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The Fundamental Ambiguity of Being Human - Pema Chodron
Tricycle Fall 2012
As human beings we share a tendency to scramble for certainty whenever we realize
that everything around us is in flux. In difficult times the stress of trying to find solid
ground-something predictable to stand on-seems to intensify. But in truth, the very
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Buddhist Reflections on Occupy Wall Street
Waking Up from the Nightmare
by David R. Loy, The Buddhist Channel, Oct 20, 2011
http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=70,10515,0,0,1,0
Boulder, CO (USA) -- In a Buddhist blog about Occupy Wall Street, Michael Stone quotes the philosopher Slavoj Žižek, who spoke to the New York Occupiers at Zuccotti Park on October 9:
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The Nature of Buddha- Overcoming Stress
I've been investigating Buddhist philosophy in an attempt to overcome the mounting stress that's built up in my life. My new job (which I love!) entails a lot of computer skill and math, the latter being one which I've never excelled at. This, on top of my recent bout with a rare type of cancer, have caused me to look deeper into that whole " ( Read more... ) -
How To Get Show-Quality Hibiscus Blooms
This is from a really informative website devoted to all things hibiscus; which, as I've seen in some OTHERS (not me) can become an obsession. ;-)
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Infinite Animism
Yesterday morning, Bealtinne-May Day, I awoke with the thought that just as animals have evolved and humans are sentient, so also has the plant world a developed self awareness, understanding and of course, communicative ability. It also came to mind that greater knowledge of this can create profound changes in our attitudes and behaviors towards ( Read more... ) -
Homage to my Ancestors
Sitting outside, recovering from my recent surgery when I had a sudden impulse to attempt something that ancient Druids and Bards were most skilled at; compose an hommage to my paternal line of kinfolk. Since I'm the very last leaf on my particular branch of this family tree, it seems the most apt offering I can give them. ( Read more... ) -
Back Again
The last time I wrote, things were not looking well for me and I had pretty much resigned myself to a relatively early departure; considering the pain I was undergoing and the diagnostic information I had at the time. But how often have I been wrong before! This time was no different.
My surgery was completed and all tests revealed that the ( Read more... ) -
Soul-Walking
Years ago, decades actually, I was driving to work on an afternoon when I saw up ahead, the poor battered corpse of a cat who had recently been hit by a car. But, at the same time I saw that cat, I also saw superimposed, it's actual spirit-form, anxiously pacing the median of the road; lost, afraid and unsure of where to go next. So I pulled the ( Read more... ) -
Love Is All That Matters
"Crisis and Perspective"
When a pivotal event occurs in which the entirety of our lives is, without warning, frozen into a crystalline moment of perfect understanding; we realize that all the little things which once so easily caused us irritation and worry, don't even matter at all anymore. In fact, those things were simply part of the ( Read more... )
