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Shimmers of Being

Musings on religion, philosophy, and mysticism. Hints of Zen.

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  1. Issue · Aug 21, 2026

    God as Being (opens the original)

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    Many religions take acts of devotion and active rehearsal of conception as virtuous, and—unless taken to a more mystical strain—inversely consider a lack of such practices as vain or even damnable. (Perhaps even meditation can be put forth as one of such practices, but less anchored on “what to” (unless the “great void” counts, or Buddha-nature, or enlightenment as an object). It at least isn’t the conventional “prayer to God”).But here is the issue with that: what if you were a cow? Or, to put

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