The Starry-eyed Syndrome
I’ve been using starry-eyed in a colloquial way to mean that, “you have a lot of thoughts and opinions that are unreasonably positive, so you do not understand things as they really are.”
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Category: Loving Thoughts From Nowhere
Where is God?
By Angel Roberto Puente I receive a newsletter from Barre Center for Buddhist...
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Sitting in Practice with American Zen and the Importance of Adaptation
By Angel Roberto Puente I practice at a zendo led by a Jesuit priest (mostly on Zoom)....
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A Life of Confusion
Balancing my deep respect for Buddha, the early Chinese Zen masters of the Tang dynasty, on whom the koans are based, Bankei and my love for Christ has been very confusing. Were it not for the countless testimonies of people with the same confusion I couldn’t have resolved my own.
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Nirvana for Sale
By Angel Roberto Puente Many people go to practice centers and believe they are learning about...
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