It is not always easy to communicate, even with the ones you love or yourself. Difficulties arise with words, tones, emotions, intent, etc. Moreover, unfortunately, one misstep usually turns into an avalanche. Emotions are mixed. Words become useless. In the…
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Communication and Anti-Communication
Tagged with: a picture is worth a thousand words, Anti-Communication, Buddhism, Communication, dis-honesty, harmonious, harmony, honesty, honesty is the best policy, langauge, Right Speech, symbolic interactionism, truth, words
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Posted in Musings
Walk Gently Upon the Earth
Ekam Sath Viprah Bahudha Vadanti…”The truth is One, but sages call it by different Names”. Each person has a pathway that they walk from birth to death and beyond that is created by the choices that they make and…
Realities and Truths
The sky is blue. Water is wet. These are held by most to be evident truths. We as a society agree on the reality of these and other similar statements. But what about statements such as “I love you.” While…
Truth and Lies
Often we are faced with situations (sometimes of our own making) that drive home the lessons we have to learn in this life. While the universe can and does use subtlety, what I like to call the Hammer of the…
Tagged with: change, foregiveness, growth, illusion, individual, journey, open eyes, self, truth
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To thine own self…true
“Above all else, to thine own self be true.” A line from Hamlet, a father speaks to a son as knowledge is passed through the cycle of life. On one hand, we can see the idea of being true to…
Tagged with: flow, life journey, river, self, shakespeare, taoist, to thine own self be true, truth, water
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Xiong Nai Xin Retreat 