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Compassion Mind: Being in the Love
For awhile now, the universe has been sending messages my way about "being in the love." And while it sounds like the simplest response to a multitude of questions I ask, it has been deceptively difficult. Until today. This morning I woke up half an hour late to discover that my phone had died. Hence, no alarm. Once it was on I discovered that I ( Read more... ) -
Why Pagans and Buddhists Should play Roleplaying Games
Every experience in life presents us with an opportunity to learn a lesson. Repetition, ironically, provides us both with a vehicle for learning lessons but conversely creating patterns, habits, and modes of responding to situations which are repeated unconsciously. In many cases we already know who we are and how we respond to things - and so many ( Read more... ) -
lessons learned in space
In the end, Starbuck always winds up alone. -
the challenge
No-one wants to be special anymore. Only the truly naive beg to be special, and even then it's their kind of special - chosen one, fairy tale princess, supremely powerful witch - a one-sided childhood fantasy of magically having everything we've ever wanted without having to do anything for it but wait for it to happen because we are... special. ( Read more... ) -
Bodhicharyavatara thoughts, snippet 1
there are no villains, only lost people who have not uncovered their inner wisdom. -
know thyself
for years now I've made a habit out of scrutinizing myself and analyzing my flaws and weaknesses. I think I can honestly attribute this practice to the continued presence of Rhiannon in my life. at first this process required an external combustion source, harsh criticism by one of her priestesses. it was painful. and it got to be even more painful ( Read more... ) -
how to change the world and (really) mean it
when I was in high school I hated all the career-path drama that filled senior days, the endless questions directed at sorting you into your box. no-one knows who they want to be at seventeen. well, almost no-one. even though my career aptitude test verified it as one of my top three careers, I didn't know how to say out-loud at that age, "I want ( Read more... ) -
you probably won't like this much
I guess as anyone who is on FB knows, Chase Community Bank is giving away a cool million to a charity who wins the voting rounds. In general, this makes me feel pretty good about the world, hopeful that someone will be able to make a huge difference in the lives of others. In specific, it makes me sad to see how selfish a lot of the top charities ( Read more... ) -
life happens
I'm very sorry to everyone I had plans with. I know I talked to a lot of people about seeing them and spending time together this holiday season. I wish I had been doing that instead. Not very long after Christmas I was struck by a disgusting intestinal virus in a place where a)everyone else shares the same gene pool and germ pool and b) the wyrm ( Read more... )
