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Every Moment a Fresh Moment

August 29, 2011

“What if, when I meet another person, instead of being preoccupied with our individual differences or with who I remember her as being last time, I go beyond all that, I see the soul, I see the other being who is just like me?  Then every moment is a fresh moment.”  Ram Dass I repeatedly [...]

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A Distinction Between Pain and Suffering

August 11, 2011

Pain and suffering. We have all experienced them.  Many make no distinction between the two­–to have pain is to suffer.  I do make a distinction between pain and suffering, though it took decades for me to find that distinction. This is how I see it:  Pain is pure and simple.  It burns clear and hot.  [...]

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The Practice of Noting What You Experience

June 22, 2011

“What we’re letting go of…is the old, self-critical inner voice, the old superego that’s so afraid of blowing it, afraid of making a mistake, afraid of looking like a fool.  That is not the same you’ll notice, as the impersonal inner witness, the practice of noting what you’re experiencing.  That’s the thing we’re trying to [...]

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Cultivating New Eyes

May 11, 2011

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.”  Marcel Proust This photo fascinates me.  When I snapped the shutter, I only saw the feather.  It was when I downloaded the photo that I discovered the damselfly.  This has happened to me several times before. How much in [...]

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The Power of Presence

June 25, 2010

“Presence is a more powerful catalyst for change than analysis.” Rachel Naomi Remen I’ve been on a media fast for a little over a week now.  As I clear out the noise, I am beginning to recognize that I have some deep sadness.  I know that a large part of the sadness is about my [...]

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What Do You See?

April 28, 2010

Believe it or not, this is a photo of the side of an old barn.  These are the colors that were present there. I simply ran up the saturation to emphasize those colors; otherwise, you would only see browns and grays with extremely subtle–almost undetectable–blues, reds, and yellows.  And look at the design!  I would [...]

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Disoriented in the Woods

April 16, 2010

In the last couple of weeks, I’ve noticed that I get a tad confused about my path while walking in the woods—ever since the snow melted.  I remember that I had the same problem for a few days when the snow first fell.  I don’t get lost, but the path simply isn’t as clear.  The [...]

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