Listening Setsubun – Lunar New Year Today we get a second chance to begin the year in a new way. How are things going with your New Year resolutions? Have you stuck with things as you hoped to do or have you forgotten some of your intentions for the New Year? Well today you get another chance to begin again. At the Setsubun celebration it is traditional to do a thorough cleaning of one’s home,…
Death and the Afterlife Presentation Given at Temple Beth El in Charlotte, NC on January 29, 2013 On January 29, 2013 I gave a presentation at Temple Beth El in Charlotte, NC on Death and the Afterlife. I was one presenter in a series featuring six representatives from some of the world’s major religions. Each presenter is given the same questions and asked to answer these questions in a forty-five minute period. I have included…
Parts of You The other day I attended a short lecture introducing Internal Family Systems Theory and was immediately struck by how, in many ways, similar it is to the Ten Worlds Theory and further, Ichinen Sanzen or 3000 Conditions of Mind in a Moment of Existence. Now mind you this was only an introduction to Internal Family Systems so I am not an expert and am only able to present what I understood from…
Advance Medical Planning – January 25, 2013 Meditation “The Bitter End” Since this past August, as you are probably aware, I have taken a position at a major hospital here in Charlotte as a Resident Chaplain. Because of that responsibility my blog postings and some of my temple work has needed to be cut back some. As a Resident Chaplain part of our time each week is spent in education and a larger portion is…
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