Ep. 13 The Field of Emptiness

In this episode of Spirit of Revolution, Roger turns to Zen Buddhism, and the wider eastern traditions of Daoism and Hinduism, to ask what happens when reason reaches its limit. Drawing on his own uneven history with Buddhism (a teenage conversion, a very difficult book, and a great deal of irritated friends) he traces a path from western philosophy's insistence on a fixed, sacred self through to the Zen idea of nothingness as the true ground of things. It is a deliberately circular episode, looping the same themes rather than marching through them in a line, because, as Roger explains, that is closer to the nature of what he is describing than any straight argument could be. The next episode will take these metaphysical foundations into ethics and politics. --- For my latest updates and to support my work, sign up to my email list at https://rogerhallam.com/#/portal/signup You'll get a free copy of my books, like Common Sense for the 21st Century, and my film, The Troublemaker. Thousands are entering civil resistance around the world. Want to get involved? Email me at [email protected] Follow My Work ✅ Email List: https://rogerhallam.com/#/portal/signup 📱 Telegram Chanel: https://t.me/rogerhallam 𝕏: https://twitter.com/RogerHallamCS21 💬 https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaEpZT560eBk4QO7dz2Y 🫂 https://www.facebook.com/rogerhallamcs21 📸 https://www.instagram.com/rogerhallamcs21/ 🧵 https://www.threads.net/@rogerhallamcs21 🦋 https://bsky.app/profile/rogerhallam.bsky.social 👾 https://mastodon.social/@[email protected] 👯‍♀️ https://www.tiktok.com/@roger.hallam 🤓 https://www.reddit.com/r/rogerhallam/ 🤚 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Hallam_(activist) #rogerhallam #climatecrisis #revolution