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My Journey of Conscience

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January 2017

January 04, 2017

When I Practice Not-Knowing Instead of Trying to Figure Everything Out

I'm really worried about the 100 days following January 20th. As if there weren't already...

December 2016

December 15, 2016

News Getting You Down? Don’t Check Out! Just Witnessing Helps

An awful lot of my friends have been complaining lately about how overwhelming and depressing...

November 2016

November 09, 2016

Five Things To Do Now That Trump Has Been Elected

One: Grieve Half of the people in our country (maybe slightly less than half?) just...

September 2016

September 06, 2016

What Zen “Acceptance” and “Non-Attachment” Really Are

The practices of acceptance and non-attachment are critical to Zen and Buddhist practice - but...

September 01, 2016

How to Open Your Eyes but Not Lose Heart

You don't have to be a rocket scientist or a radical thinker to conclude humanity is on...

July 2016

July 29, 2016

It’s OK When Things Suck

Buddhist practice doesn’t get you out of experiencing, and feeling the pain of, old age,...

July 07, 2016

What in the Hell Is Happening in Our Country?

As I sit down at my computer for a day of work, I take a...

April 2015

April 13, 2015

Dear Emily, My Great-Grand Niece

I have no children of my own, so any descendants of my sister will be...

December 2014

December 27, 2014

Cognitive Dissonance: Being Culpable for Life’s Destruction

From a very early age I sensed there was something wrong. I remember being around...

November 2014

November 26, 2014

Bringing Racism and Violence into the Meditation Hall

At my Zen center last night I took the risk of departing from our regularly-scheduled...

September 2014

September 02, 2014

Finding What Social Action to Take

I felt vaguely ill at ease as I went to meet my friend in the...

August 2014

August 27, 2014

Giddy with Active Hope

The most useful resource I've encountered so far in my journey is a concept called...

August 27, 2014

Too Much Need! I Can’t Focus

This blog has been going for almost ten days now, and I confess I haven't...

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