There are more Buddhist traditions in the West than you can shake stick at these days. There are even one or two ‘lineages’ that don’t subscribe to any tradition, but are distinctly ‘Eastern’ in character and gesundheit, I mean gestalt. Of course, all have their favorite guru or teacher. Very few people seem to be [...]
The great irony of evolution is that, though it took billions of years to evolve a brain capable of awareness of the sacred through self-knowing, employing time prevents us from the realization of that potential. Most people believe, consciously or sub-consciously, that man is either made in the image of God, or man is incapable [...]
Contributor – Meditations Martin LeFerve After a couple of beers at the local brewery, my atheist friend made the oft-heard claim that Jesus never existed. When I retorted with the cliché that he was throwing the baby out with the bathwater, he became somewhat irate, and called me a “Jesus freak.” Fortunately, we’re still friends. [...]
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