Awake in This Life

I’m continually struck by Peter Rollins approach to Christianity. It’s sober, relevant and in keeping with the way that I try to approach Zen.

There is nothing more dangerous than clinging in action, and this video seems to be full of clinging.

World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale from World Science Festival on Vimeo.

“No matter where I go, audiences get this.”

Back in the early 90s when I was making my living as a stand-up comic, I met a fellow comic named Arj Barker. He cracked me up on all sorts of different levels. He just seemed to look at the world differently and irreverently but was never offensive. He scored high on the likability scale everywhere we performed together.

Anyway, I just came across this video he made and it brought up great memories.

Enjoy.

(Bows, WorstHorse)

Enjoy your weekend.

Current TV has made a series of short satiric cartoons known as SuperNews that have on several occasions cracked me up. You may find the following offensive. Apologies if you do. What got my attention was that this parody of Fox News host Glenn Beck reflected so many of his attachments.

via “The Glenn Beck Apocalypse” – War Room – Salon.com.

Here’s a plug for the book Saltwater Buddha from theworsthorse.com:

You can pre-order the book from Wisdom Publications here. And having read the book back when I was the marketing and publicity guy there, I’d say you might really wanna do that. Plus, you get to support a truly cool not-for-profit publisher dedicated to the preservation of the Dharma. A good deal, right?

I’ve got to admit that I’m a little biased when it comes to meeting the sea as a source of spiritual inspiration. Can’t wait to read the book.

Jon Stewart’s ribbing of all the clinging that went on at CPAC:

Bows, elephant journal.

Clinging begets fear which begets more clinging; a nightmarish feedback-loop for so much of humanity. Here’s a hilarious example of Stephen Colbert “gently” pointing out Glenn Beck’s attachments surrounding potential future outcomes.

All Hail the Doom Bunker!

Bows, No Fact Zone.

“Not knowing is closest.” – Ji Jang

Bows, elephantjournal.

So if God is seen as something external, doesn’t this imply that God is separate from us? If this is so, then God must be divisible. And if God is divisible, how can He be Infinite?

Just wondering.

Over at InfiniteSmile.org I posted this video.

Share it.

(Bows elephant journal)

The Rev. Danny Fisher offers a heads up on a great collection of recorded Dharma talks.

Enjoy this.
(Bows to The Worst Horse and Rev. Danny Fisher)

Bows, Monkey Mind

How beautiful when we recognize the Dance within ourselves is expressed everywhere. Bows, Matt.

Bows to the WorstHorse for this one.

Bows to Jonathan Doherty for this one.