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Last Thursday I wrote about my anxiety leading up to the ID Project’s “Becoming a Buddhist” retreat, where Acharya Eric Spiegel would administer the Refuge Vow to those of us who felt ready to officially declare our intention to study the Dharma, participate in the Sangha, and accept the Buddha as, well, a role model…

Just a reminder that we are not alone in our quest: “As of October 1, 2008, IKEA will no longer be offering plastic or paper bags at any of its US stores. The offering will only be reusable. With the introduction of its leadership ‘bag the plastic bag’ program in March 2007, IKEA set a…

This week I had the impulse to e-mail the One City bloggers and ask someone to take my spot this week since I wouldn’t be able to do my post, leaving out the details of why. About to click send on the group e-mail, I reconsidered. Part of being a writer is reaching out to…

A few years ago I left my office in the Flatiron building at the end of the workday, walked a few blocks down 23rd Street, and arrived at a small apartment where I took off all of my clothes and immersed myself in a sensory deprivation chamber. At the time I was a novice meditator…
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