dharma blues

Eluding Consciousness

Some hard-core scientists want you to believe that the notion of being conscious is pure trickery from a sophisticated network of synapses and firing neurons that produce thought. From a materialist’s perspective, we are essentially our own pattern of firing neurons. You probably know that research is carried on with fever and argumentative competition in this quest for the Holy Grail.

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Hierarchical Keyword Madness in Digital Photos

Digital asset management (DAM) is becoming a hot topics these days. When you're having thousands of photos on your system and that you want tagging your souvenirs, you wish to do that once as it is quite a tedious job.

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Madonna, Amy Winehouse and Wolfgang

Cutis Anserina, goose bumps, or more appropriately chill bumps. That's what I felt when track number 5 started. I grabbed the sleeve for closer inspection and it indicated « Vesperae solennes de confessore ».

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Stages of the four yogas of mahamudra

This is my first article on dharma blues. Since I did not know what could be the first subject, I thought that a perennial truth on life would be a good startup.

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