Most of the people who so disliked the policies and administration of George Bush wanted to see him impeached - all legal-like and proper. The right isn't so kind and decent to Obama. After slightly more than 50 days in office, the wingnuttery on cable TV want to see armed rebellion, revolt, or just...

Scientific American Mind takes a look at the complex idea of embedded metaphors - the idea that many of our concepts are determined by the physicality of our bodies. This is not a new idea - George Lakoff has done seminal work in this area - and it was explored quite deeply (and slightly differently...

An interesting post from Susan Blackmore at the Psychology Today blogs. Falling into Zen By Susan Blackmore on March 9, 2009 - in Ten Zen Questions I've been a scientist, struggling to understand the mysteries of consciousness, near-death experiences and altered states, most of my life. Alongside my...

[image source] The New Scientist posted this interesting look at how the evolution of a "theory of mind" - the recognition we have that others also have an interior consciousness (this begins in kids around the age of two or three) - might explain the creation of the idea of God. 'Theory of mind' co...

Research on ecstasy as a treatment for PTSD is not new, but it has been sparse at best due to the government ban on schedule 1 drugs for research. But that has been changing in recent years, and that is good news for patients as well as researchers. Perhaps veterans, who are expected to constitute t...

[image source] Maybe collapsed is not the right word - how about "fallen off a cliff"? From where I am sitting, rational egoism/self-interest is the shadow wound of American culture, the one from which we are bleeding to death. A society built on me-first self-interest - the kind of crap espoused by...

I would love to have seen this presentation by Shinzen Young at the 2000 Toward a Science of Consciousness conference. Even the abstract is interesting reading/ Applications of Mindfulness Meditation in the Study of Human Consciousness Abstract from Shinzen Young's presentation at the Toward a Scien...

One little outpost of journalism, The Vancouver Sun , has discovered James Fowler's Stages of Faith - a little late to the party, but they're the first one to show up, so it's all good. Cheers to Douglas Todd for this article. The article mentions many integral thinkers, and gives a shout out to our...

A great article from Shambhala Sun . I have been a fan of Polly Young-Eisendrath ever since I read The Psychology of Mature Spirituality, which she edited and provided some articles. Here she talks about the "training of love," and it's worth noting that she is a student of Shinzen Young. This artic...

The Freethinker picked up the story of Daniel Everett, author of Don’t Sleep There are Snakes , from the BBC Radio 4 book of the week. This is an old entry, but it's cool and includes an audio link to Everett reading an excerpt from the book. This is a great book both for the story of the author a...