The Meaning of Life

November 17, 2016

By Blake D. Bauer ~~~ As I watch my father dying, the meaning of life is very clear to…

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Women, Food, and Forgiveness Part 1: What is Forgiveness?

November 14, 2016

By Marcella Friel // Editor’s Note: This post is the first in a five-part series on Women, Food, and…

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Now: Settle, and Connect — A Guided Meditation

November 10, 2016

Acharya Dan Hessey leads Winter Dathun at SMC, Dec. 10 Jan. 7 -- click here to learn more  …

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Simplifying Meditation: Why Practice? To Wake Up!

November 8, 2016

By Thomas Roberts // These days you hear a great deal about meditation. This kind of meditation, that kind…

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Join Lodro and Susan for a Post-Election Metta Session

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November 7, 2016

In the midst of this dark and dizzying presidential election, a sense of peace and loving-kindness may not always…

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How Meditation Can Help Dismantle Racism

October 12, 2016

By Kara Dansky ~~~ I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t concerned about racism, at least on a…

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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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