The Only Real Refuge

In the age of Hypermodernity where colonization is hypercolonization (where not just space but time and even attention itself is being colonized), the only real refuge is our own Buddha-nature — our innate core potential as the inseparable, amorous union of wisdom and compassion. Our real, true nature — our Buddha-nature — exceeds colonization and …

On the Authentic Revisionism of Secular Buddhism

Over the years I've developed a more open and soft orientation to "Secular Buddhism," a movement that aims to return to what it thinks is the original intent of the historical Buddha, namely, the practice of mindfulness to attain a state of supreme eudaimonia without dependence on any so-called "supernatural" or "superstitious" beliefs, rituals, mediators …

The Story of Xena & Theo

The principles of open-emptiness and inclusive-transcendence play important roles in my speculative philosophy of history. In a mytho-poetic way we can anthropomorphize the two principles as feminine and masculine deities (Xena and Theo, respectively) who split apart from a primordial state in which they were indivisibly united as indistinguishable aspects of the same reality. This …

Neither Will to Power Nor Thirst for Annihilation

The Bodhisattva's Bodhicitta — the energy which drives her mind-body vehicle towards perfect awakening — inclusively transcends both Nietzsche's Will to Power and Nick Land's Thirst for Annihilation, disclosing them as abstract, partial and one-sided (i.e. open-empty) facets of the total jewel that is her own resplendent nature. As she progressively and inexorably ascends to …

Capital, Buddhism, and the Open-Empty Future

Financial capitalization has a certain uncertain relationship to uncertainty. On the one hand, it has to be somewhat certain about the future income stream it expects from its present investments, otherwise there would be little point (from the capitalist's perspective) to engage in the productive activity; it would be deemed too risky. On the other …

Metaphysics, Pragmatics, & Unphilosophy

There are three integral, overarching features of my project: a metaphysics, a pragmatics, and unphilosophy. The metaphysics is subdivided into a process semantics (explaining reality as a process-relational dynamic) and a negative dialectics (to eliminate any assumption of inherent or hypostatic existence). The pragmatics is subdivided into theory and practice, where theory refers to theories …