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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

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Horror Vs Gothic

Horror Vs Gothic As a child I stayed away from horror movies. My mother preferred to stay away from them as well, so it wasn’t difficult to do. However, now and again friends would expose me to a random horror … Continue reading

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Edge of Tomorrow

October 9, 2014 Edge Edge of Tomorrow is a 2014 Sci-Fi Action movie with Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt. It is based on Hiroshi Sakurazak’s novel All You Need Is Kill. Will Cage is stuck in a time loop. Aliens … Continue reading

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Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers

 Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers by Thich Nhat Hanh came out in 1999.  It is a very simple teaching “This is like because that is like that.”  Because the waves are, … Continue reading

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After Ecstasy, The Laundry

After Ecstasy, The Laundry After Ecstasy, the Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path was written by Jack Kornfield and it came out in 2000.  Drawing on the experiences and insights of leaders and practitioners within the … Continue reading

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The Gospel of Mary Magdalene

The Gospel of Mary Magdalene The Gospel of Mary Magdalene by Karen L King came out in 2004.  German Scholar Dr. Carl Reinhardt bought a copy of The Gospel of Mary Magdalene in 1896 in Cairo, Egypt at an antiquities … Continue reading

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Dark Nights Of The Soul

Dark Night of the Soul The Dark Night of the Soul by Thomas Moore came out in 2004.  It is based upon the ideas of St John of the Cross who was a Spanish Mystic and Poet.  His approach, as … Continue reading

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Wuthering Heights 1939 Movie

Only Half: The 1939 Movie of Wuthering Heights Cari Gilkison for Film Studies 578, April 1998  The single most striking difference between the book Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte and the 1939 MGM movie is the absence of the second … Continue reading

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Narcissim as Transformation and Shakepeare’s Antony and Cleopatra

Narcissism as Transformation in Antony and Cleopatra   Antony and Cleopatra is perhaps Shakespeare’s most perplexing play.  In this play more than any other he does not explain his characters’ motivations or choose sides.  While readers may enjoy this break … Continue reading

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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

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