How can #compassion and #mindfulness inspire real-world change? #EngagedBuddhism bridges ancient #wisdom with today’s social, political, and #environmental challenges, showing that #spiritual practice and #activism can go hand in hand. Read more about this dynamic movement here:
🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-11-18-engaged_buddhism/
#Buddhism's #ecological #philosophy frames #environmental care as #ethical imperative rather than mere conservation. Through #interdependence (#paṭiccasamuppāda), non-harming (#ahiṃsā), and the #Bodhisattva ideal, it extends #compassion to all sentient beings affected by #ClimateChange. #Impermanence (#anicca) invites #mindful engagement, not passivity, distinguishing natural cycles from #anthropogenic destruction.
🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-11-17-buddhism_and_the_environment/
#Buddhism offers a nuanced approach to #sexuality that differs from many traditions: rather than condemning #SameSex relationships, core teachings evaluate actions based on intention, harm, and attachment. Early texts lack explicit prohibitions of #homosexuality, while monastic celibacy rules apply universally regardless of orientation. However, Buddhism's #MiddleWay invites #ethical engagement beyond rigid identity categories.
🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-11-17-buddhism_and_homosexuality/
#Buddhism and #QuantumPhysics both challenge classical views of independent, permanent entities. #Buddhist notions like #DependentOrigination and #emptiness hold that phenomena lack inherent essence and exist only relationally. #QM shows #reality as probabilistic & context-dependent, w properties emerging through interaction. Though methodologically distinct, both unsettle substance-based #ontologies and stress the relational nature of existence.
🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-11-17-buddhism_and_quantum_physics/
#Buddhism views #death not as annihilation or soul-migration, but as dissolution of conditioned processes. Modern #neuroscience aligns in that #selfhood arises from dynamic integration w/o a permanent subject. #EndOEndOflife #neurodynamics show structured transitions, not abrupt cessation. Both traditions question an enduring self, seeing continuity as causal unfolding, not identity preservation.
#Buddhism reframes the "#HardProblem" of #consciousness by rejecting the mind-matter dichotomy. Rather than treating consciousness as an emergent property or separate substance, #Buddhist #philosophy analyzes it as a contingent process (#viññāṇa) arising through #DependentOrigination. This relational view dissolves the explanatory gap while offering #meditative practices for direct investigation of #awareness's #impermanent, #NonSelf nature.
#Buddhist teachings identify #craving as the root of #suffering. A diagnosis strikingly validated by modern #neuroscience. The brain's #RewardSystem, driven by #dopamine, creates "wanting" distinct from "liking", trapping individuals in cycles of unfulfilled desire. #Mindfulness practices demonstrably modulate these neural circuits, offering empirical support for ancient #contemplative methods aimed at liberation from compulsive craving.
The #DefaultModeNetwork constructs our sense of continuous self through autobiographical narrative and self-referential processing. #Buddhist #meditation practices reduce #DMN activity, correlating with experiences of #anattā (#NonSelf). This convergence between #contemplative insight and #neuroscience reveals the constructed, dynamic nature of ego. Here's a brief overview:
🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-11-16-default_mode_network/
I always struggled w the #iPhone's default camera app due to its #ComputationalPhotography pipeline, which optimizes image quality but often produces flat and sometimes inconsistent results. Finally, I found a solution: the #NoFusion app. The app disables #Apple's multi-frame processing, yielding single-frame outputs with natural contrast and film-like characteristics closer to dedicated cameras. Here’s my personal review:
🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-11-23-ios_no_fusion_app/
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Fabrizio Musacchio
