Reflecting on Blogging for Seventeen Years as Monkey Mind
It was today, the 5th of September, at 12:53pm (Eastern time), 2006, that I put up my very first blog post.
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It was today, the 5th of September, at 12:53pm (Eastern time), 2006, that I put up my very first blog post.
It all invites a reflection on our ideas of self. Who are we? What are we? Our memories? Other people's memories of us? A robot's dream?
An essential library for the Zen way. While I’ve stopped at twenty-four, I could easily have added ten more. But, this number feels to me as pushing to the outer limits of what might be a reasonable list. A stretch, perhaps, but not beyond the reach of the seriously interested. This very much is an introduction to the Zen that shapes my life.
What was once a nightmare eventually turned into a relief.