Suffering: an equal opportunity experience

When you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight....

February 1, 2012

Biology, Spirit, and Transcendence

Will Meecham: So although I spent two posts honoring humans as living, breathing organisms, it feels vital to round out the discussion with my conviction that we also embody a loving, timeless Presence that permeates and transcends our material forms. This may be a personal soul, or a universal one. It may be pure consciousness or an artifact of brain physiology. No matter. It dwells within each of us, waiting for the day we abandon our desperate scheming and open to Life in all its terror, splendor, and Grace.

February 1, 2012

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}
 
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