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Sit Down and Rise Up – Letting Go
By
Ellen Scordato
by Damaris Williams A little over a month ago on November 6, I and many members of the IDP community sat down for the Sit Down Rise Up 24 Hour Meditation Marathon in the window of ABC Carpet and Home. I sat for 24 hours along with Activism Director Rafi Santos, Teacher Jessica Rasp and…
The Happy Place
By
Jerry Kolber
On a day when the Northeast is being soaked with rain and Google’s on fire with searches for the tiger woods latest update, I was thrilled to receive the latest update from my anonymous Facebook friend We Happy Now. I was introduced to We Happy Now a few weeks ago by a friend who suggested…
Dharma Poetry: Hafiz
By
Paul Griffin
by Paul Griffin In honor of Jessica Rasp‘s new four-week-long course on the 14th century mystic poet Hafiz, I’d like to share a Hafiz poem today on the ol’ blog. Hafiz is similar to the more well-know Sufi poet Rumi. But he is also quite different. As Jessica puts it on her IDP course page,…
Buddha of the Week
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Ellen Scordato
by Ellen Scordato On a recent visit to San Francisco, I visited the Japanese Tea Garden and ran into this wonderful bronze buddha statue. photo courtesy mark rifkin/twi-ny.com There really was something that struck me about this statue at that moment. It was my first visit to SF, and I’d spent a pretty magical day…
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