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Dharma
March 3, 2006 Dharma is destiny in a way. Destiny implies a destination. Dharma embodies a path, focusing on the journey instead of the end result or goal of a particular person. Destiny is a Hebrew God and keeper of … Continue reading
Posted in Literature/Pop Culture, Lost, Movies/TV, Religion
Tagged ability, Absence of Anger, Authentic Self, Buddhism, Control of the Senses, Create Our Own Destiny, Destiny, Dharma, Dharma Initiative, God, Hinduism, Honesty, Island, Karma, Knowledge, Learning, Lost, Meni, Patience, Place In This World, Power, Protection, Rightful Path, Sanctity, Spiritual Hunger, Strength, Suffering, Taoism, Truthfulness
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The Great Peace March
The Great Peace March Holly Near, 1986 Katherine Hendrix from the Los Angeles Times Wrote: “The Vision that on March 1, 1986 5,000 Americans would set out on foot from Los Angeles for Washington, walking across the country for global … Continue reading
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Tagged 1986, Buddhism, Buddhist Chant, Camilla Taylor, Camping, Christian, Cold War, Communism is NOT The Enemy, Cooking, David Mixner, Democratic, Dr. Helen Calicott, Dream, Gandhi, Geraldine Zarade, Gorbachev, Holly Near, hope, Huger Is the Enemy, Inspire, John Gordon, Jonathan Schuell, Los Angeles, Mr.President, November 14 1986, Nuclear Disarmament, Peace Petition, People Reaching Out For Peace, Poverty is the Enemy, Pro Peace, Regan, San Francisco, Send Off, Socialism is NOT the enemy, Steve Brigham, Tent City, The Fate of the Earth, The Great Peace March, Washington DC, Yeah Peace
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A Legend To Fall For
A Legend To Fall For Brad Pitt is a Legend to Fall For. He caught my eye first in Thelma and Louise back in 1991. His passionate romp with Gena Davis left me lusting for a similar experience. But it … Continue reading
Posted in Literature/Pop Culture, Movies/TV
Tagged 12 Monkeys, 1991, 1994, 20 years, 38, 50, Acted, Aged, Angelina Jolie, Angst, Brad Pitt, Buddhism, Cowboy, Crazy, Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Dark, Dated, Depression, Divorced, Easy on The Eyes, Eat Prey Love, Family, Gwenth Paltrow, Interview With A Vampire, Jennifer Aniston, Juliet Lewis, Kick-Ass, Kids, Legends of the Fall, Lestat, Louis, Marriage, Married, Meet Joe Black, Mr and Mrs Smith, Oceans 11, painfully long, Passionate, Philanthropy, Philosophy, Produced, Seven, Seven Years in Tibet, Spiriutal, Thelma and Louise, Tibet, Time Traveler's Wife, Tragic Hero Archetype, Tristan and Isolde, Vampires, zombies
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On Desire
June 30, 2009 On Desire Desire is the topic today. I just finished reading On Desire by William B Irvine and found it very interesting and thought-provoking indeed. Many people do not the desires that drive their decisions. Much of … Continue reading
Posted in Psychology, Science/Philosophy
Tagged Aesthetic, balance, Boundaries, Buddhism, Catholics, Christians, conformists, David Weeks, Desire, Eccentrics, godly beasts, Hedonistic, Nietzsche, perfection, Philosophers, pleasure, Relationships, selfishness, selflessness, Sex, Sexuality, sins, society, Thoreau, William B Irvine
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Academic Attitude
October 2, 2008 Academic Attitude I want to know to know why modern academics feel that anything remotely positive is naïve or flaky? This week I read the book Top Secret by Robert M Price. I knew that I’d probably … Continue reading
Posted in Literature/Pop Culture, Pedagogy, Religion, Science/Philosophy, Writing
Tagged Academics, Agnostic, Atheist, Attitude, backlash, Buddhism, Carl Jung, Christ, conservative, Deepak Chopra, Eckert Tolle, Eric G Wilson, Farhad Manjoo, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, God, Helen Schumann, Hinduism, James Redfield, Jesus, Joel Olsteen, Judaism Against Happiness, liberal, Marriane Williamson, Michael Burg, Neale Donald Walshe, New Age, New Thought, Oprah, Orthodox Christianity, Pema Chodron, Pessimism, Post-fact, Rhonda Byrne, right wing, Robert M Price, Shakit Gawain, Stephen A Hoeller, The Power of Now, The Secret, Timothy Freke, Top Secret, True Enough, Wayne Dyer, Weltschmerz
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Author Keith Ablow
December 14, 2006 Keith Ablow There are three clear tenants says Dr. Keith Ablow in his 1999 novel Projection, “That people are connected to each other in mystical and immeasurable ways, that we have the power to heal another, and … Continue reading
Posted in Literature/Pop Culture, Psychology, Religion, Writing
Tagged Abuse, Anne Rice, Bible, Buddhism, Compassion, Compusion, denial, Forecenics, Frank Clevenger, Heaven, James Patterson, Jonah, Josiah King, Keith Ablow, Lilving The Truth, Literature, Lucas, Medicine, Murder, Original Sin, Projection, Psychology, Psychopath, Suicide, The Architect, The Bad Seed, Thrillers, Without Mercy, Yeats, Zen the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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Faith and Reason in Buddhism
August 5, 2006 Buddhism Faith and Reason I caught most of the 7th part of the Bill Moyers series On Faith and Reason. Pema Chodron was on. She is a Buddhist Nun who grew up Catholic. When her … Continue reading
Posted in Movies/TV, Religion, Science/Philosophy
Tagged Bill Moyers, Bodhisattva, Buddhism, Catholic, Faith and Reason, God, Intellect, Intuition, Master Rinoche, Nun, Open Heart, Open Mind, Pain, Paradox, Pema Chodron, Philosophy, Religion, Shempa, Suffering, The Places that Scare Us, The Wisdom of No Escape, When Things Fall Apart
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Atonement
December 10, 2007 Atonement Atonement is the name of the novel by Ian McGowan. I picked the novel up after seeing the preview for the movie on TV. The commercial reminded me of Damon’s House, so I looked up the … Continue reading
Posted in Literature/Pop Culture, Movies/TV, Writing
Tagged Atonement, Boyd, Buddha, Buddhism, Cari Lynn Vaughn, Christianity, Christopher Hitchenson, Damon's House, Eddy, English Estate, Forgiveness, God is Not Great, Gothic Romance, Haunting, Hinduism, How Religion Poisons Everything, Human Secularism, Ian McEwan, Islam, Jesus, Karma, Lord or Legend, Love Affair, Madness, Rape, WWII
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Easter
April 11, 2004 Easter Sunday was special to me as a child. Oh, not like Christmas or even Thanksgiving —but special nonetheless. I remember going to Grandma’s after church. I got to dress up in a pretty dress and … Continue reading
Posted in Religion
Tagged Armageddon, Buddhism, Cari Lynn Vaughn, Christ Consciousness, Christian, Death, Easter, ego, Gnostic, Mel Gibson, Neo, Spring, The Matrix, The Passion of Christ, Zen, Zion
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