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An updated edition of The Big Bang, The Buddha and The Baby Boom, with new foreword by Anne Lamott
Join Wes “Scoop” Nisker on a wild ride from West to East and back in his quest for true self and enlightenment. Combining the best elements of memoir and social commentary, his story illuminates the spiritual hunger of modern America. From small town Nebraska, through the heyday of the Beats and hippies in the Bay Area from his vantage point as a high-profile newscaster, the birth of the environmental movement, and the social and spiritual blossoming of the West. This is a personal, guided tour of the outer and inner movements that joined together to shape the counterculture revolution, and laid the foundation for today’s mindfulness movement.
“A joyful, thoughtful romp of remarkable breadth: science, politics, psychology, pop culture and Buddhist dharma woven into a wise, funny, and truly wonderful journey.”
Friends! Earthlings! Humans!
Who are we, and why are we here? What are this life and universe all about? You can explore these big existential questions with me through this website, and have a few good laughs along the way.
Quips, Quotes and Quantum Leaps!
Be Here Wow!
Friends and fellow meditators, what happens when you bring mindful attention to your experience? Do you find just an impermanent and innately dissatisfied empty incarnation on its way from universal consciousness to universal consciousness? I don’t want to appear spiritually incorrect, and maybe I just don’t get it, but why would you want to see the glass as completely empty when you could see it as half full, at least? True, seeing the emptiness feels good in comparison to being deeply engaged in your suffering, but there is a different kind of enlightenment experience available to us.
Please Identify Yourself
Recently I heard someone on the radio explaining the new crime of identity theft, and I immediately thought, Yes! Rob me, please! Take my identity, and leave the cash!
I can regard my entire dharma path as a matter of shifting identities, and it all started with me trying to run away from myself—the sentimental, histrionic drama of me-ness. The Buddha says that the false conceit of “I” or “self” is the bane of our existence, and I was indeed relieved when I began to see through the various membranes of personal identity. But what really surprised and delighted me is what I saw on the other side. It turns out I am not who I thought I was—I’m much, much more than that.
Ancestors of Awakening
“Our task in the coming era is to relocate ourselves in the cosmos and to renew our kinship with all of earth life. It is time to join again in the dance-drama of biological and cosmic evolution.” -D. H. Lawrence Reflecting on the scientific story of evolution we find a lineage of bodhisattvas, saints of compassion stretching back millions of years through epochs of geological time. We owe our existence to the struggles and sacrifices of uncountable numbers of beings; creatures who had to shape-shift to meet the ever-changing demands of natural forces; who suffered
Crazy Wisdom Saves the World Again
A comic monologue with original songs exploring the human condition and the joys and sorrows of living in the modern age. Hear “The Subatomic Shuffle,” “The Boomer’s Song,” several of Scoop’s timeless newscasts, and much more.
View clips from the show on our Videos page.
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A new, updated edition of Wes’s Buddha’s Nature
Being Nature
A Down-to-Earth Guide to the
Four Foundations of Mindfulness
“One of the best efforts yet to bring together meditators and scientists. It is an instrument for our greater joy and achievements.”
