The Electric Ministry

In 1983, The CIA Wrote A Bizarre Report About Transcending Spacetime With Your Mind Back in 1983, the CIA wrote an obscure report looking to the 'Gateway Experience,' claiming that an altered state of human consciousness may be able to tra

Reality Is Just a Bunch of Hallucinations We Collectively Agree On Anil Seth, a neuroscientist and director of the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science at the University of Sussex, researches the biological basis of the otherwise ethereal topic of consciousness.

A few of my favorite kōans. (Zen stories, statements, dialogues, questions, etc. designed to test a student's progress and/or confuse the s**t out of them.)

What are some of the most important koans? Herschel Concepcion's answer: A few of my favorites from The Gateless Gate: 49 Zen Koans. > 21. Dried Dung A monk asked Ummon: “What is Buddha?” Ummon answered him: “Dried dung.” Mumon’s Comment: It seems to me Ummon is so poor he cannot distinguish the taste of one food from another, or e...