Motley Kamuka

A heritage Hindu lets westerners know we should understand the roots of Buddhism 2500 years ago. He resents it when others imagine he's more spiritual because he's from the east. And he isn't saying that Buddhism is just an extension of Hinduism. But he's come to some understandings reading some books and going on retreat with white people. “…people are no longer psychologically able to cope with the dazzling rhythm of technological development and the social changes that accompany it. Things simply move too fast, and before one can accustom oneself to an invention, it has already been supplanted by a new one, so that one more and more lacks the most elementary “cognitive mapping.” The recourse to Taoism or Buddhism offers a way out of this predicament that definitely works better than the desperate escape into old traditions.”   Zizek Reducing Buddhism to a fetish isn’t the most sympathetic stance. Zizek is probably better at describing the ideological setting, not re...

I posted about how NYC isn't going to allow unvaccinated home players to play in Major League Baseball, the Mets and the Yankees, as per the regulation on whatever that you have to get vaccinated if you work. The pandemic seems to be waning and everyone focuses on the fact that fans and away players don't have to be vaccinated. My point is that if you think it's a good step, then maybe more should do it but that others don't do it doesn't mean we need to get rid of it. People have different priorities and different political views, but I found the discussion vastly stimulating. I dislike the idea of virtue signaling, because you're calling someone a fake and it would be better to just say why you think they're a fake instead. Various moves were made. They thought it was off topic to discuss virtue. The opposite of no-virtue signaling wasn't a thing and complained about my exploring the topic they brought up, they just imagined a takedown, not a discussio...