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66Sunrise, Sunset, The Seasons of Our Lives and Arbitrary Values
Things are actually very simple. Solutions are simple. It is this simplicity that our minds refuse to accept that makes us blind to the simplicity. Somehow the mind thrives on the thrill of making things complicated. The complication entertains it. ...
77 comments70Vanishing Significances
My girlfriend whom I have been friends with for over thirty years sends me a present every year for Christmas and birthdays. For many years after my divorce she has sent me the most beautiful lingerie from Victoria’s Secret, wishing...
39 comments67Catharsis, Metamorphosis, and Stasis. The Way of the Boddhisattva
I read Chogyam Trungpa's work when I started meditation. My copy of his book, "The Myth of Freedom" is falling apart at the seams. I have used it again and again. In the beginning, it was too...
40 comments70The Six Kinds of Power
"It began with the forging of the great rings. Three were given to the elves, the wisest and fairest (most just) of all creatures, seven to the dwarf lords, great miners and craftsmen of the mountain' ores and nine...nine rings were gifted to...
148 comments70To Covet
There is no master more ruthless, no jungle more wild, and no fire more fierce and consuming than the reactive mind. Therefore the battlefield of the mind is the only one we have to conquer, the only prison we have to walk out of, and then we can...
98 comments67Questions That Have No Answers
This news article will always be etched in my memory. Several years ago, in Los Angeles, a couple of hoodlums hid from an opposing gang by entering a Buddhist monastery. The monks were sworn not to tell a lie but they were also sworn to protect...
168 comments79How to Cultivate Awareness
Awareness, in the spiritual sense, means taking into account the totality of the environment one is part of. According to Merriam-Webster Main Entry: aware Pronunciation: \ə-ˈwer\Function: adjectiveEtymology: Middle English iwar, from Old...
87 comments67How to Communicate Well
There are many forms of communication. In this hub I will only talk about speech/verbal communication. My son has an English vocabulary three times the size of mine. Sometimes I am awed by the big words he...
66 comments67How to Clarify What You Want
We are often so busy with the day to day activities that we forget to nurture the inner child within. We have forgotten the dreams of our childhood and more important, we have forgotten who we are. When we...
47 comments70Never Eat Sugar When You are Hungry
In America, it is very common for children to go home and eat candies/cakes when they arrive from school. There is always a supply. This is the one thing I have never allowed my son to do and I had to train him again and again and watch him like a...
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