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The ListeningApril 14, 2012 I am not writing this with the mental image of someone else reading it, which is far from how my...
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April 13, 2010The divine is always accessible. We don’t need to become perfect first in order to enter.
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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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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 14, 2010If 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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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 9, 2009 A poem by Hafiz gives me hope that life can still flourish after disaster.
Written by an embodiment psychologist, Zen Buddhist, and single mother, "Waking Heart" is a diary of synchronicities, lessons both learned and forgotten, accidental awakenings, and the cultivation of love.