Tag Archives: life

Life’s a Muddy Ride!

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I used to separate worldly from spiritual, creating two piles, one quite a bit better than the other. Did you? Do you? There was a time that I focused entirely on the worldly, when survival took all I had. Once life moved me beyond that, the spiritual began to seep into the cracks and crevices …

The Circus Still Comes to Town

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What does it mean to not mind what happens? We humans have so many stories about it. Does it mean that we think pain and suffering are just fine, or that folks that hurt children aren’t doing something bad? Does it mean that we’re okay with poverty and war, with human trafficking, rapists and murderers? …

Is Your World View Your Self View?

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I’ve been looking at Adyashanti’s statement, “World views are self views, literally,” and following it down the rabbit hole. I remember years ago parroting the New Age belief that if someone sees something in another it actually resides within them … seeing another’s hate is seeing my self-hate; another’s perceived guilt is my own … …

Fear: A Muscle You’ve Built Out of Nothing

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Do this; do that. Say this; don’t say that. Wear this; don’t wear that. Buy this; oh my God, don’t buy that. Eat this; whatever you do, don’t eat that.  Everyone’s got something to say, especially when they are selling something to go with it, but it’s shelled out for free too. Consummate salespeople that …

Life, Death and Healing

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I have been examining life and death, and what it means to heal today. A couple of days ago I went to the doctor and his lack of certainty was enough to make me wonder. As I sat in meditation last night I was shown that this health event is an exit point. I was …