Becoming a Refugee in the Time of Covid

The audio of my essay 'My Moralist Friends And Family And Me'. I became angry at a friend's moralising letter. From that, I explored why which comes to the problem of morals. This continues my previous look at the pernicious nature to society and people of morals. 
to read: https://gduperreault.substack.com/p/my-moralist-friends-and-family-and

My Moralist Friends And Family And Me

A friend's letter triggers me because of her moralist tone when I asked for help. After I calm down, write an essay — see 'My Moralist Friends, Family and Me' — I create a long reply to her short letter. I more clearly discover that 'morals' and 'moralism' are our lazy way of removing from ourselves compassion.

My Moralist Friends Family And Me — The Letter

In the 1990s I discovered in myself, and by extension, Canada, that economics has become our greatest religion. This is my discovery and exploration and elaboration on why that is the case.
You can read or read along with the audio in my substack here:

Death By Freezing (Transcription From Blogspot)

I was asked to read Naomi Zera's essay in Substack declaring Rabbi Shmuley Boteach won a debate about Zionism (I think). He went insane and certainly did not win the debate. My look at this took me into exploring more fully that 'morals' and 'moralism' are the means of killing compassion in us to allow us to with moral justification kill those who are undeserving. I include Hannah Arendt, William Blake, and Martin Luther. I argue that the need for 'singularisation' in belief/ideology supports a moral code that then can be manipulated by the authority of the day. I also argue that 'side picking' is a form of childishness that keeps each side throwing stones at each other.

Candace Owens, Shmuley Boteach, Naomi Zera And Me

I attended a mens group and the discussion turned to anger. I look at the manifestation of anger as pain in my body and address the importance of not seeing what is, in Sanskrit 'avidya', in healing that. I realise that Gautama Buddha's near death by self inflicted starvation as an austerity yoga practice was a form of avidya, and that it was through touching his emaciated body that he saw that and shortly after that had is big enlightenment. i look at the narcissistic nature of Buddhism, compare that to the narcissistic roots of Catholicism, and question if narcissistic structures arise because people defer responsibility for their lives to an other, be it church or person. a fascinating discussion. 

On Anger, Others and Where to Mine Mine Mindfully — In the Body

In recent years, I've become a refugee in the time of covid. I mostly write prose and poetry. I hope to return to reading with music.
My main focus is yoga, meditation and research of Gautama Buddha and health of body and society. I'm creating a yoga centre outside of Oaxaca City to share my discoveries of exploration in this place called 'truth in a pathless landscape', to paraphrase Krishnamurti.

On Anger, Others and Where to Mine Mine Mindfully — In the Body

Guy