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Recently I heard a scientist say, “Time is the most stubborn psychological filter we have.” That’s true.There are two main filtering mechanisms that have to be negated in passive awareness for meditation to begin--the separate observer, and psychological time.One...

As Albert Einstein once said about filling out tax returns, "This is too difficult for a mathematician. It takes a philosopher." But philosopher or not, everybody knows it's that swell season of the year again, with only a month...

With more and more movies being made in Costa Rica, we are now seeing projects that go beyond the fervent nationalism that has been the norm for local productions. Movies are being made with international audiences in mind and...

She walked up as I was finishing my sitting at streamside. Announcing she was a Buddhist lama, ordained by a well-known rinpoche under the Dalai Lama, she said she’d just given a weekend retreat for 20-somethings in town.The sun...

It was the strangest and most beautiful sky I’d ever seen. After witnessing three dramatic changes in weather within an hour, I stood transfixed looking back on the sycamore I had sat under. Its white bark gleamed in the...

My old man has a basketball jones. When I was growing up, we spent every winter Saturday in Jenison Fieldhouse, Michigan State University’s Art Deco barn of an arena.For 14 years, my dad published an annual called College Basketball Guide,...

Kirani James suffered a major upset in the IAAF World Indoor Championships finishing sixth in the last position in the Men’s 400 metres in Istanbul on Saturday.James could not meet the challenge of running from lane one as Costa...

Most tourists excitedly Google ‘weather’ when looking to book a holiday. Even more so when it comes to Costa Rica. The country’s weather has always been a mystery to first time holidaymakers. Boasting a tropical clime that is sometimes...

The recent windstorms have burnished the air, and the canyon, hillsides, and rocks stand out in sharp relief, accented by clumps of white clouds that fill half the sky. The beauty is so overwhelming that it’s hard to string...

My wife and I visited Costa Rica for one month this past FebruaryWe stayed for almost a week in each location...Arenal, Quepos(2 days), Osa, Uvita, and Tamarindo.We went for the warmth and sunshine. CR did not disappoint us with...