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exercise as practice
unapologetic genius discusses exercise as meditative practice, something i also enjoy tremendously. being present to my body, my body who is present […]

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welcome to the 9th edition of the buddhist carnival. it’s only been nine months? it seems like a long time, and a good long time. i always look forward to putting this carnival together.
even though there are still problems with blog carnival, we have a very nice selection of articles on buddhism […]

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the buddhist carnival is coming up again august 15, and i’m still having problems with blog carnival “getting it” that this is happening, and i don’ thave a lot of submissions yet.  so i’m taking matters in my own hands and am asking you: anyone with some interesting buddhist material out there?  please submit the […]

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during the blogathon, one of the entries was about about a woman leaving a cult. coincidentally, just a few days later, one of my stumbleupon friends pointed me to steven hassan’s work. interestingly enough, this also led me to another article relevant to a blogathon post about guru shopping.
from what i’ve seen so […]

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this is an interview with m. a bit more serious. you just never know.
i: now i will interview you, m.
m: now i’m in trouble!
i: (looks at m)
m: what are you interviewing me about?
j: men.
m: men? oh, heavens!
g: religion! there’s a good one!
i: what shall it be? men or religion?
m: religious […]

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i just had to include one more youtube video here. please watch this stunning production all the way to the end. the images are as beautiful as the voice and person of tibetan freedom singer yangchen lhamo. and amidst the beauty, we are reminded of the plight of this breathtaking country.

this […]

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okay, here’s another book: city magick, by christopher penczak. it contains some wonderful ideas and exercises about how to experience city environment in a new, reverent and magical way.
i feel very ambivalent about some aspects of city environment. for example, a few years ago, when a huge forest fire raged in kelowna, i was struck […]

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this is an entry for my participation in the 2008 blogathon, a 24-hour marathon of blogging. please support the cause and donate – however much, however little – to the canadian mental health association (vancouver/burnaby branch). to donate, email me or use this URL: www.canadahelps.org/CharityProfilePage.aspx?CharityID=d2252. you should be able to get there by […]

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in my announcement of this blogathon last week, i mentioned marja bergen, the founder of the living room, a church-based support group for people with mood disorders. let me give you a few excerpts from her new book, a firm place to stand, where she describes the birth of the living room.  marja’s experience […]

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copyrighted in 1989, alice walker’s the temple of my familiar is anything but new, at least to our way of thinking. to miss lissie, one of the book’s main protagonists, the 19 years that have intervened since then would be but a barely noticeable blip, seeing that she can remember lives back to the times […]

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(buddha image by kris b)

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this is an entry for my participation in the 2008 blogathon, a 24-hour marathon of blogging. please support the cause and donate – however much, however little – to the canadian mental health association (vancouver/burnaby branch). to donate, email me or use this URL: www.canadahelps.org/CharityProfilePage.aspx?CharityID=d2252. you should be able to get there by […]

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this is an entry for my participation in the 2008 blogathon, a 24-hour marathon of blogging. please support the cause and donate – however much, however little – to the canadian mental health association (vancouver/burnaby branch).
to donate, email me or use this URL: www.canadahelps.org/CharityProfilePage.aspx?CharityID=d2252. you should be able to get there by […]

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countdown to change therapy’s participation in the 2008 blogathon on july 26, 2008, where we blog non-stop for charities. i will be blogging for the canadian mental health association. an example of the kind of content you will find during the blogathon: marja bergen’s new book about finding meaning in a life with bipolar disorder.

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it’s july 15th - buddhist carnival day! here’s what we have.
the face before you were born
as usual, i like to start with a poem, and want to thank linda for sending one. i am quite taken by how she ties the experience of becoming a grandmother with the buddhist idea about “the face […]

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