Recent content by somkid

I really wish I had time for pleasure reading... wait I take that back I do have time I'm just so burned out from reading academic books I don't even want to look at a newspaper. Every morning when I get to work I read a page of "The Buddha's Book of Daily Meditations" Edited by Christopher...

I don't like to answer questions like this, generally because my answer tends to be unbelievable to most Westerners. However; because I would really like to get to know this community and have meaningful conversations and perhaps learn something new I will tell you. I am a former Buddhist...

My life is kind of dull and pointless (from my prospective) but I'm happy with that situation, I like dull and pointless things because you don't have to think about them too much. I currently teach philosophy and Buddhist studies full time at a government university, I also volunteer with...

Hello, I'm from Chiang Mai Thailand, my name is Chris but all the Thai people call me Somkid which has a very nice meaning in Thai. I have been studying "past lives" for many years academically (means I get money, but not much and I work for a university). I have found very few cases that...

I'm from North America however; I have lived in Asia most of my adult life. I currently live in South East Asia (Thailand for the past 5 years to be exact) and I think I found my place to settle.