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February 25, 2011Yesterday I went to the emergency room where I was diagnosed with my third or fourth kidney infection in two...
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October 20, 2010I’ve been feeling an inexplicable yet palpable, edgy grief filled with gnarling anguish, waves of tenderness, and hints of nostalgia,...
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September 6, 2010I have been inadvertently weeding out potential suitors with a sort of Buddhist IQ test. When I first moved to...
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August 31, 2010Analyzing the data for my dissertation is highlighting for me the limits of intellectual knowing. Welcome to the Zen of...
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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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April 19, 2010Forgiveness and redemption are healing, but you can still find wholeness even when others cannot offer it.
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April 15, 2010Thoughts on how the outer world reflects the inner world and the intricacies of manifestation.
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March 20, 2010Enter the real “now” by letting go of your concepts of the present.
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February 23, 2010Learn to move with the feelings in your body, approaching them directly rather than through thought.
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February 21, 2010We are never cut off from love. I say farewell to a former love and find that exclusion feels good.
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Below are accounts of awakening (e.g., satori, moksha, nirvana, enlightenment) reprinted from various sources, such as Zen Flesh, Zen Bones,...
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February 17, 2010 An integration of Zen emptiness with New Age form offers one approach to healing our collective samsara.
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February 16, 2010In this frozen moment, your warm consciousness finds all existence waiting.
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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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February 2, 2010Finishing Jan’s book. And waking up more fully, more deeply. Dawn taking root. The holy fallout which I read about...
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January 31, 2010Last night, I went out for a night on the town with a new prayer on my lips. Instead of...
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January 24, 2010What happens when we treasure someone too much? A story of discovering the divine by crushing illusions.
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January 22, 2010An encounter with Buddhist fundamentalism reminds me to look for the hidden teaching in every moment.
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January 16, 2010For nearly a year, twice every month, I attended an event in town known as the Barefoot Boogie. Set in...
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December 23, 2009Can we use drugs to numb our emotional pain without losing our souls?
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December 3, 2009What if some experiences that look like personal failures are actually markers of spiritual growth?
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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 24, 2009The greatest healers in my life do not even know they are healing me, and most of the time, neither...
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November 23, 2009I woke up one morning feeling as though I’d been impaled on a spike, helpless, vulnerable, and shivering with agony. ...
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Who Writes This?November 4, 2009 I am. A Zen Buddhist and Tibetan Dzogchen practitioner with more than fifteen years of experience. A PhD candidate in...
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November 2, 2009Being in total darkness recently took on new meaning for me. Rock bottom is not necessarily a bad place to...
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We’re moved by extremes to call forth great love and openness, but the small and ordinary things require our hearts...
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Accepting who you are is like recognizing the value of a cat even if you are a dog lover.
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Yesterday morning, I was on my way to spend time with a friend who was offering companionship during a time...
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Dancing with LoveNovember 18, 2008 I recently went to a Tai Chi center where a group of about fifteen or more people gather every so...
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.