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Found an interesting blog today. This guy is both an Independent Catholic bishop and a Buddhist monk.
http://www.orderofcompassion.com/talkingdharma/
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Intention
In Buddhism, our intention is the most important aspect of our practice, whether it be prayers, meditation, or ritual. It is our intention that really affects our Mind, not the words of the prayer or the motions of the ritual acts. If we just go through the motions or we don't concentrate on the meaning of the words of the prayer, they won't have ( Read more... ) -
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Your result for Awakening the Hero Within: Hero Archetype Test...
You are the Warrior.
42% Innocent, 25% Orphan, 88% Warrior, 83% Caregiver, 71% Seeker, 71% Lover, 54% Destroyer, 83% Creator, 76% Magician, 71% Ruler, 83% Sage and 42% Fool!
Goal: Win
Fear: Weakness
Response to Dragon/Problem: Slay/confront it
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Meditation
Another reply to a forum post on FB ( Read more... ) -
Relationship with deities
Someone posted a question on a FB discussion board the other day, and even though they are really a pagan group, here was my response ( Read more... ) -
Tumblr
I've created a new blog on the Tumblr website. We'll see how this works out. Anyone who wants to follow me there, my blog name is dancingdakini. It will be more Buddhism focused with maybe some dance related posts thrown in.
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One of my favorite quotes
"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they ( Read more... ) -
Southwest Dharma Celebration
I am tired, but it was a great weekend. And after all the awful snow and ice we've had the past two weeks, we got perfect weather for the empowerment this weekend. I got to go to the entire event this year, since I got back from Seattle Friday afternoon thanks to taking the earliest Southwest flight I could (6am). Otherwise I would have missed ( Read more... ) -
update
I was in Phoenix the day before my birthday and the suburb of Scottsdale on my birthday for work. Both jobs were shopping centers. I'm glad I did the really big one the first day. If there had been any sampling involved other than radon, that would have been a 2-day job. It has a lot of stuff on it that are an environmental headache, including ( Read more... ) -
Bad pet weekend
This has just not been a good weekend for the pets. I caught Rosie chewing on the windowsill again yesterday. She was scolded and crated for a while and the windowsills re-sprayed with bitter apple spray ( Read more... )