Entropy Gradient Reversals – Faster Horses! Sigh Consulting. Man, what a racket. Why didn’t I figure this out years ago? But I almost feel unclean for doing it. I almost feel guilty. Not for taking their money. That’s just manifest destiny. No, sometimes I feel terrible because I think maybe I really am helping these clueless fuckers to rape the rest of us. Giving them some empty-headed motivational excuse to weld all that avarice into an effective weapon that will make us all salivate for spiffier software or snappier net connections or the latest breakfast cereal breakthrough. But what have …
The Seven Points of Mind Training This website contains a database of commentaries on the Seven Points of Mind Training. The core practice involves taking on others’ sorrow and pain and sending them your joy; not as a masochistic practice but with the aim of getting away from the self-centeredness and self-seeking that cause us so much pain. These practices were brought to Tibet in the eleventh century by the Indian Buddhist teacher Atisha. The Seven Points consist of 57 proverbs divided by subject into seven sections. This site contains commentaries by five teachers. Access commentaries by clicking on the …
Resources for standing meditation: Standing Chi Kung: Taoist standing practice Another Chinese standing meditation practice: chiropractic descriptions Million dollar qi gong practice: more on the benefits of standing meditation Wu Ji posture: instructions for standing and guiding awareness Breathing exercises for standing meditation: postures and vocalizations Zhan Zhuang: Instructions for Tai Chi standing meditation Triple Burner Standing Meditation: More exercises for circulating qi Zen standing meditation: also with breathing and vocalization methods Ku meditation club handbook: practices from many spiritual traditions Buddhist meditation postures: brief and with pictures