The human condition is an extremely puzzling state to find oneself trapped in. It has at its core a self-mystifying tendency, as well as a strong predisposition to accord the psyche – and psychological experiencing – primacy when it comes to spiritual fulfilment, even when intuition and evidence show that this cannot be the case. While it is obviously true that the psyche [or soul] can deliver an infinite variety of experiencing – from horror and dread to supreme ecstasy – it cannot transcend its own rather primitive limitations, nor can it even deal with simple intellectual provocations. So if the human being is to find a way out of its basic mystifying condition, it will have to negotiate a path beyond a fixation with psychological well-being, as well as the world of faith and make-believe. It sounds like an impossible task. How could something like this be achieved, or brought about ?

Genuine Buddhism attempts to present a straightforward approach to the problem of the human condition, and, by implication, something of a methodology as well. This is not the Buddhism of popular religion or of new age mysticism, but rather something altogether more radical and more demanding. And more provocatively interesting as well. It is characterized here as ‘advanced Buddhism’ but in fact this is what ordinary Buddhism ought to be about, had the original teachings not been corrupted by religious sentiment.

[Short essays on topics of metaphysical importance to will be published at this site from time to time. As of 2011, this site is still at an early stage in its development.]