Author Archives: Major Tom

Brother, Politics, religion, and race seem to be today’s topics that most create divisions among people. Why? I think it’s because each of these broad areas is deeply rooted in core ethical values. And of course at certain points on … Continue reading →

Young Buddha, First, your friends may not be racist, but they are very narrow minded, and if they are saying things like that, they may be hopeless.  I wonder what they thought of Bush 2? I too have always been … Continue reading →

Dalai, OK, here’s one for you.  I need advice. There’s a line from the Big Chill, where Sam (the actor) was reminiscing about days at Michigan and he said something like: “I thought since they looked like us, and acted … Continue reading →

Some may respond that FactCheck.org is not objective, but if they aren’t then who is? There’s good and bad in these numbers and, as Fact Check says: “We leave it to our readers to judge how much credit or blame … Continue reading →

— Honoré de Balzac I read this today, and I’m not sure I am in full agreement.  Granted, there is truth, but does not this discount rich good people?

So, I’m going to get into the political arena again. First, I’m not Catholic and second, I’m not Republican. I’m not defending Trump and I think the current Pope is absolutely marvelous. However, it feels as though one of Jesus’s … Continue reading →

you don’t understand cancer until you or a loved one has it you don’t understand a handicap until someone you know has one you don’t understand gun control until someone you know gets shot you don’t understand being gay until … Continue reading →

I don’t understand how anyone doesn’t see the need for gun control. After the latest you would think … But some say it’s all about helping the mentally ill and that taking guns won’t solve anything. IT’S NOT ONE OR … Continue reading →

Can we approach this without inflaming the right? It’s not about taking your guns, it’s about reform. How do we solve the mass killings? Giving more guns to people isn’t working.

I keep hearing that, but my question is, would people without guns kill people? I know that there are a hundred responses to this and some will be hostile, but that’s not what it’s about. Some think we need to … Continue reading →

I was thinking the other day how much I admire people who can really stand up for what they believe. You know them – the Democrats that post their Hillary images on Facebook; or the Gun Law proponents. They’re actually … Continue reading →

http://www.tricycle.com/insights/selective-wisdom If we go into “something” with a preconceived idea of what it will be, we could be concealing the truth.

There is another subtler way to understand the trikaya, and it is this understanding that Trungpa Rinpoche taught. He did it in this way. Stepping to the blackboard, he picked up a piece of chalk and drew this figure. Then … Continue reading →

“The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil.” — Daniel Webster