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December 2015
December 31, 2015
The Star Wars Holiday Special and the Banality of Evil
But in the Holiday Special we see stormtroopers ransacking Chewbacca's family's home, throwing items off...
December 17, 2015
The Gifts in Hotei’s Bag — And In Yours
We forget that the things we do are special, because they are ordinary to us.
December 15, 2015
I Don’t Blame You For Being Scared of Guns
Guns, in other words, are supposed to be scary. That's been the idea from the...
December 13, 2015
Death and the Holidays
We sat down to a very subdued Christmas dinner, during which the call came. Leonard...
December 06, 2015
In Praise of the Circular Argument
On the other hand -- and here I freely admit that I am stepping out...
November 2015
November 23, 2015
Giving Credit
But there's something related and important that doesn't ask us to fake anything, something specific,...
November 23, 2015
Gratitude, Schmatitude
If you’re feeling angry, grumpy, irritable, frustrated, or grief-stricken, then go ahead and honestly feel...
November 22, 2015
Remembering “Sheriff Scott”
He had worked as a forensic anthropologist, a firefighter, an EMT, a bodyguard, a store...
November 16, 2015
Horrible Events Have Causes
The anger may or may not be justified. The fear may or may not be...
November 09, 2015
Why Time Changes Matter
All of these time changes, from leap seconds to leap years, are reminders that we...
November 07, 2015
Why Men’s Mysteries Matter
But initiation can also be a social phenomenon, in which the initiate is welcomed and...
November 04, 2015
Ten Years Ago Today I Decided To Write A Book
That moment was in November 2005, over a few days during my second trip to...
November 01, 2015
Wearing My Grandfather’s Coat on Samhain
Maybe I left that coat in the closet because I had to grow into it.
October 2015
October 30, 2015
Spirituality, Creativity, and Vitality
And so our friend is living what Thoreau called a life of quiet desperation. Do...
October 21, 2015
Some Zen Pagan Halloween/Samhain Reflections
With the leaves falling from the trees and skittering about in the wind, with the...
October 19, 2015
poem: “this is not a retreat”
I forget again and again and that's difficult but each time I remember I learn...
October 16, 2015
Mysticism Is Not a Retreat to the Womb
The mystic sense is the perception of the beauty of the interconnected and transpersonal. To...
October 14, 2015
All Of Human Folly Summarized In A Few Sentences
Walker recently spoke with BBC News environment correspondent Matt McGrath, and had this brilliant plan...
October 09, 2015
Poem: “a warm day in october”
some days are good some days you've done your work and you're reading a good...
October 05, 2015
Cultural Appropriation: A Detailed Reply to a Critic
Thank you for starting off honestly with a declaration that you do not believe in...
October 05, 2015
The Cultural Appropriation Controversy: A Summary Reply
There are legitimate arguments that John could raise against what I've written, and we could...
October 01, 2015
Umpqua: Stopping the Spear
On the first Thursday of the month, I usually do a meditation session with my...
October 01, 2015
The “Cultural Appropriation” Brouhaha
The term carries inaccurate (or at least very questionable) assumptions about the specific cases involved,...
September 2015
September 30, 2015
Capital Punishment Is A Barbaric Human Sacrifice Ritual
By the time you read this, despite two judges of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal...
September 29, 2015
The Buddha Was A Handsome Man — Should a Female Dalai Lama Be A Lovely Lady?
If he believes that the Buddha was a good-looking guy, who used supernatural means to...
September 26, 2015
There Is No Such Thing as “Cultural Appropriation”
Laziness, dishonesty, plagiarism and -- sometimes -- disrespect are failings to be avoided. But copying...
September 23, 2015
Prometheus, Makers, and Ahmed’s Clock
I've been thinking of Prometheus, thief and teacher, trickster and benefactor of mankind. I've been...
September 23, 2015
Huston Smith is in hospice care
As reported at Lion's Roar, Huston Smith, one of the most distinguished modern American scholars...
September 14, 2015
When I Die
Now perhaps it's jumping the gun to assume anyone will give a damn, that they...
September 13, 2015
poems: “the bonsai tree is lopsided” and “Goats!”
my heart, too, is irregular and worn broken and mended many times
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