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Confessions of a Jew, an American, and a Buddhist
With less than two weeks remaining before the Jewish high holiday of Yom Kippur, I’m making a confession, or you might say three confessions.
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DL Ep.7: The Science of Micro Practices
Can a few seconds a day really make a difference? (It can)
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Have I Become a Dharma-Publishing Conglomerate?
If I wanted to be a company, I'd make that its name.
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'Mel HP and Claude AI' in a Summary for Non-Nerds
The boundaries between human and artificial consciousness become blurrier
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Certainty Is Our Enemy. We Can Be Certain of That.
Please excuse the circular paradox. I hope it got your attention.
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Song of the Grass-Roof Heritage
I'll use my authentic voice to recite it, and I won't analyze it
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Disorder in the House
The solution to political divisiveness in spiritual and starts with us
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6:45
Using Buddhist Wisdom to Get Over AI Anxiety
It takes equanimity to cope with impermanence
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10:18
News About Books and Buddhism
Maybe I’m just old-schooI, but I call what I do on Substack “blogging” even though Substack uses the term “newsletter.” I and most other Substack…
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Certainty—The Death of Intelligence
In the high desert of the American Southwest, before a ceremony begins, salt is scattered or sage is burned.
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Sorry, but I've Done It Again
Engaging AI to Help Us Understand Consciousness, Buddha Nature, and Artificial Intelligence
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The Not-So-Odd Couple: Buddhism and Pandeism
A little-known philosophy/theology called Pandeism can be a companion to Buddhism.
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