Month: November 2012
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For Jean
A hundred sorrows under a single snail: wind and waves, poles of the line of vision, birds sunk in the mist, and the mountains with them. All the color of the south, still cold next to the skin. Getting past this place, this autum of the heart, one starts to know what hard traveling means.…
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The 4 Thoughts That Turn the Mind Toward Spiritual Practice
Reminders on my birthday from Pema Chodron 1. Maintain an awareness of the preciousness of human life. This cultivates gratitude. 2. Be aware of the reality that life ends. This cultivates insight into impermanence. 3. That whatever you do has consequences. Karma 4. That self-importance and getting caught up thinking about how good or bad…
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Obama Yes, Gay Marriage Yes
…”the answer to every question was ultimately the same answer. It is the answer that each of us has to come to for ourselves, the answer that each one of us needs to discover through our own process of self-inquiry. That answer is simply, “I am.” What is surrender? “I am surrender.” Surrender isn’t something…
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