Hanging with the good and the bad…

From wildmind Buddhist meditation website: The American Buddhist nun Pema Chodron suggests what this might be like in her book, The Wisdom of No Escape. There’s a common misunderstanding among all the human beings who have ever been born on the earth that the best way to live is to try to avoid pain and... Continue Reading →

February 16, 2010

This week in links

From over the weekend and Monday, some important articles: ***Think Twice: How the Gut's "Second Brain" Influences Mood and Well-Being: Scientific American -- A deeper understanding of this mass of neural tissue, filled with important neurotransmitters, is revealing that it does much more than merely handle digestion or inflict the occasional nervous pang. The little... Continue Reading →

February 16, 2010

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