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August 13, 2010I found a book in an old box that made me realize what the last three years of my life...
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June 25, 2010Your body carries a record of your past experiences, some deep and old and intense, but the past no longer...
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June 17, 2010In Tibet, they believe that it is possible to foresee, at the beginning of a relationship, how it will...
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June 6, 2010You cannot ask the universe for something if you cannot conceive of it. In November of last year,...
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June 2, 2010Watching unpleasant emotions quickly turn into raw energy, the key seems to be seeing through concepts.
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May 22, 2010A chance to be burdened makes it possible to see the immense love that surrounds those who suffer.
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May 17, 2010Amid memories of disappointing a former love, a prayer for a more beautiful face is answered in minutes.
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May 7, 2010A short story about the perpetuation of friendship in the face of grief and impermanence.
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May 4, 2010The notion of psychic boundaries reminds me of the boy who lived his life in a bubble. Protection is lovely,...
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April 28, 2010If you ask for healing, watch your thoughts. Sometimes the divine speaks with our own inner voice.
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April 19, 2010Forgiveness and redemption are healing, but you can still find wholeness even when others cannot offer it.
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April 11, 2010 Apathy often has its roots in the odd, unexpected body memory of prior pain that is evoked by new love.
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March 23, 2010 Today I felt my Beloved in the soil under my feet and in the bark on the trees.
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March 5, 2010Periods of strain can erode your strength and test your faith in life, but there are ways to approach them...
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March 1, 2010Sunday morning I woke up contemplating the process of grief. Thoughts of former loves constantly fill my mind. When I...
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February 27, 2010Today, I stopped praying for things to get easier. It just occurred to me that it wasn’t necessary. For many...
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February 17, 2010An integration of Zen emptiness with New Age form offers one approach to healing our collective samsara.
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February 14, 2010 If you are beset by a negative self-image, especially one that is self-fulfilling and reflected back to you by others...
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February 11, 2010What would you do if your lifelong search for wholeness finally reached the finish line? If the problems you devoted...
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February 5, 2010Last night, I was awake all night, while sleeping, enjoying another one of those full nights resting in clear, lucid,...
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February 3, 2010There comes a time when the dark forces in your life step into the light, remove their masks, and reveal...
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January 30, 2010When peace and tranquility, bliss even, begins to fill most every moment, healing feels complete. These past few weeks, I’ve...
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January 19, 2010Rather than an eye for an eye, karma can be seen as an act of love.
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January 16, 2010 For nearly a year, twice every month, I attended an event in town known as the Barefoot Boogie. Set in...
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January 7, 2010Who do we turn to in times of need? Reflections on loss return me, somehow, to a state of bliss.
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December 24, 2009Can one respond to suffering the way a cat responds to falling off a roof? While meditating one night recently,...
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December 23, 2009Can we use drugs to numb our emotional pain without losing our souls?
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December 22, 2009The function of compassion for those who feel cut off is to return them to the whole. This is not...
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December 17, 2009Among the most excruciating suffering one can endure is social death. Where does compassion fit in?
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December 1, 2009Reaching out for help can inadvertently foster the collective perception that we are all struggling to save ourselves.
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November 9, 2009Certain needs tend to evoke emotional responses that make the situation worse in a way that aggravates the need, which...
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November 6, 2009 I want to contact that which is real in others, but the meeting of minds never lasts. The souls who...
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October 30, 2009When weeks of grief and turmoil are broken by a neutral calm, the relief is welcome, but the journey is...
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October 29, 2009In his book, I Am a Strange Loop, Douglas Hofstadter proposes that the essence or soul of a person can...
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October 27, 2009Some relationships end with a clean break, and others end slowly, the way a garden reaches its final days. ...
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October 26, 2009The ways of love include silence and solitude, parting and disharmony–so deep its trust in the core of light within...
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MeditationsOctober 26, 2009 Following is a list of the specific meditation practices that have worked well for me in the past. In particular,...
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Finding the three things that heal loneliness (sensual connection, conversation, and communion) during an evening of solitude.
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You may have won many battles with depression. Why can’t you win the war? A new way to...
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PhilosophyOctober 10, 2009 We begin with a belief in separation, and we think oneness is the illusion. One day we realize we have...