Buddhism as a "Science of the Mind"

“Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.”
― Alan Wilson Watts

Scientists Proclaim Animal and Human Consciousness the Same

Very, very cool- but how could consciousness really differ?

The Nature of Existence - Original Trailer

Fantastic movie, its on Netflix.

Michio Kaku: The Universe in a Nutshell

That is not dead which can eternal lie, yet with stranger aeons, even Death may die.

H.P. Lovecraft

In the belief of reincarnation, the "soul" is constantly passing into new bodies and the space in between births is thought to be seemingly short to the living and very long to the deceased (It is believed that the longer you stay in a meditative state of peace while living the space between death and life shortens,) this is why you cannot remember pasty lives, they feel VERY distant.

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.
Leonardo da Vinci

Working A 9-5 Job is Not For Everyone—Doing What Works For You!

An Answer to Existential Questions

A change in the weather 
is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves.
Marcel Proust

Anger is weakness, not strength.

EB

MICROCOSMOS FULL we are gods to these creatures

We are gods to the tiny creatures all around and even on and in us- we are impossibly large and seemingly undying. We could crush or cultivate any number of them. Be a merciful god, tend to nature.

EB

“The world is like a ride in an amusement park. 

And when you choose to go on it you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. 

And the ride goes up and down and round and round. 

It has thrills and chills and it's very brightly coloured and it's very loud and it's fun, for a while. 

Some people have been on the ride for a long time and they begin to question: "Is this real, or is this just a ride?" 

And other people have remembered, and they come back to us, they say, "Hey, don't worry, don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride." 

And we kill those people.”

 Bill Hicks

Michio Kaku Explains String Theory

Lakota

Lakota spirituality is based on the circle. The Lakota saw the journey of life and death as a circular process. They also interacted with one another in a circular fashion, rather than in a struggle for domination.

The Lakota even used the circle’s symbolism in their architecture. Their houses (which are known as tipis) had circular foundations.

"Everything the Power does, it does in a circle." Lakota Proverb

"Creation is continuous." Lakota Proverb

"I am standing at the Earth’s center." Lakota Proverb

"A man’s life is a circle from childhood to childhood, and thus it is in everything where the power moves." Black Elk

"The power of the world always works in circles." Black Elk

"The center of the universe is everywhere." Black Elk

The Lakota Indians


This is very similar to the teachings in the Tao

No Fear in the Now

There's Nothing Wrong With You - The Empowered Human: 360 Senses!

Genius

Indian Spiritual Guru @ TED India 2009 - Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev