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The relationship between mental health, spirituality and politics told from the point of view of a working psychotherapist.

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Author: Anthony Tshering

Hello! You’ve reached the personal blog of Anthony Tshering, psychotherapist and writer. Originally from California, I have studied at Santa Clara University, Hunter College, and The Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy. I am now based in Brooklyn.
December 13, 2021 Compassion / mindfulness / self-compassion / suffering

The Acceptance of Suffering

Inevitably we falter. Inevitably the slow cycle of boredom and suffering begins to hurt us. Many of us choose busyness,

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December 5, 2021 Buddhism / Compassion / Death / Meaning / Mortality / psychedelics / Spirituality / suffering

The Dance of Life: The Endless Sway Between Joy, Power and Pain

“Sometimes I go about in pity for myself, and all the while, a great wind carries me across the sky.”-

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November 23, 2021 Aging / Death / suffering

Death and Illness: Dealing With Parents, Dukkha and Old Age

I’m back in California, spending Thanksgiving week with my parents. Because of COVID, I haven’t seen much of them over

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October 31, 2021 boredom / social media / solitude / Spirituality

The Wisdom of Boredom: Finding Creativity and Spirituality in the Age of Facebook

A recent observation: we are a society that hates boredom. After all, why be bored when we have so many

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October 21, 2021 bodhisattva / Buddhism / socialism / Yeats / Zen

The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.

One hundred years ago, William Butler Yeats wrote the poem “The Second Coming.” Much was happening in the world when

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October 6, 2021 anxiety / Buddhism / impermanence / mental health / mindfulness

How the Concept of Impermanence Can Help Anxiety-Ridden Millennials

I wrote something for Tricycle magazine! An excerpt to the beginning for you to peruse: During a lecture, a student asked Shunryu Suzuki, the

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September 21, 2021 awe / mindfulness / Musings / Spirituality

The Wonders of Supermarkets: Finding Awe in Everyday Life

In adulthood, it can feel like there are few opportunities for real possibility in one’s daily life. We are slaves

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September 14, 2021 Uncategorized

Updates

I wanted to apologize for the lack of recent post. There’s a reason for it, of course: I’ve been busy

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September 2, 2021 Buddhism / capitalism / meditation / mental health / neoliberalism

How to Break Through Our Neoliberal Selves

Just a quick post, I wrote something for Mental Hellth, a newsletter about mental health and capitalism. The full version

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August 27, 2021 Mary Oliver / mindfulness / Poem / poetry

“The Summer Day” by Mary Oliver

I don’t have a ton of time before my work day starts. But wanted to share a poem I reread

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August 24, 2021 alienation / autonomy / book review / books / capitalism / Kafka / literature / Meaning / Reflection

Alienation and The Loss of Autonomy: Thoughts on Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis”

I just finished Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis.” What a fucking story. I’ve read a lot more Kafka in the past year

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August 16, 2021 movies / Wong Kar Wai

Best Scene Ever– Wong Kar Wai’s “Happy Together”

IFC Center in Manhattan has been showing a Wong Kar-Wai retrospective, and today I saw “Happy Together ” for the

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August 16, 2021 mental health / psychotherapy / Self-therapy

One Thing You Can Do Everyday To Feel Alive

This blog can definitely veer into mystical or weird, which I hope some of you find interesting. But today I

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August 15, 2021 anxiety / Christianity / Meaning / Paul Tillich

The Anxiety of Meaninglessness and Emptiness

This week I’ve dug Paul Tillich’s “The Courage to Be.” I’m surprised by how much I love it, considering that

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August 2, 2021 Koan / meditation / mindfulness / Spirituality / Zen

My Most Important Meditation Insight

I’ve written ad nauseam about meditation, and you’re probably tired of hearing about it. But it is an endlessly important

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  • The Temptations of The Buddha and Jesus of Nazareth as Metaphor
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