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Advance Medical Planning – February 10, 2012 Meditation

Advance Medical Planning YouTube Video of Dharma Talk on Advance Medical Planning Today I am presenting to you a talk on making advance medical decisions. I believe this is an important action that every one should take. I feel strongly about the importance of having these discussions, making these decisions, and completing the necessary legal documents. Advance medical planning is a proactive way for each of us to take steps to have a voice in…

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Listening – February 3, 2013 Meditation

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,…

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Death and the Afterlife Presentation Given at Temple Beth El; Charlotte, NC

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…

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Parts of You – Sunday 27, 2013 Meditation

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…

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