Intoxicants and Intentions
I honor the Dharma, but I’m not its gatekeeper.
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Category: A Mindful Berean
Mindful Appreciation of Wild Beauty
I’m not saying I can’t appreciate a well-manicured lawn. It looks great when someone with a huge yard mows it in patterns, and thick green grass looks beautiful.
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This Does not Equal That: There is No Quick Fix
Expecting someone or something to fix us is a powerful illusion. A cheap drug that promises to make everything all better but almost inevitably leads to deeper pain and suffering—not because the thing or person is bad but because it’s our views and expectations that really need the work, and we just don’t see it.
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Parenting as a Jehovah’s Witness and Regrets
Witnesses don’t celebrate holidays, but did you know they also don’t celebrate birthdays?
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What is Love? Do You Believe in Love?
Nazareth sang about how Love Hurts. J Geils Band sang about how Love Stinks. Tina Turner asked, What’s Love Got to Do With It, insisting it’s just a second-hand emotion. We often speak from a place of pain.
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