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May 13, 2021 Poem / poetry

Poem: “The Leeks”

(Note: I’ve had this urge to write poetry instead of the prosaic stuff I usually write, and this is what

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May 11, 2021 brahma-vihara / Buddhism / loving kindness / meditation

How to Be More Loving: Loving Kindness (Metta), The First Brahma-Vihara

The Brahma-Viharas, translated by some as “sublime attitudes,” are the Buddha’s most important teachings of the heart. There are 4

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May 7, 2021 Gratefulness / meditation / mindfulness / Reflection / Religion / Spirituality

Reflections On Gratefulness and How To Bring It Into Your Life Daily

Outside the French bakery, a line snakes in a whorl toward East 7th Street. I am alone in my bedroom

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May 5, 2021 psilocybin / psychedelics / Reflection / Religion / shrooms

The Magic of Magic Mushrooms

Psilocybin, colloquially known as magic mushrooms or shrooms, has undergone a renaissance of late. New York Times bestsellers are writing

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May 3, 2021 poetry / Reflection / Religion / Rilke / Shadow Self

Autumn Day by Ranier Maria Rilke

Autumn Day by Ranier Maria Rilke Lord: it is time. The summer was immense. Lay your long shadows on the

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April 29, 2021 Active Imagination / Buddhism / Carl Jung / chod / meditation / mindfulness / Shadow Self

Carl Jung’s “Active Imagination” and Buddhist Chod Practice

“There is no coming to consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid

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April 26, 2021 Inner Child / Reflection

To See The World As A Child: Thoughts on Adult Life Today and The Inner Child

Children have a way of seeing things adult minds cannot. If you show an adult a daffodil, they will call

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April 23, 2021 poetry / Rumi

Reading Rumi’s “The Guest House”

The Guest House By Rumi This being human is a guest house.Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a

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April 22, 2021 COVID-19 / New York City / Vancouver

Returning to New York City

“New York is an ugly city, a dirty city. Its climate is a scandal, its politics are used to frighten

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April 12, 2021 Bodhicitta / Buddhism / Compassion

Living A Life of Compassion: Thoughts on Bodhicitta

To live without defenses is an impossibility. But still, we must try. All of us are so defended constantly protecting

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April 6, 2021 book review / books / Burnout / meditation / simplicity / social media

The Search for Simplicity: Rereading Walden By Henry David Thoreau

Just some quick reflections today… I’m currently rereading Walden by Henry David Thoreau. It is the first time I’ve picked

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April 5, 2021 Buddhism / Greed / meditation / mental health / mindfulness / Spirituality

Desire, Desire, Desire: Observations on Greed, The First Defilement in Buddhism

What makes the engine go? Desire, desire, desire. The longing for the dance stirs in the buried life.- Stanley Kunitz

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March 29, 2021 Absurdism / Meaning / Mortality / Spirituality / Vanity

All Is Vanity: The Folly of Human Ambition

Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. Ecclesiastes 1 I am the most important person

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March 23, 2021 Absurdism / Aging / Death / impermanence / Mortality / Spirituality

The Nostalgia Of Unlived Lives: Trying To Find Meaning In Ordinary Life

The most painful memories are the lives we’ve never got to live, the choices we never got to make. As

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March 20, 2021 anxiety / Buddhism / meditation / mental health / mindfulness / psychotherapy / Shadow Self / Spirituality / tonglen

What Are You Afraid of? The Shadow Self and Using Fear as a Tool For Awakening

“The only way to ease our fear and be truly happy is to acknowledge our fear and look deeply at

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