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[AUDIO AND TEXT] An article in last week’s newspaper suggested that President Biden establish a commission on loneliness in the United States. It seems that both Great Britain and Japan have already done that, with officially appointed ministers to see to the business. These ministers are supposed to come up with programs and such toContinue reading “despair and joy”

[AUDIO AND TEXT] The various flavors of spiritual teaching speak of “It” as Ultimate Reality, the Absolute, Emptiness, Essential Nature, the Divine, God … whatever. The names are many. But let us always remember that as soon as we presume to give It a name, we objectify it. We turn it into an object thatContinue reading “mystery and awareness”