READ: The Point of Authentic Inquiry by Gangaji
April 17, 2012 by Gangaji
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There is a point that appears in a lifetime, regardless of chronological age, when healthy, true doubt appears. We doubt what we have been taught, and we doubt what others insist we must believe. This is the point at which true spiritual inquiry can begin. Too often there is little support for the deep examination [...]
READ: Compassion The Dalai Lama Way by Ed and Deb Shapiro
April 17, 2012 by Ed and Deb Shapiro
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Shortly after we were married we went to India and spent our honeymoon in ashrams and monasteries, and then in McCleod Ganj, where the Dalai Lama lives in exile in northern India along with other Tibetan refugees who have escaped Chinese rule in Tibet. Once there we went to the Office of Securities to request [...]
READ: If You’re Not Here Then Where Are You? by Ed and Deb Shapiro
April 10, 2012 by Ed and Deb Shapiro
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Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. John Lennon Who said life would be like walking the yellow brick road, or that the human condition would be easy? And why is it so important to be here? What’s the big deal? It appears that the reason we’re not happy is [...]
READ: What Does Karma Yoga Mean? by Ed and Deb Shapiro
April 4, 2012 by Ed and Deb Shapiro
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Serving enables us to release any sense of separation. It takes us out of selfishness and neediness, and we discover that in giving we do not have any less.
READ: 6 Reasons Why Meditation Appears So Difficult by Ed and Deb Shapiro
March 20, 2012 by Ed and Deb Shapiro
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We were teaching a meditation program in North Wales, in the UK, in a quiet backwater near the hills. It was a peaceful day, everyone was happily seated, and we had just rung the gong to begin the morning session when a motorbike started revving right outside the window. It was a loud and annoying [...]
