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Don’t Turn the TV Off at Halftime: Kendrick Lamar May Teach a Lesson about Anger

The rap battle between Kendrick and Drake shows the power of anger. In anticipation of Lamar’s Super Bowl appearance, this post explores how Lamar processed the anger on his latest album, GNX.

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The Girl Who Runs Up The Stairs: How This Horror Movie Trope Helps Us Cope with Political Chaos

You don’t have to stop a raging river. You can be a boat that helps someone across it. You don’t have to change the world. You just need to show up and make a difference where you can.

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11 Ways to Be a Light in the Darkness

At the end of his life, Buddha encouraged his followers to be lights unto themselves because his light was about to go out and there was still plenty of path they needed to walk.

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No Self. Yes Self. Maybe Self?

Have you ever met folks who have a visceral dislike to concepts like “I,” “Me,” or “Mine?” I certainly have. Like Buddhism itself, views such as No Self can become religious doctrine because of how we use them.

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Tonglen for LA

If we don’t look the homeless man in the eyes we don’t have to face his humanity. It’s so much easier to cross the street, to bury ourselves in some other mind numbing distraction from the realities that others are facing. To turn away. There is a Buddhist practice called Tonglen, which is the exact opposite of turning away.

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