James Baldwin on Masks “Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.” – James Baldwin Baldwin is often remembered as a political radical. He definitely was, but like Cornel West, Baldwin’s […]
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Tag: Mindfulness
A Good Traveler Never Leaves Home
A Good Traveler Never Leaves Home A good traveler never leaves home, for everywhere he goes is home. – Unknown I ran across this image on a Web page where someone claimed it was based on the Daoist Dao De […]
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Interdependence Does Not Mean Lack of Individuation
Gyalwang Karmapa said: There is wisdom in this quote. However, like much of current Buddhist philosophy, it attempts to overcompensate for the Western propensity toward excess individualism with excess denial of the individual. The truth lies somewhere between the views […]
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The Two Wolves Inside
This article has two purposes: to share a decent story and to talk about disrespect for indigenous traditions. First, here is the story of the two wolves: You may have heard the story before because it has made the e-mail […]
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Leonardo DaVinci on Inaction
Leonardo DaVinci on Inaction “Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. So we must stretch ourselves to the very limits of human […]
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Beginner’s Mind
Beginner’s Mind If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything. In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities; in the expert’s mind there are few. The concept of “empty mind” is a […]
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Rumi on Religion
Rumi on Religion “I belong to no religion. My religion is love. Every heart is my temple.” – Rumi
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Go to Your Fears
Face Your Fears “Go to your fears, sit with them, stare at them. Your fears are your friend, their only job is to show you undeveloped parts of yourself that you need to cultivate to live a happy life. The […]
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Winning, Losing, Learning.
Winning, Losing, Learning. “You always learn a lot more when you lose than when you win.” This probably isn’t an African proverb (as if “African” is an appropriate catch-all word for dozens of different cultures). This is age old […]
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Lao Tzu on Priorities
Lao Tzu on Priorities If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present. – Lao Tzu
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