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Binge Eating/Compulsive Eating Disorder
It started in March. I was doing fine until I was gripped by inexplicable excrutiating chest pain. It was so bad, I believed I was having a heart attack and asked my wife to take me to hospital. The...
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Worship.
Lisa-Jo Baker encourages writers to write for exactly five minutes on a give theme. This week's theme: worshop. You can find more hereI have written about what Buddhists believe when it comes to god,...
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Mercy/Compassion in Buddhism
Lisa Jo Baker's Five Minute Friday brings together writers who are encouraged to just spend five minutes writing on a one word prompt. Today's prompt: Mercy.Quan Yin - Bodhisattva of CompassionI am...
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Midlife Crisis (Part Two) - A Somewhat More Buddhist Perspective
A lot has happened since my last post on experiencing the "midlife crisis".There has been a change in perspective, which actually occurred a few days after the post. The answer to midlife...
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She: A Five-Minute Friday Tribute
Lisa Jo Baker encourages writers to write non-stop, unedited for five minutes, each Friday on a given topic. Today's prompt: SheI am openly gay. I live with my wife with our six children - two feline...
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Mara as Portrayed in Sinfest
Sinfest by Tatsuya IshidaI love Sinfest. Particularly, the Sinfest Buddha. The above cartoon accurately describes Buddha's encounter with Mara. At least, in my book. (Click on the image to view it...
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Lisa Jo Baker encourages us each Friday with a prompt to write for five minutes only on a given topic. This week's prompt: True. I am not a Christian, nor am I a mother, so I feel that in these...
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Behind The Scenes - The Story Behind the Picture
Mel of Barefoot Mel does this thing every Tuesday. She posts a picture and tells the real story behind it. Why? Because as much as we like to believe everyone's lives is as perfect as they like to show...
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Write.
Lisa Jo Baker's Five Minute Friday has provided an interesting prompt for today: WRITE. And today, I am going to challenge my fellow writing friends to write about writing and leave me a comment so...
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The Unfettered Joy of Being Alive
I am so grateful that I am ME.There were times in my life when I wasn't. I wanted to be anyone else but me, or, I wanted to rewind my life to the times when I thought the person I was at a specific...
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My Dad.
After my father died, I found a letter that was written by my mother to him back in 1975 My dad had gone on a training course and was away for about three months and my mother had written to him to...
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Can You Pass The Rorschach Test?
Hermann Rorschach, celebrated today in the Google Doodle, is the creator of the controversial psychological assessment test known as the Ink Blot or Rorshach Test. I pootled over to the wikipedia page...
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Not All Buddhists Are Vegetarian
I officially became a Nichiren Buddhist on 8 October 2005. I was quite surprised when I was told that it was not obligatory to become vegetarian in order to practice this Buddhism. I'd believed that...
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A Letter to the Editor
Dear Unnamed Editor of Unnamed MagazineDoing your sub editing and proof reading has made me lose my will to live. Not only because all you send me is mindless, poorly written drivel from untrained...
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Sharing Abundance With Others
The Buddha encourages us to be generous. It's part of the practice of any follower - to give, to be generous, to assist the poor. He even goes to far as listing what should be given: The basic...
View ArticleAlternative Silent Prayers for Independent Nichiren Buddhists - 1
Silent PrayersChant extended (hiki) Daimoku: Namu-Myoho-Renge-Kyo(ring bell five times)(chant Sansho)First PrayerOffering to Protective ForcesI sincerely pray to the protective forces that are born...
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First PrayerOffering to Protective ForcesI sincerely pray to the protective forces in the Universe, that I might add to those protective forces to protect anyone that practices this teaching. I offer...
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"I've Been So GOOD Today!"
Good at WHAT, exactly?Your job? Not running people over while driving? Resisting the urge to purchase a Bazooka with which to take out that annoying neighbour? Or do you mean that you have followed...
View ArticleMore Silent Prayers for the Independent Nichiren Buddhist
I have been given some more silent prayers by John Tate, who has kindly allowed me to link to his page.You can find them here: More Nichiren Buddhist Silent Prayers
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Life
My ten year old self would be so very disappointed if she woke up in this nearly 43 year old body today. She had big plans for us: study medicine, become a world class doctor, writer, singer and...
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The First Page of My Book
For a very long time, I was massively pissed off at the Universe. I was given a Life, plonked on this planet and had no idea what to do with myself. Or my Life. I think it would be nice if on our tenth...
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Tam Tries... Daily Affirmations for One Month
A month ago I set out to find out if doing daily affirmations would actually make any kind of difference in my life. I've used affirmations before, but quite honestly, without any commitment...
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Every Season of 24 in a Nutshell:
Someone is after Jack Bauer/The PresidentThey are using a terrorist group to get to themA deadly virus/nuclear bomb/other sort of bomb is about to be unleashed on Los Angeles/New York/The WorldSomeone...
View ArticleBuddhist turns to God
It's been a very long while since I've posted anything. But today I feel moved quite strongly to post this.For a period of 2 years I have seen signs from God that He has wanted me to turn to Him. I...
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Ah yes. Peri-Menopause Part One
Because of the length of this treatise on peri-menopause, this post has been divided intothree parts.You are not crazy. You might be peri-menopausal.You know all those jokes people make about women...
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