Gary Dean
Preface
> These essays were assembled in an unusual way, by an unlikely person, in an unlikely place. So before starting, you are owed an open account of all three; not as credentials, but as disclosures: where the work comes from, who helped make it, and, m…
Dharmas in a Secular Age
> Hundreds of millions of people now say they are "spiritual but not religious." That is not the absence of a dharma. It is the search for one, carried out by people who have lost the old foundations but kept the old need. There is a kind of person n…
Coda
> Eight parts of searching have earned one plain definition. So here it is, stated rather than argued: what a dharma is ... A dharma is a way of living that tells a person or group how to act, what to value, what to avoid, and what kind of life is wo…
ways, paths, cultures, outlooks
## The Etymology of 'Dharma' The word dharma is one of the most enduring and multifaceted terms in human thought, with deep roots in ancient Indian languages and cultures. While it is often associated with religious or spiritual traditions, its etymo…
From the West, Northward to the East
I was born and raised in Perth, Western Australia, in the pre-Sputnik era, and brought up in a mono-cultural English/British suburban environment. I am a Gemini and a Rooster. My MBTI is INFJ, my blood type B-, and I’m an Aspie. Here’s a snapshot of …
