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Teachers as Compassionate Warriors
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Emily Herzlin
Speaking of self anger. I had a very profound moment last week. The fact of whether or not it was justified is irrelevant; it was there. And it totally, and I mean TOTALLY sucked. Based on this I would recommend that we eradicate self anger (I wish). While my primary job is that of One…
Why I Don’t Like Dharma Books
By
Ethan Nichtern
Hey all, so we had a great and groovy day-long meditation retreat at the I.D. Project with almost 40 brave and intrepid souls on Saturday. If anyone has nothing to do July 11-18, and wants to come with me to Karme Choling Meditation Center in Vermont, I’ll be leading a meditation retreat up there, which…
Yamamara and the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
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Ellen Scordato
# 1 Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is an extraordinarily goofy 1978 satire of cheesy horror movies — yet in itself it is an incredibly cheesy horror movie. And the tomatoes are not scary. At all. # 2 As discussed at the ID project on Wed June 18, Mara is the mythical or metaphorical being…
Why Meditate?
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Stillman Brown
Here’s one reason: Daniel Goldman, author of Emotional Intelligence, giving a TED talk about compassion. He says: “Why don’t we [help others]? I think this speaks to a spectrum that goes from complete self-absorption to noticing, to empathy, and to compassion. And the simple fact is if we are focused on ourselves, if we’re preoccupied…
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