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March 14, 2022 Absurdism / bodhisattva / Buddhism / Death / grief / Spirituality / suffering

Nihilism or Optimism? More Thoughts on Grief

(My apologies in advance for writing about grief again. I wish my mind was elsewhere, but I suppose that’s what

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February 15, 2022 Buddhism / Death / grief / mental health / mindfulness / Reflection

Reflecting on the Death of a Parent

My dad passed away about 17 days ago now. This is the first time I’ve tried to write about it

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February 4, 2022 anxiety / Buddhism / Compassion / feelings / meditation / mindfulness / self-compassion / Spirituality

The Joy of The Present: Dealing With Anxiety Using Mindfulness

Most of us accept the reality given to us. That includes our thoughts and feelings. After all, if we think

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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 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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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 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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May 18, 2021 Bodhicitta / brahma-vihara / Buddhism / Compassion / loving kindness / tonglen

Empathy as A Way of Life: Compassion (Karuna), The Second Brahma-Vihara

On to my second post about the Brahma-Viharas. You can read the first one on loving-kindness here. Now I will

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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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February 8, 2021 Buddhism / meditation / mental health / mindfulness / Spirituality

5 Things I’ve Learned After Twenty Years of Meditating

I started meditating when I was 21. When I was in Kathmandu, Nepal, I bought a copy of Kathleen McDonald’s

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