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October 7th, 2009
What is fear? Some would say that it’s the absence of
love and faith, and they’d be right. Still, knowing does not always
give us the ammo we need to deal with fear. Here are some steps to
try when you feel fear: 1. Note it. Define what it’s pointing to
and…
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Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, and is
fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a polluted mind,
suffering will follow you, as the wheels of the oxcart follow the
footsteps of the ox. Everything is based on mind, is led by mind,
is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act…
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Compassion literally means to feel with, to suffer with. Everyone
is capable of compassion, and yet everyone tends to avoid it
because it's uncomfortable. And the avoidance produces psychic
numbing -- resistance to experiencing our pain for the world and
other beings.
It had been raining for…
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She looked at the photograph of her son. He would always be
seven years old, tow haired and missing two front teeth. Grasping
the framed photo tighter in her quivering hands, so tight that the
corners of the brass colored left impressions in her flesh, she
looked at the American flag covered…
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September 29th, 2009
Yesterday was Yom Kippur – a day when Jews around the world
atone for their sins and seek to deeply connect with God. One of
the passages in my prayer book is very meaningful to me. It speaks
about the journey of life and how we move through it learning our
lessons and…
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Once upon a time, there lived a man who wanted to achieve
everything he was capable of achieving. He was obsessed with this
desire. He ate, slept, and walked with one and only dream: to die,
having accomplished every single thing he was able to accomplish.
There were so many things he could…
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