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Tangentially, it occurred to me the other day ... That most if not all of the founders of one spiritual lineage or another were relatively wealthy and/or well educated by background. Wealth (even as … (View Post)
@jewel -- Welcome. Hope you find something useful here. Sometimes I think of monasticism as one of the corner-office versions of Zen practice ... everyone thinks that becoming a monk would be a mark … (View Post)
OK, take a deep breath. Nothing special, just a deep breath ... you've done it before. In out ... nothing exhausting or virtuous. And in the midst of that breath, do your utmost -- your very VERY bes… (View Post)
In the "Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment" (blissfully short), author Thaddeus Golas observes trenchantly, "When you have learned to love hell, you will be in heaven." And in his … (View Post)
When it comes to the intellect, my money is on Swami Vivekananda who once wrote, "The mind [he meant intellect] is a good servant and a poor master." And, perhaps the free-floating suggesti… (View Post)