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“Honey, these prayer beads shouldn’t be in your car! They should be on your altar!” my friend Frances exclaimed the last time she drove around Brooklyn with me. “Oh…yes. Well. I was hoping they’d enhance the car’s sacred energy,” I said distractedly. (I’d wrapped them around the emergency brake.) But in truth, I didn’t want…

Here’s an endearing excerpt from Robert Wright’s conversation with spiritual teacher, author and Beliefnet contributor Sharon Salzberg. Some might be put off by his self-assured nature, but I am amused by it. And I find Salzberg’s response to his confession marvelously kind and gentle. Wright: I had always taken the Buddha as having recognized that…

I had an epiphany while standing in the yoga pose Warrior II yesterday. This epiphany may not blow you away. But it meant a lot to me. It came in the form of the sentence: “This is me.” Or in other words, “I am one with this energy.” Allow me to offer a more refined…

There’s so much to explore on Robert Wright’s MeaningofLife.tv, a series of cosmic webcast interviews admirably picked up by the webzine Slate.com. You’ll have to visit more than once. Wright is a Schwartz Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation, and the author of three laudable books: “Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny,” “The Moral…

Ever since my darling stomach lining (DSL) was pronounced “inflamed” by my doctor, I’ve been a culture vulture, by which I mean a fan of “live-culture” or “living” foods. Yogurt is the best recognized substance of this nature. But to the list you may add miso, sourdough bread, sauerkraut, kimchi, tempeh, and kombucha tea. This…

This past weekend, I learned that a growing group of progressive Christians regularly congregate at CrossLeft.org. Check it out. Claiming to take the Bible seriously but not literally, the group has published manifestos about how the religious left can–culturally and politically–overtake the Christian right. With free sign-up, you may read the new webzine, and even…

Thanks to the excellent Buddhist blog Woodmore Village for alerting me to the fact that 21-year-old Buddhist blogger Will Henderson has developed a downloadable meditation software with timed silences, gongs, and even an ability to coordinate with iTunes! Henderson, a computer programmer who meditates, has his own blog on “programming, wondering, and living life.” So…

Beliefnet published an audio meditation about overcoming fear by Dr. Bernie Siegel today. You might find your square acre of peace by listening. Here’s an excerpt: Come out once again into the garden and the sunshine, and walk over to the pond and look at your image. Become one with that image and who you…

Beauty is over. It’s so passé. Pouty lips? Trendy hair? Well-tapered brows? These things are no longer of pressing interest to the vast majority of American women. Here’s Chattering Mind’s humble prediction: Magazines that primarily feature the latest bang trim will soon notice a big dip in readership. What about those plastic surgery reality shows,…

Airports clogged, news of arrests, tanks in Lebanon, hard rains up and down the East Coast (I’m still in South Carolina filled with irrational worry that water may have come in through some open windows at home that Mr. Chattering forgot to shut). In the light of big things, little irritations tear us up. Here’s…
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