Democracy Now covered a story this week revealed by a Pentagon Report that indicates approximately 26,000 military sexual assaults occurred last year- roughly 70 per day, an increase of 35% from the previous year (19,000).
Recently my partner and fiancee of five years told me that he’d met someone else and was therefore ending our relationship. This was a complete shock to me as there’d been no signs of discord or discontent as far as I could tell, and while I may...
Metta is a wonderful practice and a wonderful mind-state. The act of blessing or making an aspiration for someone is powerful. But I'd like to make a point that I haven't yet written about: metta is not a practice about making things nice.
It's been a strange morning. A searching through Rumi quotes to send to loved ones in observance of Valentines. And a heartbreaking encounter made more so by the stories I've piled upon it. Simply stated, Lani's spent the bulk of this morning...
Greetings, IDP readers! I’m so delighted to have an opportunity to share with you some of my thoughts and reflections on the dharma at this uplifted location. A big thank-you to everyone at the Interdependence Project for the opportunity to join...
It’s no secret to those who know me well that I’ve loved the 19th century Irish playwright J.M. Synge ever since my freshman year of college. (Perhaps you have heard of The Playboy of the Western World?)
Many years ago, after several years of experiencing a long chronic illness, I attended a six-week Vipassana meditation retreat. Given my struggles with sickness, I looked forward to this time entirely dedicated to sitting and walking...
Romantic love is a myth, perpetuated by Hollywood and a fascination with the idea that someone else will come along and save us from our suffering. Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown from Naropa University says romantic love has become like a...
Martin Luther King, Jr. is someone who made a very big impact on me as a child, and in turn, my life as a whole. Writing this, I remember 10 year old me taking a book out of my school library about this influential man that I’d heard about,...
As I write this, my mind is filled with the prospect of something fresh and new -- to cultivate something that is completely out of my choosing. To take advantage of life's choices.
Many years ago, after several years of experiencing a long chronic illness, I attended a six-week Vipassana meditation retreat. Given my struggles with sickness, I looked forward to this time entirely dedicated to sitting and walking...
“We have been raised to fear…our deepest cravings. And the fear of our deepest cravings keeps them suspect, keeps us docile and loyal and obedient, and leads us to settle for…many facets of our own oppression.” – Audre Lourde
