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Steve Jobs is now a type of warrior-philosopher deva, living in a mystical palace near his old offices at Apple headquarters in California.
Inspired by a wonderful class discussion of Appreciative Joy, I've decided to post a regular gratitude list! Thank you IDPeeps, hope you'll consider joining me, you can do so http://www.theidproject.org/node/add/journal-entry !
Today I'm...
Inspired by a wonderful class discussion of Appreciative Joy, I've decided to post a regular gratitude list! Thank you IDPeeps, hope you'll consider joining me, you can do so http://www.theidproject.org/node/add/journal-entry !
Today I'm...
Inspired by a wonderful class discussion of Appreciative Joy, I've decided to post a regular gratitude list! Thank you, IDPeeps, hope you'll consider joining me!
Today I'm grateful ...
- for insomnia, allowing me to appreciate the simple...
Inspired by a wonderful class discussion of Appreciative Joy, I've decided to post a regular gratitude list! Thank you, IDPeeps, hope you'll consider joining me!
Today I'm grateful ...
- to last night's nightmares, for letting me know what's...
Inspired by a wonderful class discussion of Appreciative Joy, I've decided to post a regular gratitude list! Thank you, IDPeeps, hope you'll consider joining me!
Today I'm grateful ...
- for the unusual lavender-colored peppers at the...
Inspired by a wonderful class discussion of Appreciative Joy, I've decided to post a regular gratitude list! Thank you IDPeeps, hope you'll consider joining me!
Today I'm grateful ...
- for investigative journalism
- to Russia and its culture...
Inspired by Wednesday's wonderful class discussion of Appreciative Joy, I've decided to post a regular gratitude list! Thank you IDPeeps, hope you'll consider joining me!
Today I'm grateful ...
- for refrigeration
- to all my yoga teachers...
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Here in the U.S., we love to have a lot of choices. Our supermarkets and department stores are filled with nearly identical products (there are literally 20 different brands of chocolate at my local...
Out
Of a great need
We are all holding hands
And climbing.
Not loving is a letting go.
Listen,
The terrain around here
Is
Far too
Dangerous
For
That.
Hafiz, Sufi poet and mystic
PEACE TO EVERYONE EVERYWHERE !
*Thanks, Stan Lee
A recent article in the New York Review of Books suggests that many of the greatest works of literature, (particularly modern literature), wouldn't have been written if their authors were Buddhist. The writer, Tim Parks, believes that...
Sweet love is what we've been searching for And love is what we're looking for Yeah, now that I've got it right here in my hand I'm gonna spread it all over the land.*
The first annual Compassion Day is Friday, July 6th. It's also His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 77th birthday. Created by the FPMT (the Federation for the Preservation of the Mahayana...
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"People with opinions just go around bothering each other." (Attributed to The Buddha)These days, it seems like everyone has an opinion, everyone is expected to share their opinion, and everyone must...
I hate change. If the coffee shop runs out of my usual olive oil cake in the morning, I'm shocked and confused and completely dissatisfied with a croissant or a tarte. When my roommate tells me she's moving in three months, I'm in a...
by Kimberly Brown
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If you're anything like me, you probably think the opposite of clinging is indifference. If I don't care, then I'm not attached, right? Wrong. From a Buddhist perspective, the...
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Human beings have arrived at a time when we really need to think deeply. We have all kinds of ease and assets in our environment, creating the right kind of conditions to practice dharma....
Buddhism is founded on four facts about the nature of existence (the Four Noble Truths), the first fact being that everyone experiences suffering. There is "big" suffering (sickness, pain, and loss) and then there is "ordinary" suffering,...
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The Emperor of China asked Bodhidharma, "According to the teachings, how do I understand the merit I have accrued in building temples and making donations to monks?
Bodhidharma replied, "There is no merit."...
At breakfast yesterday morning, my dear friend - who is in a Twelve-Step program - explained that he'd begun working on the 8th Step. This requires that he make a list of all the persons in his life that he's harmed, and then make amends to...
I spent last week on a silent meditation retreat, and what do you think I missed the most? Chocolate? Coffee? Getting enough sleep? Talking? Reading? To my surprise, I didn't miss anything much . . . except being touched....
