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Please Help Us Fill Our Prayer Wheel!

Please Help Us Fill Our Prayer Wheel! You can help fill the Prayer Wheel by sharing this post: Silver City needs a prayer wheel for… Read More »Please Help Us Fill Our Prayer Wheel!

Reminder! Embody Your Vision Workshop on April 12

EMBODY YOUR VISION If your vision can live in your body it can live in the world. Do you have a sense of how the… Read More »Reminder! Embody Your Vision Workshop on April 12

Save the Date: Beltane Cross-Quarter Celebration on May 3!

Save the Date: Beltane Cross-Quarter Celebration on May 3! WHEEL OF THE YEAR CELEBRATION – BELTANE Please join us to celebrate Beltane, as we honor… Read More »Save the Date: Beltane Cross-Quarter Celebration on May 3!

From 101 Zen Stories: A Buddha

From 101 Zen Stories: A Buddha In Tokyo in the Meiji era there lived two prominent teachers of opposite characteristics. One, Unsho, an instructor in… Read More »From 101 Zen Stories: A Buddha

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Our Truly Valuable Capabilities: Perception, Intuition, Imagination, and Creativity

Our Truly Valuable Capabilities: Perception, Intuition, Imagination, and Creativity Over the years, I have said many times that the lessons in this book are not… Read More »Our Truly Valuable Capabilities: Perception, Intuition, Imagination, and Creativity

Reminder! : Tai Chi with Salsa Dance begins April 7

Reminder! : Tai Chi with Salsa Dance begins April 7 Salsa, as it is done in Latin culture, is fun and dynamic (dramatic even!), but… Read More »Reminder! : Tai Chi with Salsa Dance begins April 7

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Using Emptiness to Justify Abandoning Everyday Responsibilities

Using Emptiness to Justify Abandoning Everyday Responsibilities The recognition of emptiness does not mean that we walk away from our roles in society, or live… Read More »Using Emptiness to Justify Abandoning Everyday Responsibilities

Shoes and Sacred Space

Greetings, Friends! A few days ago I visited with a chair yogi who had walked from Lotus Center’s reception area to the bathrooms, via the… Read More »Shoes and Sacred Space

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Learning to Draw a Boon to Happiness?

Learning to Draw a Boon to Happiness? In 1969, perceptual psychologist Rudolf Arnheim, one of the most widely read and respected scientists of the twentieth… Read More »Learning to Draw a Boon to Happiness?

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What is Emptiness?

What is Emptiness? What is Emptiness? “Emptiness refers to the fact that things are not as solid and real as they seem. Something that we… Read More »What is Emptiness?