Empathy isn’t Something You Can Earn: Charlie Kirk and the Trolley Problem
We don’t need to measure the life of anyone to feel empathy about the suffering that is occurring.
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Bankei Zen: A New Narrative
By Angel Roberto Puente When we begin, our ideas about practice can affect the outcome. One...
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Nature, Noticing and the Lines We Leave Behind: A Conversation with John Muir Laws
Yet Laws is quick to note that wonder doesn’t require distance. “People say, ‘Let’s go to nature,’ then drive five hours. But nature is in the spider in the corner of your apartment. Wonder is all around, all the time. To make life most alive, we must apprehend the daily presentations life gives us. That is the fabric of life itself.”
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The Dharma Follows You Everywhere
I learned that stillness is not about comfort. It’s about honesty. And in that honesty, for the first time, I began to see that what I’d really been running from all along wasn’t the law—it was myself.
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You’re Not Crazy. You’re Grieving: What Happens When a Relationship Ends in Betrayal and Trauma
Survivors of infidelity, abandonment or narcissistic abuse have long known it: the death of a deeply committed relationship can trigger trauma almost indistinguishable from PTSD. When betrayal, gaslighting, or emotional abuse are involved, grief becomes a labyrinth.
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