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Star Festival – July 7, 2012 Meditation
Star Festival Tanabata Star Festival In this modern world we live in, particularly in the Western industrialized nations it seems we have gotten away from celebrating or commemorating our connections with life and the Universe. In the United States, where I live, we do not have a single holiday or marking of any environmental or…
Instant Versus Gradual – August 24, 2012 Meditation
Instant Versus Gradual “Great Saint, turn the wheel of the Dharma and reveal the reality of all things! Save the suffering beings and cause them to have great joy!” (Lotus Sutra, Chapter VII) The parable of the Magic City presents us with a story of a group of individuals who wish to go to a…
Difficult? Yes, but not impossible
Possessing vs. Being
Religion is it what you are or who you are? Do you possess religion or are you an integral part?
Hiking
June 22, 2010 – today I took the dog for a hike up to the top of Kings Pinnacle at Crowders Mountain State Park in Kings Mountain North Carolina. She and I have been ‘training’ now for several months, going on long walks several times a day. Last week we did the trail at Kings Mountain National Historic site and she and I both enjoyed it, well I guess she did, her tail was wagging…
