this cup is already broken

October 12, 2016

By Katharine Kaufman ~~~ Yesterday morning while picking at something on my shirt, fingers around my empty teacup loosened.…

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Why Did You Choose to Suffer?

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October 11, 2016

By Blake D. Bauer ~~~ There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not…

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Offering

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September 30, 2016

Hello world, I wrote this poem last fall as a rumination on death and life, impermanence and transition. Now…

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WATCH: Susan Piver on Writing, Magic, and Meditation

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September 15, 2016

You probably already know who Susan Piver is — because she is famous for helping people through her writing.…

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Alan Watts: How to Stop Time — a short film by Jason Lee Segal

September 15, 2016

The humor and poetic sense with which British philosopher Alan Watts delivered his lectures is perhaps as celebrated as…

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Your Virtual Guide to the Perimeter Trail

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September 9, 2016

There is something undeniably magical about the land at Shambhala Mountain Center. Literally and figuratively, it is the heart and…

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What If You Are Far More OK Than You Have Ever Given Yourself Credit For?

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September 9, 2016

So often when we attempt to deal with our struggles we approach it with the expectation of getting rid…

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The Most Important Change Your Can Make for Your Health

September 8, 2016

~~~ By Charley Cropley “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is not an act, but a habit.” ~Aristotle What is…

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Losing a Loved One, Discovering the Highest Self

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August 17, 2016

By Sue Frederick ~~~ It’s the morning of July 14, 1980. I awaken to the sounds of a mourning…

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How to Write Memoir, Spiritual Memoir and/or a Novel: 10 Key Elements of Story Structure

August 17, 2016

  By Albert Flynn DeSilver ~~~ How to write a novel, a memoir? Honestly, I have no idea, even…

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WATCH: Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche Describes Pristine Mind

August 6, 2016

If you're in the mood to sit in the presence of a Tibetan meditation master as he describes the nature of mind,…

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Watch: Lama Tsultrim Allione on the Divine Feminine

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July 20, 2016

Lama Tsultrim Allione is on the advisory council for Shambhala Mountain Center's upcoming Wisdom Rising, August 17-21, which will…

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