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Practicing with Clarity

If you had to guess, how frequently does the mind go negative? Psychologists say its about 80% of the time. So much of our day our minds are in a place of worry, anxiety, or some kind of judgment of ourselves or others. All of these thoughts are states ... Read more

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Untangling the Mystery of Not-Self

[embed]https://youtu.be/dV6qgVdmjoc[/embed] The word anatta gets translated in a lot of different ways. You will hear people say that there is no self, or self is an illusion. Sometimes it’s translated as “not self.” This is on its face very counterint... Read more

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Practice as Protection

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KyS65fjrL4&t=1738s[/embed] I wanted to talk to day about practice as protection. It’s something I noticed when I began Buddhist practice and  meditation, which for me was in my early 20s. I met with a group in Oa... Read more