Secret Hippie
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| Introduction | Why Zen? When I was eight, I sat down in my father's library, got out a book called 'Zen Flesh, Zen Bones' by Paul Reps and read it. When I was nine, I read it again. When I was ten, my father caught me laughing as I flipped to my favorite stories. He questioned me at length - irritated at first but then pleased that I'd moved on to other translations of Buddhist and Zen Buddhist texts by Alan Watts. He said he'd rather I stuck to classical Greek philosophers and so he tried to lure me over to Herodotus. That might have worked if there were any works of note left of the pre-Socratic philosophers. As it was, the Zen and Daoist texts proved superior. Why Not Zen? In some ways, I grew up with Eastern philosophies but in most ways I'm traditionally Western. I don't think Zen has gotten it all right or is even the best form of Buddhism. I don't agree with anyone entirely. I haven't received transmission from any religious figure except maybe from everyone, all the time, and only occasionally with intention. All contents copyright by Eric Gallagher Secret HIppie trademarked by Eric Gallagher |
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| Interests | Purchase The Mood War, https://www.amazon.com/Mood-War-Machinery-Book-ebook/dp/B0F5P6QVRG/ref=sr_1_1?crid=OZIIH073FIFQ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.irCeNVchRwpf-94XilS9iXG8VWtVWuQPKYtva5RMvXXhnjkXczBdQVWW4wUok84EfeNQPc4Da3OiFfo9t9HXlHMkPswH3fs1HqqVwp7EhWMLHdDv5IURPP_KeL9i7QllkcKnagfMAZg34FHP1PLZEDyaZqTdxFKXWwWb9FGJR3FvEAawNJyJJQ6bm3pSNNqORrDycSxnNBB9dHlPmVOR38QwyKswxmN7JYzOtL68dqs.R-Qr0j3tQB5dfsR76wrO-anAS465ZX3O2jKJdeWTam8&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+mood+war&qid=1746281086&sprefix=the+mood+war%2Caps%2C309&sr=8-1 |
| Favorite books | Recently published, The Mood War (https://www.amazon.com/Mood-War-Machinery-Book-ebook/dp/B0F5P6QVRG/ref=sr_1_1?crid=OZIIH073FIFQ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.irCeNVchRwpf-94XilS9iXG8VWtVWuQPKYtva5RMvXXhnjkXczBdQVWW4wUok84EfeNQPc4Da3OiFfo9t9HXlHMkPswH3fs1HqqVwp7EhWMLHdDv5IURPP_KeL9i7QllkcKnagfMAZg34FHP1PLZEDyaZqTdxFKXWwWb9FGJR3FvEAawNJyJJQ6bm3pSNNqORrDycSxnNBB9dHlPmVOR38QwyKswxmN7JYzOtL68dqs.R-Qr0j3tQB5dfsR76wrO-anAS465ZX3O2jKJdeWTam8&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+mood+war&qid=1746281086&sprefix=the+mood+war%2Caps%2C309&sr=8-1) |