Perspectives
Our Precious Human Birth
Yesterday our meditation group began Chapter 3 of Joseph Goldstein’s One Dharma. It seems fitting, having just finished a retreat, to think about the four “reminders,” or “reflecti…Bad Gods Make Good People
In a recent study of the impact of religious beliefs on human behavior* researchers found that those who believe in a punishing god are more likely to avoid cheating than those who…Better Late Than Never
Hello Eve,I serendipitously came across your name here at Spirituality & Health a few moments ago! I teach a movement class called ‘Nia’ and one of the regular attendees of my …Making Distinctions
This week our local Sangha, or meditation group, started our study of One Dharma, by Joseph Goldstein. I read this book years ago, but I come to it new, now, as I’m in a different …Does God Favor Abortion?
Is God in favor of abortion? Maybe so. An article in The Tennessean newspaper told the story of a fifteen-year-old unmarried girl pregnant with triplets. The pregnancy was not goi…2008 September/October
Sustainable You
Learn to do a personal inventory to achieve a lifetime of equanimity
2008 May/June
Steps to Financial Flow
How can you recover your equanimity when everything falls apart?
2008 May/June
Is Life an Illusion? Can a Child Have Two Faiths? Apocalypse Now?
“To these perennial questions, I offer some answers—not to close a conversation but to broaden one. I do not claim to know anything you don’t know, but if I can help you remember what you already do know, I am blessed.”
2008 May/June
The Gods May Be Laughing, But ...
We all have a head-mind and a body-mind. And though the head-mind can perform amazing feats of convolution and calculation, the body-mind speaks a simple truth. It doesn’t lie ...