Archive for July 2018
The Intellect and Beyond
A recent poster to a popular Three Principles forum commented: “It seems that in the 3P conversation there’s a variety of perspectives on things like free-will, control, to do or not to do. The notion that God (as in Mind, Consciousness and Thought) is everything vs there’s God and then there’s personal thinking. Do techniques…
Read MoreThe Meaning of Ott’s Jack’s Cheese and Bread Snack Lyrics
Heard this (trippy) song about ten years ago and loved it, and was intrigued by the lyrics: Ott – Jack’s Cheese and Bread Snack One: All composite phenomena are impermanent. Two: All contaminated things and events are unsatisfactory or in the nature of suffering. Three: All phenomena are empty and selfless (devoid of self-existence).…
Read MoreOn Having Less Thinking: Untangling The Three Principles Psychology from Psychology
7/19/18 This post is in response to a question on a FaceBook forum. Jennifer commented: “I found it confusing when a 3 P teacher says for us to have less think[ing] and then say we have no control over our thinking. Because of that I think it would be helpful to be really clear they…
Read MoreWhat is Self Love
I’ve often heard it said, for example, that in order to love another, or to find love, you have to “love yourself first” (including from prideful people that are not really loving). It’s always been puzzling because it sounds like there are two entities: someone to love (your self) and the one doing the loving…
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