Poisonous Food It makes sense to avoid poisonous food, right? Who wants to risk their health eating something that isn’t safe? Of course you might be thinking of actual direct poisoning, yet the poisoning can be less immediately lethal and still cause long term harm. Today we are more aware of the harms of our eating behaviors and there are many messages that encourage us to eat with more of a view to long-term consequences.
Grumpy, Not The Dwarf I imagine that all of us at one time or another gets a little grumpy, maybe not seriously so, but perhaps just a little bit. By grumpy I am talking about kind of being out of sorts, you know, not really angry. Although your definition of grumpy could include that, but I would say grumpy is just before we lapse into full blown anger. Things just don’t feel right, the coffee…
Smells Good Most people are aware that the sense of smell is powerful and can stimulate many other senses. Some time ago I heard a story on the radio about how the movie industry was investigating how to incorporate smells into films, perhaps by little misters under the seating. Smells can bring us back to childhood memories, perhaps of some meal our family shared or particular events. Smells can also bring up bad memories as…
Doubts I think it is natural for us to have doubts. We as humans have probably an unlimited potential for doubting, and it seems sometimes a rather limited potential for certainty. Perhaps this is because so much of our lives are unpredictable, every day is like a journey into the unknown and seemingly unknowable. When we talk about faith in Buddhism some may contrast the idea of faith against doubting. I think that actually in…
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