Cogitations Archive

2023

• September 26 The Ego’s Circle Of Mirrors – Part 1
• May 24 Head-Trapped – Descartes, Dawkins, Hobbes, Marx, Mill, Darwin, And The Myth Of Western Civilisation
• March 9 Arguments Against Despair
• February 1 Tree-Climbing GOATS – Who Is The Greatest Writer Of All Time?

2022

• June 14 If You Are Dancing To Save The World, Your Dance Is Destroyed
• January 26 Burning Among Stars In The Night – Pain As A Portal

2021

• February 11 ‘Our Indifference To Ourselves’ – Beyond The ‘Virtue’ Of Self-Sacrifice – Part 2
• February 9 ‘Our Indifference To Ourselves’ – Beyond The ‘Virtue’ Of Self-Sacrifice – Part 1
• January 13 Media Bias, Activism And Meditation – Secular Buddhist Network Interview With David Edwards

2020

• June 8 Sexual Alchemy – Part 2: ‘Is It Something To Yield To Or Be Overcome?’
• June 2 Sexual Alchemy – Part 1: Love, Lust And The Head-Trapped Left
• April 22 Meditation In An Age Of Cataclysms

2019

• December 20 The Christmas Card – A Tale Of Mystical Mischief
• November 21 Imperial Ambition – Expanding Selves, Shrinking Planet
• May 30 Human Alchemy – Field Notes On Watching Emotions
• February 22 Curious Sources Of Humanistic Religion

2018

• November 30 Follow Your Bliss – A Follow-Up
• September 27 To Do Or To Be? – The Sixth Filter
• March 28 The Universe Remains Unhurt

2017

• October 4 A Lefty Progressive Goes To The Seaside
• March 21 So What Is Objective Journalism?
• January 24 The Cold, Hard Facts Of Life – A Reappraisal

2016

• February 16 Empires Of Self

2014

• July 8 The Failure Of The Left

2013

• May 22 When The Next Moment Matters More: ‘The Special One’ – Part 3
• February 26 ‘The Special One’ – Part 2: Looking Under The Lamppost

2012

• December 4 ‘The Special One’ – Celebrity, Comedy And Spiritual Egotism – Part 1
• May 10 The Mystery Of The Missing Clocks

2011

• November 18 Free to be Human – An Interview With David Edwards
• November 11 Falling

2010

• October 14 Heart Murmurs – Beyond The Tyranny Of Compulsive Thinking
• March 10 Into The Abyss

2009

• April 9 The Art Of Seduction And The Art Of Loving

2008

• February 18 Non-Violence And The Self-Cherishing Mind
• January 15 Racing Towards The Abyss: The U.S. Atomic Bombing of Japan

2007

• April 21 Mind Training – Part 2
• April 3 Mind Training – Part 1

2006

• December 1 Dangerous Minds
• August 26 Beauty That Truly Pleases
• May 27 Challenging The Media From A Compassionate Perspective
• February 11 The Ultimate Propagandist

2005

• December 8 Predatory Urges, Plastic Brains And Empowerment
• September 11 The Colour Of Compassion
• July 25 Thet Just Never Meant Very Much To Us
• March 19 The Curious Case Of The Disappearing Football Team – Part 2
• March 5 The Curious Case Of The Disappearing Football Team – Part 1

2004

• November 21 Transforming Suffering Into Freedom
• November 6 To The Power Of A Gentle Heart – Spirited Away
• August 4 Animal Rights – The Case For Kindness
• July 9 Bloody Uniform
• April 30 Beyond Indifference
• April 21 Rejecting The Virtue Of Suffering
• March 11 Breaking The Chains Of Illusion – Part 2
• March 4 Breaking The Chains Of Illusion – Part 1