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[…] dissipated. In other words, the mind is less clear when we are thinking. Let’s return to money. As a collective thought, it has a great deal of power. Consider the involving allure of advertising and store displays. When we are caught up by thought, we lose awareness, we become confused. We could say quite […]
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[…] or an ideal, is the fuel for faith. I had practiced with devotion before, in the form of guru yoga, or union with the teacher. It’s a powerful practice, greatly valued in the Tibetan tradition, where there are numerous prayers with titles such as “Devotion Pierces the Heart.” The teacher at this retreat exemplified […]
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[…] the course of your life. The therapist provides a healing environment, a place where old hurts can be touched, without your being re-wounded. Change comes through the power of the emotional connection you experience with the therapist. He or she supports you, through presence, attention, and caring, in revisiting old hurts so they can […]
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[…] is a “Buddhist” way of responding. This election, with all its hyperbole and vitriol, combined with the high degree of polarization in this country, has brought out powerful emotional reactions in many of us. Those emotional reactions are reactions, and the path of Buddhism is about developing the skill and capacity — through emptiness, […]
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[…] repress feelings, it’s as if I’m cutting out a part of my own being. At best it’s a short-term solution. The feelings usually come back with a power and seeming vengeance all their own, and they tend to cause rather more havoc second time around. On the other hand, when I’m consumed by a […]
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[…] relationship is the education of the student. If the teacher or attorney has another agenda and is more concerned with money or other forms of profit (fame, power, etc.), then the basis of the shared aim relationship is violated. Control is a key issue in shared aim relationships: non-profit and political organizations regularly experience […]
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[…] differently intentionally in given situations so that we know experientially that those possibilities are available to us. Internally, we will find the teachings on impermanence and suffering powerful aids to letting go of ideas about how the future should be for us. Finally, we make efforts, again internally and externally, to be able to […]
