…gives me hope for the first time in years after the Abomination of Bush-Cheney incompetence and pandering to the far right fringe nearly wiped out middle class America while greedy unregulated SOB’s literally gambled billions of our hard-earned money away ( Read more... )

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My brother Jerry passed away yesterday after fighting colon cancer for three years. My niece said he had been in renal failure for the last five days but regained consciousness yesterday morning with a smile on his face and had a good talk with her. She told him his nurse was coming and he said “OK, guess I’ll stick around until she comes so I can ( Read more... )

relationships can easily turn into a vicious circle of mutual attack. It may be very subtle -- just a withholding of information, distancing body language, aloof tone of voice, cynical comments, or personal criticisms. Or it may sometimes be more overt, leading to arguments, fights or total non-communication. But whatever form it takes, the ( Read more... )

Satachidananda (Kabat-Zinn 1994, 54) wrote:

You can't stop the waves,
but you can learn to surf.

"Whatever talent a person has should be dedicated to the rest of humanity indeed to all living beings. Therein lies fulfillment. Service to man will help your divinity to blossom, for it will gladden your heart and make you feel that life has been worth while. Service to man is service to God, for He is in every man, and every living being, in ( Read more... )

Up to 30 seconds before your goof, the brain starts acting abnormally ( Read more... )

All of this silly circus is simply the eternal play of oneness apparently ( Read more... )

"The fact is that because no one thing or feature of ( Read more... )

Dateline: 09-Apr-2008 9:00 AM CDT, Eureka, MO ( Read more... )