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Life in Z-D
How Did Mother Teresa Contradict Herself? And What Did It Teach Me?
Where do you fall on the Mother Teresa fan-spectrum? Love her? Indifferent to her? Admire her work but have a problem with the institution with which she was aligned? From my quick scan of Wikipedia extensive research on the topic of Mother Teresa's life, I am aware...
Is There Any Addiction Less Sexy Than This One?
For those of you who are already up in arms because I put the words "sexy" and "addiction" in one sentence, hear me out. Addiction is not sexy. I know this. But in our wacky modern culture, particularly the materialist, consumerist portion of this culture, these two...
The One Question You Need to Ask About Your Entertainment Choices
What's your favorite form of entertainment? TV? Movies? Video games? Reading? (I know there are still some of you out there.) These days, we have bazillions of entertainment choices. Thanks to the electronic revolution, many of these choices are available 24/7. These...
How to Overcome the Power of Prejudice
Prejudice is like bad breath. We like to think we don't have it, but we all do. At least, from time to time. With bad breath, we can brush our teeth. Or pop in a mint. If only it was that easy with prejudice. When it comes to preconceived notions about other people,...
The 7 Virtues of Blogging
We've all heard of the Seven Deadly Sins: wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy and gluttony. Talk about a fun way to spend a Saturday night! And then there's the Seven Virtues, meant to counteract the Seven Deadly Sins: chastity, temperance, charity, diligence,...
My Guru Has a Tail, Episode 5: The Lap Dance
Where do you stand on lap dances? Or perhaps stand is not the right word. Where do you sit on lap dances? Okay, maybe that's not the right word either. Lap dances – do you love them or hate them? Do you think they're a beautiful example of sexual expression? Or a...
How Do You Love Your Neighbor When They’re Being a Rat Fink?
Is there anything more awesome than the Golden Rule? Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. But what about the other way around? What about when the unto coming your way is seriously not awesome? A while back, we were doing some work on our house. And by...
How to Let Go of Unavailable People (and Places and Things)
We've all been there. There's that special someone. Someone who is totally out of reach. But still we pine for them. We want them. If only we could have them, our whole lives would be so much better. The first part of my life was filled with this kind of torture...
Is Your Ego Driving Your Spiritual Path?
We've all been there: We're meditating. Or doing yoga. Or some really groovy, spiritual thing. And we're totally in the zone. We're in the flow with everything around us. We're totally getting the whole spiritual thing. We're feelin' it. We're livin' it. We ARE it....
Why Judging Others Is a Spiritual Practice
If you're a good little spiritual seeker, one of the first things you learn is you're not supposed to judge others. Judging others is baaaaaaaad. Wait. Is that a judgment? Kinda sounds like one. Let's try this instead: Judging others is not an optimal way to achieve...
What’s the Opposite of Perfectionism?
If you're like most people, you tend to get a little perfectionistic from time to time. Or maybe "from time to time" isn't specific enough for you. How's this: You tend to get a little perfectionistic every day for approximately 14 hours. Is that "perfect" enough for...
How to Be With the Non-Woo-Woo
Have you ever hung out with someone you had nothing in common with? How was it? Did you love the challenge of connecting with someone completely different than you? Did you revel in the satisfaction of bridging dissimilarities and basking in your essential oneness? Or...