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HAPPY NEW YEAR. What New Year? It’s All in the Mind. What a Relief!

Happy New Year to all Readers.

Yesterday (New Year’s Eve), the lovely waiter asked me in my local coffee shop if I had any plans for New Year’s Eve. I smiled and responded. “I do have one commitment for the evening.” …

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Is Spirituality Superficial, Out-of-Touch and Lost in Slogans?

If you google Images, spiritual quotes, happiness quotes or positive affirmations, you will find thousands.

Human beings have the potential for inner change and for making wise changes in the outer world. Most make wise changes through sharing their experiences with others, listening to others, as well as looking into themselves. We can learn much from their insights and our willingness to engage in meaningful change. You might think inner change comes entirely through yourself and through your own efforts. There is no evidence for this. Inner change comes through a range of conditions, not bound up with the self, with the ego. …

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Who am I? 40 Common Views About Ourselves with Brief Commentary

Every view of I am might seem real, unreal or both at different times.

We might express a few views listed below of I am or many of them.

If a view is problematic about one ‘self’ or ‘another,’ then explore another view(s). …

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Transcription of Zoom Conference on Mindfulness of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) with Israeli Dharma Teachers. Part 2 of 2

 

Dharma Teachers in Israel express

Concerns and Raise Questions with Christopher

Part 2 (transcribed, edited and adapted for readership)

Around 90 Minute Exchange. Part One. 45 minutes. Part Two. 45 minutes.

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Past? Present? Future? Hope? Spiritual? Sacred? Holy? Worldly? Secular? Use such words sparingly and mindfully

Owing to habit, we impose our views with alarming frequency to the point that we imagine our view confirms the reality. The view and the reality keep endorsing each other. The interpreted influences the interpreter and vice-versa. …

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