The mind, as the word is usually used, means the movement of thought in the brain. But there is another meaning to the word mind–a quality of awareness and attention…
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thoughts on life
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Jogging up a wide path in the city park after an intense meditation at streamside, I spot a large animal leisurely walking away about 200 meters away. It’s the size…
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It was a very windy day, with gusts over 60 kilometers per hour. You would think the hummingbirds would be hunkered down somewhere. But a small fleet of them put…
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A philosopher cannot help but be philosophical at a time like this. But at the same time, it’s never been more difficult to be philosophical, for philosophers and non-philosophers alike!…
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Have you ever noticed how the best and the worst are often attracted to the same places? Both the best and worst among us, and in us? After a few…
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It’s spring in northern California, and despite the pandemic, or because of it, numerous people cross the footbridge on bikes or foot on a hazy, warm Sunday afternoon. I sit…
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The booming economy and barely functioning society in America have ground to a halt. The consensus in the United States is that “the social structures, habits and ways of life…
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At the end of a rainy, chilly and breezy day, the sky to the west begins to clear. The lightest rain I’ve ever seen begins falling in the slanting sunlight.…