My thoughts on Tibet

There are not too many things I am passionate about but Tibet is one of them.  I would ask you to boycott China as much as you can (ie – buy American) and don’t support the advertisers who support the Olympics. Or at least support Team Tibet.
I’ve lived overseas for the last 7 years. Being [...]

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Homesick

So I’ve lived at least 6000 miles away from my family for the last 7 years.  I never felt homesick until this week.  It’s nothing to get too worked up about, only my grandmother’s sister died.  I haven’t seen her in at least 20 years.  But it’s just the fact that I can’t go home [...]

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Buddhist quotes

My most favorate quote attributed to Buddha is “You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger”.  I, also, like this one: ”Anger is like holding on to a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone.  You are the one who gets burned”. 

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Buddhism and Arranged Marriages

I’m not a monk.  I don’t know everything about Buddhism.  But I do know about the 4 noble truths and the eight-fold path.  I appreciate the peacefulness and quiet that studying Buddhism gives me.  Today, a co-worker told me that arranged marriages are a practice of Buddhism.  I have never heard that before.  I tried [...]

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Religious experience in music

I was driving to work today.  I hit “shuffle” on my ipod.  The next three songs were “Stronger” by Kayne West, “Lose Yourself” by Eminem, and “Gimme Shelter” by the Strolling Bones.  Wow!  What a religious experience!

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Scatterbrained

Scatterbrained 
Scatterbrained, shattered pain
slivers of thought
around and around and around
can’t stop, can’t start
trying to quiet the scattered brain

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