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Judaism and Christianity, by Leo Baeck
Romantic and Classic Religion
Judaism and Christianity.
by Leo Baeck.
Jewish Publication Society. 292 pp. $4.00.
For two millennia, the coexistence of Judaism and Christianity has been marked by repeated conflict and controversy. In political and social terms, Christianity's marriage with the temporal power of the state soon rendered the struggle one-sided. In the realm of the spirit, however, Judaism has held its own, and the confrontation of the two systems has produced a considerable body of literature. Hundreds of volumes have been written, most of them by the Church, reflecting the sharp differences between Judaism and Christianity. Because of the Church's powers of censorship and temporal coercion, we must admire the forthrightness with which Jewish authors defended their point of view and even went over to the attack. At times they were forced to use circumspect language, resort to symbols, or employ satire, but on the whole the Jewish case was stated with dignity and courage.
Leo Baeck's collected essays, posthumously published under the title Judaism and Christianity, sensitively translated by Walter Kaufmann, are part of this great polemic tradition. Himself the last grand rabbi of Germany, who escaped death in the Theresienstadt camp by a clerk's error, Leo Baeck witnessed the most cruel breakdown of the Jews' relation with Christian civilization. Unlike many others, he realized that the confrontation of Judaism and Christianity could not, and should not, proceed merely in the daily contacts of individuals and communities, but above all in philosophy and theology.
The translator, in an introduction which is a eulogy for a revered teacher and friend, draws attention to the appropriateness of Baeck's beginning his career with the now classic Essence of Judaism and ending with Judaism and Christianity. Both books are works of apologetics, in the technical, theological sense of that term. "Das Wesen des Judentums" (The Essence of Judaism) was written as an answer to Harnack's "Das Wesen des Christentums" (What is Christianity?), and Judaism and Christianity is dominated by the essay "Romantic Religion," which is a polemic against Christianity.
In reading Judaism and Christianity, furthermore, one realizes to what extent Essence of Judaism was Baeck's magnum opus. This first book contains a clear, fully developed outline of his thought, of which the major essay as well as "Mystery and Commandment" in the latest volume are basically a re-statement; while the other essays in this book, "The Son of Man," "The Gospels as a Documentary of the History of the Jewish Faith," and "The Faith of Paul," constitute scholarly raw material for contrasting Judaism and Christianity.
In "Romantic Religion," Baeck draws sharply contrasting opposites of classic and romantic religion, of Judaism and Christianity. Romantic religion, Christianity, "seeks its goals in the now mythical, now mystical visions of the imagination." To the believer in romantic religion, mood and feeling are central. "Reality becomes mere mood; and moods, eventually, the only reality." Schleiermacher's definition of religion as "the feeling of absolute dependence" sums up the romantic condition. By contrast, "In classical religion, longing strives ever and again for the goal which is to unify all men and impels them to follow the commandment of God. . . . For all future is here the future of the commandment, the future in which it is realized and fulfilled."
Baeck acknowledges that there are romantic elements not only in Christianity but in every religion; in fact, romanticism is often historically necessary as an antidote to other positions, for instance, to what passes as "liberal" religion. Romanticism contradicts "that shallow reasonableness which would dispose of everything . . . that enlightenment which has knowledge of and answers to everything . . . that activism which would take care of and execute everything."
Thus, in Baeck's view, classical religion, classical Judaism, rejects mysticism in which the striving for the absorption in God, the "experience," leads to the neglect—and implies perhaps even the uselessness—of the commandment (a danger against which Jewish Mysticism, whether of earlier Cabbalah or later Hasidism, struggled continuously); but it also refuses to be reduced to pure rationalism or pure ethicism. Classical Judaism is both mystery and commandment, at one and the same time.
In romantic religion, however, the will to action becomes paralyzed. "Man's whole existence is transformed into longing—not into the longing for God, in which man, raising himself above the earth, overcomes his earthly solitude; nor into the powerful longing of the will which thirsts for deeds." In fact, the whole realm of the ethical becomes problematic. In many passages, particularly those which deal with Paul, Baeck insists that faith not works, belief not law, are the decisive elements of Christianity. It is "the path that leads away from justice." Belief supersedes ethics; faith and the feeling of having been saved replace the impulse and necessity of moral action. "Law" is abolished, and "commandment" becomes the unacceptable antithesis to "faith."
The basic stance of the romantic is passivity. Morally, "he is the object of virtue and sin—not its producer, its subject." Human life is held in tension not between man's striving for the fulfillment of ethical goals and his recurrent failure to achieve them (as in Judaism), but rather between original sin and election. Both of these are outside man's power, the one inhering through birth, the other a gift of the grace of God. Even man's "faith cannot be won, but only be given by grace." This faith itself is evidence of man's helplessness: "The salvation that comes through faith is in no sense earned, but wholly received."
With telling force Baeck quotes Luther on this, as on many other points, showing not merely the continuity of the romantic position over the centuries, but its "pure" form; "velut paralyticum [as one paralyzed], man should wait for salvation and faith." The grace of God, wholly unearned, wholly beyond the will and act of man, displaces the notion of God's commandment. (In Judaism, on the other hand, faith and law are fused: "The world of Judaism is to be found only where faith has its commandment, and the commandment its faith.")
The consequences of the romantic position are far-reaching, not only for the individual but for society as a whole. Civilization or forces which aim at active participation in history can enter, at best, a most uneasy alliance with romantic religion and more often find themselves struggling against it. Not only does romantic religion become "redemption from the will"; ultimately, it promotes "a faith in redemption from the world and its demands." It does not develop, as does Judaism, "trust in the world or, to be more precise, the assurance of reconciliation."
Baeck describes the sacrament as the vessel in which the living experience, so indispensable to romantic religion, can be caught and preserved. Precisely because this is its nature, man again becomes merely the recipient, the object. "The sacrament is said to work . . . quite independently of the human will and of anything a person might contribute—working simply by happening, ex opere operato." By contrast, the commandment given through revelation, which we find in Judaism, is inherently unfinished in form; one commandment begets the next. Commandment has in it not merely the notion of an immediate act to be performed but also, like the ethical task, points beyond itself.
Because Judaism and Christianity is a polemical work, Baeck's main interest is to state a position, not to analyze or to weigh each point dispassionately. He draws sharp contrasts for the sake of clarity and, inevitably, the contrasts sometimes become too sharp. For example, Baeck relies almost exclusively on Paul and Luther for his image of Christianity. Lutheranism was, of course, his immediate environment. In a few passages, he acknowledges that Catholicism and Calvinist Protestantism at times modify the positions of Paul and Luther. ("Calvinism began to recognize more clearly that there is a liberating, ethical power in worldly work. . . ." "The human desire for deeds made its demands. . . . Through the sacrament of penance the [Catholic] Church made a place for it.") Such statements, however, merely highlight the dilemma of romantic religion as it is torn between its commitment to the City of God and its task as a functioning power in the world. They do not reflect sufficiently, it would seem, the historic responsibilities which even Lutheranism assumed in the making of European life.
Had greater weight been given to the Catholic and non-Lutheran points of view, the intensity of the contrasts drawn would have been reduced. Certainly much of American Christian thought and practice differs from the image of Christianity as outlined by Baeck. Yet these are only small strictures on what is a most stimulating, profound book on the nature of Christianity and Judaism, which constitutes a major contribution to the continuing dialogue between two great systems of religious thought and practice.


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Sorry I've taken so long to post again, I really underestimated how much summer would mess with my internal schedule!
The end of the summer brings with it lots of hectic-ness and excitement. At the lab, I'm wrapping up what I've been working on over the summer. Part of my research grant involves presenting my research, so about 2 weeks ago I gave a presentation to other students who did research this summer. I think it went pretty well, and some of the other research was really cool. I'd summarize mine here, but it's pretty technical, and would take at least a page to be very general. But one student did research on barnswallow mating habits, specifically on how different tails and songs affect mating success. It seemed pretty cool, but he said they usually worked from 2 AM to 10 AM, and personally, I like my hours of 10 AM to 5 PM much better. Now, my next step is to apply for a different grant so I can continue working in the lab during the school year. It's been so cool doing research in the lab. It's much less structured than lab classes that are pretty straightforward. Also, I get much more feedback from the professors and graduate students I work with. All in all, it's been a great experience that I'd like to continue.
Also involved with the end of the summer and the beginning of the fall is moving. I get to move out of my apartment on the hill to my new fraternity house, which is about 3 blocks away. 3 blocks, in case you're wondering, is almost too short to drive, but way too far to carry furniture. This new house is going to be awesome though. It's a nice 8 room house, so there will be lots of activity, all the time. Like any college guys, we've been brainstorming our downstairs man cave, our souped-up WiFi (we can get better rates on fast internet because we have so many people who are paying in), and our free CraigsList furniture. I'm only sad that I won't be around as much during the first week I'm there, due to Marching Band camp. I am, however, excited that I have a short, 5 minute (maximum) downhill bike ride to class. This past year, if I wanted to bike ride, it was a good half mile or more, mostly uphill, which is fun coming home, but horrible to ride up.
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Screenshots from early builds of the next version of Windows suggest Microsoft is favouring its Ribbon inteface.
Early versions of Windows 8 have popped up online over the past few weeks, with the pre-beta code apparently leaked as Microsoft sends it to partners.
Windows watchers Rafael Rivera and Paul Thurrott posted screenshots from the builds on their blog WithinWindows. While the images aren't official, they suggest the direction Microsoft is headed with the Windows UI.
The Ribbon interface was first introduced with Office 2007, but the screenshots show the concept being extended to the Windows Explorer.
"In early builds of Windows 8, this Ribbon UI is only half-finished and, frankly, of dubious value," the pair note. "In fact, based on the divergent ways in which various related UI elements are repeated around the window frame, we get the idea that the use of the Ribbon in Explorer is, in fact, quite controversial inside the halls of Microsoft's Redmond campus."
"In the current pre-release builds we've seen, the Ribbon is a serious work in progress and is quite unattractive," they add. "It's unclear whether Microsoft intends to move forward with this UI as-is, or whether it will appear only in certain UI types."
Microsoft also looks to be considering incorporating design elements from Windows Phone 7, with the login screen looking similar to the phone lock screen on the mobile OS. It apparently allows users to access music controls without logging in.
Microsoft is keeping tablets in mind while developing Windows 8, so incorporating aspects of the mobile OS won't come as too much of a surprise.
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In 1951, an important discovery was made at the University of Chicago. Nathaniel Kleitman's grad student monitored a sleeping boy's brain waves and eye movements and discovered that, every so often, the boy's eyes darted from side to side and his brain activity fluctuated. From these findings, Kleitman concluded that there are five stages of sleep.
Stage 1 sleep is the lightest stage of sleep, lasting anywhere from five to ten minutes. During this stage, the brain relaxes by about 50% and produces theta waves, which occur four to seven cycles per second. If you've ever jolted awake due to a sudden sense of falling or felt very confused after waking up, chances are you were in this stage of sleep.
Stage 2 sleep is where we spend 65% of our sleep time. Although the brain continues to relax, occasional bursts of electrical activity, called sleep spindles, occur twelve to fourteen cycles per second. Also, K complexes appear. During this stage, heart rate and body temperature decrease, muscles relax, and eye movements stop.
Sleep stages 3 and 4 are the deepest stages of sleep. In these stages, delta waves become prevalent and occur one to two cycles per second. In stage 3, these waves happen 20% to 50% of the time, and in stage 4, they happen over 50% of the time. In order for us to have a fulfilling night's sleep, we have to experience these two stages of sleep.
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After pedaling 200 miles—under sunshine and rain—members of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) arrived at the Publix Super Markets headquarters to ask Ed Crenshaw, CEO of Publix, to see first-hand the conditions farm workers face in the fields.
The 10-day bike ride from Immokalee to Lakeland began on Aug. 27 and ended on Sept. 6 around noon.
For more than two years, members of the CIW have tried to convince Publix to join its Campaign for Fair Food by paying a premium of one penny more per pound for its tomatoes.
The raise in price would give farm workers a living wage and more financial freedom to feed their families, according to the CIW's website.
Crenshaw was not able to meet with the bicyclists. He sent someone from his public relations department to collect petitions and other materials for him.
Publix states that it is not responsible for paying employees of other companies, and that the CIW should report its complaints to the employers of the farm workers, according to a press release on the company's website.
Oscar Otzoy, an Immokalee farm worker and one of the six bikers, said the coalition only brought a verbal invitation for Crenshaw to witness the harsh conditions of the Immokalee fields.
"He has not accepted our invitation," Otzoy said. "I feel rejected as a human."
Major tomato retailers and food corporations—including McDonald's, Whole Foods and Aramark—have reached agreements with the CIW in the past.
"We thought Crenshaw was going to do the right thing," Otzoy said. "But he didn't even show his face."
About 50 supporters from various organizations throughout Florida met the coalition at the Florida-based supermarket's headquarters.
Rev. Eve MacMaster, pastor of Emmanuel Mennunite Church in Gainesville, brought a letter signed by 31 local clergy members, "to remind Publix of their responsibilities to provide all workers with decent wages and working conditions."
"These farm workers are amongst the poorest paid and the most abused in America," she said.
Gainesville's Interfaith Alliance for Immigrant Justice delivered a poster signed by community members that says they are willing to pay one more penny per pound.
Brianna Ramos, a UF freshman, said she was shocked to see Crenshaw ignore the farm workers.
"It is unfair," she said.
Victor Yengle, a UF economics junior, said the "pilgrimage to publix" wasn't entirely a defeat for the CIW and its supporters.
"It's great to see all of these community leaders united," he said.
The CIW plans to continue its quest to persuade Publix to join the Fair Food Program, said Otzoy.
"We as farm workers will not allow this," he said. "We are going to continue to struggle on."
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Scientists discover world's first amphibious insects: Hawaiian caterpillarsJeremy Hance
March 22, 2010
When the amphibious moths are in larva form, as caterpillars, they "can breathe and feed indefinitely both above and below the water's surface and can mature completely submerged or dry," the researchers write. They add that since the larvae inhabit fast-flowing streams where floods are common, they have evolved remarkable skills to "withstand extremely high and fast floodwaters, which can scour the rainforest streambeds for days during frequent storm events. Through a combination of specialized shelter-seeking behavior and use of silk tie-downs and drag lines, larvae avoid exposure to the strongest currents."
The caterpillars are also notable for the feeding habitats: they are the first caterpillars known to eat snails and mollusks, which they bind with their silk.
The researchers speculate that since the caterpillars have no gills or plastron, they "likely rely on direct diffusion of oxygen through the hydrophilic skin". This would explain why the caterpillars only occur along fast-flowing steams and why they perish in stagnant water.
As strange as these amphibious evolutionary adaptations appear, the researchers believe that these four moths evolved amphibious traits not once, but several times in a phenomenon known as 'parallel evolution' where different species evolve similar traits separately.
"Similar patterns of parallel evolution in which related taxa independently derive similar ecologies has also been found in Hawaiian birds and damselflies," the researchers say. In addition, a lack of aquatic insects on the Hawaiian Islands may have provided an open niche for the caterpillars to take advantage of.
The moths are in need of active conservation measures according to the researchers, since they are threatened by habitat loss due to streams being diverted for culverts and dikes. At one time there may have been more amphibious caterpillars but the paper concludes that they "may already be extinct" due to habitat destruction.
Per square mile the Hawaiian Islands have more recognized endangered species than any other place in the world, hence its nickname: Endangered Species Capital of the World. Hundreds of species have already vanished from Hawaii since Europeans first arrived in the late 18th Century; several more species are known to have disappeared when the Polynesians first arrived.
CITATION: Daniel Rubinoff and Patrick Schmitz. "Multiple aquatic invasions by an endemic, terrestrial Hawaiian moth radiation." PNAS. www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.0912501107.
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(01/13/2010) East of Madagascar, on the small island of Reunion, researchers have made a remarkable discovery: a cricket that pollinates an orchid. The cricket, which is also a species new to science, was caught by a motion sensitive camera pollinating the orchid, Angraecum cadetii. The genus Angraecum orchid is usually pollinated by moths, but cadetti's nectar-spur opening is just the right shape for the cricket, known as the 'raspy cricket'.


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Next YSU president should be given just two housing choices
I know that the powers that be at YSU are actively searching for a new president. I think before that even happens, they should make one change in the next President's contract. As a YSU alumna I am compelled to share a money saving tip before they even start looking.
There was one building that was built where the Clingan-Wadell Hall used to be on Rayen Ave. It became Penguin Place to house President Cochran. That was supposed to be the president's residence for him and future presidents. He resigned and that building stood idle until it was turned into offices for about four people.
This past spring and summer the landscaping was not taken care of at all. No trimming or weeding or pruning. Nothing. (In the winter an outside contractor is clearing the driveway). This building appears to be going in the way of its ugly stepsister, Clingan-Wadell (which is now located on Fifth Avenue housing the YSU police).
Now the Wick-Pollack House that was renovated specifically to be the president's residence sits empty (while YSU pays for its utilities and upkeep). Beautiful but idle.
So, my recommendation is a simple one: the new contract should state that YSU provides housing on campus to the president, Wick-Pollack House or Penguin Place. Take your choice. He/she doesn't want to live there, fine. Then they provide their own housing. Non-negotiable. Period.
I think when YSU builds/renovates buildings for the president's residence then the president should live there. This is not rocket science folks. If the YSU board follows through with this housing tip, maybe the new president won't have to announce another tuition increase thus seeing enrollment drop!
Kate McAllen, Youngstown
I believe Penguin Place was sold and is now in private hands.
I get your point, but it seems kind of unreasonable to makes folks move household when they're only working just long enough to pad their retirement calculation. Should have saved that whopping recruitment fee though - wonder why nobody ever chased down that fee business on that deal. That was the real money in this whole story.
Any future YSU prez should be required to live in the Pollock house as a condition of employment. That's what we restored it forl. It is a bequtifil mansion and anyone should be proud to live in it. And if he or she has children, they can go to Youngstown schools.
Point is, for all the money wasted on recruitment fees - think it was something over 100 grand, taking this job was only to get a bigger retirement payout. They have this calculation deal that says if you can snag a promotion at the last minute, they'll pay your retirement like you always worked at that level. Moving expense is the only thing saved in that whole scam. Anyway, as for where folks kids go to schools, this is America, and I don't think it's come to the idea that your boss gets to dictate that one.
Here's an idea. Just let the new president of YSU move into one of the BRAND SPANKING NEW YOUNGSTOWN school buildings that is going to be sitting empty less than a decade after being built...


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Austalian Sonic stage show
Posted 28 January 2010 - 03:44 AM
Posted 29 January 2010 - 11:17 AM
I'm guessing it won't ever be shown in the future, seeing as small boobs were banned, and we all know
(I'm joking, btw)
Posted 29 January 2010 - 11:29 AM
I saw it a couple of times back in the day. There were really crappy camera angles for the projector screen above the puppet stage (these would largely involve Tails flying above the stage), poorly done songs, and terrible voice acting.
But the pantomime aspect was awesome. I went and helped Dr Robotnik build his evil machine one time after he sung his song about evil or whatever. It simply involved tipping little plastic and foam cogs from a bucket behind the puppet stage. The presenter told me I was a brave boy for helping him. That punk didn't know I was toughest kid in the land, obviously.
All in all, childhood memories. Good stuff. All you haters just never got to see it.
As for the building, as Nattala said, it got smashed to smitherins in 2008 and now a new retail sector is being built there. There is a timeline saying that the amusement park opened to huge crowds, but it was short lived and closed 2 years after opening. Ouch. But I gave it good buisness. Still have that Knuckles toy. Good stuff
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Posted 29 January 2010 - 03:59 PM
Awesome videos, thanks for the links!
The building did stay around for awhile but it was demolished in 2008, there's actual footage of it being demolished HERE . I think the building looked pretty cool actually, I remember thinking as a kid that the blue thing on the top was a Chaos Emerald. Anyway for those who are interested there's also some footage of the SEGA World Australia and some of the rides HERE including a talk with a Sonic costume.
Does anyone know if SEGA World London had Aqua Nova? Because I remember that ride, but I dunno if my memories of it are from London or Sydney.
I also remember a ride where like, gremlin-like things attacked you. I can't remember if it was actually THE Gremlins (as in the film) and was at Australia's Warner Brothers Movie World, or it was at SEGA world Sydney or London. Anyone know?
I barely remember the coaster. I remember being sad it wasn't Sonic themed. I don't remember what it did, though.
Posted 30 January 2010 - 07:33 AM
My 3rd trip to Sydney was sad, the massive Sonic and Tails were gone from the front, everything that had to do with Sega World was torn down / removed.. all that was left was a thank you note to all its patrons on what used to be the front entrance
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I have been playing with thematic, a theme framework for WordPress. In particular I've been making 'murkymatic' which is a child theme based upon thematic. The source for this is up at google code (I don't yet know how to package a release for non-svn downloads I'm afraid, or how to tag a particular revision as being a particular version, if you know, please tell me).
On to the point…. I've been having trouble with the following bit of code snippet. The idea is to refer to variant.css, if that file exists. If it doesn't exist, there is to be a comment telling anyone who hacks the code to create variant.css for their own style declarations.
The reason for doing this is that I do not want variant.css to be part of the distribution, I want to customise murky.org without having to maintain a separate version of 'murkymatic'. I want it to be coded in (so that people who use the template don't have to modify the core files to make changes) – this will make updates easier.
Unfortunately the code seems to default to thinking the file does not exist – but when I view source and copy the contents of $variantfile into the address bar, it gives me variant.css (which does exist).
function childtheme_variantcss() {
/* This is to reference a variant style sheet, should one be provided */
$variantfile = get_bloginfo('stylesheet_directory') . '/variant.css';
if (file_exists($variantfile)) {
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else {
?><!-- Create <?php echo $variantfile; ?> for your own customisations --> <?php
It's rather befuddling. The bug is to do with file_exists() – but looking at the source for this page (assuming I haven't changed themes at some point) gives this:
<!-- Create http://www.murky.org/wp-content/themes/murkymatic/variant.css for your own customisations --> – and copying
http://www.murky.org/wp-content/themes/murkymatic/variant.css into the address bar shows it is an existing file, containing just
/* My customisations for murkymatic */
Would there be a downside to simply linking to the stylesheet if it doesn't exist?
Whilst I'm posting on the topic, one other thing I want to do with this code is to have a function which looks at the google code repository to see if the theme is out of date (for tagged releases, not for individual revisions), and if so to put an informational message on the WP dashboard. I have no idea how to do this though, and I'd be grateful for pointers (I'd like to see that in thematic too)!


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Oak Parker Thomas Lennon — Matthew Perry's new 'Odd' partner
West Suburban native Thomas Lennon has been cast in the Felix role in the CBS comedy pilot for an updated "The Odd Couple" starring Matthew Perry as Oscar. Deadline.com reports Lennon will slip into the role made famous in the classic Neil Simon comedy by Art Carney in the original Broadway production, by Jack Lemmon in the 1968 film and Tony Randall on the 1970 TV series.
The proposed CBS sitcom will reunite Lennon and Perry who earlier starred together in the "17 Again" feature film. Lennon also had a recurring role on Perry's long-running NBC hit sitcom, "Friends."
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The last few days have been pretty shitty weather but good excuse not to do anything.
Today Durban had some of the wildest weather they have had in 20 years apparently, ships breaking there anchors and washing aground just up the coast was really strange weather for them so I was told. Sittign around the lodge doing nothing so thought that id go for a ride in it, so get on my bike and go for a ride in it to nowhere. It was blowing an absolute gale and flogging down with rain, why would I go for a ride on a day like that, cause I can. Just love it.
Was great rode around for an hour or two then all the way down the beach front where i usually wouldnt of been allowed to ride as there was absolutely noone down near the ocean, it was deserted so that was nice. The boardwalk is only a few ks long but but its actually very nice, have walked a bit of it but while there was noone around I just got on and rode along it.
Was pretty dry had my boardshorts under my wet weather gear so didnt really matter was a tad coolish but nothing to bad the climate around here is pretty dam good.
Went up to the bike place to get the screen raiser thing for my bike to try and get this wind off my head and neck so picked that up, ill take that over to the dealer at some stage you have to drill through the perspex and was told the Yamaha guys would do it. Went for a bit more of a ride then came home. Just love it
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Just made this fish according the recipe and it was a hit with my company. To earlier messages, don't cover the fish with foil; the foil should just go under the fish (and under the bed of salt). Be sure to follow the cooking times exactly or you will risk overcooking. The salt will form a casing that cooks the fish very quickly.flag if inappropriate
I'm wondering too - do I cover the fish or not?flag if inappropriate
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I've made this with both branzino (2 1-1.5lbs) and striped bass, no olive oil/lemon at the end. I much prefer the branzino both for flavor and ease of serving. I plate 1 branzino/person over a layer of blitva (google it). The prep/cook of the blitva coordinates perfectly with the timing of the fish. I've served this numerous times for 1, 2, and 6 people. It's been easy every time and everyone has cleaned their plate almost to the point of licking it...really.flag if inappropriate
This is exceptional and fun to serve. My guests loved it, and the fish was very moist and tasty. I made three mediterranean sea bass (3.5 lbs combined), used 3 25-oz containers of sea salt and 3 egg whites. I prepped it approximately an hour before baking, it could have been made even earlier. I baked it for 35 minutes, let it sit for approximately 20 minutes. The olive oil/lemon juice mixture wasn't really used. Will definitely make again.flag if inappropriate
I used an Italian sea bass called branzini, the only whole fish at the supermarket today. They were perfect: just 1.5 lbs each, so I got two, used 8 cups kosher salt, and baked for 20 instead of 25 minutes. I also tried sliced fennel along with the leeks instead of fennel seeds, and used the fronds as garnish on the platter, along with lemon slices. The aromatics perfumed the fish beautifully, and the salt crust kept the flesh moist and tender without over-seasoning the fish. I felt bad "wasting" so much salt but I realized at just $2 a box for diamond crystal kosher, I wouldn't think twice about spending the same for a roasting bag for a roast. It's really just an effective tool for gentle and even cooking, not so much an ingredient. The proof is in the results. The impressive table pres was a nice bonus to the deliciousness.flag if inappropriate
Honestly: this was totally amazing. I cook often and well, and perhaps this is one of the finest preps for fish I have encountered. We used 3 1-lb Branzino (Greek seabass) because they were fresh and, well, branzino are incredibly moist. As others have said, keep heads and tails on, but descale and gut. Toasting the dried spices was key and set the mood for the whole meal to come. we upped the egg whites to 3, the cups of salt to 7, and placed all 3 in the same pan (foil under). A 1/2" layer of salt crust under and the rest packed over and around. Our crust did not brown, but hardened well and the fish were perfect with 25 mins in the oven and 10 mins to rest. The fish was flavorful and fall-off-the-bone moist. Served with arugula salad and mini tri-color roasted potatoes. So fun, so easy, so delicious.flag if inappropriate
I had to reply to Lisbon-Cook's review below; that is incorrect. You do NOT cook the entire fish with entrails and gills. That is backwards. The fish should be cleaned, scaled, with head intact, but gills and entrails removed. The salt will not enter and over-season the fish. The cavity is stuffed with aromatics, and the scent and flavor will permeate the flesh. It's a delicious preparation. Give it a try!flag if inappropriate
Nasty! I couldn't find a whole 3 lb. fish, so used the tail half of a salmon (which doesn't have much of a cavity). The meat was very tasty but the spices inside were too spicy to actually eat. we had to scrape them off. What a waste... Can't really imagine that anyone would want to eat a pure blend of pepper, fennel and Coriander seeds. What am I missing?flag if inappropriate
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InsightLA Blog http://blog.insightla.org/blog/ Founded in 2002, InsightLA is an urban dharma center dedicated to bringing the deep joy and peace of mindfulness & compassion to people everywhere. en-US 2012-07-18T06:00:00-07:00 Retreats Strengthen Our Confidence, Courage and Compassion http://blog.insightla.org/blog/2012/07/retr.html Last week I had the good fortune to be in retreat with Anam Thubten in the mountains of Idaho, where I was given the privilege of teaching with him and Elizabeth Namgyel. Once again, I saw how retreat strengthens our...
Last week I had the good fortune to be in retreat with Anam Thubten in the mountains of Idaho, where I was given the privilege of teaching with him and Elizabeth Namgyel. Once again, I saw how retreat strengthens our confidence, courage and compassion so we can fall in love with the richness of life over and over again!

Taking the time to do a retreat for one day, one week, one month, orfor any length of time gives us a chance to be fully immersed in the heart of our own being. Having no connectivity to my familiar and beloved world was actually a great liberation; I was free to simply dissolve into the experience of the moment, and celebrate this great opportunity we've been offered in this life -- to walk side by side on this path of freedom and love!

I want to leave you with this quote from Anam...

"The more awake we become, the more compassion will flow freely. Its quality is like water, gentle and soothing. At the same time, it has awesome power. It is the flowering of our consciousness. It allows us to connect deeply to others, to the point where the concept of separation loses all of its meaning."  ~  Anam Thubten, from The Magic ofAwareness

 Camp Perkins near Stanley, Idaho

 One Hand Blogging Trudy Goodman 2012-07-18T06:00:00-07:00 A Heart Open to the Exquisite Beauty and Immense Sorrow of this World http://blog.insightla.org/blog/2012/07/open-heart.html Yesterday I taught our Children's Hospital of Los Angeles retreat on "Mindfulness and Being with Death and Dying" for the nurses, doctors, and all professional caregivers of critically ill and dying children. Now take a breath -- for even that...
Yesterday I taught our Children's Hospital of Los Angeles retreat on "Mindfulness and Being with Death and Dying" for the nurses, doctors, and all professional caregivers of critically ill and dying children.

Now take a breath -- for even that phrase is hard to read. How is it that we as humans can bear the unbearable, what the Buddha called "the ocean of tears"? How do we keep our heart open to the exquisite beauty and immense sorrow of this world?

These are not just questions for those doing the front-line work of caring for dying children and their families -- they are questions for us every day. They are questions for our families and for our co-workers, driving on the freeway, shopping in the markets, engaging with the difficulties and promises of our lives. Sitting with these professional caregivers, I felt so grateful for my meditation practice. I felt so grateful that I've learned to sit amidst waves of intense feelings, that I've learned to tend my own heart and return to joy, as the Buddha instructs when he says, "Live in joy and peace even among the troubled."

As we sat in a big circle together, telling stories of the children and their care, stories of terrible challenges, moral dilemmas, and the overarching majesty of love, we became a 'beloved community,' as Martin Luther King said. I'm reminded of what a privilege it is to serve, to teach and practice ways to stay steady and loving in the face of loss. And always reminding each other to include ourselves in the circle of care, with an open and forgiving heart; this is what mindfulness teaches us. And each time we sit, we refresh and strengthen ourselves, offering one another support and courage, trusting that this moment is workable, bearable, and can be transformed into wisdom and compassion. And this one. And this one, too…

~ Trudy
 One Hand Blogging Trudy Goodman 2012-07-11T06:00:00-07:00 Pain Without Suffering http://blog.insightla.org/blog/2012/07/pain-without-suffering.html Sometimes dharma teachings come in unexpected ways. Maybe often. Upon my arrival to travel and teach in Europe with Jack, I had a bicycle accident and broke my left elbow - into pieces. I had so longed to swim in...
Sometimes dharma teachings come in unexpected ways. Maybe often.

Upon my arrival to travel and teach in Europe with Jack, I had a bicycle accident and broke my left elbow - into pieces. I had so longed to swim in the Zurichsee, a beautiful lake, that I asked Jack to wrap the dangling arm up so I could go for a leisurely one-armed swim in the cool water before surgery. I will always savor the memory of that sunlit swim! The surgery was successful, Jack went on to teach, I recovered for a couple days, and we came to Paris.  Since then, our visit to this beautiful city has included practicing with my arm in a sling and considerable pain -- and it's still been completely delightful.

The clear distinction that we make between pain and the suffering of emotional reactions to it, whether disappointment, expectations, blame/shame, or regrets, has never been clearer to me. For while there's been plenty of pain, I'm not suffering. In fact, this has been a happy, loving time in spite of the pain and not being able to teach in the way I'd planned. What is our practice for, after all? We practice to learn how to calmly abide with what's simply so.

Along with the pleasures of sidewalk cafes, art, strolling along narrow cobblestone streets to the river Seine, has been the discovery of the world of Buddhist psychology and philosophy entering French culture. We connected with two strong groups -- the first group, ADM (L'Association du Developpement de la Mindfulness) has been nurtured by Jon Kabat-Zinn and grew out of his mindfulness work. I'll tell you more about this extraordinary collection of accomplished healers, physicians, educators, philosophers, researchers next week -- they are amazing. The second group, Terre d'Eveil (Land, or Ground of Awakening), has been mentored by Martine and Stephen Batchelor and others, and are a dedicated circle of Vipassana practitioners. Next week I'll tell you more about what's truly challenging and inspiring in how the teachings are seen in France!

For now, I wish you all a happy
July 4th, our holiday of liberation!

-Trudy

 One Hand Blogging Trudy Goodman 2012-07-02T13:36:17-07:00 My New Blog Column -- "One Hand Blogging" http://blog.insightla.org/blog/2012/06/intro.html Hi everyone, If you get (and if you open, and then... READ!) the InsightLA email newsletter, you know that I like to share my experience and perspective as a meditator and teacher in the "Note to the Reader" section running...
Hi everyone,

If you get (and if you open, and then... READ!) the InsightLA email newsletter, you know that I like to share my experience and perspective as a meditator and teacher in the "Note to the Reader" section running down the side. We're going to re-design the newsletter this summer so that it's easier to read, and we're also going to begin posting those words in my new blog column at http://blog.insightla.org/.  It's a way to share what I love the most about this immense journey we're on together, and I hope you'll find resonances with what you love, too.

Enjoy!

Trudy Goodman
Founder and Guiding Teacher
InsightLA
 One Hand Blogging Trudy Goodman 2012-06-13T09:30:00-07:00 InsightLA's 10th Anniversary - Planting the Seeds http://blog.insightla.org/blog/2012/06/planting-seeds.html I'm sitting on a stone wall, overlooking the gorgeous estate of Pamela and Jef Levy in Beverly Hills, where we are planning the first of our 10th anniversary celebrations, a gala fundraiser to take place here. I marvel at how...
I'm sitting on a stone wall, overlooking the gorgeous estate of Pamela and Jef Levy in Beverly Hills, where we are planning the first of our 10th anniversary celebrations, a gala fundraiser to take place here. I marvel at how this has come to pass -- ten years ago, three of us were sitting in Susan Kaiser Greenland's office, and now InsightLA has blossomed. We now have a beautiful community of teachers and practitioners dedicated to mindful awareness, the opening of the heart and the tending of the world.

Sitting beneath the Levys' magical pine forest, I'm grateful. The teachings of mindfulness are just like these tall pine trees -- a quiet woods in the noisy city, cool shade in the hot sun, an oasis in the desert. InsightLA has become this kind of refuge for so many people...how fortunate we are that the teachings of the Buddha – "good in the beginning, good in the middle, good in the end" -- are now spreading to returning Vets, to caregivers and families at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, to other hospitals, to community service agencies and beyond. This is a true tribute to our ten years together.

On this day, I sit with Congressman Tim Ryan (wasn't Tim's presentation at InsightLA fantastic?), Jack Kornfield, James Gimian (publisher of Shambala Sun, Buddhadharma, Mindful magazines) Dr. Christiane Wolf and others – all of us delighting in how the seeds of dharma have planted in LA. Jef is making a movie to celebrate, and it's Jef's enlightened intention to send you a video clip from his filming every single week leading up to September 22nd.

A studio has been set up in the living room, Beverly Berg has brought a huge Caesar salad into the kitchen, Jef provides pungent cheeses, and one by one, we leave the table to go into the powder room to get ready. I ask to go first, laughing (nervously), I'm not used to being in front of a movie camera!

Jack goes next. You've already received a clip of Jack, the first of Jef's gifts for you. Isn't it completely miraculous that little electrons spinning through space and time can come to your home and manifest as dharma teachings to remind your heart of what's possible and what really matters?

Please open and enjoy these gifts, pass them along to your friends, share the dharma! For in this way we become family, connected through our love and appreciation of this practice and these teachings of mindfulness/heartfulness, sanity and awakening.

 ~ Trudy

 One Hand Blogging Trudy Goodman 2012-06-11T10:07:59-07:00 Resolution for 2012: Enjoy Yourself! http://blog.insightla.org/blog/2012/01/resolution-for-2012-enjoy-yourself.html By Michael Sigman As another year zips by and another New Year's looms, we find ourselves again at that proverbial fork in the Road to Happiness. The left fork is a bleak, shadowy path perfect for the seeker with a...
By Michael Sigman

As another year zips by and another New Year's looms, we find ourselves again at that proverbial fork in the Road to Happiness.

The left fork is a bleak, shadowy path perfect for the seeker with a nihilistic bent and a strong flashlight. This journey across the multiverse (a collection of universes so vast it includes planets with carbon copies of you, me and all our friends, enemies and frenemies) snakes through infinite quantities of dark matter punctuated by black potholes into which billions of once-proud suns have already vanished. Its nature is said to have been first articulated in Brooklyn circa MCMXL by a precocious second-grader named Allen Stewart Konigsberg. Disgusted with the sobriquet "Konehead" bestowed by his clueless classmates, he adopted the name Woody Allen and dedicated his life to illuminating the insignificance of human existence in an infinite cosmos that moves inexorably toward humiliation, disease and a profound yet meaningless death.

The right fork in the road, a delightful ribbon of highway known as "Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)," is the natural choice for those fortunate folks who possess the happiness gene. Its moniker derives from a song discovered circa MCMXLIX by a guy named Guy on an ancient, scratchy field recording. (Full disclosure: An ancestor of mine wrote the tune.) This journey offers no New Age magic -- just a reminder, especially to older folks, to loosen up a bit and indulge your passions before it's too late.

You'd think that choosing the rightward path would be a no-brainer, but many humans are complicated creatures who have trouble enjoying themselves without feelings of guilt, unworthiness and fear of retribution.

 Most fork-in-the-roaders, unable to make a clear choice, wander to and fro, bouncing pointlessly back and forth from pleasure to pain and back again. Their mantra echoes the core belief of Zen Master Sri Yogi Rinpoche, who advised, "When you come to a fork in the road, take it."

Sadly, there's also a large cohort of humans who, like Konigsberg/Allen, survive -- nay, thrive -- on a strict diet of the four A's: Anxiety, Adversity, Affliction and Anhedonia, the last a psychological condition defined by the utter inability to enjoy oneself.

The fork/road perplex is serious business. Nobel Laureate physicist Steven Weinberg expressed the concern of many top scientists when he told Harper's, "We now find ourselves at a historic fork in the road we travel to understand the laws of nature. ... If the multiverse idea is correct, then the historic mission of physics ... is futile, a beautiful philosophical dream that simply isn't true."

Woody Allen alchemized his gloom and doom into stories that have brought immeasurable joy to the world. If you think his pessimism is a put-on and he's laughing all the way to the bank, the two-part documentary that recently aired on PBS will set you straight. Allen was dead serious when he chose Anhedonia as the title for his masterpiece until studio suits changed it to Annie Hall. He's been particularly effective in extracting hilarity from his preoccupation with death. In Everybody Says I Love You, for example, the erstwhile Konehead summoned all beings, especially those already deceased, to count our blessings in a scene featuring a corpse rising from his coffin to lead other old goats (I mean ghosts) in a rousing song-and-dance revival of "Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)."

New Year's resolutions tend to focus on denying ourselves stuff we love, on the assumption that if it feels good it must be bad. So we swear to watch less TV, stop reading People and avoid hot fudge sundaes. When we fall short of our impossible goals, we feel no pleasure as we mindlessly inhale super-sized sundaes and torture ourselves with Baywatch marathons on cable.

As we contemplate our resolutions for 2012, let's pause to remember that there can be an upside to even the harshest reality. Our universe may have a monumental supply of dark energy, but it's precisely the right amount. An infinitesimal increase or decrease would render our corner of the cosmos lifeless.

So when you come to your own fork in the road, why not pick out something you love and resolve to enjoy yourself? Like the song says, "Another birthday's here and gone, you've turned another page/And suddenly you realize you've reached middle age/Just think of all the fun you've missed, it makes you kind of sad/It's better to have had your wish than to have wished you had."
 Allen Weiss 2012-01-10T15:04:52-08:00 Befriending the Dragons:Tree Insights http://blog.insightla.org/blog/2011/12/befriending-the-dragonstree-insights.html By Lisa Hills My son's pre-school teacher asked for a description of our winter holiday celebrations. As I wrote about our eclectic traditions -- traditions that include a Buddhist metta prayer said as we light the menorah and a live...
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            My son's pre-school teacher asked for a description of our winter holiday celebrations.  As I wrote about our eclectic traditions -- traditions that include a Buddhist metta prayer said as we light the menorah and a live pine tree put up at the winter solstice to celebrate Jesus' birthday -- I thought about the moment when I decided that I wanted to raise a child and start this family. I was tramping through the lush forested grounds of a retreat center in rural Virginia, two hours outside of D.C., my childhood home, when I encountered a collection of maple, oak and elm trees that inspired me to become a parent.  What these trees taught me became a parenting touchstone and the foundation of my family life.

            I found these trees while on a weeklong silent meditation retreat.  I had been clambering through the woods searching for some connection to its vibrant spring aliveness and some relief from a festering childhood wound. The wound had re-opened almost as soon as the retreat started. I had chosen this retreat 3,000 away from my adult home so that I could attend a meditation retreat with my sister Megan, a newcomer to meditation who still lived in D.C. When Megan suggested that we go on a retreat together, I responded as any younger sibling who has begged an older sibling to play will understand.  I leapt.  I researched. I picked one that focused on cultivating loving kindness and joy and one close to her. I signed us up. My big sister not only wanted to play with me but also wanted to play my way.

            Once there, however, after I said the last words I would say to Megan for a week (an awkward "enjoy the retreat"), a painful aspect of our childhood relationship surfaced. As children and teenagers, Megan and I had spent large amounts of time occupying the same house without interacting. We were both desperately lonely but we regarded one another as rivals for our parents' attention rather than companions who could comfort one another. We also believed this sense of isolation was our fault – that if we were more interesting, more accomplished, funnier, nicer, more outgoing, more reserved, more like the other, we would get the attention that we craved.

            As participants in a silent retreat, we passed one another without talking or making eye contact. Once again, we experienced our own personal demons without helping one another. I took the sadness, shame and loneliness for walks in the woods. Walking's rhythms made these feelings easier to bear.

            On my fifth day of tramping, I paused just before descending on a path into the woods.  As I took in the view of the trees, a thought surprised me: No one had purposefully planted these trees. This insight gained momentum in my body. No one lovingly tended to them, yet here they were, thriving.  Asking whether these trees deserved to be here or were worthy of attention did not make any sense. These questions, however, plagued me about my own existence. I felt unwanted, but I was, like these trees, alive. I felt the burden of my belief in my own unworthiness fall off. Joy replaced grief. Then another thought emerged. I wanted to be close to life as it grew from seed to a full life; I wanted to be close to life's primal impulses and desires as they emerged; I wanted to see them close up and learn more about them; I wanted a baby.

            I walked rapidly down the path. I felt part of the woods.  When I reached a stream, I walked into it and sat down in its two-feet deep waters.  I lay back and felt the current moving over me, washing off the last remnants of grief. The stream had soaked up the sun's warmth and had only a little of its spring chill left. As I absorbed this warmth, my smile broadened and I submerged my head.

            Megan and I both survived the retreat. We shared an amazing hug the evening before the retreat ended. We still awkwardly hold our shared childhood pain, but we don't blame one another for this pain as often.  When difficult emotions erupt in our family, I remember those trees and how they convinced me to become a parent.  Like those trees, we are forces of nature.  When our emotions rumble and flash, I try to pause and pay attention to them as I did to the trees, the stream, and the sun.  What do they have to teach me about life as a human on this planet?

 Allen Weiss 2011-12-23T13:58:08-08:00 Befriending the Dragons: Good-Bye Stories http://blog.insightla.org/blog/2011/10/befriending-the-dragons-good-bye-stories.html by Lisa Hills This morning, my son left for his first day solo at pre-school. Following the school's gradual separation policy, he and I had spent the previous week at school together. Each day, the teacher instructed me to take...
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This morning, my son left for his first day solo at pre-school. Following the school's gradual separation policy, he and I had spent the previous week at school together. Each day, the teacher instructed me to take longer and longer to move my car or get coffee.  When she recommended that I stay away until pick-up time, I felt giddy. I was about to get my morning writing hours back.  My husband would take Owen to school and I would pick him up three hours later. Congratulatory, relieved thoughts filled my mind. We'd done it – we'd found the right pre-school; helped him get comfortable; and now he was ready.

So the sobs that erupted when he walked away from our front door caught me off guard.  Luckily, he didn't see or hear my bawling. To say good-bye, we had drawn a blue Bye-Bye window on our glass front door. After closing the door, we kissed each other through the glass. We developed this good-bye system a year ago (see December 2010 post, "Separation Anxiety"). This morning, for the first time, he went outside while I remained inside.

After the sobs knocked me to the ground from my squatting position, I immediately felt grateful for my meditation practice. I could feel the sensations and hear the thoughts that produced these sobs. Saying good-bye to our daily, long stretches of shared time created a tender ache around my heart. My mind also anticipated future departures that would last weeks, when connecting with me would not be his top priority. As Owen disappeared into the garage, my husband met my gaze and nodded – yes, this was the first of many good-byes.

The clawing, terrified feeling that radiated out from my chest, up my neck and knocked me on my backside, however, came from the past, the meaning of good-bye that my own childhood experiences had imprinted on my brain. "No help will arrive, you will be left alone forever," these well-worn tracks in my brain screamed.

Because I could recognize these physical sensations and their sources, I could see my son through my sobs.  I could appreciate his confident walk and the excitement in his rapid turn away from me and rush to the car. I understood that my sadness and terror were mine, not his.  Instead of racing after him and clutching him to my chest, I sat and sobbed. When the sobs subsided, I did run outside for one more wave, but I refrained from knocking on the car window. When my husband called and reported that Owen cried when he said good-bye, I did not panic. I believed him when he said the teachers would call me if Owen needed me. I remembered their caring voices and Owen playing at school with an open, gleeful face. I only asked him four times to reassure me that the teachers had my cell phone number.

When I hung up the phone and still felt the clutchy, clawing at my chest, I listened to it. I sat down at my desk with my maroon writing notebook and blue roller ball pen. Then I put my attention on the feelings swirling around my chest and neck and breathed into them.  As I wrote without stopping, I recalled the feel of the glass on my lips, the sight of Owen's leg as it swung around and turned his body away from me, his red lunch box hugged to his chest, and the feel of my backside hitting the floor.  Soon my brain sent me the associations that created the fear – a tiny being screaming into a seemingly endless dark abyss: "Please don't leave! Please don't go! Please! Please? Maybe if I'm very, very good, they'll come back." That's how saying good-bye felt when I was a child. After this insight, I e-mailed my friend Tandy – the friend who helped me come up with the good-bye window: "I can have my emotions, not impose them on Owen, and see him more clearly. What a gift."

This afternoon, Tandy and I taught the first class in a series for parents and their toddlers on using writing and mindful awareness to stay with and listen to the intense emotions that arise while parenting. After class, Tandy compared Owen's and my experiences of good-bye to lives on different planets. On mine, they feel inconsolable and almost unbearable. On his planet, adults help him with the wide range of emotions that emerge. If his sense of safety disappears, they reassure him that it will return and hold him until it does. But when he feels thrilled or nervous or both as he walks away from us, we accept that too. I'm so grateful that I know how to clear the clouds on my planet so that I can witness and support the life on his.

 Allen Weiss 2011-10-25T10:26:19-07:00 dharmablog: Discovering My (No) Self http://blog.insightla.org/blog/2011/08/dharmablog-discovering-my-no-self.html They say everything happens for a reason. I say they're wrong. Prolonged chronic pain, for instance, can cause immense suffering with no redeeming trade-off. But sometimes a door does close in a way that allows another door to open. I've...
They say everything happens for a reason. I say they're wrong. Prolonged chronic pain, for instance, can cause immense suffering with no redeeming trade-off.

But sometimes a door does close in a way that allows another door to open.
I've recently begun taking a medication which serves its purpose but has a yucky side effect: I feel more agitated than usual and, as a result, am more tempted to act out.

The other day, I was disconnected four times from various well-meaning AT&T reps in the course of a simple inquiry. As I waited on hold for a fifth rep from this "phone company," I could feel the bile coming up. When I realized that the new customer service person had a very thick accent and a poor command of the English language, I noticed with chagrin that I was significantly angrier and less tolerant than I would have been sans medication. It took a real -- and not altogether successful -- effort not to take my frustration out on her.

What had happened, I wondered, to the compassionate, nonjudgmental, peaceful soul my meditation practice was supposedly helping to foster?
The next few times I sat, I couldn't shake the voice in my head telling me I should stop the meds and thus return to my "old, true self." But over the course of several days, I came to understand more clearly than ever that there was no old self and no new self. Rather, there's an ever-changing set of sensations and thoughts which arise unbidden out of our moment-to-moment experience. These, in turn, reflect the whole of our environment, most definitely including all the chemicals we ingest.

We boomers who find ourselves older and more preoccupied with doctors and pills than we ever imagined have no choice but to try to cope with this. In the case of the medicine, sure, I can choose to lose it. But I can do that later. For now, I'm going to go stay with it and keep close tabs on benefits versus difficulties, a strategy endorsed by my doctor.

Vipassana practice, as I understand it, teaches that we endeavor to embrace the inevitable fluidity of life. Not with a deluded Pollyannish optimism, but rather with the idea that full awareness of each moment -- no matter how tough-- is the best chance we've got to minimize the extra suffering that too often accompanies our very real, unavoidable pain.

I'm also learning -- in a way no book can teach -- that judging myself harshly for being more aggressive isn't the only way to look at this change in my experience. As one who has aimed to please all my life, often at my own peril, mixing it up with bureaucrats can be quite self-affirming, as long as I can steer clear of meanness. Mindfulness plays an invaluable role here.  When I succeed in catching the bare sensation of anger welling up, I identify it as coming straight from a pill -- not from my "character" -- and try to act with a healthier balance of self-regard and compassion for others.

In my day-to-day practice, meanwhile, I'm more tuned in than ever to body sensations. When my stomach begins to get worked up about the unconscionable outrageousness of the handyman I've never met who's stood me up for the third time, I suffer a little less. If I'm lucky, I can even laugh at myself.

  Every couple of weeks we feature a new post by Michael Sigman, sangha member and blogger extraordinaire.  To read Michael's other dharmablog posts, go here.

Michael Sigman, who hosts the InsightLA Tuesday night sitting group, is a writer, editor, publisher, media consultant and president of Major Songs, a music publishing company.  He was publisher of both the OC and LA Weekly, a music journalist and editor-in-chief of Record World, and he supervised LA Weekly Books, a St. Martin's Press imprint.  He is the author of the biography of his father, songwriter, Carl Sigman, and is currently working on a biopic about music legend, John Hammond.  Michael writes a weekly blog on the Huffington Post. Michael Sigman graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude, with a BA in Philosophy, from Bucknell University in 1971. Dharmablog Devin 2011-08-30T11:24:23-07:00 My 18-Year Retreat: Grand Slam http://blog.insightla.org/blog/2011/08/my-18-year-retreat-grand-slam.html Cars were big in the 70s. They had heavy doors and periodically one of us kids would get our hand slammed in one, which was a fairly serious injury. If we were lucky and there were no broken bones, there...
Cars were big in the 70s. They had heavy doors and periodically one of us kids would get our hand slammed in one, which was a fairly serious injury. If we were lucky and there were no broken bones, there was nonetheless a lot of swelling and bruising, and it would often take several days to heal. That first day would be spent nursing an ice pack and collecting sympathy and special treatment.

I am thinking of this today because Luca had his first encounter with a car door. The three of us were standing at the rear of the car, with me in the middle. Matt was preparing to slam the trunk. We had both checked to see that Luca's hands were clear. To the right, I saw Matt bring the trunk down. To the left, I saw Luca's quick little hand dart into the opening, followed by my own, covering his and receiving the brunt of the contact. Luca screamed. I clenched my teeth and took a deep breath, as my vision brightened with stars.

Concerned only for Luca, I picked him up and rushed up the garage stairs. Thankfully, his pain was minor and he stopped crying after a minute of snuggling and said, "All better now." Meanwhile, Matt fetched an icepack, looking very concerned as my finger throbbed and swelled.

The injuries all around turned out to be inconsequential, but two things came to mind. One was those ghastly car doors of my childhood and the vivid memory of those much more traumatic injuries. The other was deep interest in my own automatic response.

I am fascinated that I could be compelled to intentionally shove my hand into the path of a slamming trunk, especially given the deeply embodied memory of the pain it can cause. Altruism appears to be alive and well! The instinct to protect Luca was stronger than the instinct to prevent my own pain. When we love someone so fiercely, so protectively, our own pain naturally becomes secondary. What a potent metaphor for parenting.

People spend years in retreat trying to cultivate the quality of selflessness. This experience evokes that practice. Thinking of all beings as our mother, or as our child, is a common way to cultivate compassion. Using this moment of selflessness as a seed experience and expanding on it, I begin to see how this  happens. Of course, I throw myself in harm's way when my child is involved, but can I cultivate that level of care for everyone?

And is it even wise to do so? It is a noble, spiritual ideal, to be tempered also by the quality of wise discernment. To be clear, I am not condoning martyrdom, but it does delight me to experience that our self-centered tendencies can be over-ridden. Discriminating wisdom can be applied to assess the lesser or greater harm and prevent us from straying into what has been referred to as "idiot compassion".

How do we discern? It feels most natural to focus on cultivating a loving heart, and trust that the knowing will flow from that space, that I'll spontaneously know when to act and when to rest. I never planned to stick my hand in the trunk, but in the moment the action spontaneously arose.  My brother once wrote a poem addressing the dilemma of "fate or intervention". Let the heart decide, I say.

  "My 18-Year Retreat" is a series of posts by sangha member, and teacher trainee, Paloma Cain, on the topic of "Mindful Parenting."  You can read all of Paloma's posts here.

Paloma Cain was raised in an American Buddhist family in Northern California. She claims that she didn't like meditation until circumstances drove her to it, but now she can't imagine living without it. An artist at heart, she holds degrees in art and psychology and has interned as a hospital chaplain. She is a former director of Tara Mandala Retreat Center in Colorado, and is currently in Insight L.A.'s teacher training program. She and her husband live in Los Angeles with their young son, Luca.

photo credit: Margie Woods Brown My 18-Year Retreat Devin 2011-08-22T16:26:48-07:00


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Governance and Knowledge
The Politics of Foreign Investment, Technology and Ideas
Edited by Helge Hveem, Carl Henrik Knutsen
Routledge – 2012 – 276 pages
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Routledge – 2012 – 276 pages
Series: Routledge/GARNET series
This book examines the politics of technology, and provides a detailed analysis of developments and debates within the European Union, international trade and governance.
An important empirical contribution to the literature on the relations between politics and technology, this volume contains empirical statistical studies based on a wide variety of different types of data, and includes expert contributions from different academic disciplines. With a selection of detailed case studies, this book is divided into three main sections:
Governance and Knowledge will be of interest to students, scholars and policy-makers of European politics, political economy, international trade, governance and economics.
1. Introduction: Politics and the creation and diffusion of knowledge Helge Hveem and Carl Henrik Knutsen Part 1: National Politics, Policies and Innovation 2. Democracy, dictatorship and technological change Carl Henrik Knutsen 3. Is the Economic Crisis Impairing Convergence in Innovation Performance across Europe? Daniele Archibugi and Andrea Filippetti 4. The Impact of Unfair Competition Laws on Innovation Activities Anamaria Maftei Part 2: International Governance and Innovation: The Patent System 5. The Globalisation of Intellectual Property Rights: Four Lessons Learned and Four Theses Daniele Archibugi and Andrea Filippetti 6. Policy capture, convergence, and challenge: EU and the Doha Amendment to the TRIPS Agreement Helge Hveem 7. The Governance of Patents in Europe: An Improved Patent Impact Assessment for New Technology Developments Evisa Kica and Nico Groenendijk Part 3: Foreign Direct Investment and R&D 8. Foreign Direct Investment and Technological Convergence Michael Hübler 9. 'Attract FDI!' — A universal golden rule? Empirical evidence for OECD and selected non-OECD countries Robert Stehrer and Julia Woerz 10. Multinational Firms' R&D Investment in Developing Countries: Determinants of Location Choices Viviana Maftei 11. Does foreign ownership facilitate cooperation on innovation? Firm-level evidence from the enlarged European Union Martin Srholec 12. Public Policies and the Location of EU business R&D: Insights from the EC IRMA Survey Michele Michele Cincera, Claudio Cozza and Alexander Tübke 13.Firms Internationalisation in the Service Industries: Evidence for Norway Fulvio Castellacci 4. Backward FDI linkages as a channel for transferring technology and building innovation capability - the case of Slovenia Maja Bucar, Matija Rojec and Metka Stare
Helge Hveem is Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Norway.
Carl Henrik Knutsen is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Norway.
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