"A highly individualized spiritual belief system composed of selected elements drawn from various doctrines." — Judie Sigdel
One of my beloved dharma teachers, Katy Brennan, leads a lunchtime meditation every Thursday at the Kadampa Meditation Center NYC. Because of the pandemic, she now conducts her class via live streaming video. She sent the following dharma thoughts to her core students prior to today's class. It's so beautifully written (no surprise, since Katy …
Photo © Barry Fahrer 2020Location: Grace Episcopal Church, Manhattan
I am in love with every churchAnd mosqueAnd templeAnd any kind of shrineBecause I know it is thereThat people say the different namesOf the One God. -- Hafez Barry Fahrer sent me this stunning photo of a shrine in Kathmandu, Nepal. I don't know if it's Hindu or Buddhist. And I tend to agree with …
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"Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? " 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, NIV People usually quote this Bible verse to caution others not to defile their bodies, whether it be through eating junk food, getting tattoos or piercings (oh! the …
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” ― Albert Einstein I'm delighted to announce that I am now a Goodreads author! You can visit my Goodreads author page to: Read my bioRead my reviews of other authors' booksSee what I'm reading nowRead answers to my readers' questionsAsk …
“It’s very simple. As you grow, you learn more. If you stayed at twenty-two, you’d always be as ignorant as you were at twenty-two. Aging is not just decay, you know. It’s growth. It’s more than the negative that you’re going to die, it’s also the positive that you understand you’re going to die, and …
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I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're doing something. -- Neil Gaiman Last year, instead of …
One of my dreams is to go to graduate school to study comparative religions. (Actually, the dream entails attending Harvard Divinity School, which probably won't happen in this lifetime unless I win the lottery.) I love studying different religions and incorporating elements that appeal to me into my belief system. I'm sorry to say that …
Eclectic Spirituality 