I saw this mushroom on my walk today, and given I went through a large reorg at work recently, this got me thinking a lot about bardos and impermanence. You might have heard the term “bardo”. It’s a Tibetan phrase that’s often confused with “afterlife” (as in the book “Lincoln in the Bardo”) but in reality it refers to cycles of being. Here is Sogyal Rinpoche describing it in
This is a very profound article. The point about the cycle of life not being a linear sequence of events is very very interesting. Our general view of life tends to be reductionist. A number of boxes that feed each other. Life follows birth. Death follows life. In the domain that this article touches, having an emergence view of things appears to be more fruitful. This is truly an inspirational, ie, spirit-provoking, as well as thought-provoking, article. Thank you!
On mushrooms, bardos and impermanence
This is a very profound article. The point about the cycle of life not being a linear sequence of events is very very interesting. Our general view of life tends to be reductionist. A number of boxes that feed each other. Life follows birth. Death follows life. In the domain that this article touches, having an emergence view of things appears to be more fruitful. This is truly an inspirational, ie, spirit-provoking, as well as thought-provoking, article. Thank you!