Monthly Archives: January 2017

The Only Life We Know (edited repost)

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Dave Pollard

This is a tightened-up version of a (completely fictional) story I wrote in 2004. Still not entirely happy with it, but I can’t let it go. A while ago I was sitting in a hotel bar and the guy sitting … Continue reading →

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The Mushroom at the End of the World

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Dave Pollard

Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing’s book The Mushroom at the End of the World is subtitled “On the possibility of life in capitalist ruins”. She’s not talking about the future, when the industrial economy has completely collapsed. She’s talking about the present, … Continue reading →

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A Criminal Investigation

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Dave Pollard

Recently I’ve been going back and reviewing a lot of the ‘less-than-radical’ non-duality material I’ve saved over the past two years, to see how relevant it still is to me. I came to the conclusion that Tony Parsons, Jim Newman, Richard … Continue reading →

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Reality Isn’t What We Think It Is

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Dave Pollard

This is a repetition of the opening paragraphs of December’s Links of the Quarter. Several people have suggested that it’s substantial enough and important enough to merit its own post, so it doesn’t get lost. It’s also a useful set-up … Continue reading →

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Being Wonder-ful

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Dave Pollard

For a larger and more legible PDF version of this chart, click here. In my previous post, I presented my “play-list” — activities that personally bring me joy and delight, that I try to indulge in as much as possible. … Continue reading →

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Thinking About Play, and the Practice of Attention

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Dave Pollard

photo by Sara Dorweiler at Unsplash, CC0 license I have no “intentions” or “resolutions” about what to do in the future, since I have come to appreciate that we have absolutely no free will or control over what we do. … Continue reading →

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Story-Telling

Posted on January 10, 2017 by Dave Pollard

There are two large cutouts, facing each other, each bearing the identical likeness of a person known as Dave. One is labelled “Dave the Creature”. In Natural Reality there are no creatures, just oneness, no thing separate at all, just … Continue reading →

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