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Jerry Kolber been freelancing in the world of TV and writing for a while now, and he (YES Jerry Kolber is a HE!) gets one question a lot from friends: “How do you bid properly for a freelance job?” Props to Ona for asking me this today mere minutes before I was going to write…

For the last two weeks I have been in self-imposed internet exile while I worked on finishing my first complete draft of my dissertation proposal. I set my personal email address to its vacation setting, letting everyone know that I would not be checking email very much and only be responding to “high priority” emails…

I came across this today. It’s a very well researched essay, available for free, about the evolution of different sects and ordination lineages in early Buddhism. Not everyone’s cup of tea, but it had some interesting tidbits. For one,

Bit of breaking news: The Dalai Lama just laid down possibly his strongest rhetoric ever against China, saying Tibet is “Hell on Earth” under the occupation. Well, actually, he doesn’t quite say that, but the NY Times alarmist headline makes it seem like that’s exactly what he says. Go media!

Okay guys, watch out – it’s gonna get personal. I’ve been thinking a lot about Judith Warner’s article in the New York Times and would like to add some more thoughts to our discussion. I worry sometimes…not sometimes, often…about emotional health. Mine, and that of others. I’ve been feeling rather confused lately in regards to…

Dual autobiography of a brother and sister: the brother is Robert Kiyosaki, best-selling author on personal finance (getting rich), the sister is Emi Kiyosaki, aka Bhikshuni Tenzin Kacho, an ordained buddhist nun in the Tibetan tradition. Sister has a masters in Tibetan from Naropa and works closely with the Dalai Lama. He runs seminars how…

This week’s Podcast from the IDProject is a group discussion lead by Juan-Carlos on the topic of whether Buddhism should be considered a religion or just a philosophical mind science.  Sparkling GIF Buddha approves of our discussion.  Check it out here. Also, if you like what we do in terms of blog, podcast, integral activism, …

Move over Sarah Palin, Bobby Jindal, Rush Limbaugh, and Michael Steele. You’ve been replaced by a smaller, faster, much cuter model of Terminator. See below for video of Jonathan Krohn, the (just-turned) 14 year-old Wunderkind of the Republican Party, rocking the house at the recent CPAC conference, the main shindig for discussing the Conservative and…

Maybe it’s the spring like weather this weekend that’s jolted me out of my winter doldrums, but I’ve noticed a subtle shift…a desire creeping in. Upon further investigation, I realized that it’s not so much a desire for anything in particular, but for desire itself, as if I’ve been experiencing a little too much equanimity…
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