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A Philosophical Critique of Empirical Arguments for Postmortem Survival Michael Sudduth In A Philosophical Critique of Empirical Arguments for Postmortem Survival (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015) Michael Sudduth provides a critical exploration of classical empirical arguments for postmortem survival—arguments that purport to … Continue reading →

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Lady lover you closed your eyes and entered the starless night in this infinite space we call “here” where moonlight falls on tranquil streams and a poet’s voice dissolves the tear that fell from your half-naked eyes in which darkness … Continue reading →

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Dear Friends, I’m happy to announce that I have now completed my book on empirical arguments for postmortem survival. I submitted the manuscript to my editor at Palgrave Macmillan last night.  We should move along very quickly at this stage … Continue reading →

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If you can stand with me in the fire, everything we take ourselves to be will melt away and be dissolved into the light of the sun. If everything we take ourselves to be should melt away, only one thing … Continue reading →

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Cup of Nirvana subscribers: I am now in the accelerated final phase of completing my book on postmortem survival, due February 16. I have just completed chapter 5 and will be rapidly completing the remaining five chapters in the next … Continue reading →

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Recent circumstances have brought to my remembrance a poem I wrote on May 14, 2011. It’s called Presence.  It was at the time the first “optimistic” poem I had written in over 15 years, and I wrote it during a … Continue reading →

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In January 2013 Jime Sayaka interviewed me on the topic of postmortem survival for his now defunct blog Subversive Thinking.  In what turned out to be a lengthy interview (and preview of arguments in my forthcoming book), I outlined in considerable … Continue reading →

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It has now been since six months since I moved into Jikoji Zen Center.  People often ask me what I’ve learned since being here. I prefer to speak of what I’ve experienced. Yes, there is an experiential understanding, but it … Continue reading →

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At present, I’m intensively working on completing my book on empirical arguments for postmortem survival.  I have a benchmark date of December 1, 2014 for the completion of the first half, which due to personal circumstances last spring through summer has taken … Continue reading →

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In January 2013 Jime Sayaka interviewed me on the topic of postmortem survival for his now defunct blog Subversive Thinking.  In what turned out to be a lengthy interview (and preview of arguments in my forthcoming book), I outlined in considerable … Continue reading →

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