Genyo Academy
Philosophical and spiritual education for everyone
Welcome to Genyo Academy, a home for world religions, philosophy, and dharma study. Our offerings also include meditation instruction, the philosophy of science, yoga practice, and creativity studies. The academy will expand gradually over time. Essays and other offerings will be posted once they have reached at least introductory form. Newly posted essays are subject to re-writing and expansion. Readers are welcome to post comments and relevant information, and readers' input may influence the development of the content. Significant contributions will be credited. In the future, audio and video teachings of the topics addressed in the essays will be posted. Thank you for coming. Please enjoy your time here, and once we have our donate button up, please make a contribution to sustain the academy, and help it grow. Following is the list of our offerings. Along with published essays, I have included categories and titles of some of the essays (and future YouTube videos) which are currently in the works. More will be added as we go along.
Introductory Essays for all users of Genyo Academy
* Loving Wisdom: the revival of philosophy.
* The Word: the relationship of language to reality.
* Is spirituality necessary?
Philosophical Topics
* Resolving the Science versus God Delusion
* Questioning the Word / Speaking the Word: the use of language in religious and metaphysical doctrine, and spiritual teaching.
* Are You Ethical? Why personal integrity and ethics are good for you.
* What do we mean when we say God?
* An Atheist's Enlightenment – a short philosophical fiction
* The Oneness of Life
* Mental Training and Understanding Reality
* Global Dharma – a synthesis of global philosophy and practice (for more see below)
World Religions and Spirituality
Our world religion offerings include brief "Basic Overviews", longer introductions, and in depth essays on specific topics.
Global Spirit – Non-sectarian Approaches
* A Multi-faith Perspective
* Questioning the Word / Speaking the Word (the same essay also appears in the Philosophical Topics section.)
* The Heart of Creation: Religious accounts and contemplative explorations of the nature and source of creation and human creativity. (This is a chapter from my book of the same name. The full work can be found here.
* The Value of Practice
* An Introduction to Ethics and Precepts study
* Global Dharma study and training program – Enter here
For general readers I also offer some study sheets and meditation instructions used in the Global Dharma training.
* The Yoga of Mind *The Great Sphere * Opening the Mind Flower
* Zazen meditation * Natural meditation * Vase-Body meditation
Buddhism
* The Four Noble Truths
* The Three Poisons
* Sunyata – the Emptiness answer
* Metta and Tonglen – Loving Kindness and the Exchange of Self and Other
* Already Enlightened Behaviour: the practice of the Paramitas.
* Zen Peacemaker Precepts Study
– The Three Treasures
– The Three Tenets of the Zen Peacemakers
– The Ten Bodhisattva Precepts
– The Five Committments
* Precepts Study Program – a transformational exploration of how you live your life.
(coming soon)
Christianity
* An Introduction to Christianity
* Commentary on Jesus' teaching * Commentary on St. Paul's teaching as elucidated by Lex Hixon.
Hinduism
Islam
* La ilaha ill' Allah: "There is Nothing but Allah, no reality other than God." The central affirmation of Islam.
Judaism
* Shema Yisrael, Adonai Eloheinu Adonai echad: "Hear Oh Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One." The central affirmation of Judaism.
Taoism
* Inspiration and Improvisation in the Creative Process