https://blankettheory.blog/categories/philosophy/ Recent content in Philosophy on Blanket Theory Hugo en-uk Sat, 22 Nov 2025 17:16:50 +0000 https://blankettheory.blog/zen-taken-from-the-top/ Sat, 22 Nov 2025 17:16:50 +0000 https://blankettheory.blog/zen-taken-from-the-top/ Beginner’s mind is foundational to Zen. How do we approach the world without obscuring it with the stories we tell ourselves? So we may be free to enjoy the world as it really is. The trick is, there is no trick, but this is tricky. Sit back and listen to a story about the Story. https://blankettheory.blog/zen-and-evolution-the-seeds-of-liberation/ Sat, 15 Nov 2025 07:18:58 +0000 https://blankettheory.blog/zen-and-evolution-the-seeds-of-liberation/ How did evolution build a prison for our minds, and how do we escape it? Zen Buddhism shows us we were never imprisoned in the first place, freeing us by helping us realize we are free. https://blankettheory.blog/uncommon-ancestors/ Tue, 04 Nov 2025 16:07:12 +0000 https://blankettheory.blog/uncommon-ancestors/ Who are your other ancestors, what will your descendants be like? We look at the idea of Buddha ancestors and find that our parents and children are a hair’s breadth away, yet will never meet us directly. Come share an offering of future noodles and enjoy the crackle of the finest wrapper you have ever known. https://blankettheory.blog/running-on-emptiness/ Fri, 31 Oct 2025 17:19:36 +0000 https://blankettheory.blog/running-on-emptiness/ What is less than nothing, but more than everything? Why is this Emptiness the most important no-thing you’ll never meet, but is as close as your breath? Zen Buddhism teaches a life grounded in Emptiness, a full life in this very moment. Believing in nothingness readied for fullness, that is the art. https://blankettheory.blog/the-emperors-new-clothes-the-anti-zen-of-us-and-them/ Thu, 09 Oct 2025 17:22:23 +0000 https://blankettheory.blog/the-emperors-new-clothes-the-anti-zen-of-us-and-them/ A Zen meditation on fig leaves, atomization, and koi. Exploring the illusion of separation and the mystery of oneness. https://blankettheory.blog/an-existential-detective-story/ Sat, 04 Oct 2025 12:20:06 +0000 https://blankettheory.blog/an-existential-detective-story/ Coffee, cake, and Zen philosophy meet pop culture in an existential detective story inspired by I Heart Huckabees. What is the Self, and how can an only child have ten thousand siblings? Explore reality’s blanket of interconnectedness—serious questions wrapped in playful paradox, a rickety raft toward freedom.