“As to the UN,” the devil’s own President-elect Donald Trump tweeted ominously after the United Nations Security Council vote condemning Israel for expanding settlements in the West Bank, “things will…
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Meditations
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Someone said to me recently, “When will we not feel urgency?” There is something plaintive, and slightly self-pitying in that question.
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It’s fitting at Christmas, when the West celebrates the birth of Jesus, to reflect on the full flower of his teachings. This statement is apropos: “Truly I tell you, unless…
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Pondering the “Age of Dinosaurs” gives one pause in considering whether there is an intrinsic intent in evolution to develop brains capable of communion with Mind.
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In deeper states of meditation, there comes something totally beyond words. For lack of a better word, call it benediction. Can only the human brain bring the benediction on this…
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The grafting of Eastern Buddhism onto Western marketing, channeled through New Age schlock, has reached its nadir with a spate of commercials featuring Matthew McConaughey.
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At one of his victory laps, I mean rallies, in Iowa on Wednesday, President-elect Donald Trump was scarier than ever, all the more so because his threats were between the…
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It’s widely known that some Neanderthals buried their dead, inspiring some anthropologists to deduce that Neanderthals were religious. Perhaps we should find out what it means to be religious before…