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Bullshit Detector - 19oct21a
Caveat emptor, buyer beware. Although this phrase was coined in Rome, it is as ancient as civilization itself. With such fuckery about...

Lama Jigme Gyatso
Oct 19, 20211 min read


Drunk with Fear - 18oct21
The note was taped to the inside of her screen door, with the message facing outward for all to read. An angry hand had scrawled,...

Lama Jigme Gyatso
Oct 18, 20211 min read


Positivity is Violent - 18oct21
Positivity is violent. It takes whatever skitters across the kitchen floor of our mind and says, “NO! You can’t be that way, be this way...

Lama Jigme Gyatso
Oct 18, 20211 min read


Tell us, oh Palpatine, "What is Good?" - 17oct21
His preceptor asked, “What is best in life?” to which Conan, the Barbarian, responded, “To crush your enemies, to see them driven before...

Lama Jigme Gyatso
Oct 17, 20211 min read


Isn't Meditation Supposed to be Boring? - 17oct21
Not all meditation teachers are created equal. Not all contemplative techniques are beneficial. And if we have been taught meditation...

Lama Jigme Gyatso
Oct 17, 20211 min read


What's the Story behind the Term "Gas Lighting?" - 16oct21
Patrick Hamilton deconstructed a rather insidious form of toxic masculinity in his 1938 play, “Gas Light.” Set in Victorian London, the...

Lama Jigme Gyatso
Oct 16, 20211 min read


What's Breaking-up Millennial Couples? - 16oct21
What is breaking-up millennial couples? In a word: Porn. It’s great for making money yet terrible at teaching sensuality. But why?...

Lama Jigme Gyatso
Oct 16, 20211 min read


Self Loathing ain't the Way - 15oct21
No one makes it to the grave without making a bad decision at least once. To err is human and each of us is VERY human. What then are we...

Lama Jigme Gyatso
Oct 15, 20211 min read


Was Nietzsche Right? - 15oct21
Nietzsche was right, there is a void, a collection of ugliness, cruelty, resentment, fear, and despair. But what are we to do? Shall we...

Lama Jigme Gyatso
Oct 15, 20211 min read


Heed your Body - 14oct21
Be thou NOT deceived. It is far wiser to heed the signals of our body and mind than to avert our perception and persist rigidly with an...

Lama Jigme Gyatso
Oct 14, 20211 min read


Kink versus Vanilla - 14oct21
The key to successfully blending the practice of semen retention with a sexually active relationship is to view orgasmic sublimation...

Lama Jigme Gyatso
Oct 14, 20211 min read


Sharks in the Water - 13oct21
In open court, the sexual assault victim wept, “Why do rapists find me?” In an uncharacteristic moment of tenderness the judge (jaded,...

Lama Jigme Gyatso
Oct 13, 20211 min read


Watch your Mouth! - 13oct21
Consider communication: its complexity, and its ramifications. What we say, the words we use, and the way we use them will (in this...

Lama Jigme Gyatso
Oct 13, 20211 min read


Uptight much? 12oct21
Are you uptight? If, on the way to the shower, you fell and landed ass first on a charcoal briquette would you pull out a diamond? Then...

Lama Jigme Gyatso
Oct 12, 20211 min read


Forgetting the Mind? - 12oct21
The Diamond Sutra can inspire the provocative question, “How is one to ‘forget the mind’ without undermining mindfulness?” It could be...

Lama Jigme Gyatso
Oct 12, 20211 min read


Brothers under the Skin - 11oct21
Ask a physicist, they’ll tell you, all matter and energy alike are subject to the four universal forces. And what are those? Gravity,...

Lama Jigme Gyatso
Oct 11, 20211 min read


Crush your Ego? 11oct21
No, your problem is neither your ego, your desire to be healthy, nor even your enjoyment of pleasure. Your problem is that someone failed...

Lama Jigme Gyatso
Oct 11, 20211 min read


Making Shit Up - 10oct21
Some very popular meditation teachers just make shit up. It is NOT the making shit up that bothers me as much as the deceit, as much as...

Lama Jigme Gyatso
Oct 10, 20211 min read


Religious Narcissism - 10oct21
Beware of religious narcissism, and those who hide behind titles while demanding: your respect, and your obedience, and your money. These...

Lama Jigme Gyatso
Oct 10, 20211 min read


Striving to Stifle Ideas - 9oct21
When we find ourselves actively striving to stifle ideas which we do not like; it is then we know we are traversing patriarchy’s path of...

Lama Jigme Gyatso
Oct 9, 20211 min read
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