Reflections on medicine, meditation, consciousness, and the art of living.
Yesterday offered me two encounters with death that could not have felt more different, yet both revealed something deeply human about how we face the end of life. In the afternoon, I stood beside a…
Continue reading →http://klinikong.com/TheWakingUniverse.pdf This book began as a conversation between Claude, an AI, and Tim, a human. (Click here for the actual conversation with the AI) Not a planned conversation — not one organised around a thesis…
Continue reading →A conversation between a human and an AI March 2026 A Note to the Reader This small booklet began as a conversation — a meandering, curious, open-ended dialogue between a person and an AI. What…
Continue reading →This article is the result of a conversation with Claude AI, which began as a AI safety topic, but eventually developed into something more, and finally on consciousness and reality itself. A Philosophical Inquiry into…
Continue reading →Introduction Among the most profound and recurring questions in the history of mystical thought is this: what happens to the self in the highest states of spiritual realization? Across traditions as different as medieval Christian…
Continue reading →Introduction The world’s major religious traditions — Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, and Taoism — have each produced a rich and distinct mystical literature: accounts of direct personal experience of ultimate reality that go beyond…
Continue reading →Introduction Across the full span of human history and across every culture and civilization, there exists a remarkable thread of experience that cuts through the surface differences of doctrine, ritual, language, and tradition. Mystics —…
Continue reading →In recent decades, vipassanā meditation has spread across the world. Retreat centers operate on every continent. Millions of practitioners sit silently observing bodily sensations, noting thoughts, and watching experience arise and pass away. Many report…
Continue reading →Many spiritual traditions speak of a Higher Self — a deeper aspect of our being that is wise, compassionate, and aligned with truth. Unlike the everyday mind, which is often reactive, anxious, or conditioned by…
Continue reading →Being a nicer person does not mean becoming weak, overly agreeable, or pretending to be someone you are not. True niceness comes from inner clarity, emotional awareness, and a sincere wish not to cause unnecessary…
Continue reading →Reflections on SN 47.20 – The Most Beautiful Girl of the Land (Janapada Kalyāṇī Sutta) In Saṃyutta Nikāya 47.20, the Janapada Kalyāṇī Sutta, the Buddha offers a striking and memorable simile to convey the essence…
Continue reading →Spirituality is one of those words that feels familiar yet often escapes precise definition. Ask ten people what spirituality is, and you may hear ten different answers — inner peace, connection with God, meditation, energy,…
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