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5 Reasons that Listening and Compassion Foster One Another

TCN / 02/02/2018

When you reach a psychological, social, spiritual impasse or bottleneck, you’re usually short of time and likely want to push forward or give up completely. That’s precisely the moment to take a little time to listen to the sound of silence, to the internal voice or higher power. Setting aside the problems for a little while allows you to hear possible creative solutions.

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6 Buddhist Antidotes to Suffering

TCN / 03/09/2017

Since evicted from a U.S. monastic order about eight years ago, I have been told many times that I suffer because of my karma, bad karma. Often this sentiment is coming from those I presume to be perpetrating intentional harm. This sentiment also becomes a sort of shaming and humiliation…

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Remember to Exercise During the Holidays — Exercise Empathy!

TCN / 12/05/2010

Identifying a male or female by sight is easier than identifying a male or female brain. Full from the over-seasoned stuffing and booming television commercials, the holiday party moves closer to the fireplace. Having been immersed in the blinking Christmas lights and the background holiday music for so long,…

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Sounds of Silence: A Meditative Tool

TCN / 08/24/2009

Meditative stages of listening 1: Where is the true mind? The “sound of silence” is not an oxymoron; it is an actual high-pitched sound that can be heard relatively easily when we quiet down. In this extemporaneous response to a question about the stages of listening as a practice according…