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Awakening in the World

I was in conversation with a spiritual teacher with a center near me.  I told him I was an Insight Meditation Society student (located in Barre, Massachusetts) and had been practicing Theravadan...

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Making Peace with Our Spirituality

Here is what I spoke about today – thought some in the blogosphere might enjoy it. This is the fourth in a series of sermons on peace making.  The first coincided with the dedication of our Peace Pole....

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Meditation titled “The Urge to Evolve”

My service this Sunday is appreciating Charles Darwin at 200.  Here is the meditation I’ll offer: The Urge to Evolve  by Sam Trumbore Spirit of Life and of Love, How I long to evolve. My ancestors...

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Mourning Dr. George Tiller

I’ve been mourning the death of Dr. George Tiller who was shot to death in Wichita, Kansas, while ushering in church.  One of the few doctors willing to do second term abortions, we’ve read how he has...

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Summer Musings on the PROCESS of Enlightenment

I keep almost writing something about health care reform or racial profiling but the blogosphere is quite full of words relating to these topics.  And if I’m not at the keyboard as the story breaks,...

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Contemplating a Meditation Retreat Through Poetry

I’m finishing my retreat here at the Forest Refuge at Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts.  As I expected, it has been a rich and rewarding experience.  But just how to describe it … not...

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Great Book – Buddhism Without Beliefs

I’m feeling bad I was put off by what might be considered a combative title.  I should not have been (though he doesn’t affirm a faith perspective as a valid religious approach).  Stephen Batchelor, in...

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Monologging with a Mary Oliver Poem

Mary Oliver writes great poetry.  I ask for her forgiveness quoting this poem titled, “A Lesson from James Wright” If James Wright could put in his book of poems a blank page dedicated to “the Horse...

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Confidence … or Arrogance? An Interview

After reading this blog post, reviewing Steven Batchelor’s great book, Buddhism Without Beliefs, Ted Meissner, who hosts the web site The Secular Buddhist, asked me for an interview for his weekly...

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The Joy of Meditation

Many of us don’t look at people sitting motionless on cushions with their legs crossed meditating and associate that scene with joy and happiness.  We’ve been conditioned by daily exposure to...

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