Recently the New York Times “Happy Days” blog ran a piece by Tim Kreider, who was stabbed in the throat fourteen years ago. He writes: After my unsuccessful murder I wasn’t unhappy for an entire year. . . . I’m not claiming I was continuously euphoric the whole time; it’s just that, during that grace…

From more than 700 images of buddha contributed to the Lens Culture site, this is labeled Ellen’s Buddha © Seth Laderman 2007I’ve never met or heard of Seth, but I clicked on the image because it looked like it had a mohawk – seems be a naga, or hooded snake, often traditionally depicted as protecting…

Inspired by reading the life story of Yogi Ransuratkumar and Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche‘s “Shambhala: Sacred Path of the Warrior“, Jessica Rasp takes us on a journey into an insight from a recent solitary retreat, encapsulated in the phrase “Space is Grace.” You can listen to the podcast here,To get a full list of podcasts click…

With the internet abuzz this week trying to get the first/latest/best look at Michael Jackson‘s body, Farah Fawcett‘s funeral, and Mr. Jackson’s financial papers, it may finally be time to talk about celebrity death culture here at the Interdependence Project weblog. What exactly is celebrity death culture? It is a culture that honors and supports…

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