Myth
Did you know that the first Noble Truth of the Buddha is that life is suffering? He said that life is suffering because we crave stuff. We crave food. We crave big houses. We crave cool cell phones. The key to eliminating suffering is to stop craving stuff – to stop
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Every so often the mundane and superficial conspire and give birth to something pretty cool. If you know me at all, you know that I could take or leave TV. However, this summer on Tuesdays and Wednesdays I found myself glued to CBS to tune into Rockstar INXS. I’m
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In 1922, President Woodrow Wilson wrote, “Like every other man of intelligence and education, I do believe in organic evolution. It surprises me that at this late date such questions should be raised.” Why is it that American’s are so susceptible to emotional rhetoric and uncritical thinking? In a
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Where Is God? Luke 17:20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation. Luke 17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom
Mind
It's been over a decade since Richard Noll first put a challenge to Jungians: prove that analytical psychology rests on firm scientific ground, otherwise agree that it's just a religion or pseudoscience. He was right to make this challenge.
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My dream last night: I'm in a mansion somewhere. There are rock stars, physicists, artists, and other creative types. This was where I worked...
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I had an opportunity to see the traveling exhibition, Ink & Blood in Lexington, KY. I highly recommend it. It will be there for a couple of months before moving on to South Carolina. The exhibit traces the path of our modern English Bible from the very beginning through the
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I get asked to recommend books from time to time, so I figured I would start by recommending the books I’ve read so far this year: * What is Zen * The Tao of Physics * Bhagavad Gita : A New Translation * The Wisdom of Joseph Campbell * The Dream of Reason: A History
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I'm a spiritual person but I just don’t see the world you do. Don’t fall into a stereotype I’ve experienced too many times. My experience is that Christians and Muslims (in particular) take endless delight in making converts to their religion – usually in inverse proportion
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Researchers today announced that they've identified the area of the brain responsible for sarcasm. In a related story, Congress is applauded for its funding of very important scientific research. Ha! So, what does this have to do with anything? I'm in Connecticut this week staying at
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