – woohoo!) and as I pressed the elevator button to go to the lobby, a little boy and his mom showed up. The boy let out a disappointed sigh. “Aw man. I wanted to push the button.” He looked at me like I’d just…

reflected in New York City, on University and 11th Street. Image by IDP member and photographer Melanie Einzig

Is this generation the most spoiled generation ever? That’s what Louis CK claims – quite hilariously and poignantly – in this interview on Conan O’Brien: Everything’s Amazing, Nobody’s Happy Did you watch it? Sorry for not being able to embed the video, and thanks to One City reader and friend Sarah for sending the link.…

This is really insane. And this helmet here, is actually in development to implement the same Augmented Reality (AR) technologies into your full field of vision. Soon we’ll all be fighting crime in a dystopian version of Detroit as powerful cyborgs with submerged memories haunting our return to the police force.
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