Posts Tagged Philosophy

Inception

July 18, 2010 by Ian MacKenzie
Funny enough, it’s been 11 years since The Matrix was released, first asking the masses “what is reality?” The answer, at least according to the Wachowskis Bros, is that reality is a ruined world conquered by robots. Enter: Inception, the new film from Christopher Nolan. Like many, I’ve been a fan of his work since [...]

A Reusable Shopping Bag

April 14, 2010 by Ian MacKenzie
I think I might have experienced a minor epiphany today. In something as trivial as stuffing a few more reusable shopping bags into a bag we use to hold them. Today, the holding bag was full… in fact, it was overfull. I had to stuff quite hard to fit all the reusable bags in. After [...]

Osho: Life Is A Mystery

August 11, 2009 by Ian MacKenzie
A few weeks ago, I wrote about my experience at an Adyashanti satsang. Aside from the talk itself, the most interesting part of the evening was the questions asked by a few attendees. I wrote, “And so it went. Question after question from attendees who desired an answer to their search. They practically dripped with [...]

The Necessity Of Facing Pain

August 8, 2009 by Ian MacKenzie
Photo: azarius Norman Fischer, a Zen teacher recently returned from a meditation retreat, offers his views on why it’s important to tackle life’s problems head on. If you live long enough you will discover the great secret we all hate to admit: life is inherently tough. Difficult things happen. You lose your job or your [...]

20 Questions, Age 28

August 3, 2009 by Ian MacKenzie
Photo: oliphant These questions are in response to a post on Brave New Traveler, asking readers to chronicle their current spiritual beliefs. 1. Why is there poverty and suffering in the world? There is poverty and suffering because it serves as a catalyst for people to learn and grow. Buddhists would say it exists because [...]

The Need For Existential Understanding

July 23, 2009 by Ian MacKenzie
Photo: questfortheheartstone “You are all here tonight, because you are here,” began Adyashanti, a spiritual teacher speaking in St. Andrew’s church in downtown Vancouver last Tuesday. “Why did you come? It doesn’t matter. What matters is you are here.” Adyashanti sat behind a microphone, with close to two hundred faces watching him from the pews. [...]

The Message Or The Messenger?

February 28, 2009 by Ian MacKenzie
Last week, I covered the Carnaval Baranquilla Colombia. Aside from the colourful costumes and legions of dancers, I couldn’t help but notice a little booklet that kept appearing. The book was called El Camino de la Felicidad (The Way To Happiness). I couldn’t read the book itself (since it was in Spanish) but something about [...]

Us Versus Them

February 1, 2009 by Ian MacKenzie
We. A film based on the words of Arundhati Roy The defining conflict of the 20th century tends to be characterized as Democracy versus Totalitarianism. First, the Fascist dictatorships of Hitler and Stalin, then the spectre of Communist Russia. By the turn of the century, it appeared that Democracy had won. Then suddenly, a new [...]
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